The Placer herald., 1873-06-28
OUSE AND FARM.

very cur'ons method of treating dyspepsia
70 announced as complete success, by DIR.
Brown Sequard. The most extraordinary
thing u that the cure forbids The use oI
medicine, aadtrelies not on articles of diet
but ON the regulation of time in takin.
nourishment. Eat any meat aad bread
be rather sparing OF vegetables; drink wine
end water-but yoa must not take more
than two or three mouthfuls at time. Thr.
homeopathic meal il to be repeated every
fifteen minutes or so. not exceeding thirt Y
minutes interval between these mouthful
meals. Relief is soon felt; and in ten Ia
twenty day treatment you may gradual,
increase the mouilIfuls and the time spaces
till finally you can take your former three
meals in peace and digestive felicity. The
rationale OF this process is not given in tn.
medical record we have eeen. But it may
be presumed that the disease is referred t.
the torpid production of gastric juice A
full meal finds no adequate response, ana
the food weighs heavily Oh the stomach ana
passes away to trouble the organism alon-
the whole line of extension. There is gas
trio juice for Il few mouthf',ls, and the pa
tient SOON finds the proper measure. Resi-
and relief from oppression give the stomach
show to recupeIate; an. Nature having
fair play, effects a cure. Accepting this
theory. Thackery's commentator of lunch
and the orthodoxy of two meals day mn,
be questioned. For gourmands, the axiou
may do "that lunch is base ;ngratitude t.
your breakfast, and II premeditared msuIr
to your dinner" Stolnachs that can di-
gest leather, Want no rigid rules. But no
only does DR.. Brown Sequard's prescription
sanction our usual ,hIee meals Il day, bul
It rather prefers the usual fourth meal o
England VIZ: Supper at nine, aud a Pundu
nishtcap to WOO repese.
TAo1ouoH PULvERlzATIoK is ESSENTIAL.
Deep plowing is all injury TO the croI
without it; will guarantee that in ever,
case where deep plowmg has apparanll, !,
failed, 1t was owing to The fact that the
deeply stirred soil was not pulverized, the
sun and air penetrating through the opel,
texture of the co rse, coddy soil.
The principal objection on the part # tn
Barley Scral,her is that good cultivation,
means work, aud hard work Gil ii limited
piece OF land, and it is combatab!e with hur
ry, scnrrying over great extent OF coun-
try; the farmer takes as few eharces as
possible: the s'criicer is a 'mbler who trust,
all 10 luck. Cromwell told bis men when
about to wade river, ''pUl your trust il
Providence and keep your powder dry.
Our barley scratcller has not any powder /.
speak ST, brt "his trust in Providence i.
something sublime; failure after failure doe.
RI la, l,.
season will come, and like the sportiu.
miner, sacrifices the fruits of his toll, in til
vain and desperate effort TO break tina
bank"
In the golden days Of 40, never visited
any section OF the mines, but | met mel,
coming away, who told me that the place
was mo good, could not make trut
there; this was at time when any laz,
man coold make an ounce day with a
butcher knife and pan. These same fel.
lows have quit mining and are now engaged
in barley scratching, without any more prof
table results than ensued from their equal,
.patry efforts at mining. Visit any farm
ing section in the State and you will flint
them on the move, "damming the country
they have just left The whole barley
scratching fraternity are nuisance in an,
community, which they afilict with thei
presence. l have seen mo- of the farmin.
Of this State, and have yet to see section
where thorough farmer cannot raise .
fair average crop four years .o't of five
Our Eastern friends who prop' Sc settling il
California. should pay no attention to til,
grumblers, as they may confidently assul,
themselves that good farming always pays
well ia the end.-(IV. r. Olien.)
GARDENING IN OLD AGE.-A writer i,
the CornhiW Magazine recommends to on
IN tke. .satamn OF his life, to take to garden
ing, If he has not already experienced its
pleasures. or all occupations in the word
1t is the one which best combines repose aut
activity. 1t is not ideness; it is not stagustion
aud get it is Ierfect quietude Like all
thinga mortal, it has its failures and its dis
appointments, and there are some thing,
hard to Understand. Bat it is lever with
out it's rewards, and perhaps if there wer,
nothing but successful cultivation, the ag
gregate enjoyment would be less. 1t il
better for the occasional shadows that com,
over the acene. The d scipline, too, i
most sailtary. 1t tries our patience, an'
il tries our faith. But even in the wors
Of seasons, there s far more to reward anc
encourage, than to dishearten and disap
point. There is no day in the year with
out something to afford tranquility an'
pleasure to the cultivator of flowers, some
thing on which the mind may rest will
profit.
BEEF. MILK AND Bur1ER-A correspond
ent asks our opinion of the best breed o
cattle or cows for the production of beef
4or dairy purposes and lha best workin.
cattle. aad wants all these qualities com
bined in one breed.
This is asking little too much of us; i
sNch thing as combining all these quali,ie
in single breed were possible, there woul'
be but little need OF The several breeds th,
have all in their Earticuiar role becom