Show EGYPTIAN CORN COEN now they have an extraordinary grain in california under the title of egyptian corn a name which we ve believe was handed around sometime some time back Soni some etall tall tail stoned atoned a ame are re told of this I egyptian corn which remind us that such wonderful articles majally come under tinder tho the classification of humbug humbugs hum bugs i wo we know not whether any utah farmers have had experience with this tilis remarkable corn but if the reports of or its doings are true it might le IK a useful grain to introduce into utah for fur secondary purposes two crops a year however except in the extreme south of r the territory would hardly be realized in butali utah the mummy story too P is hard to credit ba muy ny people do not believe that seeds have such prolonged vitality the san francisco chronicle says of this grain among the many novelties embraced in the wide range rant e of agricultural products of this state ac one bids wr fair 0 to o assume prominence it i the egyptian corn which has already been raise raised in considerable ie ai lit in the vicinity of sutten suiter and ii to bow being Intro introduced dured extensively about abou t vallejo its arc arts not yet fully understood but as far as its growers have hare got ot acquainted with it it is found round at least to be an excellent food for tor poultry and all au kinds of stock even preferable fon for these uses utes to either wheat or barley if it yields as much as seventy evenly bushels to tho the acre aud and it Is believed csia can be relied upon for L two lyo two wo crops iier iker annum annuta the manner of planting it is similar to that employed with broomcorn broom corn coni which the stalk somewhat resembles while the head in lit shape IE Is more like that of the sorghum eane cane instead of growing straight up as that does the egyptian corn always crooks at the head and turns down when matur lug the grains grabs in shape chape and size elze bear situe resemblance to broomcorn broom corn com beed seed but on crit cr shIng a crain erain it is found to be more of the nature of indian corn than anything else the seeds from front which this corn Is grown were taken from front the wrappings 0 of mu egyptian mum mummies mice and that they grew after being thus titus laid away for two thousand thou yeara years shows that this variety of cereal wonderful power of reproduction it ha g been suggested that it might be found I 1 to 0 advantageously replace barley for the use of malt and brewers doubtless the experiment will soon eoon be made thanksgiving D DA y awash ington star says president grant made his proclamation for the coming thanksgiving day early that the governors of states and territories might have sufficient time timo to appoint the same day for the people under their thair respective local governments so that all the union could observe the same day instead of there being several days d ays observed in biffi erent parts of the country as was the tho case last year 0 EXCUSES excuse the tile habit of imbibing strong drink Is becoming deflor ceplo r abajy prevalent among many otherwise grod good people hereabout it is astonishing what miserable subterfuges a great many individuals re sort to aa as excuses for going to take a drink it is presumable that the excuses are prompted pron apted by the parties being hait half ashamed at doing what their better sense tells them is contrary to their professions they might as well save pave themselves the trouble of attempting to apologize and if they would only consider what they would think about such excuses when wilen they proceeded from others they thuy would cease making them fun fur but few people like to DO be considered hypocritical how many who pop into drinking saloons make worn out excuses such sueh as these thele e lve uve ive got a bad cold 1 I cant cault very well stand this hot weather veather veat her ber without a little stimulant 23 11 really eally im not in the habit of drinking d r 11 king but I 1 feel BO so chilly a dram would do me good another goes into the dram shop holding his jaw and says lve ive got the toothache and a drink of liquor 11 nor always eases me this one ta takes IT es enouf enough h to irrigate an lin acher 1 I take a little occasionally because I 1 have to work s so 0 hard bard ato M to help the matter this one drinks hard and he soon becomes a hard bard case wearing out the system by hard work and hard drinking pm im bilious says bays another and ancl he encourages that ailment by imbibing alcoholic poison another says the water in this country agree with me but few people would agree with him in this argument pm baldy baldt bald baid exclaims another and gland alcoholic beverages encourage a hirsute glowth growth 11 if this be ee true it is generally unknown another drinks to drown fc orrow and he might as well drown himself here Is a a friend of mine and we tho thought ug 11 t we would take talie a little for old acquaintance sake the tiie friendship of these fellows require requires 9 11 stimulating 1 or it will die out ivo lve ive got such a poor appe appetite al ite and cant eat anything till I 1 L take taku a drop especially in the morning this one keeps killing what little appetite he lie may have by creating a false one and ruining his digestive I 1 apparatus ive got the rheumatics and a little liquor helps me along of coune course e it does to his bis crave grave ive fot got the gripe i la in my stomach says another im low spirited today to day this one tries to keep his spirits udby up by pouring some down and forgets the flatness of reaction when the influence of or the liquor goes on off but perhaps lie he keeps adding more unnatural fuel lefore before the steam has time to go down 1 I have so much walking to do that 1 have to take a little occasionally to keep me going better keep his family going in food and clothing and avoid going into debt and ultimate physical prostration 1 I sufficient exercise havin having to stay behind the cou counter anter all da day y and I 1 need a drink or two to sustain me yes and then if this one did not drink and chew tobacco customer cust omet omeia s would think the counter was wide enough with without 0 ut them having to get into the mid middle middie dle die of the tiie store to keep clear of the fumes of his aromatic breath many other subterfuges apologies and excesses daily resorted to might be excesses a adduced d ce d P for their name bame is legion but the above are sufficient as samples they remind one of the anecdote of the schoolmaster who on entering the school schoolroom room unawares found a largo number of the scholars puffing away at tobacco pipes he ile catechizer catechized catechi zed each one ono in hla hia 6 tum turn all the little fell neli fellows owls had an excuse exeme but when it came catoe to the last one lie he wag was in a bad fix the others had exhausted the vocabulary of excuses at last a brilliant idea struck him there was wag one apology that none of the others had bad made so he said be he smoked for corns then there are the deodorize deodorizers rs used by whisky drinkers to su submerge b the smell arnell of the liquor by tati tali taking tabing ing something with a still s stronger effluvium of which cloves appear to be the favorite some report to raw onions drinking is one of the greatest evils eyll that afflicts the human family being the primary cause of innumerable crimes of every name I 1 I 1 and nature and should therefore be avoided it brings untold misery not only upon drunkards themselves vesi but upon thousands of innocent families and the excuse otton often put forward that in drinking a man only injures himself is utterly and tind totally false therefore it should be avoided drinking robs a man of his manhood by taking away his reason clouding beclouding be his mental and rind destroying his physical powers therefore it should be avoided if a man says he can take liquor or dr let it alone then ho he is a fool if it he let it alone A marl man may think ho he can drink moderately with impunity but his reason should tell him that moderate drink creates and feeds an appetite for strong drink that will eventually enslave him if he ho does not gultana quit qui tand tana ana and he is apt to go down to the grave like a dog only think of the many examples illustrative of this tipplers Tipp lers give the public too little credit for penetration they think people do not know that they drink and go on ork their way losing their characters for sobriety and as a natural conse consequence quence for reliability for how however over bright a drinking man may ruay be he la Is not a reliable man for nothing ig Is more treacherous in busine business sf than habitual dram drinking therefore There foie let lot one and all ali old oid and young avoid this debasing soul destroying vice truth enters the heart beart of a man mat when it it empty and clean and still but when hen the mind is shaken with pass passions lons ions w as with a storm you can never bear the ibo the tho charmen charmer chana lie be never co so widy |