Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-07-14
The. farn1 and fireside.

LISTEN TO THIS, GIRLs.-Dr. Carbally,
an eminent physician and chemist, testltles
that the cosmetics which the fashionable
bellies of the present day are so fond OF using
and deem so indispensable to their beauty are
the most deadly enemies to the vital system.
Paralysis, that fatal and frightful form of
bodily in6rmity, is said to be the result of
the continual use of the paints and washes
for enameling or otherwise arti6cially whlten'
ing the skin.
Chief among these fearful auxiiaries Of the
toilet is that white horror, Laird's Bloom OF
Youth, which is 60 extensively used by the
ladies Of society, married and single, for ma,
king up their compilations. The salts OF lead
contained in this preparation, which is the
means of producing that pearly white, polished
appearance of the skin, on applying it, is the
active agent of paralysis, and any person
who uses it, or any other lotion or powder
containing these salts, is tamperlng with her
life.
DR.. Carbally further tells US seriously that
the peculiar droop Of the hands sarcastically
called the kangaroo style" and which was
supposed by the community to be freak OF
fashion, really and truly had its origin IN
partial paralysis of the exterior muscle OF
the forearm, produced by the use Of these
outward poisons. Some fashionable belle, no
doubt, had suffered in this terrible way for
her folly, and all fashionable geese OF her
acquaintance followed suit by crooking their
wrists and dropping their hands, like so many
hens with their wings broken.
We learn also that all powders, paints and
liquids which impart polished, scintlllatlng
whiteness to the skin contain metalic polsons
and are extremely perilous. The more beau
tiful the more dangerous.
FISH CULTURE--It is not every farm that
can have fish pond on it, but there are
many farmers that could have them as we'll
as not. Wherever there is good strong
spring to feed it there a profitable hsh'pond
can be made. Hundreds of farms have
swamps or marshes too low to drain without
great expense, and fed by the springs, and
these could be turned to profitable account
by turning them into 6sh-ponds. We don't
mean profitable in the way of making money,
but saving it. The flesh of fish is a whole
some diet, better every way than so much tat
or measly pork. We know plenty of farmers
who scarcely taste fish from year to year
Not because they are not fond of fish, but be-
cause they cannot get them without gong
some distance after them and paying good
price ia the bargain. A pond OF an acre or
so in extent, stocked with varieties adapted
to the place, would furnish an abundance OF
the very best meat, costing nothing to pro-
duce either. As to the catching, it is only
sport, and that part can be safely delegated
to the boys and girls We are sure, also, that
such an institution on the farm would prove
one of its chief attractions-if your boys are
inclined to leave the farm. We write from
knowledge in this matter, having in earlier
days caught many a "nice string" Of fish in
pond that was formerly swamp. During
one dry August the owner, with two of his
boys, went in it with plough, scraper and
shovels, and in short time had a pond OF
nearly an acre in extent. This he stocked
with fish common to the sluggish streams OF
the neighborhood, and procured some at
distance and for years thereafter it proved
to be the best acre OH the farm.
FEEDING HoRsEs.-At a meeting OF the
Farmers Institute at Salem, Mass, Mr.. John
E. Russell said "The horse has the smallest
stomach in proportion to his size of any ami
NAL Fifteen or sixteen quarts is its utmost
capacity. This space is completely filled by
four quarts of oats and the saliva that goes
into the stomach with it. Horses are gener'
ally over.fed, and not fed often enough. For
horse with moderate work, six or eight
quarts of bruised os IS and eight or ten pounds
of fine hay day is sufficient. This should
be fed in at least three meals, and is better If
fed in four A horses digestion is very rapid,
and therefore he gets hungry sooner than
man. When he is hungry he is Ineffective
and wears out very rapidly. Water fills the
stomach, lowers the temperature, and dllutes
the gastric juice, therefore horse should
not drink Immediately before eating. Meth
er should he be watered Immediately after
eating, because he will drink too much, and
force some of the contents of the stomach into
the large intestine, which will cause securing.
Securing is also caused by too rapid eating,
which can be prevented by putting half a
dozen pebbles half the size of the fist, into
the manger with the oats"
Mr.. Russell said, also, that he preferred
oats to any other grain for horses, and con.
sidered bruised oats worth twenty per cent.
more than whole.
To KEEP BOYS ON THE FARM.-Boys
make men, and the more attractive, instruc'
tive and profitable we can make our farm
homes for the boys, the more useful and success
full will be the men and the more likely to stick
to the farm, which should have pleasant asso.
Citations, as it has bright prospects for intelll-
gent and enterprising young men. The YES
tern Stock Journal and Farmer appropriately
says:
Farmers boys should be trained to love
the farm by giving them moneyed and CO.
operative interest in it; they have claims on
their parents beyond the simple act and
knowledge of raising crops and feeding stock.
They should be taught to exercise their abil-
ity in planning, and to acquire judgement iD
buying and selling. 1t is not right to com.
pei boys to work from year to year and nev.
er intrust them with business transactions,
for it makes machines of them, which they
soon grow to dislike. Farmers should con-
slider that their SOUS have something more
than physical strength TO exercise in the de-
velopment of the farm. They have mental
ability and personal pride that should be ex.
ercised and brought into profitable service.
Give the boys a chance to enjoy all their
natural rights and hey will do more profta
BILE labor and as rule, carry success and
dignity with them il to what ever department
of labor they enter