Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1856-04-26
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LlEBlG on BEER.--LleDig recently delivered
a lecture at Munich, Bavaria, on the nature
and uses Of beer--a beverage for which Ba-
guished lie stafasd RrffIcemy.iinnent!y y.in dstin-
matter for supplying the waste Of muscle, it
was only supporter of combustion to sup
ply warmth. The heterogeneous portion OF the
barley--the muscle constituents separated
by boiling and fermentation.
A chemist of Munich, eleven years ago,
asserted that the brown beer contained gum,
two grains TO the quart. Estimating only
that which it presents as gum, man who
drinks eleven Nints OF beer per day would get
no more gum in whole year than five
in a whole year than a five pound loaf OF
bread furnishes Beer serves 10 make peo-
pie fat who are thin in flesh, it has the same
effect as in bread. 1t has its value in supply
ing warmth. but not in the formation OF blood.
1t has its use as a stimulant to the nerves.
but that does not come into the account o.!
chemistry Liebg intimated, in conclusion,
that the best proportions ol food Tor use were
one Of nitrogen to three Of carbon.
THE SCARLET VERBEyA.-The most beau
| tirul and charming little perennial flower
! which can adorn lady's garden, is the scar
! let verbena but it is very difficult to pre-
serve through the winter. Its beauty, how
ever, repays the care which may be bestowed
upon it. 1t is not only desirable for its fine
! full scarlet blossoms, hut it blooms from
April to November. The scarlet yerbena
loves a rich, light, dry border or bed, in a
sunny situation they delight also in rock
work, where they have been known to exist
through the winter. The roots should be
planted about six inches apart, and keer
pegging down the shoots as they throw them
selves along the bed. A profusion OF flow
ers and plants are produced by this means
A bed or border sloping To the south Is tht
best situation for the scarlet yerbena.
4 WowAN's IpEA or HArFISESs--A lad!
correspondent Of the Boston Times gives he
ideas "of perfect bliss in the following para
graph:
"l'm n woman, with a woman's weakness
and having q good constitution, can bear !
great deal of happiness. IF ! was asked m.
idea Of perfect bliss, should say a fast horse
a duck Of a cutter, plenty Of buffalo robes
a neat fitting overcoat with a handsome maj
} in il. aud-One of NJ me Walsh's little Frencl
) bonnets ! If that wouldn't be happiness 10
one lifetime I'm open TO CONVICTION as I
what would -
! FEScEs-BRIARs, &c.-See that all you
fences are forthwith put in state Of con
, petc repair; see to this duty yourself.
While experimenting your entire lines {
. fencing have every briar, bramble and bus
T growing along them cut down or upruoted
have them placed in piles, and when dr.
! enough have them burnt. IT. however, yo
/ have any Eul..es on your place 1t would l.
! well to have them thrown therein. 10 serve q
2 barriers against the further washings ot IL
Y rains.
= TU3NiXG TIE TAEIFs ~ REnIcY-Ite'
r was grand "row" lately at o lecture IN Pa
Police agents in plain clothes were present
they made mark with chalk on the backs
! the most uprOariOus OF the students so I'm
n they might be known and arrested when the
4 left the hell the studsnts detected the maj
euvre, aud slyly chalked tine police ageuiI
f when the officers left the place, the Serge
!. de Vile arrested them, lodged them in pr,sC
d and kept them there for day and night.
z. How small is the diameter Of the huns
d throat, and short it's measure. Yet it "
q give the same note with the pipe of an orgi
le eiqlt feet in length and the valve which GO
IT, ers 1t, and plays with electric swiftness, lin
IS tated by the reed OF the orgsn,) is, as We /
* know, a very little thing, yet. with the co
70 fractions and expansions OF the throat, it W
a utter scale Of seventeen degrees.
" Vicious company is as dangerous as
OF infectious and contagious distemper, a.
d therefore ought TO be carefully aud indT
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