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About Lexington wheatfield. (Lexington, Or.) 1905-19?? | View Entire Issue (July 19, 1906)
From Algiers tho tourist sails for Palermo, with Its bonutlful gulf, "The Golden Sholl," encircled by lofty moun tains. Tho iclty lU-s In hloHomln; Jilnln, was fought fur, like nil Klellliin cities, by Greeks, C.'iirtliafcliilniiH, Ho iiiiiiim, Saracens mid Normans, nnd, itl thoui,'h still falry-llko of environment, retains few truces of its origin. When tho liiHt of the winter snows hns melted nwny, the orange nnd Judas trees bloom niarvelouHly, and every land brec.e brings the city a springtime freight of the rarest fragrance. Nature offers nmn an Eden here, but he, mv mortal that lie Is, hungers and thirsts pitifully, starving physically in this paradise of beauty. I'overty is general In Palermo, yet It has its treasured sights the university, tho public libraries, the many famous churches, clubs and palaces, and courts of Justice. In some of these edifices are mosaics which are like old tapes trie, silken in appearance, but more enduring than tapestry handiwork being made of cubes of agate, of Jasper, lapis lazuli, and other rare and brill iant stones. The people are given to many church feast days, but the poorer workers are quite industrious. The cobblers work necessarily to make the money where with to buy their dally macaroni. The tailors with extraordinary skill patch old clothes, which look at the begin ning as If they never could be worn again. Tho sellers of poultry carry their wares tied together by the legs, and hung suspended from their necks. The hucksters sell cauliflowers pink, purple, green or yellow. The fountains are the centers for gossiping women and idle maids. Families often have their luncheons In open doorways. They sit on the earthen floor with the shallow platter of charcoal, whereon their meal is heated, placed between them. There is a certain friendliness about tho sunny city, notwithstanding Its poverty. Tho flowers that grow charm Irresistibly, and the human ele ment seems only incidental. Niples never looks more beautiful than when the morning mm reveals the city In a negligee of rainbow colors, with Oupri and Sorrento 'n night, and Mount Vesuvius, distinguished-looking In the tall, white plume It wears. The Museum of Naples 's a treasure house of artistic and archteologlcal gems. Its mosaics and frescoes are famous, and Its pictures Include "Scenes from the Story of Hercules," "Achilles Delivering BrlsMu to the Her alds of Agamemnon," and other classi cal subjects. Here, too, Is found the celebrated Farnese Hercules, and a cabinet of medals and the small bronzes unearthed In Pompeii. It Is an Inter esting experience to view the Neapoli tans under the stress of excitement, such as is witnessed when ar. eruption of Vesuvius Is apprehended. All night the wt recta are thronged with people who wntch ,vlth supersti tious awe the column of lire that rises fully 1,000 feet in height and the great masses of molten lava thnt leap up In the air and fall heavily to earth again, carrying destruction with them. The fact which excites the people most, however, is that the movntaiin is "sweating fire" -to use an expression of an Italian scientist that Is, opening up new craters which discharge burn ing streams of lava tint surround and ruin neighboring villages on the moun tain's slope. They realize tho appropriateness of Goethe's words, "Vesu"lus Is a peak of hell rising out of paradise." B'or all of the volcano's lower slopes are fertile vineyards, where Is grown that famous wine of ashes, the Lacrlir.a Christl. And Just above are hardened lava streams, contorted like lizards and crocodiles In agony. From Naples, by a brief dr've, Pom pell, olty of the dead, is reached. So deeply was this place covered ty Vesu vius, that during the middle ages the site became a historic mystery. It is a sombre, lonely spot The various houses shown to tourists have been given names In accordance with the treasures discovered In them when they were disentombed. There Is the "House of tne Wounded Adonis," "the House of the labyrinth" so called because a mosaic of Theseus and the Minotaur was found In It; there are the "House of the Little Fountain," "Tlie Ho -se of the Faun," "The House of the Tragic Poet" There are temples, too, the theater upon the hill, and the famous forum, never fin ished, where one can pet the finest views from Pompeii of the mighty mountain which ever, eren In compara tively peaceful mood, flames Us de fiance at the sun and stars of heaven. This burled city Js the best source from wfolcih- to learn what the domes tic life of the Romans really was. Ori ginally settled by the Oactnns, and thor oughly Imbued with the civilization of classic Greece later, in S2 B. O. H fell Into Roman hands and became go Rom anized by Its conquerors that by the time of its final destruction. In 03 A. D., it had been rebuilt In Roman ttyle. The final catastrophe, wherein the city was burled under successive layers of ash es, red hot pumice, and ashes again, did not take place nntll August 79 A. D. VPEMMICAN AND "DEPUYEE, Equipped with nothing but their skill and endurance, a few ponies, a gun or two, and provision enough to last them for the day, the early mountaineers of the West set out to make their way through a vast wilderness that held all the terrors of the unknown. William T. Hamilton, a type of these self-reliant men, spent his whole life on the plains, and In "Sixty Tears on the Plains" he tells, among other things, of tho foods lu use by the Cheyennes, with whom the plainsmen often came In contact The Cheyennes were and are to-day a proud and brave people. Meat Is their principal food, although berries of different kinds are collected In sea son, as well as various roots. The kettle is on the tripod night and day. Most tribes of plain Indians dry their meat by cutting It into thin flakes and spreading It on racks and poles In the suu. Pemmlcan is manufactured in the following manner: The choicest cuts of meat are select ed and cut into flakes and dried. Then all the marrow Is collected and the best of the tallow, and both tallow and marrow are dissolved together over a slow fire. Many tribes use berries ,ln their pemmlcan. Mountaineers always do unless they have sugar. The meat is now pulverized to the consistency of mince-meat, the squaws generally doing this on a flat rock, using a pestle. A layer of meat Is spread, about two Inches thick, the squaws using a wooden dipper, a buf falo horn or a claw for this work. On this meat is spread a certain amount of the melted marrow and tallow, the proportion depending on the taste. This same process Is repeated until the desired amount is secured. One pound of pemmlcan is equal In nourishment to five pounds of fresh meat Another Important article of food, the equal of which is not to be had except from the buffalo, is "depuyer," depoullle. It is a fat substance that lies along the backbone next to the bide, running from the shoulder-blade to the last rib, and about ai thick at one's hand or finger. It will weigh from five' to eleven pounds, according to the size or cpndltion of the animal. It will keep Indefinitely, and Is usetf ns a substitute for bread, but Is su perior to any bread that was ever eaten. 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Through the long months of Summer its wandering pains and twitch ing nerves are felt by those in whose blood the uric acid, which produces the disease, has accumulated. Rheumatism is a disease that involves the en tire system. Its primary cause results from the failure of the eliminative organs, the Liver, Kid neys and Bowels, to carry out of the system the urea, or natural refuse matter. This coming in contact with the different acids of the body forms uric acid which is taken up and absorbed by the blood. This acid causes fermentation of the blood, making it sour and unfit for properly nourishing the body, and as this vital stream goes to every nook and corner of the body, the poison is distrib uted to all parts. The nervous system weakens from lack of rich, pure blood, the skin becomes fe verish and swollen, the stomach and digestion are affected, the appetite fails and a general diseased condition of the entire system is the result. 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