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Morris tribune., 1881-03-03
RatiOns and Treatment for Calves.

A most successful breeder has, in the
International Live Stock Journal, given
what he has found to be successful ration
for calves, on which they make an average
growth of two pounds per day.
Because of better mastication, calves di-
gest whole corn better than do older cattle
He finds, too, the most complete digestion
when variety is fed at one feed. His
formula is to mix equal parts of shelled
corn and bran in bulk, one tenth, its weight
of oil cake meal. Six pounds of this mix
ture with twelve pounds of prairie hay, is a
days ration for healthy, thrifty calf.
The cost of it is about thirty nine cents a
week. He found that his calves thus fed
made growth during the winter at a cost of
ga cents pound for the gain made. He
attaches Importance to the method of feed
ing. If the hay be cut fine and the grain
mixed with it, there is more thorough mas
tication and digestion. He fed long hay
alone at noon. The mixture of hay and
grain and oil-meal gives pourous condi-
ton in the stomach that promotes ready di-
gestion, and there is never that Glowing and
getting off of feed so common where cattle
are fed meal alone.
This feeder made beef for three and three
fourths cents pound during the unfavor-
| able season, and had the comfort of see nc
his stock thrive under his care. The calves
went to grass in good good condition, and
improved in weight daily. There was nc
time lost. The system was in condition fol
rapid growth. What a contrast between
these and the poor, pot-bellied long haired
bumped backed, bony hangers on about the
straw stack. The poor things have done
all they could in trying to eat enough straw
to keep up animal heat, yet they have shiv-
they have laid off their two pounds of flesh
daily. When they go to grass in the spring,
| if they are so fortunate as to get there, il
will take fully two months good grass feed
ing to make them as heavy as when they
went into winter quarters.
Morris tribune., 1881-03-03
Early Amber Sugar Cane.

At the meeting of scientc association at
Springfield Ill. Professor M. A. Scovel ex-
planned the series ofexperiments tried at the
University in the growth of Early Amber and
Early Orange sugar cane and the manutact-
ure of sugar and syrup therefrom. Among
the conclusions stated were that the Amber
proved the more profitable variety; that it
was in it's best condition when the seeds
were in the hardening dough state; that
with the ordinary methods of manufacture
there is a great loss; that the juice should
be defacated with lime before being heated;
and that large plain pans or kettles are bet
ter for this first process than the ordinary
pans used for finishing Chemical analy-
sys showed possible production of over
1900 pounds of sugar per acre. Much less
than this was realized. Good raw sugar
was made which sugar refners pronounced
worth s cents per pound in large quantities.
The money value of the product
per acre, with the comparatively small
apparatus used, was at the rate of $75 per
acre. The presence of considerable per
centage of tannin in the sorghum seed was
shown by analyses made at the University,
although no trace of it has been reported by
some other chemists. 1t is thought this
tannin will unfavorably affect the value of
the seed for stock feeding.
Morris tribune., 1881-03-03
An Unappreciated Cleveland Joke.

The effervescent humor of the practical
joker is not appreciated at Cleveland One
of these hilarious spirits met couple of
unemployed workmen il the street the 9TH
er day and inquired whether they desired
work. Being answered in the affirmative,
he pointed to the costly dwelling of veal
thy resident of aristocratc Euclid avenue,
and told them to take off the roof, adding
that his uncle, who lived there with him,
was crazy old coot whose imaginings led
him to suppose himself possessed of the
house, and they must pay no attention to
him. The men secured other artisans to
help them and at once commenced the work
of demolition, despite the frantic protests
of the occupant Of the house. Policemen
were finally called and the workmen were
compelled to desist. The owner Of the
property has now brought suit for damages
against the joker.
Morris tribune., 1881-03-03
court of that state, is graduate of Brown
University in the class of 1851.
THREE FRIENDLY PRINTERS.
A Queer Story from the National Printing
Office.

A Queer Story from the National Printing
Office.
Washington letter to N Y. Evening Post
A great many years ago, before the pres
ent government printing Office was establish
ed, there were three printers engaged upon
government work who vera fast friends and
constant associates. They neither had nor
cared to have other acquaintance. One
day, one of the three fell sick and died.
Then the question was who would perform
the usual rites of friendship for the dead.
Nobody outside took any interest in the
matter so that the two friends were obliged
to care for the body themselves. Now all
these printers were very fond of liquor,
and though they never were to be seen in
public bar rooms, had many bout by them
selves in quiet nook.
The two remaining friends then sat up
with the corpse, and to while away the time
brought their pack of cards and bottle for
company. Euchre was the game, and they
played for a stake, the winner to drink
on scoring game, and the loser to stay
dry. The luck ran one sided. Seated
on either side of the corpse, with the coffin
between them as table. the players played
and recounted the virtues of their dead
friend. But the one who never won was
SettlHS HoTe duu uOTe IulISty Lie cdIue
had run steadily against him, and not q
drop of liquor had passed his lips. Final
ly the luck changed, and. slapping down
the right bower on the coffin, he exclaimed,
There, now it's my turn" With hasty
motion he reached for the bottle, but at
that instant CONSERVATION filled the breasts
of both friends as the supposed corpse
rose up and said, mot drop till I've had
mine. With scream of horror the two
friends jumped up and rushed, one to tho
door and the other to a window. The lat
ter leaped to the ground in his terror and
broke a leg; the other gained the street
| without misadventure and disappeared.
| Years have elapsed Both the watchers
have died, but the old friend who was sup
posed to be dead still lives, an eccentric,
aged man, who is now a compositor in the
government printing Office.
Morris tribune., 1881-03-03
"INFELIX."

Where is the promise of my years,
Once written on my brow
Ere errors, agonies, and fears
Brought with them all that speak in tears,
Ere had sunk beneath my peers
Where sleeps that promise now?
Naught fingers to redeem those hours,
Still, still to memory sweet;
The flowers that bloomed in sunny bowers,
Are withered all, and Evil towers
Supreme above her sister powers
OF Sorrow and Deceit
l look along the columned years,
And see Life's riven fame
Just where it fell-amid the jeers
Of scornful lips, whose moaning sneers
Forever hiss thin my ears
To break the sleep of pain.
can but own my life Is vain,
A desert void of peace;
missed the goal sought to gain
l missed the measure of the strain
That lull's fame's fever in the brain,
And bids earth's tumult cease
Myself? Alas, for theme poor
A theme but rich in fear;
! stand a wreck on errors shore,
A specter not within the door,
A homeless shadow evermore,
An exile lingering here!
Morris tribune., 1881-03-03
Cattle Starving in Montana.

From the Bangor (Me.) Commercial, Feb. IL.
People in this favored land can have no
idea Of the suffering which the terrible Sc
verify of the winter has caused in the West.
A private letter from gentleman at Helena,
Montana, says: II fear shall lose oil my
cattle and sheep. paid $45 ton for the
last hay got for them. This territory will
lose at least one fourth of all it's stock, both
cattle and sheep. The snow in most places
is three feet deep. and often from nine to
twelve feet. Cattle which have sufficient
remaining strength will follow load Of hay
coming into market Is or 20 miles with the
Morris tribune., 1881-03-03
Western Real Estate.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
The significant fact that single large
corporation has of late disposed of some
$500, 600 worth of its real estate III Chicago.
taken under foreclosure, at net profit of
S96, 00O or more than 13 per cent, accorls
with our estimate made about year since
of the intrinsic value of such property in
the West held as security for loans. Ap-
praisals and statements of values were all
too quickly made by experts in the trouble
some times of 1873. The life compan-
les in the East that had the means and the
nerve to hold property so moderated are
now realizing or able to realize the success
which such power and persistency achieve
Morris tribune., 1881-03-03

Governor Porter, of Indiana visited the
State Senate Chamber. in Indianapolis the
other day and, because he couldn't find a
seat, turned angrilv to the doorkeeper with:
Why don't YOU bring Inc a chair, SIR
The doorkeeper, who knew Porter very
well, stared at him for moment and then
said, in voice that was heard all over the
chamber: who is that ID little red
headed cuss asking for a chair
Morris tribune., 1881-03-03
Good Things About Sheen.

Sheep injure tho quality of grazing lands
less than any kind of stock that feed upon
it. Their wei. hit is not sufficient to break
the sod upon which they travel. Their
manure is so distributed that it does the
greatest amount Of good possible to the
grass and other fodder plants. Sheep eat a
much greater number of plants than the
horses, hogs, or cattle. They devour many
obnoxious weeds, as we'll as the leaves and
branches of bushes that are likely to en-
crouch on the land devoted to more useful
vegetation. BY these means they improve
the character Of the native vegetation.
Morris tribune., 1881-03-03
Elgin Oil. J Daily Leader.

The subjoined opinion, We perceive, is by
J. A. Daniels, Esq, of Messrs. Stodgill &
Daniels, attorneys, La Crosse, Wis, and ap-
pears in the La Crosse Chronicle: Some
time since, I was attacked with pain in
and below one of my knee joints. A few
applications of St. Jacobs Oil quieted the
pain and relieved the inflammation.
regard it as valuable medicine.
Morris tribune., 1881-03-03
Sailed and Smoked Meat.
Juliet Carson in New York Times.


In the process of sailing and smoking
meat about one third of its bulk is wasted,
consisting of meat juice, water, albumen,
and the soluable salts; unless the process
is very carefully conducted but little re-
mains save fibre, and under the action of
salt and smoke this becomes dry and hard
Morris tribune., 1881-03-03
New Albany Ledger-Standard.

Speaking Of Governors suggests the men
ton Of an item we received from Mr.. Hen
ry A. Knight, Foreman at Chas. Waters &
Co.'s Governor and Valve Works, Boston,
Mass: I have used st. Jacobs Oil among
our employees and find that it never fails to
cure. The men are delighted with the won
derful effects of the Oil, as it has cured them
Of bruises, bnrns, etc.
Morris tribune., 1881-03-03

and correspondingly indigestible. Meats
pickeled in time do not lose materially in
bulk, but nearly all their nutritive elements
are impaired to the brine, which, OF course,
is unfit for use Fat pork is the only meat
which is improved by curing AS bacon since
that process increases it's digestibility; lean
smoked pork or ham is less nutritious than
fat bacon, because it's hard fibre is very in
digestible. Dry-salted fat pork is more
digestible than ham, and therefore shows
less porportionate waste; it may be prepared
as if for bacon, and then dried without
smoking. Picked pork which has become
slightly tainted may be restored by boiling
and skimming the brine in which 1t Is pre-
served, and again pouring 1t scaldlng not
upon the meat. Next week our space Will
be devoted to the cooking of fish.
Nervousness OF American Women.
The New York Times takes this rather
strongly colored view of American women:
"They are as rule bundles of nerves which
lie so near the surface as to be touched by
every occurrence, and which are SO sensl
tive as to vibrate to every emotion. Their
waste of nervous force is painful to con-
template, for every student of humanity
knows that it must be requited. Whether
they talk or write, stay at home. or travel,
enjoy or suffer, they feel or show an lnten-
sity which is absurdly superduous. They
expend force enough in day to last them
week; they make trihes momentous; they
throb and thrill over insigniticance. Always
keyed up to concert pitch, they cannot be
toned down without seeming to themselves
insi pid and commonplace. Most of their
feelings are raptures; their views are ever
fervid and high colored; they revel in su-
perlatives and hunger for new ones; they
soar in the zenith and cherish still loftier
aspirations. Every thing is possible TO
them but repose."
Morris tribune., 1881-03-03
The Growth of New York City.

From the Scientific American.
AS shown in the statistics of the Depart
ment of Buildings, the growth Of New York
was more rapid last year than in any twelve
month since 1872. when the speculative
building mania reached its height. That
year the expenditure on buildings was not
less than $27, 100000. In 1877 1t was less
than half as much. 1t increased to SIC
500, GOO in 1878. The figures for 1880 show
an expenditure of $4,000, 600 for new
buildings.
Morris tribune., 1881-03-03

hope of catching stray bit. The streets
are full of dying animals. Fifty died the
other day, all in one lot, just outside the
town. fear this last snow will finish all.
It has showed every daY for seven DAYS"
Morris tribune., 1881-03-03
How To Test Cows.

The difficulty of establishing the value of
each COW in the dairy is not as great rs is
generally supposed. Tie method usually
employed is to weigh each cows milk upon
a spring scale as soon as it is drawn, and
before pouring into the general receptacle.
A small record book. containing the name
of each COW, and column for date, weight
of milk, ETC., renders it comparatively
easy matter. To get fair average through
the year one weeks trial for each month is
sufficient. In making tests for butter it is
only necessary to set each cows milk sep.
arately and churn it by itself, which will
give the yield of butter for certain guam
titv of milk
Morris tribune., 1881-03-03

Hon. Hamilton B. Staples, of Worcester,
who has been nominated by the governor to
the council Of Massachusetts, as the sue
cessor Of Justice Dewy of the snperir
, 1881-04-08
Natures Sweet Restorer.

DIR. J. S. Jewell, says the Chicago
Times, delivered Il lecture before the
Young Mems Christian Association at
Farwell hall recently, his subject being
"Sleep and its arrangements" He said
that he knew of no more important sub
ject than that of sleep, and it was impOr-
tant that people should know more
about sleep and its arrangements than is
generally known. Sleep was evidently Il
state in which the brain was principally
concerned. No other part of the system
was affected by sleep as the brain was.
1t was a singular affair, he said, to have
a person alive and active drop into "a
sudden state of unconsciousness. Yet
that was sleep, for in sleep the mind had
apparently ceased to act altogether.
Various theories for the cause of the
process of going to sleep had been adj
vanced. 1t had been supposed that the
brain became exhausted, worn ont from
that constant activity, and then dropped
into what was called sleep.
But his theory was that sleep
was produced by anemia-a lack of
blood for the brain. In sleep there was
always less blood circulating through
the brain, he said, than when person
was awake. When fatigne came on, and
the individual sought to fall asleep,
blood ceased to rush to the brain The
brain became fatigued, just as the mus
eles of the body, sometimes one portion
and sometimes another. This excitation
irrited the nerve fibres of the brain, and
by a self-regulating mechanism sleep
was produced. Epilepsy. which snapped
consciousness in the twinkling of an eve,
the speaker held, was substantially
sleep while it lasted So with fainting,
when the heart refused to send blood to
the brain. He illustrated how he had
produced sleep by pressing upon certain
Arteries to prevent blood rushing to the
brain. The fact that some people could
not sleep when they first lay down he
attributed to too rapid flow of blood to
the brain. and he advised various
methods to superinduce sleep. such as
irritating the body with flesh brush to
attract the current of blood from the
head, and lying on an inclined plain,
with head higher than the lower eX-
tremities.
Brain health, he said, imperatively de-
manded sleep. RestlessneSs in the early
hours of the night was owing to the fact
that the person had been doing some
thing TO cause too much blood to rush to
to the brain; perhaps overwork. or ex-
citement from reading or study, was the
cause. Toward morning such persons
might get n fitful, broken sleep, but
when they arose in the morning they
would feel neryeless and exhausted He
, 1881-04-08
Recovery OF Byes'ght.
From the Portland Telegram.


About year ago an old miner 60
wears of age, by the name of }. Z. Chatfa,
residing i'll Douglas county, about 90
miles northwest of RoseburE, lost the
sight OF his eyes from cataract. The old
gentleman is very poor and had To depend
on his labor for the means OF subsistence.
His case WAS so pitiable that his neighbOrs
made up a purse for him and he was
brought here to the city and placed under
the care of Dr J. Is. Pilkington, the occu-
list, who found it necessary To cut open
the eveball TO remove the Opaque lens.
Assisted by DR.. Harvey, AT the National
Hotel, two eeks ago To-day, DR. PIlking-
toR performed Won Graafe's great opera
ton for the removal of cataract, with so
much success that the old miner was
to-day erabled to walk alone and una.6ed
to the doctors Office when his eye was
examined bv several of our citizens Mr..
ChaHa said that he suffered no pain from
the operation, and since that time has
been perfectly at ease. He can see quite
a distance, though his eyes are not yet
strong enough to bear the full rays of the
sun, but so confident i he of his perfect
recovery that he will return home by
to.morr0w's train The operation is one
that reflects great credit on our local sur
gical talent, and convinces sufferers that
Portland is indeed metropolis where
skill is TO be found III the medical prOfes-
sion equal to that of Older and more pre-
tentiOuS cities.
, 1881-04-08
a Great but UGcOmpIeted Work.

One day when young Abu Ben-hiGh-
dad was looking about in the great IL
brary of that eminent Arabian schslar,
Shelk Daned-bing Macmohammed, his
eyes fell upon twenty large volumes, all
on one subject. He expressed his sur
prise and exclaimed:
'Oh Sheik, tell me, Allah bless us,
what's In them there books? 1t strikes
me, o Sheik, that the writer must have
been fellow of eXhaustless wind"
Thou mistakest, . Ben high-dad
thou art but a superficial observer.
Know, young fellow, that these are the
works of the high and mighty Hash Ha-
roun eon-found-ed. man who married
early in life and supposed he had there
In attained the correct thing. Now then.
o Ben-high-dad. listenl In those books
are recorded all the complaints and
fault findings which Mrs. Haroun-con-
founded committed to the ears of that
mighty man during their welded life.
And 10 J Ben-high-dad. the great Hash
Haroun died, leaving his work as We
see, but fragment, though 20 volumes
had been written"
Hereupon the eminent ShieK Nacmo-
hammed ceased to speak, and the young
Abu Ben-high-dad walked away, whist
ling a melancholy air of Arabia.
, 1881-04-08

cautioned his hearers to avoid active
mental work late at night. and Just be
fore retiring. Again he said it was wrong
for persons to retire with a hot head and
GOODNESS in the lower eXtremlties. Sleep
under such conditions was impossible.
Sleeplessness might arise from the inJu-
dicious use of stimulants, such as tea and
coffee. Neither of these stlInulants
should be taken by nervous persons IN
the evening. AS sleeplessness simply
meant insanity, sooner or later, the
speaker said that nervous persons who
could not sleep should use something to
diminish the nerve power. He believed
that chloral, or some OF the bromIdes,
could be used without any pernlclous re-
sults therefrom.
, 1881-04-08
RnnksctEl FNra

"vitable results 0f these evil practices which are "a
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BILE, often leading 10 Insanity and Death In
STRESGTHESs the nerves, Brain Memory Hlnnd
Muscles. digestion. Kidneys Bladder, and rGpfOdne
tive organs 1t Restores all Of the organic funeOns
their former vgor ana vitality, making life cheerful
and enjoyable Price - 20 per bottle, bottles for
so, with full Instructions Sent upon receipt OF pIics
G. q. H., from observation 10 any address, by
DIR. SAl.FlELD. 2l6 kearny street. san Francisco
Cal tommunicAtiUnS strictly confidential. By letter
q Office, free f-tSi
, 1881-04-08

Wholesale buyers will do we'll 10 send
trial order TO Post Office Candy Store
Fifth and Morrison, opposite postottice.
, 1881-04-08

A large train of evils always follow
from Indigestion. and the best cure for
that disease Is to use Rose Pills. One
each night will cure the most obstinate
case. l.. Blumauer * Co., agents, Port
, 1881-04-08

Absence diminishes weak passions and
augments great ones; as the wind ex-
tinguishes tapers, but increases confia-
grafton
, 1881-04-08

Postotiice Candy store, leading candy
house of Portland. Staict attention paid
to orders 10y mail, wholesale or retail.
Fifth and Morrison, opposite poStotfice.
, 1881-04-08
Bridal Tours.

An eminent physician of New Y Ork,
upon the occasion of his daughters mar
riage, prohibited her from going on the
usual bridal tour He did this from the
considerations of health and delieacy
which are not generally borne in mind.
the first experiences of bride are such aS
she would naturally v want retirement and
rest rather than OstentatiOus publicity
4 young couple IN public cars and ut
hotel tables, cannot keep the prescious
and happy secret all to themselves.
Their newly-formed relation tells itself
in II thousand ways. Of this the bride
is conscious, and the ordeal to a sensi-
tive young woman is most trying. Then
the sudden change in the life of the
woman is Liable to bring on physical de-
rangements which may last lifetime,
for the shock to an exaltation of her
feelings react on her body, often iniur-
iOusly. SO the New York doctor we
have been speaking of ordered his
daughter with her young husband, to
enter at once upon the duties of n new
home, and to postpone the tour until at
least month had passed away OF
course, there IS another side of this
question. 1t may be that even the fond
est election would not continue il two
people were forced to spend all their
time together without the distraction
neCessitated by travel, and the reserve
necessary to be kept up IN public places.
This Is an Interesting topic, and one
which might form profitable subject TO
debate in women's societies. 1t is sub
ject, also, upon which women physicians
might be heard to advantage Demo-
rests Magazine.
, 1881-04-08

A triumph of science as well as of
mechanical art was achieved recently mt
the Brush Electric Light Works, i'll
Cleveland, Ohio, in the successful test
ing of q mammoth electric lamp, said to
be the most powerful generator of light
ever made by man. Its illuminating
power is fifty times as great as tina. of
the ordinary electric light, being equal
to that of 10000 candles. The lamp
was built TO order for the British Gov
ernment, and.is to be used in the British
navy, to sean the sea for torpedoes and
to furnish light in night engagements
and man9uvers. With the aid of sim
pie reflector beam of light, it is esti-
mated. can be projected 10 miles suf-
ficiently strong to read by. An engine
of forty horsepower is required to pro
duce the light.
, 1881-04-08

The bes' place in Oregon To get hat is
of Woods, the Halter, I43 First ST.. odd
Fellows Temple. Spring styles are Just
out. Send your orders along. the latest
| styles, finest goods sold cheaper than any.