Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-23
THE DAILY REcORD-UNI6N.
roop Anp HEaITH NOTES.


There is thought to be danger in using
fruit cans with ziAc tops, in consequences OF
the formation of poisonous salts by the
action Of acids in the fruit upon the zinc.
A machine has been invented by Ger
man doctor for executing criminals by
electricity. The criminal sits in chair,
and is quietly. painlessly, instantly and
genteelly ushered into another state OF
existence.
Among the various things which are now
undergoing the process Of analyzation, che
watermelon is taking its turn. 1t is gen.
orally conceded that, beyond causing q
slight feeling of fullness when eaten in ex.
cess, it is perfectly harmless fruit.
On the farm of Isacca Kaufman, Davids-
willie, Pa, there is an apple tree seventy.
three years old, which is still bearing fruit
plentifully. The Methuselah among trees
Is seven feet six inches in circumference,
and its branches cover an area of sixty.
three feet in circumference.
At a recent meeting of the Temperance
League. in Belfast, Sir John Preston called
attention to the fact that workingmen fly
to the public house in consequence of the
badiy-cooked animal food they get at
home. A vegetarian says: eve wish to
60 . step further-abolish the beef, and
the beer will abolish ITSELF" There are
two sides to every question.
It is announced that novel experiment
is to be tried at Berwick, Pa. The car.
wheel manufacturers, Messrs. Jackson &
Woodin, have 80 many orders for the com.
ing year that they will need the entire pro-
ducing power of their works and of their
men. To insure the latter the firm has
paid certain stipulated sums to the licensed
hotels In the town, which latter agree not
to sell any liquor for the term of one year.
The sheep industry is progressing finely.
In southern Missouri, one hundred and
fifty miles from st. Louis, an Incorporated
company has been formed for sheep breed
ing. They intend to locate thirty thou
sand acres of land on the side of the Ozark
mountains, starting with four thousand
sheep. They win fence in the sheep, as
being cheaper than to employ herdsmen.
They will provide grazing for the sheep,
and shelter them well in winter.
1t Is univeral remark that the Amer.
ican people are, in the matter Of food,
giving the preference to better class of
goods than formerly" It is an old adage
that " the best is the cheapest, and surely
chat adage should apply with more force to
the food we eat than to the clothes we
wear, or to anything else. II the people
will buy only the best, the tradesmen also,
whether for food or clothing, will keep
only the best. Food and Health.
The Baroness Burdett- Coutts and others
have been encouraging thu keeping of goats
in England. Goats milk makes bad butter,
but excellent cheese but, as food, the
quality Of the flesh is an insuperable OBJ.
lection to its obtaining placs as regular
dairy stock, and the goat is such climber,
and is 30 destructive to trees, thai its pres.
ence in neighborhood is considered O
nuisance. There Is no necessity to en-.
courage goat-keeping in the outskirts Of
city, at any rate.
The farmers of Holland are known to be
very successful. The reason is that they
do a great deal Of their own work. On a
farm of two hundred acres all the work ia
done by the owner, his wife and daughter,
four sons and four hired laborers It is
said that the old man is worth Sl25. 900.
This is somewhat the case on the farms in
Texas, and the Southwest generally. So
far from considering children an incum-
brance, they look forward to the time when
they will help with the home work. One
old darkey, who is prosperous farmer, re-
joices in the fact that he has a fine "gang"
of "hands."
At meeting in Venice, the subject of
intemperance was discussed, and the fol-
lowing resolutions were passed First, That
the science Of health ought to be taught in
all public schools. Second, That trade
unions ought to expel members convicted
OF intemperance. Third, That the sale Of
Intoxicating drinks should be placed under
control, and fines imposed upon those who
sell liquors to persons already intoxicated.
Tho observation is made that, while these
resolutions are good, the craving for drink
can best be overcome by suitable diet. To
this last idea let all respond "Amen."