The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-09-16


perhaps for no other purpose than to
dust and air.
How TO SELECT MEATS. English
journal gives the following hints on this
subject: GOOD and wholesome meat
should be neither of pale, rosy or pink
color, nor of deep purple. The first
denotes the diseased condition, the last
proves the animal has died natural
death. Good meat has more OF mar
bic look, in consequence of the branch
ing OF the veins which surround the
adipose cells. The fat, especially of
the inner organs, is always firm and
suety, and never moist, while in gen
eral the fat from diseased cattle is fab
by and watery, and more often resem-
bles jelly or boiled parchment. Whole
some meat will always show itself firm
and elastic to the touch, and exhibit no
dampness, while bad meat will appear
soft and moist, in fact often more wet,
so that the liquid substances run out of
the blood when pressed hard. Good
meat has very little smell. while UNI
sound meat has disagreeable, cadav
erous smell, and diffuses certain me-
dicinal odor This can be distinctly
proved by cutting the meat through
with knife and smelling the blade, or
pouring warm water over it. Lastly,
bad meat has the peculiarly that it
shrinks considerably in the boiling;
wholesome meat rather swells, and does
net lts an ounce in weight
TICKS ON Cows AND SHEEp.-Ticks
are very prevalent this year on COWS
and sheep. These parasites belong to
the same order as SPIDERS the mouth
is armed with kind of bill, or sucker,
consisting of three blades, the central
one possessing several rows of teeth.
These insects lay an enormous number
of eggs. not upon the body of the ami
NAL, where they have lived, but upon
the SOIL the young subsequently climb
upon plants, where they patiently await
the passing of the animal, and then
seize and penetrate its skin Mt the root
of the hair. Several insects, Of course,
die OF hunger while waiting, but then,
like the spider, they can subsist for II
long time without food. There is moth
ing to be apprehended when the para
sites are but few in number: when
otherwise, the beasts can die of eXhaus-
ton In addition to the mercurial
ointment, an application of oil and tur-
pentine rubbed in with paint brush
will soon destroy the nuisance.-L., il
Home Journal.
BoRNEO WEDDINGs.-This is the way
the matrimonial knot is tied in Borneo.
On the wedding day the bride and BRIDE
groom are brought from opposite ends
of the village to the spot where the Ger
emory is to be performed. They are
made to sit OH two bars of iron, that
blessings as lasting and health as vigo-
rous may attend the pair. A cigar and
betel leaf, prepared with the areoa nut,
are next put into the hands Of the bride
and bridegroom. One of the priests
then waves two fowls over the heads of
the couple, and in a long address to the
Supreme Being, calls down blessings
upon the pair, and implores that peace
and happiness may attend the union.
After the heads of the affianced have
been knocked against each other three
or four times, the bridegroom puts the
prepared leaf and the cigar into the
mouth of the bride, while she does the
same to him, whom she thus acknowl-
edges as her husband.
Mr.. J. p. CAMPBELL, of Florence,
N. j., has in his possession the grape
shot with which Lafayette was wounded
Mt the battle of Brandywine. It has