The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-24


from the hands.
The Arab compels his horse to feed
from the ground. in order to main
tain the curva OF tie backbone.
Come to think of il. this is the natural
way OF feeding and is an argument
in favor of low mangers.-LEx.
The allowing remedy for what is
known as Texas fever, from the Cuero,
Texas. Star: To COW of 800 pounds.
live weight, give three ounces OF
spirits of turpentine, mixed with an
equal quantity OF whisky. Should
the bowels be constipatsd give two
ounces OF aloes. Never give any salts
as it would fatally affect the kidneys:
Proportionats quantities are recon-
mended, according to the size OF the
animal.
The American Ornithologisl's
Union has taken steps by the issn.
ance of circulars, to obtain full and
complete information from al. parts
of America, as to whether the Eng-
lish house- sparrow is 8 benefit or an
injury. The question has been COM
mentsd on very gt nerally and indi9id-
uais have decided bob Tor and
against. The Union is determined to
ascertain the facts and then decide il
the sparrow must bs regarded as an
enemy or friend.
We have advocated the benefits Of
the sunbsth to human beings, and
dip the following from the Prairie
Farmer on its advantage to bees; Il is
often the ease that one colony collects
more honey than another II appars
emily the same size. An old man in
Germany was accused OF witchcraft
because his bees gathered more
honey than his neighbors' in the vii
lage where they lived. The number
OF colonies that each one should keep
was regulated by law. At the close
of the honey harvest this cid mans
bees had doubled the honey of bis
neighbors, and he called them
together, and showed them that the
sun shons upon his hives one hour
earlier, and his bees had gathered the
morning supply before theirs we're
astir.
Dr.. Cald Well speaks very highly OF
oatmeal for mich COWS; but VIXEN he
rates it above cornmeaI he runs
counter to the experience OF many
farmers who feed or cream ard
butter. 1t is possible that oatmeal
may De theoretically more nearly
perfect feed than corn, as it cantains
greater percentage OF slbuminoids,
but no northerG-grown grain will take
the 7lace OF corn in making thick,
Yel.o| cream and ighly-colcred
butter in winter; that from oats alone
is comparatively white. Corn and
oats ground together however, make
good feed for cows. or in fact for any
kind OF farmsstook = American Gull
tvator.
a correspondent OF the New York
Herald says. that during the severe
visitation OF the cholera in 1886 the
following simple remedy was the
means OF saving thousands OF lives.
It was also used with valuable effect
in 1S48, and | would advise its use
again should thai epidemic vjsi. our
shores. In any case. however, no
harm could be done by having it in
the house dur ng the coming warm
months:
Dissolve one ounce OF camphor in
six ounces OF spirit, OF wine and give
q small bottle OF it TO any intelligent
person in your neighborhood who will
undertake to administer it to bis poor
neighbors when they are seized with
cholera or any of Its symptoms, with
out devi ting in the slightest degree
trcm the following instructions:
When any person is seized with
symptoms OF cholera, such as vomit-
ing, purging, sudden weakness, cold
nees, cramps or spssms do not give
them brandy or whisky or any kind
of medicine ghatever, but put them
to bed at once. covering them warm.
ly. but not Overlooking them with
bed clothes, and as soon as you possi-
bly, can let the patient take two drops
(aot more) of the camphor mixture
on little pounded sugar in spoon
ful OF cold or iced water. In FIVE
minutes after let him take second
dose OF two drops in the same way
and in five minutes m, re repeat the
same thing. He is then to wait ten
or fifteen minutes to see whether or
no! there is a sense OF returning
warmth, with disposition toward
perspiration and manifest decrease OF
sickness, cramps, etc., when il necss.
ssry he must take two drops as before
and repeat the d ose every five minutes
until twelve or fourteen drops have
been taken. In administering this
remedy you must particularly observe
that II the patient takes anything OF
any sort or kind. except coli or iced
water while the medicine il intended
10 operate its whole effect will be
destroyed, for the least foreign msdi-
cine neutralizes the camphor, which
10 given to check hitting I'D TO pro-
doce free warm perspira.iou. The
use OF cold or iced water is given Cd
the adyice OF the late celebrated and