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THE WASHINGTON GAZETTE. BY JAS. A. WRIGHT AND HUGH WILSON. THE WASHINGTON GAZETTE. ' = Tanas —Three Aolltrs a year, in advance. DIES OF BAD COOKING. One friend asked another of what the gentleman died whose house they were passing. After a moment’s pause, he remarked quite seriously: ‘‘He died of bad cooking.” I do not know that 1 ever saw such a state ment in an obituary notioe, but it might with truthfulness bo put into a great many. The only wonder is that a great many more do not die of it. Probably an active out-door life helps to keep off the fatal result, though the same cannot fait to steadily undermine the stoutest constitution. Meats sodden in fat, and bread nine tenths of the time sour or heavy, are the order in many households. A lad whom circumstances compelled to board for several months iu such a place, said : “I should have supposed they would miss it some times and have good bread, bat they never did.” If some house-keepers bad served an apprenticeship, to learn the art ot making poor bread, they could not have succeeded better. Sour bread and dyspepsia are twin brothers, or rather mother and child. Careless, bard working mothers, who will not tako a little pain to cook a few plain things well, are usually the least sufferers by the poor man agement. They and tbelr families have usually such an amount of out door exercise that they can barely live through it, without breaking down. Stilt a great deal of the cross ness and misery which haunts such homes like a shadow, arises from the iudigestion which follows loading up the stomach with stones and leather in place of wholesome food. The evil is greatly aggravated when we come to the more comfortable middle class, where too often the whole management of meals beyond a few bad directions, is left to an ig norant and careless domestio. Good uosly potatoes are turned Into water washed lumps .; meal is put into cold water at first and afterwards boiled at a furious rate until all the jnices are soaked away, and the mass that re mains is about as dry, and unnour ishing as a block of fibrous wood. Then the liquid meat which is left in the kettle is turned out into the drain. So on to the end of the chapter. The sour bread difficulty is quite as great here, and if an attempt is made to correct it, enough soda is usually employed to make a fine dish of soap in the stomach, when combined with tbe grease usually accompanying such cooking in one article or anoth er. If oar ladies only wonld attend to tbe business themselves, and first learn and then carefully direct their domestics in tbe business, standing by to see that it is done right, until tbe habit is formed, it would do more to make their families healthy and hap py, than all tbe tucked skirts or em broidored dresses they could make in a life time. It is worth making the effort for. It will pay you the lar gest in the matlor of mere personal happiness, to see- each meal oome to the table thoroughly well prepared, and to know that husband and children can partake of it with out danger of that foe to all happi ness, indigestion. Tbe advantage to small incomes of snch a wise supervi sor as tbe mistress oi the house, can not be over estimated. “The eyes of the mistress will do more work than both her hands.” There is another class, too who, though often not the richest, pride themselves on the little they have ac quired among plain neighbors of‘‘good livers.” which usually means, they set a table on which every luxury of the aeaeon abounds, prepared with all the expensive ingredients that can con veniently be added thereto. It was & cariosity to hear Mrs- L. describe the ingredients sho mixed into her mammoth jar of mince-pie meat. All tbe spices that ever camo over, were added with wine, brandy, cider, toa berries, little pieces of suet, cran berries, raisins, currants, and various otber things “too numerous to men tion.” When puddings were made, they were rendered wholly indigesti ble by a dozen or more of eggs, and the various pickles and “catchups” with which her family were daily regaled, and were so hotly spiced as to burn the mouths of ordiuary mor tals. One is reminded of Addison’s le marks on such a table. “What coun ter-ferments must such a mcdly of in temperance produce in tho body I For my part, when I behold a fash ionable table set oat in all its mag urficeoco, I fancy that I seo gouts and dropsios, fevers and lethargies, with otber innumerable distempers, lying in ambuscade among tbe disbos.” Such extravagance in tbo use of materials, is far from being a sign of a good cook Good cooking consists in preparing well, simple, wholosomo food. Unwholesome food is badly cooked, however ingeniously tho ma terials may be jumbled together. .Rich people may bo able to afford the time and expense of being sick after living on such diet, but it is not agreeable o. ;n if they can afford it. It is not wise or right to thus lay themselves aside and cat short lives which might be usefully employed iu God's ser vice, just for a momentary gratifica tion of the palato.— Mother's Journal. ADrtDOTE FOR 'FOISON. Send for a physician. Moanwhile, remember that the effect of adminis tered poison is instantaneous, or comes on slowly. If instantaneous, the patient immediately cries out with tho sensation of heat or burning, or scalding at any point from mouth to Btomaoh; tho presumption then is that some corrosive poison has boon taken—something which eats or de stroys or disorganizes the musclos or fleshy parts of tbo tonguo, mouth, throat, stomach, etc. Most poisonous substances ol this sort are acids, and tbe first best remedy likely to be at band is common soap dissolved in wa ter, or soda, or saleratus, or magne sia; but in the burry of inexpert bands tbe remedy may be made so strong as to become of itself another poison; hence it is best to take the simplest thing which is most likely to be at hand, and which caunot injure in any quantity or strength in which it can be taken; hence for poisons which cause an instantaneous sensa tion of burning in the throat, etc., drink a teacupful of sweet oil, or lard, or greaso of any sort; tho most that can happen from an over amount is that it will be vomited up, and this brings more or less of tbo poison out of tbe stomach; then you can more leisurely drink magnesia-water or strong soapsuds, or a table-spoon of wood ashes, put in half a pint of luke warm water, stir, let it settle two min utes, pour it off, and drink. If a powder has caused the urgent sensations, the most generally appli cable antidote is to swallow one or two raw eggs; the white is tbo effi cient part, but there may not be lime to separate the yolk. Tbis is best in poisqns from arsenic, corrosive subli mate, verdigris, creosote, etc. if the effect is not instanstaneous, and time may be taken, tbe first best thing to be done in all cases is to get tbe poison out of tbe stomach instant ly, by swallowing every five minutes a tea cop of warm water into which has been stirred a full teaspoon each of common salt and ground kitchen mustard. There is vomiting almost as soon as it reaobea the stomach. Then drink a enp or two of very strong coffee, which is the best reme- WASHINGTON, WILKES COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1867. dy for all anodyne poisons, as opium, morphine, laudanuff, etc., eto. In short, if tho sufferings are instantane ous and urgent, drink sweet oil or soapsuds; it gradual or causingdrow siness, mustard emetic, strong coffee, or white of eggs.— Dr. 'Ball. • -»■* 4 Cnour.—Wo copy $n article on tbis disease which wo com noml to the spe cial consideration of mothers. It is from Halts Journal of Health, and may be read with advantage : Croup seldom comes on suddenly. General ly it has at first no Ulhor symptoms than those of common cold, but the very moment tho chill is seen to car ry its bands towards its throat, indi cating discomfurt thofo, it Bhould bo considered an attack of croup, and should be treated accordingly. When a child is sick of anything, no physi cian can toll whore that sicknoss will end. So it is with tbe cold; it may appear to be a very slight one indeed, still it may end fatally in oroup, putrid sore throat, or dipthetia. The mo ment a mother observes croupy symp toms in a child from two to eight years, tbe especially croupy age, she should keep tbo child in her own room, by her own side, day and night, not allowing it for a moment to go out side of tho doors, keeping comforta bly warm, so that no chiltness or draft of air shall come over it. Light food should be oaten, no moats, hot bread or borries. The whole body, the foot especially, should be kept warm all tho time. Robbing twenty drops of sweot oil into tjbo skin over the left breast with the jiAnd, two or three times, or more tinjos a day, of ton gives the moot TottofMx* n cold, in proventing Acfltp. Such a oourso promptly pursued will prompt ly cunralmost any coldia child will take, and seldom fails tdjnvard off ef fectually, in a day or twb, what would otherwise havo boon a intal attack of oroup, with its ringing, bar king sound, Us uneasy, depressive and labored breathing, nono.pt' which can be mistaken when once heard. Many a sweet child has been lost thus: Tbe parents aro aroused at dead of the night with cough that sagge|tscroup' but it seems to pass off, and in the morning they wake up witlf a feeling of thankful boding ill. The child runs aboift all day as if perfectly well; but next night tbe symptoms are more decided, and on tbe next night the child dies; but tbis would havo been averted with certainty if from tho first night the child had been kept in a warm room, warmly clad; if tho borfols had been kept free and nothing had been eaton but toast with tea or gruel, or stowed fruits. — Exchange. Climate or Brazil.—According to Professor Ag assiz, the climato of the Amazonian basin diffefs from that of our regions in tbe same latitude, by reason of the great moisture prevail ing there. Tho combination of heat and moisture, ho observed, produces a more luxuriant vegetation than is to be found anywhere e l ß §^> There are four disf.AMseasons as with us; but perpetual There is more or less out the year, but no sutjjfjjpcial peri od of great prevalence SlfTnarks the climate of olhor tropical regions, wbere a very dry season succeeds months of copious rain. The rains do not prevail overall sections at tbe same time, but beginning* the South in September, they progress north ward till they reach Guiana in March and April. Asa consequence, when the Southern tributaries of tbe Ama zon are most swollen, tt* Northern tributaries are at their lowest ebb, and vice versa ; and thus a balance is main tained between the upper and lower parts of the basin. Again there is a difference between the course of the main stream at its most western origin, and at its mouth. The swelling waters of the Madeira reach tbe Amazon in November or De cember. Tbe Northern tributaries pour in tbeir water at a later poriod. The great increase in the Amazon at its confluences, by temporary coinci dences in tho flow of its tributaries, is in or near tbe month of Maroh, when tho water rises a loot in each twenty-four hours, until it reaches a height of thirty five feet above tho or dinary level. The Amazon is lowest in October. He said that tho temperature of tbo wholo valley was remarkably even, varying from tho minimum to the maximum not more than fifteen de grees. Tbe temporature ot the wa ter of tho Amazon is also oven, tbe maximum being 84 degrees, and the minimum 78. Other streams show as little variation in this respect. In consequence of this evenness of tem perature, there is a feeling of comfort most agreable to the inhabitants. THE KITCHEN GARDEN. Gather the early crops as they mature, saving all the straw and haulm for stock or llie manure heap. In gathering roasting ears, cut up the stalks at the bottom, and it not needed for bogs, cows or working stock, euro them far winter; left in the patch they are wasted and very unsightly Irish Potatoes may be gathered as soon as the tops die, or if the weather is wet, when most of tho vines are decayed. If left in the ground they will bo likely to take a second growth, which spoils them for a table use.—Dig them early in the - mor ning, late in the evening when the the sun is low, or in cloudy weather; for if expo sed to the midday sun, they'are sure to de cay. Do not put them up in bulk, but spread them, of the sun, under cover, un til perfectly dry; and keep them thus spread, not over five or six inches deep, until there is danger freezing, when they may be stored, in the winter, in barrels and boxes in a dry place, safe from frost. Thus kept dry and cool without sproutiog, they are equal lo those grown at the North for cither planting or eating. Sprouts must be rubbed off iu they appear, or they ruin the potato for eating. Prepare thor oughly the ground in which they and other early crops were grown, by plough ing or spading, that it may be ready for transplanting or sowing other crops These operations, for success, in hot’ weather, roquire fresh dug soil. Pole, Bunch and Snap Beans and Table Corn may still be planted, also melons, encumbers and squashes. If you bare not plenty of cabbage plants, they may still be sown, but will require shading un til they begin to come up, but no longer. We raise thorn at this season under glass, white washed with pipe clay, to temper the light and heat. Beets sown at this time, if a stand can be secured, are excel lent all winter. We soak the seed four or five days, until just ready to sprout; have the beds freshly made; dry the seed with sufficient superphosphate, ashes or fine dirt to sow readily; mark the drills and water them, then cover with fine fresh soil, and after a few hours to allow the drills to dry a little, gently press the soil upon the the rows with a plank. Thin out the latter planted crops of carrots, beets, Ac. The Utter make excel lent greens (cut up, tops and bottoms, after being nicely washed,) from tbe time they are big enough to pick until they are an inch iu diameter. Keep the surface soil light and clean by surface hoeing.—Cut off tbe upper shoots of tomato plants 4 when the fruit is half grown, as it hastens ma turity. Earth up plant as they need. In hoeing at this time, do not go too deeply near the plants, as they need all their root lets to gather moisture from every quar ter. Transplant Celery, Winter Cabbage, Tomatoes, Sweet Potato Slips, &c., but protect tbe more tender sorts by inclining over them shingles inserted in the earth on the side next tbe sun.—Winter Cabbage it is needless to undertake to grow umess under the following conditions; The ground must be very deeply dug—not less than a foot—and fifteen inches much better. VOL IL-NO. 11. It must be liberally manured with fine manure, and q portion of this manure, but not all, shouU.be some good' super phosphate. They slioutA be planted low in the ground iu a trench, earth gradually drawn up to them so C&x the heads may be on short stems; tbe mala, roots will then be deep enough to draw moisture from the lower stratum, and side roots will be emitted from the stem all tbe way to the surface. Cabbages thus naan— aged, with the worm kept off by hand picking, are pretty sure to head. Do not allow any of the leaves to be plucked off before the head is formed. If water is convenient, apply it liberally at night. Frequent surface hoeing ie a good protection against drought, the dew being copiously absorbed by the porous soil.—Basil and otber Pot herbe should be gathered when tbe plants are in bloom. Begin uow to prepare your ground for lluta Bags and other turuips, for which see agricultural work (or tbe month. Southern Cultivator. How Cattle Kill Trees —lt ia a noticeable fact that a tree ever so thrifty, and of whatever kind, tg which cattle gain access, and under which they become habituated to stand, will very soon die. Iu tbe case of a solitary shade tree iu a pasture or by the roadside, tbis is of common occurrence. The query may have been suggested, to what is this owing f In the first place, rubbing a tree by the necks of cattle is highly pernici ous, aud if persisted in, it will com monly destroy them sooner or later; bat if the body of tbe tree be covered so that their necks cannot touch it, will ( ensue as cer««*-*r ** they are allowed to tramp the earth about it. But wby should tramping earth destroy the tree t The reason is one of the wide aud important ap plications to the laws of vegetable growth. The roots of plants need air, if not as much, yet just as truly, as the leaves and branches. Tbeir case is analogous to that of fishes, which, though they must have water, must have air also,: viz : just about as much as permeates tbe water. If it be all shut off, so that none that is fresh can get to them, they will ex* haust the supply on hand, and then die ior want of more. So the roots of trees and vegetables want air. When tbe earth is in a normal ural condition it is full of-fctersiioes and channels, by which' air gets to them. But if th« Cattle are allowed to tramp the earth, and the sun aids their work by baking it at tbs same time a crust like a brick is form ed, wholly impervious to the atmos phere, and tbe tree yields to its fate. So a tree oanoot live if its roots art covered with a close pavement. They will struggle for life by creeping to tbe surface, and hoisting out a brick here and a stone there, or find a crack where tbeir noses can snuff a little breath; but if fought down aud cover* ed, will finally give it up. So if a tree bo tbrust into a close clay, or its roots are kept under water, it refuses either to be an aquatic, or to put up with its aluminous prison. It will grow as little as possible, and die the first opportunity. — Prairie Farmer. The Christian Pilgrimage.—ls men have been termed pilgrims, and life a journey, then we may add that tbe Christian pilgrimage &r surpasses all others in the following important particulars; iu tbe goodness of the road, in the beauty of the prospeots, in the excellence of the company, and iu the vast superiority of tbe acoom* modatiou provided tor the Christian traveler when he has finished his course. A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit. Lies have long lege bat weak backs.