Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-10-28
FARM AND PRESIDE.

the sheep classes at the late Royal Agri-
cultural Show, the Agricultural "Ga-
zstte' (London) says of the Shropshires:
"These Sheep were undoubtedly the
feature of the Sheep, Show. In numbers,
they dwarfed every other breed into insig-
niicance-thus while there were 80 entries
for Leicesters, 81 for Cotswolds, 80 for
Lincolns, and 20 for Oxfords, there were
452 entries for Shropsbires The Shrop-
shire, no doubt, appeared on his own
ground, as he has shown himself to be the
sheep of the midland counties. But how
is it that the Leicester was not equally
well represented Is it not that the Lei
cester is thing of the past, whilst the
| Shropshire is a sheep of the present and
| future Looking at the number of ex-
hibitors the case is still more strikingly il
Illustrated; for while the Leicester represen-
ted seven flocks the Shropshires were
drawn from as many as thirty seven f1ocks.
| Nothing could more conclusively show the
| rapid strides which this comparatively re-
cent breed has made. Its advance has
been due to it's intrinsic merits as profit.
able sheep to the tenant farmer. Taking
| the classes as they stand, we haye first the
| Shearing rams, a noble class, comprising
| eighty-six individuals. Hard, indeed,
must have been the task Of the judges to
pick out the best from such number.
That they eventually succeeded in so doing
is open to doubt. The Shropshire judges
have always insisted npon close fitting
helmet of wool, dark features, and freedom
from greys in the fleece, especially at the
poll and rump. The heads were IN some
cases too bare, but the type of sheep shown
was creditable and indicated progress. Z
LAMPs.-Every paper tells of accidets by
using lamps improperly. Care should be
taken to train the children in handling
them. giving them to understand the ex-
treme danger of carelessness in filing aud
caring for them. A lamp should be filled
and trimmed every DAY if it is used for
AIRY length of time. The crust formed on
the wick is apt to cause the chimney to
break, besides giving a poor light. Then
the vacuum left by using out the oil IL La
BILE to be filled with gas that will explode.
A child will snatch up lamp quickly and
hurry into another and cooler room with
full blaze Oh; the consequence is broken
chimney or an explosion. Often one will
wonder why the lamp gives little sckly
light, when the reason is that the wick is
clogged. Take out the wick, wash it with
soap and rinse we'll, and see the improve
ment in light. Lamps will often loosen
and come apart, and can easily be made as
good as ever by using plaster of Paris
clean the parts with soap and water, then
mix little plaster with water to the con-
sistency of paste; put some in the orifice
and quickly put the parts together, hold
ing it in firmly; it will harden in few
seconds. Care must be taken to mix and
use quickly, as it hardens soon. It is not
healthy to sleep in a room where d lamp is
turned down. See that the lamps are al
ways fixed and cleaned in the morning as
it is dangerous to be handling kerosene af-
ter dark. Where mutton tallow is SO plen-
tiful, it is best to ''run' quantity for
home use for the children to go about
with.
DIPTHER1A PLAINTIFF lecture de.
livered before the Academy Of Natural
Sciences, Philadelphia, on October 18th,
Prof. Horatio e. Wood gave the result of
his researches into the origin of this ter
rible epidemic made at the instance of the
National Board of Health. He said that
he and the scientific men associated with
him had made many experiments, result
ing in the important discovery that this
fatal and insidious disease is propagated
by "a microscopic plant or fungi, existing
in all human beings, especially in the
mouth and throat, but lacking the power
of reproduction until given increased vi
tality by those disordered conditions of
the mucous membrane which attend sore
throet when caused by cold" Thus in
creased, they poison the blood and choke
tine vessels, producing the fatal membrane
which is sign of the disease. The pro-
fessor held out the hope that further ex-
periments might lead to the discovery of a
system of incubation by which the fatal
results of the disease might be prevented.
Thus we see that in our physical nature,
as in our spiritual nature, we carry about
with US the seeds Of death. which only need
an impure atmosphere or contact with in
lection to develop and propagate.
SALT FOR THE THOAT.-In these days
when diseases of the throat are SO univer-
sally prevalent, and in So many cases fatal
we feel it our duty to say word in behalf
of most effectual, if not positive, cure
for sore throat. For many years past, in
deed, we may say during the whole of a
life of more than forty years, we have
been suject to sore throat, and more par
ticularly to dry hacking cough, which is
not only distressing to ourselves, but to
our friends and those with whom we are
brought into business contact. Last fal
we were induced to try what virtue there
was in common salt. We commenced by
using it three times day-morning, noon
and night. We dissolved a large table,
spoonful of pure table salt in about half
small tumbler full of water. With this
we gargled the throat most thoroughly
just before meal time. The result has
been that during the entire winter we
were not only free from coughs and colds,
but the dry hacking cough has entirely
Disappeared. We attribute these satisfac-
tory results solely 20 the use of salt gargle,
and most cordially recommend trial OF
it to those who are subject to diseases of
the throat.
Bathing rheumatic parts in solution of
alcohol Il pt.) and saltpetre a oz.,) we'll