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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-01-22
COREA.

Customs and Habits of Its Inhabitants
Among the interesting papers read il
the section of anthropology at the re-
cent meeting of the American Associa
t, on for the Advancement of Science il
Philadelphia was one by Professor Ed
wards Morse on Interview with 6
Corean." According to this paper, the
relations between father and the son in
Corea are strict and severe. When the
son comes into a room where his father
sits he must stand with his hands folded
until invited to sit. He sweeps his
fathers room, makes the bed and rises
early to build the fire, even at night II
the son wakes up at night hungry or
cold he inquiries if his parents are not
hungry or cold also. Boyhood lasts
until married. All property belongs to
the father until he dies, no matter how
much his son earns. If the son lives in a
separate house then he has his earnings,
but if his father should have no money
he can sell his sons house. After the
death of the father the money goes to the
eldest son. The daughters are perfect
ly free about the house. They are fa-
miliar with the father and their BROTH
ers and act good deal like spoiled
children. Male and female servants do
not sit down together in the
same room. Servants are inherited.
They are bought and sold. Loyal SER
wants work and support their masters
when poor. The higher classes employ
private tutors for the education of their
children. In olden times there were
public schools in Corea. The schools
of the country are now of private
character. Five rules are drilled into
the children from the earliest age: To
obey their father. respect their elder
brothers, be loyal to the King, respect
full to the wife and true to their friends.
Coreans eat rice, soup and fluids with
spoon. In this respect they are diff
ferent from other Asiatic tribes, like
the Chinese, Japanese and Man
churians, who employ, as rule, chop
sticks. At the table they never speak.
and always eat slowly. In passing
dishes both hands must be used. To
use one only is considered impolite.
1here Is prohlbltlon against decorat-
ing the outside of private houses.
Streets are named after trees, men, his
torical events, and attributes. Mourn
ing clothes consist of a hat of large
size coming down on the shoulders,
which also covers the face. The mourn
ing color was formerly white; it is now
yellow No one ever interrupts or ac-
costs person in mourning on the
street, and Jesuit priests have often
availed themselves of the use of mourn
ing clothes as disguise The
position of women in Corea is
degraded and unhappy to the
last degree. Among the better
classes they never attempt to 60 out,
and seldom visit even their relatives.
Under the customs existing five hun
dred years ago they enjoyed much
greater freedom, Among the Corean
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MINERAL WATERS.
How and in What Quantities They Were
Used in the Eighteenth Century.

How and in What Quantities They Were
Used in the Eighteenth Century.
Up to the beginning of the eighteenth
century it was the rule at Karlsbad to
subject the patient to course of vio-
lent purgatiyes. Then the patient
drank mineral waters for seven davs,
bathing for the next seven without
drinking the water. The water-drink-
ing was most serious matter. DIR.
Hoffman,, writing in 1905, says that no
more than fifteen to eighteen glasses
should be drunk the first day, but that
later on the number should be increased
to thirty, and, in certain cases, to forty
glasses. DR.. Filling. writing in 1856,
records that he himself drank from
fifty to sixty glasses in the course of
two hours. DR.. Sangrado never pre-
scribed warm water on more exten-
sive scale, and the puzzle is how the pa
tients managed to swallow and retain
these large quantities of warm mineral
waters. l have read that the natives
of the Queen Charlotte Islands try to
cure themselves of ailments by drinking
a bucket or two of sea water; but then
they never expect to retain so much wa
ter long in their stomachs, whereas the
patients at karlsbad did not drink large
doses of water to make themselves
sick. The explanation is that they
drank so many glasses of water in a
warm room, and that much of it passed
OFF in perspiration, Just as in the case of
water drunk in Turkish bath. In
deed, the patients We're expressly or
dered to remain quiet so as to perspire
the more freely. DR.. David Bechcr,
one OF the leading physicians of his
day, set himself in 1777 to oppose the
old custom, insisting that the prefera-
bic method of taking the waters was at
the springs. He was laughed at and
denounced as reckless innovator by
the admirers of the ancient ways, vet
his views and advice prevailed and were
followed in the end. 1t may be noted
in passing that not only human beings
were enioined to use the waters for
their health's sake, but that the virtues
OF these waters were supposed to be as
advantageous to the lower animals: the
"Muhlbrunn, which is now favorite
one with water-drinkers, was long used
exclusively as bath for sick horses.
dogs and cattle. While this practice
has long been abandoned here, it has
been revived in the far West of North
America. Major Shepherd states in his
Prairie Experiences that "some men
put their sheep through the natural hot
mineral waters which abound in the
West. Each farmer will swear by his
OWN particular spring. 1t cures the
cab In sheep, removes corns and rheu-
natism in men, and is efficacious uni
Iersally. -Ninetee1ah Century.
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HOME AND FARM.

If brood-soW gets too mucb e.
BY accident or lack of care, she rsI IN "
speedily relieved by giving her q Sya 20
of charcoal. It win tone I'm tbo s quars
else.-Troy Times. 'ning
breakfast Pufs Graham pufgs fo-
breakfast are richer and a GREAT att d tof
nicer than the plain gem: fake ona
pint OF sweet milk, one pint of oraba ro
flour, half teaspoonful of salt and
one egg; beat the egg, and then ada
the milk, and then the flour oradno11-e III
beat it very briskly for four or f;ys
minutes, then pour into buttered c mro
| Globe. ''O''
-Ihere. are on every farm soma
ponds IN which valuable fertilizing sedi.
ment is found as they become drv
This sediment is very stimulating 10
grass if spread over the surface t6inly
early in the season, so that the rain vii,
dissolve its valuable properties and car
ry them to the grass roots. On plowpd
land, unless applied in the fan, tbis
sediment does not give as good results.
ALBANY journal.
A Canadian farmer advises tbo
planting of maple-sugar orchards on
hlIlsldes. he considers it a matter Of
considerable profit. He would NOT
plant maple saphngs dug from the
forest, but would raise seedlings
After the fall rains small maple seed
lings may be found in any maple Grove.
and they may be pulled up by the
fingers. Hundreds can be collected in
an hour where they are abundant.
To decide whether eggs are fertile
or not hold them between the thumb
and foretinger with one end toward tho
thumb and finger in a horizontal posi-
ton, with a strong light in front of
you. The unfertilized egg will have a
clear appearance, both upper and low
er sides being the same. The fertilized
egg will have clear appearance at the
lower side, while the upper side will
exhibit dark or cloudy appearance
Prairie Fermer.
-Cocoanut Cake: Two eggs, one,
cup of white sugar, half cup of sweet
milk, quarter of a cup of butter, one
and half cups of flour, one and a half
teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Bake
in moderate oven in pans one inch
deep. To prepare the desiccated cocoa
nut, beat the whites of two eggs to a
stiff froth; add one cup of pulYerized
sugar and the cocoanut, after soaking
it in boiling milk. Spread the mixture
between the layers of cake and over
the top.-The Household.
Apple Sage Pudding: Pare and
core half dozen sour, juicy apples.
and arrange them in a buttered pud-
ding dish; fill up the hollow of each
apple with sugar, and put bit of but
ter on top. Cover the dish closely and
set in oven to bake till the apples are
thoroughly done. Meanwhile boil in a
double kettle a scant cup of sage with
two cups of water and a little salt.
When done-which may be seen by the
transparent, jelly-like look of the sage
and by the taste-beat in lump of but
ter and sugar to taste, and havoring if
desired. Pour the sage over the cook
ed apples in the pudding dish and set
back in the oven to brown on the top.
-Erchange.
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lRRlTABILITY.
How 1t Manifests Itself in Animals and
How to Treat 1t.

How 1t Manifests Itself in Animals and
How to Treat 1t.
Writing from Morning Sun, H., a
correspondent describes disease in q
mare which might be called extreme
irritability, though it is considerably
more than that In the first place she
is light-headed, to use familiar term.
She is unable to walk steady at times,
and there are some symptoms like that
of blind-staggers. Apeculiar symptom
Is that the mare imagines her own
shadow to be another animal and
dashes at it savagely. This of itself
shows an affection of the brain. 1t is a.
symptom of insanity, and horses do be-
come insane. Several veterinarians
have examined this mare and are una
bic to tell what the trouble is. The
case before it had progressed as far as
it has now, was brought to our atten-
ton, and we pronounced the case one
Of indigestion. We prescribed for it.
but the animal would not take the pre-
scription. This we think was very I'M
fortunate. Our prescription was prac
heally charcoal, mandrake, gentian,
aloes, sulphur, copperas and iron. We
have not the prescription before us, but
whatever its ingredients were the pow
der was equivalent to this. 1t might
have been the charcoal powders, which
are about the same as the above. The
mare should have been compelled to
take.the medicine; and we believe that
IL would have helped her. OF course,
at so great distance from the patient.
we labor under serious disadvantages.
Ii we could see her there MIGHT he
symptoms which would alter our onin-
ion. But looking at the case from this
distance, we are still firmly of the opin-
ion that the difficulty arises primarily
from the stomach, and as the majority
OF diseases do originate in the stomach
IN consequence of improper feeding. we
have deemed the matter worthy Of an
article. Ii any one who reads this has
even been afflicted with indigestion. or
dyspepsia, or inflammation, or irrjtah;l-
lty OF the stomach, we will venture tho
opinion that they could not read the
very minute description of the disease
IN tins mare, without thinking that she !
acts Just as he has often felt. If there |
S anything in the shape of an organ in
ne system that is not involved in indi-
sestlon no patient that we ever saw
from such trouble ever rave
'yldeAce of it. The kidneys, liver
nd brain soon fail to perform
her regular functions, and the
ungs are more or less ont
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PETTIcoATS.
A Garment Which Is Now Essentially
Feminine, But Which Was First Worn
by Men,

A Garment Which Is Now Essentially
Feminine, But Which Was First Worn
by Men.
Of all garments the petticoat is as
essentially proper to women as breeches
are to men, and scores can find no
mightier weapon with which to mark
down an unsexed man or woman than
represent either in the one garment of
these twain which belongs to the other.
Yet it is remarkable that the pettieoat
was first worn by men. We hear moth
ing of women's petticoats before the
Tudor period.
1t is we'll known that the garment
was at first not skirt at all, but as the
name denotes, a little coat. How it
came to be shifted below the waist is
hard to be understood, unless the
''petite coat" was made with long
skirts for the sake of warmth, and in
such case it was as much petticoat as
we understand it as anything else.
Then probably when the body of the
garment was discontinued, the same
name was still retained.
In the time of Charles II. men
actually wore petticoat breeches, a
fashion introduced from France, of
which Randall Holmes says "the lining
was lower than the breaches, tied above
the knee, ribbons up to the pocket
holes, half the breadth of the brooches,
then ribbons all about the waist
band, and shirt hanging out"
and before then we find knights,
as we know from their effigies, wear
ing short skirts of MALE reaching half
way down the thighs. There is so
often such remarkable similarity
between peculiar styles of armor and
ordinary fashions in dress that we are
not surprised to find modish men in the
reigns of Henry VII, and of his son
wearing long plated skirts in all man
ner of rich stuffs, which were only not
pettieoats because they were called
bases.
When Henry VIII. went to meet
Anne of Cleves he was, according to
Hall, habited "in coat OF velvet
somewhat made like a frocke, en-
broidered all over with fatted gold
of damaske, with small lace mixed be-
tween of the same gold, and other
laces of the same going transverse
wise, that the ground little appeared.
1t was some petticoat of this elaborate
order that was bought on November
3, 1878, for my Lord North, at the
great cost of six pounds, as is SET
out in His Lordship's household ac-
counts in the nineteenth volume OF the
"Archaologia.
The wearing of the petticoat by men,
its place in their apparel, and the very
manner of putting it on are all deter
mined in curious treatise on man
ners preserved among the Harlelan
manuscripts in the British Museum and
entitled the Boke of Nurture, writ
ten about 1850 by John Russell, who
acknowledges himself on the title page
some time servant with Duke Humphrey
of Gloucester. Teaching The Office
of Chamberlayne, we have here
most elaborate and cireumstantiai ritual
of courtly dress. ''See," writes the
punctilious author, "that your sover'
eign have clean shirt and breech.-LoS''
don World.
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FOWLS.
The Things Which Are Essential to the
Profitable Care of Fowls In Winter.

The Things Which Are Essential to the
Profitable Care of Fowls in Winter.
For keeping fowls through the win
ter the chief and most essential thing
is a warm hen-house. 1t should be
built so as to afford as much sunlight
as possible, and at the same time give
protection from frosts and cold winds.
A southern exposure is, of course, in
all cases the best. Where fowls have
no special quarters assigned, as is the
case on many farms, they should at
least have dry warm shelter for the
night. If they have a house of their
own they should be provided in some
way with a place for busting. A box
of ashes for this purpose is better than
nothing, quantity of road dust saved
up during dry weather is better still.
and access to a spot of dry loose earth
is better yet than all.
If eggs are to be expected during
cold weather it is absolutely necessary
that the hens should have not only
warm quarters, place for busting and
pure water, but a variety of suitable
AOOO anu dCCCSS W Il1nc vi ZONES. AS
for drink it will not do to allow the
hens to depend upon snow water, or
the pools that may exist about the
farmyard. They should have pure,
fresh water day by day
And in the matter of food, for a
steady diet nothing takes the place of
the common grains, buckwheat and
corn being the best. 1t is not a matter
of kindness to feed poultry steaming
hot food during very cold weather.
They will need no such warming up"
if they have proper shelter, and if they
have not, the hot mixture will
only afford a temporary relief
and in the end leave them more sus-
ceptible to the cold than before. Much
experience proves that hens will not
lay or thrive as well in any way that
are allowed to stuff themselves with
hot meal two or three times day. It
Is far more liable to produce diseased
conditions than a simple but natural
diet of grain. Neither is it work of
real kindness to keep a supply of grain
or other food constantly before the
poultry. Where an attempt is made to
do this the food is generally mixed with
dirt or other substances before it is all
eaten, and made unfit for use. 1t is
not relished as well, nor does it do as
much good as when they are fed regu-
Iarly at stated periods and in proper
quantltles.-N 7. Observer.
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FOREIGN GOSSIP.

London has one clergyman for
every four bar-rooms.
In Paris there are $50 tradesmen
who deal in nothing but old postage
stamps.
The Russian platinum mines in the
Ural Mountains are said to be the most
valuable mines in the world.
The experiment of making horse
shoes out of sleeps horns has been re-
peated in France, it is claimed, with
success.
The pauper population of England
exceeds by some 100000 souls the en-
tire population of the great colony OF
New South Wales.
Since 1870 the acreage of crops in
the British Kingdom has decreased al
most two million acres. English agri-
culture is thus shown to be far from
prosperous.
Joseph I. of Portugal had State
coat with twenty buttons, each a dia-
mond valued at 10000, and the rest of
its ornaments being in keeping with
the buttons.
Some of the wealthy Romans had
as many as 10000 slaves. The mini
mum price fixed by law was $50, but
after great victories they could some
times be bought for a few shillings
APIECE on the field of battle.
Herr Spitover, a German publisher,
living in Rome, bought Sallust's house
and grounds some fifteen years ago for
10000 francs. Now the property is
valued at 100000 francs. There has
been remarkable advance lately in
the value of real estate in the famous
town by the Tiber.
After much experimenting, DR..
Richardson has found a satisfactory
means of causing painless death, and
has introduced it into the Home for
Lost Dogs in London. The animals to
be killed are placed in a chamber
charged with a mixture of carbolic OK
ide and chloroform vapor, when they
TRANQUILITY fall asleep and wake no
more.
cremation continues to win favor
IN Germany. Thus the 200th case has
just been registered at Coburg, where
titty-four people have been cremated
this year alone. These 200 cremations
have occurred since 1873, when the fur
mace was first erected in Coburg, and
the cases include siNty-two inhabitants
of the Duchy and 1873 foreigners-126
men, sixty-nine women and five chill
dren.
"A Paris paper tells of new science
Photographic, the art of discriminating
Character by the beard. growing
hair indicates a vigorous temperament
and decided temper; coarse hair, OBJ
stinacy; fine hair, refinement and err
ratio tendencies; curly boards apper-
tain to brilliant and sprightly but SUI
pertieial persons; harsh, to amiable but
cold natures. The character of a man
is variously indicated, according as be
wears his hair, beard, mustache, etc.
Two years ago large water-span-
iel called ''Black," the property of a
bathing-machine owner, was the means
of rescuing eight sailors at Biarritz,
France, by carrying a corked line to
them on rock. A dog fete was or
gained in his honor, the municipality
subscribing $40; and he was, further,
presented with a silver collar. Unfor-
tunately he was bought by the Grand
Duke Vladimir and taken to Russia.
He lately was seen at Paris, fat and
well, with the Duke. He had silver
bracelets around his paws.
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Edward Clark, the architect of the
Capitol at Washington, in his annual
report notes the success of his attempt
to transplant over one hundred trees
averaging foot in diameter. To adapt
them to removal their roots were cut
off at distance of three and a half feet
from the trunk. The operation was re-
garded as hazardous, and was charac-
terized as an injudicious and disastrous
one. All of the trees, with two excep-
tons, have fourished, and are grow
ing more rapidly than others in tina
same park Washington Star
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The New York Mal and ErDress
thinks the man was born polite who
will pass dish of celery to his fellow
boarder without first selecting a nice,
crisp piece for himself.
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In some parts OF Georgia bears.
wildcats and coons are abundant.-N,
J, San.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-07-31

The laGors of the special government
commission which was appointed by
the Swiss federal council several
months ago to inquire into the causes
of the frightful increase of drunkenness
in the Swiss Republic, and to suggest
remedy, have resulted in decisive &C
ton by the council. The remedy pro-
posed is a law of almost unprecedented
prohibitory power. 1t will make the
duty on imported brandies so high as
to absolutely bar them from the country
and will tax all domestic manufacturers
of the liquor, except those expressly
made for export, so heavily as to make
the procurement of brandy in any form
by any but the very rich practically
impossible in Switzerland.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-07-31
&Iemperonce.
Purposes of the w. Q. I. L.

EditOr Register and JOunal:-I am
inclined to write a word for the W. {.
T. u. of Addison county, if you can
find for it some humble corner of the
REGISTER. Some have been surprised
that the w. G.. L. L. of Addison coun.
ty desired to hold their institute in
Shoreham, town which has temper
ance hotel, no saloon and few if any
drinking men. Why should they leave
such fields as AIiddlebury to go to
Shoreham to do temperance work
Those who make such criticisms do not
apprehend the case. Today we are not
devoting ourselves exclusively to the
inebriate and the sinner who putteth
the bottle to his neighbours lips, llab.
H., ID. We are seeking to uplift our
own corner of the great cause. We are
seeking willing laborers and allies, and
we are seeking them among the noble,
the godly and the refined. The insti-
lutte at Shoreham, was, by Gods bles-
sing, satisfactory and beautiful, as well
as beneficial to those who attended it,
Listen to the words of our beloved
leader, Frances i, Willard, at the an
nual meeting of the W. &. Il. |. of
Ohio, June Il, 1885:
"Dear sisters, am more and more
convinced that all God wants is charac-
ter. lie could send legion of angels
to rout the liquor traffic from this
Christian land but He wants to make
of us co-wOrkers with Ills Son. And |
believe that you, brave and true hearts,
are to be once more pioneers, pointing
out the more excellent way, proving to
the world that Christianity is equal to
new and trying tests, and that Gin
quietness and confidence shall be your
strength" You are also to bring the
amenities of the parlor into the turbu-
lence of public life. You sought it first
in its outward and visible form along
the street. Later on, you discovered
that its real strength was in its alliance
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-07-31
Letters Received,

The following IS received from W.
G.. Tracy, Towanda, Pa:
"Deoy Sir: AT Scranton, Pa, Josie
D., sired by my horse, Charlie Wicker,
by Daniel Lambert, on July 4 got a
record of 2;30. This is not her limit.
| expect to be able to let You know OF
some more at no distant date"
We have also received the following
letter, and shall be pleased to hear from
any one who can give us information
about the horses mentioned:
LYNNFIELD CENTER, Mass. July %, 49,
JOS. BATTELL, Esq, Middlebury, Vt.
Dear SRI have a small chestnut
mare by Daniel Lambert, out of mare
by Ethan Allen, dam by True John Ga
full sister to Hotspur and Major Ri
ley). She is II to 10 years old and was
bred by Mr.. Bates. Can you kindly
refer me to any one now living who
could certify to her breeding? DO you
happen to know this mare, her dam or
grand dam (the old Sam Moore mare) ;
also do You know the breeding of True
John? If you can give me any infor-
nation on the above | shall esteem it a
favor. Y ours truly,
GEO. Il. ID. BARNJUM.