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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1875-01-01, Page 61875. • eat for Cattle and She)? Feed. Some authoritiert -urge that it is posie tively sinful to use as food for beasts the staff of life, which in their wisdom they regard was meant for Man alone, lout when wheat is abundant and cheap, it is absurd and illogical to object to its con, version into butcher meat or dairy prodnce. The important practical ques- tion. is, how can it be profitably and safely useil for feeding the animals of the farm ? Given whole and uncooked, as is done with oats or beans, wheat for most - animals is difficult of digestion. H.orses eating a feed of wheat instead of oats usually beeonae uncomfortable, flatulent, and pained. From a full meal of wheat we have frequently; seen hors -es stiffer from enteritis and caminitis. The gram swells up and resists digestion, nor does gradual use appear to render raw wheat very suitable fare for harcl-worked horses. For cattle,sheep, and pigs, it answeis better than for horses, but re- quires to be given with some ,Iiidginent. It • cannot profitably be used whole. Roughly- ground into meal, it may be ad- vantageously mixed with out roots, chaff -cake, and other such food. Richer in allyaminoids than most other articles of cattle.food, excepting beans, peas or lentils, it may very fittingly be conjoined with mare starchy food, such as Indian corn, or with such purely saccharine food as treacle. We have 'repeatedly seen both cattle and sheep thrive, grow, and feed on six pounds or eight pounds of a mixture of equal quantities of wheat and maize meat, used as adjuncts with roots and straw, and. in England with roots and hay. At present prices treacle is a palatable and convenient addition to these meals. About a pound may be given daily to an adult cow or ox, and even double that quantity does not un- duly relax the bowels when it is give -n,. as it should be, mixed with cut straw and other au& dry feod. It failitates distribution to mixt with water, brew- ers' grain,. or oxen with bruised cake or meal. Where :there are facilities for cooking, wheat may be advantageously < boiled into a gruel, mixed with treacle, and poured. over the straw chaff, which when thus sweetened is eaten freely by most description of stook. By in- telligently carrying out such a system, fresh, sound straw may be largely and profitably consumed, the mixture is not very costly. .Roots and hay, scarce this year in many districts, may be greatly econemized • a large head. of stock may be kept heafthilt gro wing throughout the • winter, and -tan increased weight of beef and mutton may generally be produced. Even where roots are comparatively plentiful, farmers having abundance of straw will find that at present prices of the raw material, namely, the lean stock and the feeding stuffs, it will generally answer to use wheat meal, maize, aud treacle tolerably liberally, and thus car- ry an increased number of pod young stock, Or even feed out well -selected am - Deals for the butcher. An ingenious friend was wont Bola years • ago, whea wheat was cheap, to grind it roughly with maizef oats, bar- ley, or pulse, and bake the 'mixed meals into cakes', or bread. This was used for every description of faim stock, for hor- ses, pigs, and. poultry, as well as for cat- tle and sheep, and for stote as well as for feeding animals. The plan is, doubt- less, theoretically- correct. The baking cracks the starch granules, increases digestibility, and thus saves the animal some expenditure of vital force The baked food is particularly palatable, is eminently suitable for young and weak- lier shbjeets,_ and for thosebeing forced for showing ;' but the process is trouble- - sonao, requires a goodly amount of space and appliances, and for ordinary purposes the cost out -does the profit.—N. B. Agr;culturist. The Value of a Dead aortae. - The French are more likely than any other `people to know the exact value of a' horse's carcase, and on this subject the Liberto gives some details of what a dead horse fetches in Paris, and of the in- genious methods by which the trading community is able to make the most of the animal, irrespective of the flesh, the' price of which varies essentially accord- • mg to the quality. An ordinary horse has about 150 grams of hair., represent- ing a value of from twenty-five to • forty cents. The skin is worth from nineteen to twenty-five francs. The blood, dried by heat and reduced to ,powder, fetehet five francs. The viscera, entrails, &c., are valued at four francs. The tendons, weighing a.boat two kilograms, and whicl-i are used to make glue. sell at the rate of one franc fifty centimes the kilo- gram. .A horse in good condition may furnish thirty kilograms of fat, -which sells at one franc forty centimes the kilo- gram. The old shoes and nails are worth forty centimes.' The stripped bones, used in the fabrication of animal black, sell by weight at the rate of seven centimes the kilogram, which for the whole carcass -.represents a sum of about three francs fifty centimes. It is seen by these figures that a dead horse is worth at least eighty francs ($16), not in- cluding the value of the flesh, which is sold for food. if the animal is healthy, or which at any rate serves for manure. - a --- The Balky Horse If anything will try human patience it is a balky horse—one that can go and won't gt. No universal remedy has yet been discovered, but it seems to be true that if the animal's attention is positive- ly directed to sonie. now thing, he will forget _ his stubbornness and start. Tying a string around his'ear and letting it hang sets him wondering about it, and the object is gained. Tying his tail firredy to one side' is sometimes success- ful, but it i3 doubtful whether success troettU follow if there were a load, for the weight brings his mind back to the old. subject, and it is well known that balk- ing often .comes at a steep hill or with a heavy load. Whipping and pounding do - no good whatever, and red-hot irons -are of little use. 'But there are men .who are positive they can curd a balky horse. A doctor had this remedy : He took out a newspaper and read (soinetimes several hours) until the. hot se was will- ing to go, 'but no live man •wants to be bothered in that way. Balky horses ate ways fur sale, and it is singular that often after they are sold anal the pur- ehaser. comes back the original owner is surprised that the horse balked-7it must be that he was made so by bad driving, by- a want of .hprse knowledge. Hoviso- evelythis may be, deliver us all from a balky horse, especially- when the roads sag slippery, the Inlis steep, the night dark, and itis ten miles home. SCOTCH OATMEAL PAKE. —The Dan: &fay _Newsman says : One of the national eharaoteriethis of S1nd. is oatmeal Itfadeeinto :esit is thin:pima resembles 11. citnelmadoi yeast .oakes, '..,< •I can :describe its appearance with ease, bat no :words of mine or of any other man can give an adequate idea of itEi taste. It as the staple article of food in the early wars of this people, and after taking A bite one oeases to wonder at the reckless bravery they displayed. I only ate but two square inches of a thin cake, and was seized with a ferocious desire to stab sornebady. In fact; I tried to inveigle the boatswain to the back of the pilot house with a sinceredesire to cut him open, and had he not been otherwise engaged, he would to -day be 'gathered with his fathers and other relatives. I have not touched the cake since. _ aa• The lgosquito. In its perfect, or winged state, it is aboutis annoying a creaturoas can 'be, but then it must be remembered that the traveler is but a casual intruder in the natural domain of the mosquito, and Must expect the consequences of •his intrusion. Devciuring travelers is not the normal occupotion Of the mosquito, for hundreds of successive generatittilea may live and the and. not of them over see a human being. Their real object is a beneficent one. In their larval state, they live in -the water,. and feed upon tiny particles of 'decaying matter that are too small to be appreciated by the larger aquatie beings, and by devouring them purify the water, and convert death into life. Even in our ponds at home, we are much indebted to the gnat larvaa for saving ns from miasma; while the vast armies of mosquito larvw that swarm along the edges of tropical lakes, • and feed upon the decaying substances that fall from the herbage of the banks, purify at the sante , time the water and the atmosphere, and ,enable . human beings to breathe with safety -the air in which, without their aid, no ' animal higher than a reptile could have existed. --"Insects Abroad," by Rev. F. G. Wood. —.6 -- Painting Shingle Roofs. The Country Gentlemai has the follow- ing on the subject: Our own experience is against the use of either coal -tar or paint. The black surface made !thy ap- plying the tar causes the roof to 'become hot in the sun's rays, and the shingles to warp and • crack; the wood becomes water -soaked beneath the tar when it rains, and the tar prevents speedy dry- ing. The consequence has. been that tarred rods are destroyed in a compara- tively -few years, while the rain -water always has a copious black sediment. Painting roofs produces a similar result, but in \much less degree, unless the shingles'are thoroughly painted on both sides, and are kept thus painted, which is almost impracticable. Some years ago we took up a roof laid about twenty-five years ago _before with good shaved pine shingles, painted before laying i with good red -ochre paint in oil. Every shingle when removed was completely rotten. The paint had..held the moisture longer beneaeh, and cone raore harm good.;''bA roolis so muc exposed to the irecrays of the sun anel to the rain, that it is clearly impossible to prevent the Craeking of the paint and the en- trance of the water ; and when. this pro- cess once begins decay goes on rapidly. Well -laid pine shingles have lasted. forty years and more when not painted.. Inventions Needed. The American Artisan, calls the atten- tion of inventors.. to the following heed- ful agricultural implementt : A ditching- • machine that will cut a narrow ditch for the reception of drain -tile; an apparatus NEW CARRIAGE FACTORY to be drawn by horse -power and capable of laying the. tiles in the ditch when forrned ; a mole -plow which shall make a subterranean drain that will not chote up in a yearor two.; an efficient potato harvester—al though scores of mach i n es designed for this purpose have been de- vised,. none actually come up to the needs of•the grower, and the laborious, dirty, and disagreeable work of potato harvestieg is still universally done by hand ; a stone -gathering machine capable of clearing a field of stone and piling the same in Winrows, fitting the field for easy mowing with a machine; a sowing ap- paratus that will sow beans and peas as e ectually as the common grains are s wed—for be it known that tlieSe round • nearly round seeds persistently refuse t ) be covered by the action of the liar- -r w, and roll to the surface as the teeth s r the soil about them; a small ma- c ine—it must not be large or costly— f r pulling flax ; a small. power-accumu- 1 ting wind -mill, not to exceed in cost to u er more than fifteen or twenty dollars, f r churning and similar purposes; an itomatic sheaf -binder for harvesters, a d, vice. already experimented -with in any ways, and projected for using ttire, twine, and straw in its- operatiou, lint nevertheless not yet a thing accom- plished. Several important machines are left. out of this list, -among which may be named- a corn -busker, a sheep -shearer, a cow -milker; and in the house a good washing -machine, one that will do the work right, is neededworst of all. oos Progress inWood-Working. eawea Into, Ailartka allurettiouelumber, eslats, scale-boaide, veneera, aid what not —B H Xstight. THE OLDESTABLISHED ACRICULTORAL IMPLEMENT EMPORIUM, SMA.POIR,T1--1_ 0. C. WILLSON DESIRES TO CALL THE ATTENTION OF FARMERS To the feet that he has on hend wItii.rge Stook of those wen -known . STRAW CUTTERS AND GRAIN CRUSHERS, 1?00T CUTTERS, SATMITO MACHINES, HORSE POWERS, FOUR SIZES, PITT'S PATENT. All manufactured by D. MAXWELL, of Paris. These hewn powers are suitable for driving all kinds of Maehinery, such as Straw Cutters, Grain Crushers and Sawing Machines. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND SEWING MACHINES On hand as usual. THE FLORENCE Still takes the leid, over 500 of them- having been sold in the County within thelast 8 months. A WANT SUPPLIED. 0 A 0 in no department of mechanical pro- gress has the advancement been more thorough than in the machinery for the working of wood. Up to the beginning of the last quarter of the eighteenth cen- tury What were the tools and modes of the woodworker? With the axe adze pit -saw, whip -saw, handsaw, chisel, and rasp: excellent work. was done; but it may be said that, with the exception of a few saw mills, there was DO machinery for wood -working How infreg nent were the saw mills may be gathered from the fact that one established in England in 1663 by a Dutchman was abandoned from fear of pereonal violenoe on the part of the populace, and in 1767 one at Limehouse in the eastern part of Lon- don, was destroyed. by a mob of sawyers who considered their craft in danger. The writer distinctly recollects when loos and tree trunks were habitually sawed from end to end, to work them into dimension stuff, by two sawyers. one standing on the log and the other in a pit beneath with a veil over his eyes to keep out the sawdust. And what a hard-working,. sad, drunken set, these sawyers were, . and how the top -sawyer bossed the wretch in the hole; who pulled down, while he.• above, with shoulders like Atlas's, swung his weight upon the handles above! This lasted well into our -century ; but now we have a host 'of *saw -mills of various kinds working on themost extensive- scale at the great-iunibering centres, , and nia- chines for special work in all cities where the stuff thus roughly "got out" into squaze-ittnfr or Merchantable lumber is IN SEAFORTH. PILLMAN eit CO. Would respectfully inform the inhabitants of Sea - forth and the public generally that they have com- menced business in the above line, opposite Mc- Intosh & Morrison's old stand, and next dpor nerth of. Mr. Thomas Bell's livery stable, where they are prepared ..to furnish All orders eutatisted to their care. Any one wanting 'A GOOD CUTTER For the Winter, ora • FIRST-CLASS BUGGY For the coming Sumner would do well to give us a call. Nothing bat first-class material used, and satis- faction guaranteed. REPAIRING Neat] y dime. and Promptly Attended to. PILLMAN & Co. SEAFORTH 'PLANING MILL, SASH, DOOR AND BLIND FACTORY rpitj. subscriber begaleave to thank his numerous •L customers for the liberal patronage extended to him since commencing business in Seitforth, and Parties intending to build W011111 do well to give larg,e stock of all kinds ef trusts that ha may be favored with a continuance of the same. lum a call, as he will continue to keep on hand a 25 -DOZEN AN 9 1 _ WAGON D ' WORKSDRY PINE LUMBER, Scarlet, Grey, Brown, and White. IN 10O1and N3010 1NB.JOSSV -n 11 0 "0 X 0 Sc,\IOLLSSIG N,OINAOa 0 NOIdI VH3 GZIsTUINE FRENCH BRANDY AND PURE PORT -WINE FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES AT 2 JOHN S ROBERTS' BRIBERY. JOHN A's SHOP CLOSED. CAM ERON SWAMPED. THEIR STOCK BOUGHT TOO DEAR. BTJT R 0-G E R S IIIIZITYS for Cash, he can ler this week offer the -A-J following first-class NEW GOODS at eco- nomical prices. 1050 yards BLACK LUSTRES, (noted I Crown Brand) 25c to 80c per yd. 630 yards COSTUME SERGES, 25c to 50e per yard. 571 yards BLACK :SILKS, 75c, $1.00 , ' $1.25, $1.40 per yard. 763 yard -s MOURNING GOODS, desir- able material. 93 WOOL SHAWLS, from $2.00 up. 1267 YARDS FANCY .FLANNELS, 85c, 40e, 45e, 50e, per yard. _ 869 YARDS 'SCARLET AND WHITE FLANNELS, FULL RANGE. 3040 YARDS CANADIAN COTTONS, PLAIN AND TWILLED. 23 DOZEN CLOUDS, ALL COLORS. DRUG STORE, OPPOSITE •-.11A-C E :NOncE . i• • . NOTICETt TO aSEE13-crpTts OF Tam, Cojees, Sugars Thirups .Soaps, Prztitt„. Biscuits, Cheese, Spices, Pure Wines and Btandies. ToBA0008 TO 'F,U T ALL. EN' A MINE BEFOP.E ,PURCHASING,, AND BE CONVINCED TAT LAIDLAWS . TOE PLME TO P/D1C ' IALSE POWELL-Is FINE MIXED TEAS, From 50 Cis, to 90 CUI. per Pound, 'eT • Acknowledge -a by all who have vet tried them to 1 be the best value, quality and price considered. • J. C. LAIDL A W. STRONG & FAIRLEY Ar,14 SELLING 10 LBS. BRIGHT SUGAR. FOR $1.00 STRONG &,FAIIILEI: are . TEA WORTH DOC eon 75(.im Porn. THE MANSION HOTEL, ^ MAIN STREElt SEAFORTH. - NEW CARRIAGE . SASHE-i-3, DOORS, BLINDS, MOULDINGS, SHINGLES, LATFI, ETC. He feels confident of giving satisfaction to those' who mayfa.vour hire with bheir patronage, as none but first-elass workmen are employed. • II"Particular attention paid to Custom Planing 201 JOHN H.- BROADFOOT. STRAW CUTTERS. THOMAS B1JRNETT Has been appointed agent for Sealer th and. vicin- ity for the Celebrated DEXTER STRAW CUT'isER, Manufactured by A.. WHITLAW, of Paris, Out. These Cutters are acknowledged to be the hest and eheapest--eheapest because the best—made. They have inctuiably taken first prizes wherever sho WU. All orders left at Lzonsden,'s b ug Stoi e, Seaforth, Will be promptly filled. Specimen machines can also be sesn at the same plebe. • , THOMAS BURNETT. Agent. • TO RENT IN SEAFO.RTH. R. P. ROGERS.- TWO BALES BLANKETS, to $6.50 per pair. SIXTY-THREE 8E118 GERMAN MINK FURS rimmed the manufacture of Frain $8.75 per Set. CARRIAGES, TEN DOZEN CORSETS BUGGIES, PHAETONS, 50 cents to 81.50 per pair. ROCKAWAYS, MITCHELL. McPHA1L, HENNICKE & EDWARD 9 Desire to inform the public that, they have Com. CLOTH AND FUR CAPS 50 cones to $10.00. TWEEDS, BROADCLOTHS ETC. A FULL STOCK. All Goods sold at Lowest Priees. T1T A T large Corner store now ocenpiedby Logan & Jamiesod. It is one of the best buSiness stands in Seaforth, either for a general store, dry goods or grocerfe# Possession in about two months. For furtAr particulars apply on premises. gee • T.,OGAN &-JAMTESON. - :Notice- to.rarinAws and Others: TMPROVED Berkshire boar, Tonne Conqueror - of the West, kept at Dr. Gottinloek's elel store, Harperhey. 8661'1 JAS, X. BOOTH. r SEAFORTH MILLS. rig undersigned having purchased the Seaforth jL:- MIAs are. now prepared to pay 'tlie highest market Pii& for talf.ratid. spring wheat delivered at the mills. Mr, Wm. MeDongall is ear buyer.. on Sealorth. market. • Flour, India and shorts, middlines and screenings .at retail as formerly, and dehverad in any part of the town. Flour And bran -ere -hanged for farmers' Mists on usual, terms. A. W.I.OGILVIE. & e04 866-8 ' • A. W. Olaf mut : DEMOCRATS, HEAVY AND LIGHT. WAGOICIS 13uilt from the very best material, in A, workmen - like manner, and in the latest styles, which, for durability, lightness of draught and finish, ealanot be surpassed. All work intrusted to us will be exeented with promptness, and at REASONABLE RATES, - special Arminian given to Repang. Call at oui shop, south of the Market and see for yourselves. 856 LOST. Al HUNTING AU, Swiss Watch, No. 7,841, 4- beit riziki's and Powell's. ,tei. Any one .retarning,the same to theoubsedh: be suitably rewarded. — eriaziedivingX willit.nt.,R.Connt_er'S Iewelzytere, 86814 • • $E1,80N DA*1.1)Strit.1 FRESH XXX OYSTERS A T STRONG & FAIRLEY' FOR 25 CENTS PER CAN. LABRADOR HEIRR NGS. IN barrels and half barrels. at & FA TRLEY7.... LAKE HURON WHITE FISH; TROUT, AND HERRINGS, AT STRONG AND MUFFS FINNAN HADDIES TO be had at STRONG & FAIRLEY S. STRONG & FAIRLEY SELL SALT AND COAL OIL CHEESE FACTORIES FOR SALE. pilE Sinbtuat Cheese Factory is for Bele. This -l- faetoiy is situated in the township of Ilullett, in one of the best ,farraing and nnlk producing lo- calities in the country. It is oomplete and itt first-class order, and will be sold. cheap. Also for sale, a half interest in the Carroubrook Cheese Factory. Apply to W. S. ROBERTSON, , 367 TENDERS FOR SCHOOL HOUSE. EALED tenders will be received bySet181.1; r tall': dersigned until Wednesday, SOth. Dec., 1874, for the erection of a frame school house in Sec- tion No. id, Stanley. The work must be com- pleted by the i›..0th of July1874. Tenders will be received for.tbe whole job only, the controctor to find ellmaterial and, fie ell work. "Seeurity will be required 16r the due performance of the weak. The lowest or any tender not neeessarilY accepted unless in every wily satisfactory. Plans and speefaleatietwean be Been at Adam Gray's, Sea - .forth., or at William Mustard,s, Brutefield, on and aftkr the 3,3th'Dec. Menders w.B.1, he, rkeived by .arveelfheerfittitplie. nolncler477:1‘:t. jritc)o. mq_att e;eaxiSt_ 46.d.v. d;e. ssed to , , , ' 864.8- '-'. DAyil? VAnati, ALEX.' MU,. ,ST, ARD.. Horse- and. Horse - A Hungarian Hussar, recently rode from Paris distance of about 800 miles, days and on the same Itoree. able wagers had. been madeou The journey was performed. at ate trot. Dining the last sev the rider knowing that if the down, it wOuld arise enerv pose, passed the nights beside hempen whip in bill hand. to 13tand. up, The journey bega 25th October, and he enterea the 7th. November, at eleven o'e hours ahead of time. He lost t however'on the road, owing dents. A nail entered one of hoofs of the horse, and he etr eral hoursin one of the man which he encountered. The at mare =Med Caraeloe, dark seven years old. COMA Z strong man of thirty, showed signs of fatigue on alighting at du Trete. - - The ride of the Hungarian w derfal exploit. But as-th.ere before Againennon, so there we riders before Zubowitz. Take of Capon, M. De Sourchs, important inessage to send to Richelieu, inquired after a s courageous ' horseman. The Capon was mentioned to him. Let him come." "But, Monseigneur, the Huguenot" " So much the better," said. bishop; '1 had as lief hr heretie as a good Catholic." " Sir," said the prelate when the latter appeared b they tel rae that no nian can carry a ro.essage with more than you. " That is possible, Mouse will de my best." Elere is an order for hor posts are all notified and Dela well furnished. How long ava you to carry this ,nnesive to djnni 9" "Starting now, at noon, I the Cardinal's Place before noon." " Indeed !" exclaimed th Thou. art merry Gascon." " Monseigneur, said Capo guenots never lie." M. De Sonrdis smiled, an the message to the eavalier, sa "Go, sir, and may Heaven you. You will be well paid." The next day, at the stroke the Cardinal received, with ex the message of M. De Settralis did not expect for three or. As the post -script reeomme bearer to the generosity of the Richelien orderecl one hertdre to be delivered to him, - An hour later, when. the Ca going out, he heard a loud no . antechamber. He was told t oaused by a Gaseen who pr have come from Bordeaux sine previous and who wished to c the Carthrial of an injustice - been done him. Richelieu took the message table, and hareng examined with a-stonishmertt, ordered t be brought before him: "What do you -desire, ? do you complain ?" " :Monseigneur," answcrec " M. De -Sourdis tole terday; at noon, to fetch you sage, and that I should be wel it. Yeeterday, at noon?" " Yes, Monseigneur." One hundred and fifty lea, " Yes, Monseigneur." " That is admirable, and. yo I have not paid you enough. " No, Alonseigneur. On th your Eminence is too gene your treasurer wants to put an days, and. I should like to once.". e4On horsebaek? "On horseback." The Cardinal, who was of do stitution, east upon the valiae a look full of admiration. _ TI picion crossed his mind, -ar claimed ; " Yon are an impostor. t sible for you to have perform ride and„ to be so little tra and fatigued as you a.ppearto Capon smiled sadly, and foi he drew -downhis hose- from his boot legs and his Newlin 4' Very well, sir, very vet Cardinal. Excuse me and • tWo hundred. pistoles.". It is fault if you do not remain. in n "It were the greatest gloi Monseigneur, but they Bay Eminence is preparing an against Rochelle, and I am a I thonght as much," mu - Cardinal, dismissing the mess Getting Even With A sunny Italian, who heart Irish family in New York am a slight 44 burr on his tongi the Post Office in that city the following colloquy t< Anny lather for 0'. " Which of them. V Aux " We can't give out letters' what's your first name?' your business fwat rayname ietther." " cant tell wl is any letter for you witho what your nam ,. e " ' ized citizen, and ain't I as nn Ietther as anybody ?" of -course, if there is one for tell whether there is any an me your name." ""nixie tell you." "Give me Tour 3 yon. Me name ie—me Pathrick Mahoney," (Cie There is no letter for Ps, ney." After a little more ti sisting the man started aw ,tleraan whe had been look much .enjoyn3ent, inquired didn't get any letter, said Pat, with a wink, "bu with him ; it wasn't ray owi him Is there anny other this town where I could sur ?" A RECENTLY made bened follows concerning his yeut its; If there was a bedrome and her entire wardrobe eon in a bandbox, stiul you'd fin that wadrobe leattered,alat mile of dressing reom, thing to look at ayben put 1 thls wouderfill ereature ise a- -chaos internitinable of I rags, powder, thread, bro and laces. If the "Vere in your room, ittid y aske to be kept sacred and inviol