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Year: 1878

A writer in the Hartford Times vons


lates a new theory in regard to the % "r..
Of consumption. He says: 81 have a nlas %
which l have long thought worthy of Of
trial as cure not only for consumption
but yellow fever and cholera. n !,
founded on the fact that the human bodv
can safely endure temperature Of 8OO ~
$50 degrees. More than generation ao" "
men in England tried the experiment of
staying in an oven while meat roasted
They only used the precaution of not bav.
ing metallic articles on their clotbino
But here rises an inquiry natural to the
student mind. Is the air which enterS
and exists in the lungs much hotter than
the normal ninety degrees of the bloods
This air of three hundred degrees plavs
harmless around the body, including the
red-skinned mucous oritices of mouth and
nose. Can it lose much of its heat in the
short passage to the lungs2 This is NOT
easy to determine exactly, but it seems
very probable that the hot air retains a
substantial degree of drying heat, cana.
BILE of making bad ierked beef of dead
uiSSipuo ha'tSi' lulo is Tue pOInt--tle
hot air attacks and cauterizes the dis.
eased parts, leaving the sound ones unaf.
fected. When the thermometer once rose
to an extraordinary degree in a rlace
in Persia where cholera was raging, the
disease ceased. The same or greater heat
would seem likely to destroy all malari.
Gus and other non metallic poisonous
matter which it could reach. think the
great plague OF London was stopped by
the great fire, Modern art can increase
the force of heat by adding the sapor of
carbolic acid and other antiseptics. It
only remains to suggest local way of
testing this proposed plan of curing con-
sumption. There is large oven in
cracker bakery in Hicks street, now un.
used. That is just the place for trial, be-
ing quite roomy. To show my faith in
the harmlessness of the oven experiment
| will enter with a patient. We will
have communication with the outer
world, and tell when VIC are we'll done
and desire to be sbovelled out. There
will be dish of carbolic acid for the pa
TENTS lungs, not mine, but it does no
harm. We will also take in piece of
meat to cut off slices from when it is rare
or brown, as we prefer"
Year: 1878

SHADING THE CURRANT--In our small
garden of about an acre we have two
rows of the common Red Dutch Currant,
and while one row contains nothing but
the currants, the other was planted some
two years ago with the Red Antwerp
Raspberry, for want of space elsewhere,
and the soil being of porous nature, a
rich sandy loan, by frequent application
of manure for vegetables, the raspberries
made very strong growth, besides pro-
ducing the present season q bountiful
crop Of fruit. AS I desired to get all the
plants could for planting another year
the suckers we're allowed to grow, so that
the currant bushes were pretty we'll COW
cred up by them. Now the result was
more than double the amount Of currants
in the shade Of raspberries than on the
other row. The situation is a gentle
southern slope, but northern one is
much better. The sun is little too hot
for the currant here, and the fruit is
mostly found In the shaded part Of the
bush; therefore, as protection, / would
suggest planting the raspberry, and you
will not only have more currants but some
raspberries, too.-J. Hunter, Jr., Fair
far Co., Va.
Year: 1878

MANAGING A BALKY HoRsE.-A writer
10 Home and Farm says that balky
horse is insane on the subject of going,
and should be made to think on some
other topic,-then he will go. The fol-
lowing devices have been successfully
tried to accomplish the desired end; /.
Tying string around the horses ear
close to the head. 2. Hitching the horse
to the swingletree by means Of cord in
stead of the tugs, the chord fastened to
the hcrse's tail. 3. Filling the mouth
full Of some disagreeable substance. A..
Tying stout twine around the leg just
below the knee, and then remove it when
he has travelled some distance. Never
whip balky horse, for the more he is
whipped the crazier he will become. Let
everything be done gently, for boisterous
words only confuse him and make him
worse, Treat him in the mild manner
that you would a crazy man, and you
will succeed.
Year: 1878

Fowls drink water freely, but they
don't know Just how much they need
and when they have access to the fluid
| clean, sweet and fresh, they imbibe no
more than is good for them. 1t is,
therefore, unnecessary to mix your
dough too thin and sloppy at the morn
ing feeding. Have the meal we'll
scalded, and feed the mixture TO the
stock stiff and dry, comparatively. This
feed should generally be composed of
both corn and rye meal, with vegetables
say one. third each. In our practice we
have found this preferable, both for the
birds and, as an economical provision,
for the old or the growing stock. A
little pepper occasionally in this dough,
and always salt, will improve the mess.
OLD breeders declare that chickens
from the eggs laid earliest in the season
are the most likely to live and thrive,
after Matching. 1t is claimed that con-
tinuous laying enfeebles the hens sys-
tens to such an extent that the later
eggs in the spring litters are not we'll en-
dowed with vigor. The constant atten-
tions of the cock to his flock of hens will
also impair his usefulness as stock
getter. We have tried the alternating
process to good advantage; !. e., allow
ing one cock as a companion to the hens
for three days, and second grower for
the following three days-iirst one and
then the other male, of the same strain,
of course, and brothers preferred which
are equal to each other in general quail
tiles. This plan necessitates the keep.
ing of two good cocks for use in the
yards where dozen or fifteen hens are
being bred, But it will pay, where only
first-class chicks are looked for, in the
progeny.


EGGS OR TABLE FowIs2 = (which
| yields the better or greater protit?" in
quires an experimenter. Perhaps the
former-if we cultivate the right breeds
for egg production. A good way to cal
culate this problem is to select the sort
of fowls that will, in proportion to size,
yield you the largest average number of
eggs in given time. Two dozen eggs,
at the best market rate of fresh ones,
will bring about the price of common
fowls dressed carcass. If you cultivate
only the ordinary barn yard fowls, or the
lesser-sized birds, like the Leghorns, for
example, you may get so goodly pro-
duct of eggs Gin numbeD in season, as
to make these pay you better than will
the fowl itself, merely as dressed poultry.
The Leghorns will lay q good many eggs
in year, with fair chance and good
keeping. 1t costs, to support these
small fowls, less than it does to feed the
Asiatics, while the eggs are being
grown. And, in the market, San egg is
an egg" We should, therefore, say
that, ordinarily, the production of eggs
from moderate. sized f1ocks, that may be
disposed of at handy market (or to
families in your neighborhood who are
willing to pay the highest price for
fresh ones for their own tables), will give
greater profit than will dead poultry
alone.
Year: 1878

One of the chief causes of failure to
prosper in business is dislike of strenu-
Gus exertion, especially when manual la-
Dor is entailed. Too many young men
get the idea that because they are smart
they ought to be able'to live by their wits,
and they shift about from pillar to post
in any occupation imposing upon them
what is commonly termed manual labor.
This indeed is sad mistake; desultory
itinerant occupations are laborious to the
body, and from their vcissltudes and un-
certainty very exhausting to the mind
All men cannot, in the nature of things,
learn to follow trade or till the soil, but
those who fall into those vocations will
find their pursuits less onerous and more
remunerative than such occupations as
we consider purely intellectual. If an
operative becomes n skilled workman, or
the farmer becomes thorough master Of
agriculture, he is success, even though
he does not attain riches; and if he per-
mits this latter fact to render him dis
contented, it is not an evidence that his
career has been failure, but rather that
he permits a morbid feeling to over
shadow his achievements as an industri.
Gus and painstaking citizen. His fidelity
and skill are in themselves evidences Of
success. 1t seems to be human pro-
cliyity to wish that ones occupation had
been something else, almost anything in
deed but that which it actuallyis, and we
often hear it said, "lf | had my life to
pass over again, | would be so.aud-so."
The old adage, "Let the shoemaker stick
to his last" is justified by experience,
but the wisdom Of the proverb remains
the same, when changing two words we
say, "Let the farmer stick to his plough" }"
The advice, if followed in any vocation,
will lead to cess.-Friend.
Year: 1878

The eating quality OF potatoes de-
pends nearly as much on the soil In
which they are raised as upon the va
riety. The following from the AHler-
lean C1tltiUGtOr on the subject will be
read with interest:


The soil acknowledged to be the best
for the potato is q rich loan, sandy,
and not TOO wet nor too dry. A COOL
moist soil will produce larger potatoes,
but the danger Of too much wet is so
great that q warmer soil IL preferable
in this climate. Early potatoes reach
their maturity sooner in quick, light
soil, and present 8 brighter and clean
er appearance, than when dug from
that which Is heavier. A calcareOus
formation generally yields sure crop.
Old sod land, well turned under in the
fall, and lightly plOwed and narrowed
in the spring, will produce 3 sound
crop, and often q very large one.
Glover sod Is excellent for this pur-
pose, since it furnishes large amount
Of vegetable substance to the ground.
When turned under In August or
September 1t will rot by the following
spring. Wet land produces q coarse
unpslstable article, and one OF little
value even as food for cattle.
Year: 1878

Josh Billings, in a geological mo-
ment, writes: THE popularity Of
the fly ia that he returns to the same
spot but it is the characteristic Of
the mosquito that he returns to an
other spot. Thus he differs from the
leopard which does not change his
spots. This is an important fact in
natural history"
Year: 1878

What are you about ?n Angrily ex-
claimed u country editor the other
day to his wife, who was touching up
her complexion before the mirror.
"OnIy getting up my patent outside
dear" was the reply.-OH CITY Der
rick
Year: 1878

An exchange gives the following
receipt to break dogs from killing
sheep: A farmer having deer hound
much addicted to this evil practlcc,
remembered twenty-five years before
to have cured valuable dog OF the
same sin, aud determined to apply the
sa mo method to his dc honud. After
one of his sprecs among the sheep, he
was carried into the sheep yard, and
securely tied between two old rams.
When let loose, Of course, the sheep
thought Of going somewhere, and the
dog was dragged about the park until
almost dead from tire. Since that time
he has never chased sheep.
Year: 1878




1--WE are reminded" says the Holy Fa
Their in his discourse to the deputation ol
the Arcadian Academy of Romes "of thai
expedient which Julian, the Apostate,
adopted when he desired to degrade the
Christians Of bis time and make them
contemplate in the eyes of pagan society
he forbade them to study or cultivate lit
erature. Do not permit this weapon to
remain in the hands of our enemies; but
rather by the persevering study of the
sciences and le,ters, train yourselves to
use it dexterously, that by it you may OBJ
tain victory"


If only these words of the Holy Father
would eink into the hearts of our Catho-
lie youth ard bring forth fruit Often and
often have we insisted, here as elsewhere,
that the conflict of to day between the
Church and her enemies is rather one oil
intellect than of physical force. And in
what are we to rest our hopes of victory "
we allow the foes of the Church to bear off
the palm in all that disciplines, graces and
strengthens the human intellectf 1t is
not enough in these controversial dsys
merely to have the faith. A man must
know arhy be has it, when it ia called in
question every hour. He must know what
his church is, it's history, it's sufferings, it's
triumphs, it's saints, it's great men and wo-
men, it's martyrs, its doctrines. We do
not mean that all men should be theolo
gians and controversialists. Bat We do
mean that with the ample and ready
means at their disposal Catholics ought to
study the greatest of all histories-the his
tory of Gods Church, which in itself en-
braces and gives the key to the history OF
the world. Moreover it is probably true
that more men sin against Gods Church
through ignorance than through malice.
But who is to remove the ignorance unless
Catholics themselves How are they to
remove it unless they are intellectually
equippedf And how are they to be inteiiectu
ally equipped unless they read and study I
Learning is not in the air or to be caught
on the fly. 1t is a work of labor and paine
and thought, which indeed brings it's own
reward. Even from a merely human point
of view the unintellectual and the unin-
formed man necessarily loses the highest
and the keenest pleasures of life, which
are those wherein the intellect has chief
share. Without this, pleasure is animal
merely, clog, the passing satisfaction of
an appetite. For very pride's sake our
youth, who have the opportunity, ought
to work hard at their books: They will
find their reward in this world as we'll as
in the next. Their reward will be not the
consciousness of knowing something more
than their fellows; that is nothing; but
the noble privilege of being entitled, be-
cause they are able, to defend the truth
when they see it attacked, to assist those
who are cropping blindly after truth aud
lift them up iato light, to expose falsehood
and cham, and to carry out in the conduct
of their lives their high and holy intellect
uai convictions.
Year: 1878

A street incident is related by st. Louis
newspaper about a dog which, being both
cred by a bee one hot day, as he was doz-
ing by grocer's door, incautiously sDap-
ped it up in his mouth. He made a sunden
spring to his feet as if he had just thought
of something that he had to do in hurry,
and the hair all over him raised on end as
if lhe had been electrified. Then he
pranced around a moment, shaking his
head frantically as if he was worrying a
rst. A little black object dropped from
his mouth, which he looked at inqairingly
for a brief instant, and then started off in
haste to see a man around the corner,
bowling dismally as he went.
Year: 1878

Poor old Ben DeBar died poor indeed
in worldly goods. His wife now gets IF
teen dollars per week as a member of a
theatrical troupe. She used to be an
accomplished danseuse twenty-five years
ago and was known to the public as Mile.
Henrietta Yallee.
Year: 1878

a BILL for the suppression of tramps
is before the Maryland legislature. It
provides that any wandering, INDECENT,
and unemployed person may be sentenced
by justice of the peace to six months
imprisonment. The tramp thus dealt
with is to be put to WORK; but before the
committal he may have, if he desires it,
trial by jury.
Year: 1878

THE dissatisfaction felt with the report
of the Canadian fisheries commission is
SO great and general that congress will
not confirm it. It will be attacked in
both houses as unjust, unreasonable and
not based on facts. AS the whole matter
has to be ratified by congress before it
can have any force, or before the award
can become due, it may be taken for set
tied that the result of the commission's s
labors is as good as thrown away.
Year: 1878

In 1873 the dollar of 4124 grains was at
a premium of three per cent. over the
standard gold dollar; demonstration di-
minished its price to eighty-6ve cents on
the dollar; part of the loss has been
recovered by the reduction Of the annual
supply of silver; and if the old silver
dollar of 4128 grains were restored to the
legal currency, it would speedily rise
again to par with gold. All men who
want to add to the weight of the silver
dollar are enemies of that coin, and wish
to Danish it from the country.--T Graphic


COMMENTING on some interesting facts
from the St. Peter insane asylum, the
st. Paul Pioneer-Press says g" 1t appears
that more than two and a half times as
many young men are stricken with in
sanity as women, but ss soon as they are
married the reverse is the case, for after
that more than twice as many women as
men lose their reason. What can be the
cause of this startling difference for
the same proportion holds good in the
annual statements as well as the aggre-
gate report OF all the years for which re-
turns have been made. What is the law
that governs this remarkable discovery
Certainly it would be of no use to induce
or compel young men to take dose Of
matrimony to save them from insanity
for in that case it would only increase
the number of victims among. the poor
wives. Or, if the women are TO be saved
from insanity by remaining single, just
so many more men will lose their reason.
This is q tarrihle dilemma.n
Year: 1878

MADAME ZADoC PoRTER's CoUGH
BALsAM is a Vegetable Expectorant,
prepared with great care to meet the
urgant and growing demand for a safe
and reliable antidote for diseases of
the throat and lungs Disorders of the
pulmonary organs are SO prevalent and
so fatal in our ever-changing climate
that reliable antidote has been long
and anxiouly sought for.
Year: 1878

One of the finest hotels in the country
and unquestionably among the most ele-
gantly furnished, handsomely arranged
and best conducted hotels in Chicago is the
fremont, better known as the palace
Hotel of the west. This model place is
situated convenient to the business centre
Of the city and under its present able
management is conceded by travellers
generally to be model of convenience and
comfort. Mr., Couch, the gentlemany
proprietor is a thorough hotel man and is
ably assisted by Mr.. Wentworth and Mr.,
Wilcox who seem to deem it pleasure tC
provide fors the comfort of the guests,
The table de hOtc is all that the most ex-
acting could desire and is at all times pro
Vided with the best that can be procured.
In word the fremont is model stopping
place and parties visiting Chicago can find
no better hotel at which to stop, We have
been there and know whereof we speak.
Year: 1878

The most wonderful and marvellous sue
cess, in cases where persons are sick OF
pining away from acondition of miserable.
ness, that no one knows what ails them,
profitable patients for doctors, is obtained
by the use of Hop Bitters. They begin to
cure from the first dose and keep it up
until perfect health and strength is restored
Whoever is afflicted in this way need not
sutfer, when they can get Hop Bitters
See Truth" and Proverbs" in another
column.
Year: 1878

Frank Miller's Harness Oil and Backing
is pronounced by the trade generally to be
the best manufactured. The grade of
these goods is always standard aud their
reputation unsurpassed anywhere. The
firm is one of the Oldest in the country and
has the largest trade in its line in the
country. dWtf
Year: 1878

Urinary and Womb Diseases, Gravel, Diabetes
Dropsy Stoppage of Water ,Incontinuance OF Urine,
Brights Disease, Albuminuria, and in all cases
where there are brickdust deposits or the water
thick, cloudy mixed with substances like the white
OF an egg, or threads like white silk, or there is
morbid, dark, bilious appearance and white bone
dust deposits, and when there Is a pricking burn
ing sensation when passing water, and Pain in the
Small OF the Back and along the Loins
Year: 1878

Michael Reese, the deceased miser of San Francisco, was slave trader at one period of his career, and made money out of the traffic. His apologists seem to overlook the significance of that fact in forming judgment of his character. The wealth amassed by him amounted to seven or eight millions, large part being the most valuable real estate in the Californian metropolis. He made Q dozen fortunes in his lifetime, and was 8 dozen times, by the bankruptcy of others, by fire, and by shipwreck, reduced to beggary. A bachelor, he lived for many years solitary life in small and mean ly furnished apartment in one of his own buildings, but of late had quarters with an acquaintance in suburban village, so as to evade city taxation on his per- sonal property. His business office, in which negotiations involving millions were conducted, was @ small room hard ly large enough for Chinese cigar shop. In habits, dress and manner he was 8 miser, but he was aware of 1t, and dis passionately protested that he couldn't help it, because it was disease with him. On the other hand, he said that he would some day do good with the money he was amassing.
Year: 1878

The Independence Beige publishes what purports to be new anecdote of Trafalgar. When the British ships, under Nelson, were bearing down to attack the combined fleet off Trafalgar, the first lieutenant of the Revenge, on going around to see that all hands were at quarters, observed one of the men devoutly kneeling at the side of his gun. So very unusual an attitude in British sailor excited his surprise, and he asked the man if he was afraid. ''Afraid P answered the honest tar; "no !! was only praying that the enemy's shot may be distributed in the same proportion as prize money-the greatest part among tho officers"
Year: 1878

To REMOVE WALL PAPGR.--Wet
cloth in pretty warm water and dsmpen
the paper all over. Let it remain some
fifteen or twenty minutes, wet again thor
oughIy, and then use a dry cloth to rub s
the paper off. Sometimes it will peal Oh
easily; again it will roll up only as lar
as you can rub it. On wood it adheres
very closely. On plastered walls the sec,
ond wetting will soften the paperso that
it will peal off almost entire. All wall
paper ought to be removed and the walls
washed in weak lye or copperas water De-
fore new paper is laid, as this renders
the room sweeter and preserves the new
paper much better. Where grease spots
have been, it should be washed thorough,
ly in hot soap suds, or the grease WIN
strike through the new paper III shor'
time.
Year: 1878

Self-reliance may be carried too far,
and self-reliant great men are often very
difficult to take care of in old age, when
their habits have survived their strength


The late Duke Of Wellington was ac-
customed, during the latter years of his
life, to drive himself about in q currricle,
a habit which caused his family consid-
erable uneasiness since, from his incrcas-
ing years and failing vision, it seemed
probable that he would meet with some
accident.


The dukes well-known character, how
ever, was such that nobody dared to hint
such thing to him, and all the round
about methods taken to induce him to
abandon his charioteering having failed
he was left to enjoy its pleasures at peace


What rendered this 80 extremely dan
gerous was bis habit of going off sudden
ly to sleep, which brought him so many
hairbreadth escapes that at last it was
arranged for some member OF the family
to accompany him whenever be could do
so without awakening his suspicious.


One day his second son, Lord Charles,
contrived to be honored with the peril
Gus invitation. After driving certain
distance along the road, the duke went
off into q nap, aud one Of the reins fell
from his hands, while he kept hold OF
the other, still feeling the horses mouths
with it. The result was that the animals
were gradually edged towards a deep
aud steep ravine which bordered the
road.


Lord Charles was watching thing:
meantime, and prayed that his father
might, as he had done many time before,
awake in time to prevent the else inevi.
table smash. The duke, however, con-
tinued to nod and tdPull, until at last
as the horses were on the very edge OF
the ditch, Lord Charles seized the fallen
rein, ami giving it pluck, pulled them
short round into the road again. With d
sharp turn the duke awoke, and seeing
the rein in his sons hand, asked angrily
what are you doing with the reins, sirf


swell, sir" replied Lord Charles, "tht
horses were going straight over the edge
and l just pulled them off it in time tc
prevent us being smashed to pieces"


The duke looked ut him sternly ano
said: "Ill trouble you to mind your own
businessr