The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-08-30

There are many drinkers of lntOXl-
cants who can break up the habit for
time, and who would gladly refrain
from ever touching it again, but an un-
comfortable thirst for the beverage at
tacks them and never lets up until they
give way. A prominent gentleman IN
| Richmond, Va, tells how he broke this
up: [ was one of those unfortunates
given to strong drink. When lett on
felt morbid want of something
must have or go distracted. | could
neither eat, work nor sleep. Explaining
my affiictiOn to q man of much educa-
ton and experience, he advised me 10
take a decoction of ground quassla,
half ounce stepped in pint OF vinegar.
and to put about small teaspoonful OF
it in little water. and to drink it down
| every time the liquor thirst came on me
violently. l found it satisfied the erav-
ings. and it gave feeling of stimulus
and strength. continued this cure
and persevered until the thirst wds con-
quered. For two years [ have not tasted
| liquor, and have no desire for it. Late
! ly, to try my strength, L have handled
and smelt whisky. but have no temp
| alton to take it. l give this for the con-
sideration of the unfortunate. several
of whom 1 know have recovered by
means which no longer require"
Now is the season when streams OF
water are liable to become muddy.
Clear water for domestic purposes is al
ways desirable, hence, filter is great
convenience at this time. For household
purposes, filter may be made by cut
| ting off the bottom of glass flask or
other bottle, or a large glass funnel may
be used. The neck OF the funnel or
bottle is to be plugged with cotton,
| which should first be worked in warm
| water to remove the adhering air, and
to wet it we'll. 1t should be packed in
quite closely, little at time, Until it
forms q layer two or three inches thick.
Alum may be used in clarifying water.
If very small amount be added to tur-
bid water it can be filtered without diff
Guilty and yield brilliantly clear fiitrate,
in which there is no trace of suspended
matter. It is not necessary to let it
stand before filtration as the action of
the alum is immediate. To insure ac-
curacy in the amount of alum used it is
best to make solution of hall an ounce
of alum to quart of water. Dissolve
the alum in a cup of boiling water, pour
this into a quart measure, anG fill up
with cold water. Keep in a properly
labeled bottle. Fifty-four drops of this
solution, or q scant teaspoonful is the
quantity for a gallon of water. 1t is
not important to be very exact, as twice
the quantity would be harmless enough.
This amount is too small to be percepti-
bic I the taste, or to exert any physiolo-
gical action. Analysis shows that the
water is not only clarified but purified
by this process, the. greater part of the
organic matter being removed from it.
The young turkey is, the best, but
there are few persons who make
speciality of forcing them TO attain great
size, allowing them only the range of
the fields during the summer and fall.
The average life of a turkey IS only seven
months. and the true economy of feed
ing is TO give the chick all they can di-
gest from the shell to the slaughter.
Turkeys are no exception to the rule,
and can be made to grow much faster
and larger when fed early in the morn
ing and late at night. Ii they get al,
they can eat on the range that is well.
This should be supplemented by regular
rations when they come from the roost
in the morning, and two or three hours
before they go TO roost at night. The
food may be slack in the morning so
that they will go to the range with good |
should be put upon regular course of |
fattening food as early as the middle of |
October, when you propose to kill the |
best birds al Thanksgiving. The young |
er and lighter birds should be reserved |
for the Christmas and New Years |
markets. They continue growing quite |
rapidly until mid-winter, and you will |
be well paid for the longer feeding.
There is nothing better for fattening |
than old corn, lied partly in the kernel /
and partly III cooked meal mashed up |
with Boiled potatoes. Feed threr times |
a day, giving the warm meal in the
and feeding in troughs with
plenty of room, so that all the flock NAV
have chance. Northern corn has more
oil in it than southern and Is worth more
Tor turkey food. Use milk in fattening
f you keep dairy farm. Feed only so
much as they will eat up clean. Guilt
7dte the acquaintance of your turkeys
IS you feed tdem. No more charming
sight greets your vision in the whole
circle of the year than large flock of
bronze turkeys coming at call from their
costs on frosty November morning.
New corn is very apt to make the bowels
DOSE. and this should be guarded
against. There is usually green corn
enough in the fields to meet their wants
n the fall, and cabbage and turnips
reed not be added until winter sets in.
# the bowels get loose give them scald-
I'd milk, which viii generally correct
he evil. Well-fattened and we'll dressed
turkeys will bring two or three cents
pound more than the lean bird.-Ec.
THE man who rules HIMSELF saws
IN old proyerb, lis king" Iu might
AVE added--and the man who tries to