The Cedarville Herald, Volume 12, Numbers 27-52

H temperance notes , TIMiMHIANOE AND HEALTH, swrews to to»"»r< * Tref s ww trewwmJ . mug It i» a day of convention* wad well M*wy be. They are not always tbs ^liberate expression of private judg- went or public opinion and 'do Hotel* w*ys formulate the beet method* of paling with great theme* Bat they dogive expression to the opinion* of expressivemen and women, some of whomhave great thought* and great experience, and other* of whom hare on individuality, nn originality, or a radicalismthat i« worth being thrown i#to tlie great cauldron of the press to heboiled bo sa to be evaporated, subll- mated or exploded, dust now the temperance convention* are on hand,. andwell they may be. Besides that at Saratoga, there are unusual noticesof other like,gatherings, and fh* subject is being more discussed by doctors, divinesand statesmenthanever before. Menlike Channcy Depew cannot pas* it over when they speak of the country and itsperils. In his grand speech at 'Woodstock, he say*: t "Wehave the peril of the saloon; . but we will overcome, it .;. Thesalopn destroyseighty thotisandyontbsa yisar. It sends them to a drunkard’s grave; but we will control it. Because we havenotyet found tho way; Is simply an incentive to the genius’ oftlre American people, for the government tofind the,way!” As it was once with slavery the way isdanc but thenation that is rid of the first wiU faot cease pleading with God and for man until wdrtca meet force* peutance appear, A progress is made when we come to realise that life itself with all it,means, for 'health, for home, fqr country, i» in peril!-/ - / The individualmanhas need as never before to’ inquire what alcohol does' with the body; the headof the home as to what it does with his family, and "the Statesmen-what it does with the mere industrial and manual ability of its people. . If only ft can he known •howfar If is a destructive force, the law of self-preservation w ill assert it­ self. The .great voice of the nation w ill be heard saying we cannot give oter our people to self destruction. There has foyagood while been the ' ndmissioh that the drunl-ard is out of ■health, tbpt be is n factor of invalidity for himself bud for posterity; but it U o f later years that thb facts in evidence have' accumulated; that moderate •drinking, also, is the bane of health. • Jn saying this,' we are at oncecon- 'fronted with tbo statement that Mr. A. end Mr. B, hearty old men, have al­ ways used their wine, just as when alcohol is shown to befoodies* we are. pointed to thia or that old, toper who .seemsto have lived1and thrived onthe bottle. Neither in th*opere«U« or tho Other does this proto anything, since we needto know what lias happened to tenthousand, and not what ha*hap­ penedto a few among" the fen thou sand. There are, flavor* and juice* and •ethereal oil* and a. slight appetising and pleasuro-giviug .effect from Alcohol thu*combined which: will ever lead to it*use, in spite of the general fact that alcohol is injurious Thati* norosaoa why the world - shouldnot know how threateningto health always, ahd in­ jurious generally, alcoholic liquors are evenittfcprosllcdmodaratlom Thetesti mouiesofsuchphysician* asJHckinson, Barley, Draper andahostofother*who study medieifco*imfl food* therapeutic-; a!lv,‘ mast be allowed to, have theig . full weight, Outside all question* of home and of mrral* the physicalbarm being done by beer is appalling. Eten .‘Germany has been compelled to raise its voice#gain*t it. Bins, who is an 'advocate for alcohol as an economic factor in sickness, express** hi* pro­ found conviction of the terrible evil dt is ififlioting' on.. the 1 hSaltJt of the nation. There is nodhe com* 'Wonerror of diet that is so pronounced 1* its results. Oat from amid other in­ dulgences it can' be singled by the ’symptoms in diseases snd by orgsnio •changes. The dCsd room or the post­ mortem tells many atate of * short- -eneA or cmbaiMpeud Ilf* which i»s* ■never been told bf %- stegWkps* into intoxication or ,by wkat 'Is* been re- 'Cognized as *a Ace*. It is time that there are taws of adjustment, and that acertain degreeof toleration is estab­ lished in many cases. Bat it Is also -true that tfila. yrotea# often gitos ip ternSt without external marks. A jury ofmedical meh to-day cannot he found whowilt aotfsay that the healthy man Is betteroff without alcohol than with it If So, tMft at one* pods il hi the category ef medicine*” As tiudh it should be the wubjeet for pnwarlpfipn under the taoshriiM restrtotfcm*. ' The medical profession Hr now called mpon to put itself definitely on the aide of restraint as never before. We are glad that Prof. W. R. Davis hs*i»itta- ted a RioveteeSk To#* waffinal nmdtask temperance oCgaMtetiO* Which mmtmpf other tliifigs wilhirom * professional to well as etMcrintandpoint, urge the physicians to he more rircumspect apd technical In sdriMnrf {lie use of fer­ mented or distilled liquors a* „medi­ cines, and more pronounced in their ’Utterances in disapproval of beef trenchings and other form* of popular drinking. If ugly. far thebedy wa plead, the profession must com * to tka front In this behalf. Tbs appeal ought fobs especially strong, sta^m»,«te*p ttens. more' of evil remdt* IsfUaMms pltats, the inflrmarte* «md the mere* waste of tka poor. Mae* • « • * * * * physteiat#far mm* pmm to Is* h*fire mmmt boil** *»d ** *Wl tbo»* arts* ar* urging the perils to mind to mor­ als, to homes, and to all tha t concern* serial and national life?—Independent DRI*K IH*THM PROFE8WOH. f•ebrietf' aite ft* ’IM**te Among tledieat ' Men,' . from time to time circumstance* re­ mind ns that tho disease of inebriety te not confined to th* non-peofessionai ©teases, and sad instance* of its ravages occur even among those who have a t­ tained to the more serene altitudes of the profession after the usual .period of anxi.on* expectation* * * 10 1And, watting, I t would seem that this period of restless inactivity conduce* to indulgence In stimulants, if only to drown car* and to. enable the unoccupied energies to await the advent of bettor time*. Un­ fortunately, when the long-desired promotion arrives, the habit catinot al­ ways be thrown off, add the rasnlt.i* sooner op later a general break-down, culminating in death, sometimes by the .pneumonia which picks oft the. physically declasse, sometimes due t* self-destruction,1 ’tbe^ result, ,ag melancholia- Medical men ' have peculiar facilities for volunta­ rily shufflingoff this mortal coil without exciting attention, scane^ckair? itabi* fri^d.. betag d u a lly a t baud* to draw the shroud of oblivion over the departed in the shape of a certificate,of death, benee we bear little of these cases, except over the ixMt-prakdlal .cigaw Among general prtotitloners the stone indulgence obtains mi a-re­ lief to the worry and strain of prac­ tice, but we are’glad to think that the number of its victims tends, to decrease a s ' temperance, therapeutics jodvancc. Medical men addicted to this habit are a source of danger to the commu­ nity a* a* to themselves, for they are apt t o 'authorise the indiscriminate' and injudicious use of alcohol among their patient?, -’Alcohol, it has been observed, marks .‘the limit of the pra$-, titioncr’s resources, and the public are gradually, getting to see that when hard pushed fo ra remedy, then brandy pr some other variety .of alcohol Is re­ sorted to. Few men would wish to be judged by this scale, but it is this feel­ ing, doubtless, thatbas favored the re­ action. against the routine use of alco­ hol that characterises present-day the­ rapeutics,—Medical Pres*. CHILDREN OF INEBRIATES, S«CtMtl*as Cwuld bjr Inherited W#*k- , Mew*. Dr. Grenier in a Paris medical jour­ nal gives the result of one hundred and eighty-eight observations of individual* wbose psrents were subject to inebri­ ety. Among some of the facts found from this study Ore the following; The. morbid influence of the parent on the child is greatest when conception takes place a t the time when one or the oth­ er bf the parents are intoxicated The children of inebriates have a decided propensity to similarexcesses, and over obe-half of the cases noted by the apthor came from inebriate ancestors. The majority of .children from, this parentage suffer from convulsions in infancy. Epilepsy .is a neurosis tha t we may eoasider ahuo^ eh*r*etori*tie of.inebriety In’ the-parents; vrhsn lt i* not directly inherited itself, it is a sign ofgeneral neuropathic heredity. From thpir mental condition the. children of inebriates are ’more liable to’become Insane, and they always furnish an enormous contingent t o .th e ,rapks. jpfi thetossne. Every form of intauity ia <obscrvcd atBQUg them. ' Alcoholic in­ sanity is footnote frequent in these de* ampndanta than 'among others, A gen­ eral intellectual and physical degener­ ation always foliows.—Journal of In­ sanity. , FRESH FACTS AND NOTES. AccORDnro to Wheeling, cyclists pre­ fer to, patronize coffee shopgto public houses* and the majority of ridenii OTe abfttaiSers, ^ ■r. ' | ? | T m V,following was a speech by a sufc- cessful competitor for tbe prize In a foot-race: “Gentlemen, I have won this cap by the use of riy togs; I tmtfc that 1 may never lose the use of fay legs by tho use of this cnp.” , Or the thirty thonsand crimippls in Gsrnmn prisons, fourteen Afbussnci were arrested for crimes committed na­ tter tlminfluence of intoxkstiag drinks. And yet it is continually asserted that beer and wine do not degrade tbp Ger­ mans! M ark men see and feel that a saloon Is*more positive evil to a neighbor­ hood than a shanty filled with small­ pox patients, ahd a fire will be kin­ dled-which will purge the country of it* greatest crime a*d misery breeder, whote eokteeat shadow envelops <%H n tendom and carries a thrill of misery, a pulsation of vtee, a tb rob of degrade- t i n Whertvee f t fisMs.—d|repte a. -5 Til*: Italian artist, Benvenuto Cellini who lived three handwd years ago, be­ ing ill and not liking the alcoholic tfedtnwnt’gi*** ky Itiu phydgians.-w*- dfitodi . t o teeitt hlniteif; dw tiing’thik aldbholffe. Me recovered in kbout seven weeks,.and he says; t'Dflrbig .thf time of that" strict abstinence, I pro- dncnlfinor things, add.o< m m m p » j ite inwutioa, than a t any other period of my life.” lx * roesnt feptert Dr. Albert Day sajr*f “Absolute safety to the individual who u*«s tbs paVUtetoM destroyar of maukhtA ovwhohaa ever used It, is In tho oomfiets ahaudouilout Of it* U*a •ad total ahotiunteo, 1 aw firmly eon- vtoowt Hiatt to iadfvkhsal safety do* total aitaWtate*, ao aatioust tousporsuoo mm I praoporiter wWPPtegBHPiPWRMPWMM QF GENERAL INTEREST. ^ .W>>suwl • ' ■—Tbo first canal sasksr in England Is said to havo boon Morton, tho bishop of Ely, wbo lathe reign of Hsnrr VIIL constructed * cut to r navigation bo- twosn Foterboro and tbo tea forty milos h»g, —Betwoon thoyeare and 1S93, ao- cording to official otstistics, soldiers of tlwPmsoiaa army committed suicide, Tho largnathumborof suicides occurred in the company Stationed In tl;s prov­ ince of Posen, the next in that of the Berlin company. —The substitution of camel’s hair, cotton, paint, and chemicals, for leath­ er in machinery belting, is said to b# mooting with some suoosss In thU fosmtey. ; I t was fltet invented in En­ gland* and it,is claimed tor the new tnateidsl that it is strongeV than other belting, more durable, mere eflteient, and so toy?,priced. :~A : jeweler at A.kron, 0,r offered a gold watcb tor sale on a novel"plan. The watch was offered at gad- and the price reduced 91 each day until the timepiece was purchased. If not sold a t the ekpiration of twenty days the watch was to be given‘°to the first per­ son entering the store on the morning of tWitwefitv-first day." 1 * •% *' ^ a ^ffeprita tTashlnglon know the value of newspaper advertising. In. a repro* ductlon of afao-simile of its first sum* bor.' prijitoi ‘i}8 years ago, the Balti­ moreAmerican displays a half-column “ad’^bjitite father of his country an. -fibuncing that he’ had bought 10,000 acres, of land which he divided into homesteads and was ready to place upop the, ,m a rke t, George was a great man, but,:he had sn eye to bulincsa —The greattemperance apostle, Fath­ er Mathew, was addressing an audience of Irish cah-drivera and bad told tl\em tbht’they should learn a lesson-from the brute creation. “If,” said he, “ I were to tot befora one of your horses a bucket pf Water ahdahucketof whisky you know which the wise beast would take.” Whereupon one of the quick­ witted carmen, replied: “Well, father, If I Were to place before my horse a truss of bay and a sirtoln of beef you koow which the wise beast would choose. But does it follow that the hay Is best for me?” —It is stated on good authority that North"Americhhas about 413species of forest tree* VThe distribution is as fallow*;' Atlantic .region,. 178; Pacific region, 106; common to both, 10; Bocky Mountain region, 46; -Florid* tropical apecies, 74. Europe has only l!iSspecies At least, six of the North .American specie* are also indigenous in Europe. The extremely .rapid. destruction of Americanforests la not only an alarm­ ing waste of.resources, but has resulted ip great loshfrom the appalling floods that sre clearly traced to the .removal of the trees from tbe hillsides. —Aman inBremen who was passing an idle hour sat down In a small park. While there l»brew*Atard#av*d clOvsr and at ohtei picked It up as an smhlem of good luek. The hsx t moment he Was arrested and tflkeA before the au­ thorities fsrbriaJdng mruts forbidding visitors to tench itoytiiIiNrih tb4 tork. In vain h« pteHested tlute he Wsk about 'tosidltorAitoriete.titeAhfsbSggagswa^ aboard the steamer and that i t sailed In two hours. Before he could settle the matter and pay his fine the steamer had sailed. The boat was wrecked and a number of the passengers drowned, jbnt, thanks, to tho tour-leaved clover, Spur belated traveler was saved. • —Some years ago an inventor thought o f the idea of an “order board” to bo hung up in the kitchen of private houses* Tba boards bore columns of artlclta.in the commonest use, with a hole opposite each name, and a lot ol movable pegs to putin the holes against whatever article the housewife needed to koep.ap/* wpyking supply. .The in­ vention may have sold or it may not, but now tbe grocers are buying them and distributing them to their custom­ ers, because, as olio grocer puts it, “they save .hours of wniting whiio women try to think of wbat they need, ns well as the exlrs trips which used to follow’the gradual working of each customer’s memory,” ' —This story comes from Stone Bake, Inch: “AgentlemanHvin<*on the banks of tho Jake hasjasmaUsyanieldog that is the pet of the family. A neighbor owned a vicioss Esglish bulldog that seemed anxious to fight and., kill the Utile’ spaniel at any opportunity. Strenuous efforts -were made to keep the dogs apart, hut through the thought­ lessness of some little children the dogs met on the banks of the iske, and toe little Spaniel began his fight for life. Me adroitly managed to get the bull- Uog to the edge Of the water and then gothim where ho had “to swim. After this display Of intelligence his battle was a good deal more than half won, toy he bad the bulldog a t his mercyand in a very Short time bad himdrowned." JOitaav’s ' ArjcnMvatt. Jfohnny’# mother want out when the table was set fortes, leaving hits alone Hr the room, and saying that she would otily be? gone fiv«: minutes She staid nearly half an koari and when she re­ turned aby * t ones aotieed a deficiency in the preserves. “Johnny,” aha said solemnly, “yon have been a t the preserves',” “Mps i t shrunk?1’asked Johnny* anx­ iously. : . “Yes, It his. ’There was twice as wnek there when I went ea t ae there tc now*” “Yea,, h a t yon .were, gone twins as the toe f aa yon expretod to be.” was < THEFARMINGWORLD. A Pp y j-TH Y RH1LTER ., •sm sisr Prelseflpa .town A alsish and . tl>*Wwt of tiMSiw. Experience i* s thorough teseher, and often a coetly one. In my poultry business, writes A A. BsuSden, ini tbe American 8toCk-Ee*per, I had always felt tho great need of a summer shslte* which wonld prevent over-crowding, with it* attendant evil* of deformity, roup and other disease* Visiting.* neighbor’s yard I saw a shelter taken from one of our poultry publications which-1felt, if perfected, wonld meet my long-felt want. After much study and experiment 1 now have one I can recommend to the public, as shown in our Illustration. in raising chickens nothing should be allowed to interfere with their rapid growth from hatching to maturity.; In order to promote this growth good summer shelter is an absolute neocsv sity. My invention meets all there- ■V^V BAXSoKii'e m rn q tan aanenTBA ■■ qulroments of the 'poultry raiser, is very simple in construction; easy to take care of, and within the mean* of all. It requires 63 feet of, 3x3 spruce, 73-foot matched pine; cut the 3x3 into, 4-foot lengths, nail together in formof A; the top edge of the" crosO-piece should come One foot from the bottom endB. Board down one end to the top of tbe cross-piece,' board down back side, and put one board at the top.on tbe front, and hinge the doors, to. this as shown in sketch; make a door, at open end and hinge to cross-piece to let down. There are two roosts across the length, made of boards, or tho 3x3, ps are desired. Intense of disturbance from skunks, weasels, rats, etc., a- frame covered with cellar netting can be made to slide in tinder the roosta thus effectually protecting the chick* ! NEW HAMPSHIRE TESTS. fh « iBawncA of fra il on the Quality at • ■ /Butter... . ' Bulletin 13 of the New Hampshire experiment station report*, as the re­ sult of experiments testing the effects pf food on. butter: ’ I, That gluten meal tends to produce ft softer'quality of batter than corn meal or cottonseed meal; and, other things being equal, tends to lessen the churnability of the butter fat. 5. That with the same cows the bald­ ness of butter depends much more upon'the character of the food, than Upon the nutritive ratio. ' 3. That ensilage produces a -some­ what softer quality of butter than does good hay, hut it is also favorable to the fiavorand texture of.the butter product. 4. That skim.milk has a veiy favora­ ble effect upon tho churnability and qualify of the butter fat. and a single trial apparently reversed the general rule tbat tbe volatile fatty acids de- Cipete as. the period of lactation ad­ vance* • ti. That cottonseed meal tends to pro­ duce an unusually hard quality of but- ’ter, and thutcottonsoed meat and gluten racial might be used together with ex­ cellent results, 6. That contrary to general belief the melting point of butter fat is not a good index of tho commercial hardness, of butter. That while in general a' soft1 butter melts at a lower temperature than a hard butter,;there is no definite .relation l>ct\vcen melting point and ac­ tual hardness, 7. That no relfetloA can be traced be* tween food and volatile fatty acids ex­ cept in tlio case of skim milk. That usually hardness and voiatllo acids vary inversely, hardness generally In­ creasing and volatile acids decreasing as the period of lactation advance* - AMONG T H E POULTRY, I t surely pays to keep fowls beyond the third year. Fowls with stnall combs and clean limbs are best on the farm. T uf , liens that moult early nearly al­ ways make good winter layers. A x.ONG-i.Kitt'RD, overgrown rooster should rever be used for breeding. T hf . scraps from the table soaked in sweet milknre good for young turkeys. Do sot allow rubbish to accumulate around the poultry yard; it affords a refuge for rats. M u te r S(;ed makes* good feed for young poultry. Usually a t this time it can babOughkeWap, ! ScsrcowCa seed can b e ’foil liber­ ally with profit while the hens are moulting. Alternate With lihseed oil meal. C lovcb contains nitrogen and lime, two essential elements needed by lay­ ing hens, so that it can always be fed with benefit. AMrxva have the poultry house a considerable distance from tfie bog house/ unless yon Want the hogs to learn to eat the poultry. * „ Goon clean straw makes the best ma­ terial for nests. During the sutrfmer while the hrns are laying the nest# should be cleaned out thoroughly once a week. " ’ . G atkkr np and store the norghnm ol*de«without thrashing. Picking off thawed will help to give the fowls ex-, arriitednrin-rthc winter, betides sup­ plying 1 tin to ' With a good ration store, .where It wdt keep dry.—St, Leal* Ke- titihU* EAV* THE MANURE* 4 motorM wfcN» v*!«c Mmr r m w . Kwwani re Apnr«cli*te, • Many poultry keepers fail to appowi- ate the value o f fowl manure. This fertilize;* ia * very powerful one; in fact It i* so strong and so fine tha t a large quantity of loam or swamp mack should be added- I t only asmail quan­ tity of such matoriai tw scattered under tbp roosts daily, we avoid tho pungen t odor, keep the air pure, and rotate all tbat 1*valuable in the material. Itha* been said and written many time* that the fowl houae shouid be kept rica* Now every poultry keeper osjuttbt a f­ ford to sweep and garnish things daily, but;if an absorbent be used ’the plaee may bo kept pure and tin excellent compostformed, Great sums are paid for guano every year, and 'it has been estimated th a t 800pounds qf this sub­ stance is sufficient for an aerd of corn land. The manure of thirty fowl* in one year, mixed with four times ite bulk of swamp muck, is'more valuable •than 109 pounds of gnano. ThU fertile izer Is very qnickly assimilated by growing plant* I t commences Ite : work immediately^The mill in whiah It is ground makes fine work. Bone, meat and grain, when pasted.through .■ the gizzards of fowl* become so 4 thoroughly disintegrated :tb*t, After nourishing them, ’the residuum, with the waste material of their, bodies** makes a better fertilizer then any other made on the farm. Anyone cultivate log a farm, or only a kitchen garden, j fruit yard or flower border, can make this compost tell, in the iucreasefiquatit . tity and quality of his product* ' Some crops require a quick growth in order to be of th e beat quality; hence tho 1 Value of this compost and the price paid for it pa a garden' fertilizer.— Poultry World.________ STABLES FOR COWS. , ' An Ohio Farmer Nubmlta ItU He* to tho _ Farmlnx'World. I have recently changed two cow barns,’writes an Oldo Farmer .Corre­ spondent, and send a sketch of tho plan of fastening. The atahebioh frame is 4 feet 7% inches high, between H and O. The piece A is 13 hichea wide and IH inches thick. B is 7X inches'wide; C, 6 inches; D, 6 inehe* The sketch shows the stanchion closed H • ij whips ent from the wood* In the great sheep feeding district*, of England racks mouhted on wheel* ar* found useful They enable the shepherd to change tho place of foddering without too much labor, more equally distrib­ uting the manure and saving time la going to and from the stack* Tha axles of an old carriage may be Mod* to serve a good purpose here, or wood axles wilt do, Twothlcktietaes of lum­ ber nailed together crosswise to pre­ vent splitting and sawed Into discs will make good wheels. Anything tha t wilt save fOdder and the feeder Snd benefit the flock will soon repay ite cost,—• Hollister Sage, in Farm and Home. A n n u a l W Jieftt ‘ The ordinary yearly consumption of wheat for the countries of ih« world usually embraced in sneh statistic* ag­ gregates about fi,lW,ote;0M bushel*-* 1,403,000,008 Europe hod T00,0O*,te# in other countries. A surrey of tbe probable production the current year indicates: aft aggregate of shout *060,. 000,000 bushel*, If the defietetey h* production were more evenly dfi- ttibnted than it is the shortage would have little significance, A* It I* la calls for nn unusual movemen t from surplus to importing eesmt rire," tltea adding more than ordteerity te the rest. Tt axtrii make % geed eheapf ge.isn food for the ttirSsyCddrtefi tlm wteter, sm d itiaa goodpkMto grew a supply I t r thte purpose. Mow la a gfiMI ’item to aow th e utteL .JiB and open. The manger U 3 feet wide, and stalls feet, whieh 1s Arid* enough for a cow. The •tall* are 4feet 10 inches from stanchion to gutter, and the latter is 13 inches wide and 6 inches ‘ deep. In the rear of the gutter It s walk 4 feet wide. My cow* keep clean in these stable* There la little d rop-, ping ontaide of gutter* and it la vety easy to keep the stable* clean. SAVE THE FODDER. Back* Meiintati on Wheel* B a re PM * F o u n d V ery tfoaltif. For feeding aheep.at the stack or in the yard, racks afe iudl»pen**bl* They should be built with an outside, shallow box to catch the clover leave* and broken bay and to hold grain when feeding i t The frame of the bottom of the rack should be of weight suf­ ficient to allow It to be moved without damage. The top may be lightly formed of inch strips bored. to ’taker IL-.t «n /