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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1894-9-21, Page 7UMBER 21, 1894 AGRICULTURAL, The Beat Pork, Pork hi the standard meat food 01/ the fanner of this county and nerhape, always Will he, and it ahouid be prepared in each manner that it will ne wholeeeme Red ipeletable, To do this ib le necessary to begin with the pig that to to be slaughter., ed and feed him judietouely, 1t fe acknow- ledged that the perk of I,urouoan oeuntries is mope toothsome than that of America, because it oonteiu,less, fat and is eon• sapiently of better flavor and more digest. ble, The old plau was to feed the hogs until they were nothing but manses of fat because pork of thia kind lasted longer than that which would be more inviting bo the palate, The best porkis of course' that made from pigs under a year old, and these should be given ouch food as will produce musole or lean meat to the greatest possible extent. It should not be the principal aim so produce fat at first, but to feed such food as will make growth and keep the digestive organa in good condition. For this purpose a good grass range is probably as good as anything, and plenty of milk Where it is obtainable will be found to supplement' the grass in the production of musole. If the pig is kept in it thriving condition by a oourae of feeding of this kind it will be ready to finish for the shambles in a 'short time, when the slaughtering season eomee, Btan and shorts are good things to feed growing pigs as they are rich in bone and musole-forming material. A pig that is fed something after this style -will not produce as much lard as one that is kept until a year and a half old, but the pork from it will be sweet and whole- snme'instead of greasy mass that is pro- lific of disease, and distasteful at any time, to a refined taste. Milkers in, Beef Breeds. of aver sett that Venally lie around Wee. he kept in he proper pique, so that it could be felind in the dark if needed,. Ifabits of ne10ne30 and regularity are learned in keeping a tool shed in peeper order, more, perhaps, than in any ether place on the farm, When neat - nese in little things lo learned, greater things are always taken 001'0 of, Early out hayto oonfeesedlp' better for mills -giving animals than ripe bay. Vor new milab-cows and ewes with lumbo it le very desirable to out a few tons 01 oloyor just before it gets into full blossom. It will not yield aa moth per sore as if allow• ed to atom' until the blossoms begin to turn brown, and the hay may not be so nutritloue for fattening stook, but It is more succulent and more easily digested, and when fed in connection with a little meal will produoo more milk. BROTHER AND SISTERS DIE TO OETHE R. To Savo the Pala That Would 110 Cunsed Should They Co $eparntely. The Devon, which one hundred years ago, says Live Stock Journal (London), had a generally poor reputation for dairy pur- poses, has now many excellent dairy re- words, while retaining its ancient credit as. a beef breed. The West highland breed, nob reputed for milk, ocoasionally produces good milkers, and we have a note of a cow A great sensation has been caused in Vienna by the suicide of four members of a well-known and wealthy family—a brother and three sisters. They wereFranz,Anna, A toinie, and Julianne Kollarz. Franz Kollarz was an artist of reputation, and, although 65 years old, enjoyed a good in. Dome from the sale of hie paintings and sketches. The brother and sisters, all un- married, lived together in a handsome house in the Austrian. capital. They en. joyed life apparently, and had a large circle of friends. As aubaequent developments proved,they had contemplated the ending of their lives together for some time. May 10,_a000m• panted by their nice, Mies Marianne Beakiba, he painter, whose mother died a few weeks ago, they made a pilgrimage to Maria-Lauzendorf, a small village not far of that breed, belonging to a Me. Watson, who attested that he bought her for £5, that when eventually fattened she weighed 22 at. tron, that she gave nearly eleven Scotoh pinta per diem, and that betwee April 18, 1828, and January 30, 1829, her milk yielded 3741.2 pounds of butter, 16. ounces to the pound. The Shorthorn, whose ancient milking records are extraordinary, whose general character as a milker was sub- sequently damaged by small dairy returns in most of the prominent herds bas by Ramon recent performances in picked herds and at the dairy shows, triumphantly establish- ed its great capabilities. There is scarcely, perhaps, one of our British breeds which does not show somewhere in its history, a record of the aptitude to develop the milk. ing power, if trained for that object, at ex. pease of an abatement of the growth of beef, at least in the female, whilst under contribution to the dairy. The land, after all, and the market demand, must regulate the supply.; and we cannot doubt that where the land ie• specially favorable to the increase of any one or more of the products of our herds and flocks, we bave in our present breeds, and in their possible com- binations in the form of new breeds, untold poseibilitiea of bountiful reward for the breeder's skill. A Difference. In a dairy many farmers fail to under- stand that a cow that gives a good pail of milk is not always a profitable cow, when another that givesree Ilya lesequantity when put to the teat proves to be the better cow so far as the making of butteria concerned. When selling inlik, quantity 18 usually the principal article to be oonsidered, while in making butter it is the quantity of solids that are in the butter that determines the question of value. With too many milk is is milk, and if a cow gives a good quantity she is considered a good dairy cow, and in consequence a really good cow is made to make up what is lost with another whose chief recommendation is the quantity of milk she given. It is on this point that many fail to make dairying pay. Too many cows are kept that are in reality skim milk cows. The only eafe plan when cows are kept to make butter for market isto test each one and determine the quantity of cream and butter that can be secured from her milk rather than to let the quantity of milk she gives alone determine her value. Farm Notes. The harvesting of barley hos to be care- fully watched. When the ears lose their ereot position, and the Drop changes color, it should be out, and once cut gathered in as quickly as possible to save it from being discolored by rain, which injures barley far more than wheat., Don't borrow or lend. Do with what you have and let your neighbor do likewise. You cannot afford to pay out money to fur- nish your neighbor and should not expect" Min to keep you in tools. Learn the lesson of ,elf reliance and it will be a great help in the battle of life. Do business on a cash basis. Pay cash for what you get and sell your produce, for from Vienna. The Sunday following they visited the church, and the niece noticed that they prayed with unusual fervor when kneeling before the altar. Later they all with the exception of the niece,went to con feasion. Returning to the hotel where they nad taken rooms they seemed to be in good spirits. The next morning the four old people visibed the cemetery.' The at- tendants were just digging a grave. The Kollerzes watched them for a time and then asked a number of questions as to the ne- ceesary depth ofgraves, their coat, and a to the disposition in the village of those who ended their linos. The same' evening Herr Kollarz aocomponied his niece to the station on the Way back to Vienna, and bade her s hearty farewell. He then called at a store and purchased four wine glasses and returned to the hotel The three sisters awaited him at the entrance. of them ask. Is everything ready ed. "Everything, was the answer. LAST SEEN ALIVE. The last seen of them alive was when the waiter carried up their evening meal. The next morning some surprise was caused by their failure to appear. As there .was no response to repeated knockings at the door; it was burst open, and a shocking sight met the eyes of the intruders. On the sofa lay the painter and two of his sisters, resting on one another dead. On the floor, near a chair, from which she had evidently fallen, was the other sister. On the table were the four glasses; and near them what was left of a large doze of oyankali, which they had dissolved in wine and swallowed. The following lettter was found in a place on the bureau where it could nob be overlooked. "Our last will. A farewell to all relatives, and friends—may they remember us with kindly feelings. We, brother tindsisters— Frank, Anna, Antoinie, and Jnllie Kollarz —each of us ended his life of his own free will, without any compulsion, to avoid the suffering which would be caused should we go singly. We are under obligation bo no one ; we owe no farthing to anyone ; we have offended no ono ; we have wished evil to no one ; have done evil to no ova, Therefore without accusation we go. We firbid emphatically any physical examine• tion of our bodies. We wish to be buried as OhrietainCatholics. The money for the burial services ie provided. The nice of the four death -seekers, tite young artist �o them their last is heir to all hepop. octet. END OF FARM POTS, The lllgrtey Wine of lntvlligout Aetlen Agalusl ifneeot afeernios. Verniers' bulletin No, 19, issued by the United States Departmenb 0f Agriculture, givea some direetieue oncoming the Pre' partition and 000 of a few of the insecticide agents having the widest range and attend. ed with the greatest usefulness, eoopomy, and ease of application, There are constant calla for information of the oharaoter eon.• tamed in the bulletin, and the effort has been made to give in a gonoise, yet Dom plate, manner the beet method of preper. cash. Goods are cheaper if you have the cash to pay down, and you 000 afford to sell for a smaller price for cash than for a piece of paper with a man's name attached and take your chances on it being paid. Thorough pulverization of the soil is more important than any other work bestowed upon a orop. A farmer thus states his plan for securing largo crops : "I tell my men to harrow the ground until they they think it has been harrowed twice as much as it ought to be, and then.' toll them it has not been harrowed, half enough. Ono of the secrets of success fn farming in the eastern states lies in the font that a few garden vogetablee, , a little fruit, a few pounds o f,,buttor or a few dozen eggs every week, with a few extra props ab various seasons, may amount to more money in a year than one large special crop of grain or cotton, and it can be- produced without keeping extra teams, which must be, idle Moat of the year. A tool shed is a neoeasity to every farm. Here should be kept machine, implements, tools, wheelbarrows, and all spare things ing and applying the remedies suggested, by which the beet results can be obtained, The overwhelming experience of Pbe past dozen years, the bulletin says, mime it "linos tunnecessary to urge, on the ground Of pecuniary returns, the adoption of the moasureo recommended against insects. To emphasize the value of such praotioe it 10 only necessary to call attention to the fact that the loss to orchards, garden and farm crops frequently amounts to from 15 to 75 Per oent. of the entire product, and innum- erable instances could be pointed out where euoh loan has been sustained year after year while now, by the adoption of remedial. measures, large yields are regularly secured with an inaignifieent expenditure for treatment. It has been established that in the case ot the Apple crop spraying will protect from 50 to 75 per cent, of the fruit, whioh would othorwieo be wormy, and that in actual maraoting experience the pride has been enhanced from $L00 to $9.50 per barrel, and this at the ooet of only about 10o per tree for labor and material, The cotton crop, which formerly, in years of bad infestation by the leaf worm was estimated to be injured to the extent of $30,000,000, ie nowcomparatively free from such injury, owing to the general use of arsenicals. Facts of like import could be deduced in regard to many other leading staples, but the foregoing, the bulletin says, are suffiolent to emphasize the money value of intelligent action against insect enemies, which with the present competition ani diminishing prices, may represent the dif- ference between a profit and a leas in agri- Greatness in Discouragement. London Judy overheard a conversation in whiolt a waiter said that he was offered a fine place in Paris on condition that he learn French. The explanation was that the native-born waiters could not understand French as spoken by the guests from Lon- don. This is amusing. How .much it signifies depends on the individual. To earn tospeak French tolerably well requires long time, or much practice under a compe- tent instructor. Not one in ten will have use enough ot the language in speaking to keep familiar with it. Quite other is it in the matter of reading. All of the ten who have gone far enough to read easy French at sight, might better keep on reading a little all along after school days, for en- joyment and culture. Others of them who are thinking of any pursuit in which Frenoli authorities are important' will find it desirable at timed to consult them, and they are not always to be had in English version. ,Many who have thought them- selves well up in French and German, after completing the usual college coursee, have found themselves at serious disadvantage when undertaking graduate work in the more advanced universities. One can see how this is in any department or section that is largely indebted to the brains of France and Germany. Talk as we may of our own language and of ibe growing in flueno abroad, every soul of this time and of the next fifty years will discover that five or six modern languages belong to a liberal outfit for the student world and the man of affairs, not to mention specialists. For many who cannot have school tuitioning, there is the opportunity of private study. The farmer's don or daughter may do ,very. well without going off to academy or col- lege, when such going is not within their means. Private study, with no aesiatance beyond the taw booka theyhad, was sufS. oient to bring forward some of the most useful men the world has known: Do nob talk of your discouragementa; not a few of the greatest men and, women owe their greatness to their diocourageinentd. cultured operations. • Scotch Hospitality, 1629. We have an interesting account of'hospit ality in 1029, which given a good idea of the manner in which h country gentleman of the period lived, sage the Scottish Re- view. Dinner and eupper were brought in by the servants with their hats on, a custom which is corroborated by lrynea Moryeon, who, writing in 1598, says that, being at a knight's house who had. many FLORBNa ,llIUTETI ALfLB, THE ANGEL ,NEARINfr HERR ENDENCYfES The Noble career 01 OHO Wnnran and the Notizie Work Site 1►I't—$vert^ Seidler $it EvOmy Sand $1100hes her Nome nnrl Stever* tsar Dseicesy. 1 have juat seen one who wee the moat famous woman in England, the Queen ex. minted, and I have found that, in addition to having bead the most famous, ohs is per. equally the least known woman in Great Britain. This woman is Florence Nlghtin. gale, the heroine of the Orimoa, the "Angel of the Trenohea," as the French termed her, the woman who revolutionized hospital methoda not only in England, but through- out the world, It 10 now a trifle more than seventy-four yearaago Ghat thiewoman was born in sunny Florence, from which city her name woe taken,and England has just been celebrating the anniversary. A neat meld took my card, and a few moments later I was shown into the presence of the woman whom I had much trouble in locating. I found her re- clining on a couch with books about her and a writing pad beside her. Her appear. ante Dame as a sort of shook to me. For some reason Ihad expected to nee a slender nervously.organized woman, quick and energetic. I saw instead a woman enorm- ously about—unwieldly, in face I found also that ehe cannot walk without assist- ance, even about her own room. My interview with Miss Nightingale was brief. She Was too ill to talk much. She expressed her thanks for the many kind letters that she is contently receiving, and she mentioned especially the testimonials presented to her by the American Govern- ment in overn-mentin return for her advice with regard to improving their hospital service at the time of the Civil War. She has a similar testimonial from France, and has tributes from individuals from all over the world. Her rooms are fairly filled with, pictures, booka. medals and bits of brio.a.brac that have been presented to her from time to time. HEjE, CAREER. servants to attend him, they brought in the meat with their heads covered' with blue naps, After washing their hands in a basin, they sat down to, dinner, and Sir James Pringle said grace : the viands seemed to have been plentiful. and excellent, " big pottage, long kale, bowe or white kale,. which is cabbage, ' breoh serve,' powdered beef, roast and boiled mutton, a venison pie in form of an egg, goose" ; then, they had cheese cut and unout and apples. But the clone of the feast wars the moat curious thing about it. The table cloth was removed, and on it was put a "towel the whole breadth of the table, and half the length of it, a basin and ewer to wash; then a green carpet laid on, then one oup of beer set on theoarpet,thene little long lawn servitor, plaited up a shil- ling or little more broad,lald acrossover the corner of the table,and a glass of hot water net down also on the table, then be there three boys to say grace, the first, the Thanksgiving; the second, the Paternoster; the third, a prayer for a-bleeeing to God's Church. The goodmen of the house, his parents, kinsfolk, and the whole company they then do drink hob watera,so at supper, then to bed, the collation which [is] a stoups of ale. The whole account, it must be said, is not very intelligible,and it must have been a somewhat formidable prelude to the post-prondial toddy. Hobart has another outbreak of starlet ever. Curious Properties of Glycerine. One of the greet advantages of glyaerine in its chemical employment is the fact that it neither freezes nor evaporates under any ordinary temperature. No perceptible loss by evaporation has been detected ata temperature less than 200 degrees F., but if heated intensely it decomposes with a smell that few persons find themselves able to endure. It burns with a pale flame, similar to that from alcohol, it heated to about 300 degrees, and then ignited. Its non -evaporative qualities make the com- pound of much use as a vehicle for holding pigments and colors, as in stamping and typewriter ribbons, carbon papers and the like. If the pure glycerine be exposed for a long time to a freezing temperature, it crystallizes with the appearance of sugar sandy, but these crystals being once melted it is almost an impossibility to get them again into the congealed state. If a little water be added to the glycerine no crystal- lization will take place, though under a aufioiont degree of cold the water will separate and form crystals, amid which the glycerine will remain in its natural state of fluidity. If suddenly subjected to in- tense mtense cold, pure glycerine will form a gum- my mass which cannot be entirely. hard ened or crystallized. Altogether it is quite a peculiar substance. Too Much Tobacco. The toxic effects of tobacco among the lower classes in England are comparative, ly not infrequent. The form which the poisoning takes is that known to ophthalmic surgeons as "tobacco amblyopia." The men come to the hospitals complaining of Josh of eight. Commonly they are found to be bootmakers, or those to whom the opportunity occurs of smoking while they are at work. In most oases there is a serious failure of vision. Associated with this is the lose of perception for the colors red and green, which is confined to the central part of the retina. The diagnosis, however, having been made, the treatment is easy enough. Practically this resolves itself into the emphatic prohibition of all smoking. AStran go Spell. Frances—"Have you heard from that young man who was so devoted to you a month ago P" Kitty—"Yes,I received a letter from him yeaterday,,and he seems to be under some strange spell ; a weird spell, I' might say. Frances—"Perhaps it is your fascination that has done Kitty—"I should hope not. Remits two :l's in 'until' and no k iu 'know,'" 3e'anti FURNACES„. COAL •. FDR ALL SIXES OF SEILOiNtr3. C4Pacitv from. 10,000 to 30,00 Cubic 'Deaf •' C1lCt ONll Sa'1: 1. 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The grin cynic of the day was half right who ,said that the allies had not generals save General Canrobert, the Frenchman, and that the Rusaians had none save Generals January and February, during which months Englishmen and Frenchmen were frozen on posts and iu the trenches. Kinglake and McCarthy tell us that the contractors, who supplied the English troops with food furnished tainted meat that caused disease and led London ” Punch" to print a savage satirical attack on the Loudon contractors under theoaption, " One Man's Meat Another A'Ian's Poison." It was at this juncture, when men were dying about Sebastopol and other points like sheep at the shambles, that Florence Nightingale came to the front and brought into the terrible game of war as much humanity as a good woman's heart and wit could. It was Sir Sidney Herbert, on behalf of the Government, who applied to Florence Nightingale to take charge of a corps of nurses to care for the sick and wounded in Scutari and the Crimea. She was no novice, though England did not know this, as Sir Sidney Herbert, Lord Palmerston, and some others did. It was speedily learned, however, that she was the daughter of William E. Nightin- gale, of Entbley Park, Hampshire, and of Lea Hdrat, Derbyshire, a worthy baronet, who admired his daughter's brains and strong individuality and let her go her own way. She spent some considerable time with the Protestant Sisters of Mercy at Kaiserwerth, on. the Rhine, and she studied in English hospitals and schools and re- formatories the wounded in body and mind and, for that matter, soul as well. Just before the opening of the Crimean war she opened a sohool for the training of nurses in Harley street, in London, and here she introduced methods that are still in vogu in our own schools fortrained nurses. HER WORK. As for her work in the Crimea, every history of that short, but desperate, strug- gle tells ot the work of Florence Nightin' gale. Her work was indeed more useful than the charge of the Light Brigade that Tennyson has sung, though the "Master Singer" did not see fit to immortalize Florence Nightingale. The English people, though taciturn and, it may be, at times ungrateful, are not always 80. The wo- manly tenderness ot Florence Nightingale, her more than manly courage, resolution, fertility of resource and practical know. ledge of the work to which she had set her hand, made as impression in England that can scarce be understood oven now. At the clone of the Crimean war Florence Nightingale was the most popular person. in Great Britain, and what is more, Eng• land, which never does things by halves when once it to aroused, showed its ap- prooiation of her work and wortb. She was thanked by the Queen, and she was thanked by Lords and Commons. The preen echoed and rent:hoed her praise. The English people, always practical, raised a testimonial fund of $250,000 and presented it to Miss Nightingale. Thio testimonial was accepted, but l'lorence Nightingale's disposition of it was characteristic. She arranged that every chilling of the fund should go to the establishment of a school for braining nurses in the Nightingale Home in St. Thomas' Hospital in Leaden. The result was the establishment of a school for the training of mtrsee that per. haps has no equal in the world and that is one of the moat famous of the modern ivabitutions of Loudon. Nothing could be more calm or peaceful than the evening of this good woman's life, whioh18 falling quietly and softly. lb has been a noble life and a useful one, filled with unselfish devotion to high Ideals and to humanity. When Florence Nightingale dies the world will have more reason to mourn than it has had over the death of its mightiest warriors. The value of settlers' affects brought into Canada froth the United Sbatea in 1899 was b1,600,000. The value of like articles brought from Great Britain was only $511,- 000. The Bane of Nilliou3 of Li :3 .9 SE ea Sick IIeade-he is a malady which makes its appearance most frequently in women. The attack often begins in the morning, upon awakening, after a night of restlessness or heavy sleep ; though it is especially wont to occur in connection with emotional disturbances, such as excitement, fright or mental strain. The pain is usually localized, being in one or the other, more frequently the left side of the head. It is generally aecompanied by great disturbance of the stomach, when light pains the eyes; noises otherwise unnoticed inflict punishment; odors excite nausea. From the fact that people with strong nerves are never troubled with Sick Headache, it is generally conceded by the most eminent phy- sicians that it is dependent upon weak nerves or nervous debility, and can only be permanently cured by strengthening the nervous system. Tho Great South American Ner- vine Tonic is the only remedy manu- factured whioh is prepared espeoially and expressly for the nerves. It acts directly on the nerve centres at the base of the brain. cotreoting any derangement there may be, greatly increasing the supply of nervous energy or nerve force, giving meat tone to the whole body, and thereby enabling a system subject to Sick Headache to withstand future attacks. It gives relief in one day and speedily effects a permanent cure. Mrs. Isabella S. Graham, of Frieudswood, Indiana, writes: "For a number of years I have suffered intensely with Nervous and Sick Headache ; had hot flashes, was sleepless and became despondent. Dr. Faris, of Bloomington, Indiana, spoke so highly of South American Nervino that I was induced to buy a bottle. That purchase led to a few others, and now I sleep soundly, feel buoyant, strong and vigorous. I would not be back in the condition I was in when I began taking this medicine for any sum you could name." Mrs. 3, H. Prouty, of La Grange, Indiana, writes: "Your South Amer- ican Nerviuo worked a marvellous- cure with me last year. I began taking it last April about the 201h. The first week S made a gain of 10 lbs. and from that time on I made a steady gain until I reached my normal weight, making in all a total , gain of 80 lbs. After taking it three or four months I found myself a • well woman." A. DEARMAN Wholesale and Retail Agent for Brussels A Frenchman's Small Ranch A provincial farmer living near Anet, Franoe,hasdecided to increase his incomeby cultivating snails. He has at present 180,000 of the interesting and shiny ereaturos pen- ned up in awateproof shed, and where they are being fattened for the Paris market. They eat se much green fodder per day as two cows would consume, and their pet dainty is cabbage leaves, which impede to their flesh the dela:ate pea -green - tinge so admired by epicures. Whether this farmer is going to add largely to hie income by this new departure, remains to bo seen, but a certain class of French pen, plc do greatly esteem snails. Snail pie is considered excellent, but some people pre- fer them simply boiled, and extract them, from the shell with a little sliver implement resembling a nut pick only somewhoblargor Self -Denial. Usefulness is the only key to the world's kindness, and when age robe a man of 1100• fulness, its cruelty pursues him to the grave. There is a lesson for the young in every failure. Age will come to all who live long enough to meet it. The young ought to aim at becoming financially inds- endent of the world as soon as possible. Independence is not to be achieved by the, i sudden acoumttlation of riobee. Wealth IS only for the few, but independence might bo for the many, if the many were content to buy it by calf -denial. Pleasures, even' innocent bub expensive pleaeuree, are for those who can afford them, and others are purchasettleasuretheir thensap the when, to Which might be their they ppio the evil time.