Des Arc citizen., 1866-06-23

RUSHING ToMAoTEs.-T who love good tomatoes will take pains to cultivate them so as to insure them, as near as may be, in their full perfection. There is no other fruit that delights more in air and sunshine than the tomato. They should have, therefore, abundance of room, and the vines sustained from falling to the earth. have found stout brush firmly set round the plants, to answer better than any other method. The branches have room to extend themselves as they like, while the limbs of the bush keep them in their positions. By this method the fruit Is more fully exposed to the genial infu- ences of the air and sunshine, whereby 1t attains more delicious flavor, larger size, and comes quicker to maturity. Fl Rural New Yorker.
 To REMOVE SMOKE FROM WALLS BE- FORE WHITE-W w AsHING When walls are badly smoked indigo, dissolved in wa ter. and applied with brush, removes the smoke and leaves the walls in a good con dition to receive the lime We presume this is good, though we have never tested it. Our remedy for smoked walls being white lye, made in the following manner: Take 4 quarts of ashes, pour into 1t 8 quarts of boiling water; let 1t settle, and apply with a brush; if badly smoked, wash it over twice, then it is ready for the lime,
 BEAT BIscuITs Take one cup of lard, onepint of sweet milk, 8 heaping teaspoon ful of salt, and the least 6it of soda. Rub the lard we'll into the four, then add the milk, salt and soda, knead it down so long as you can work in four, then beat till it blisters; roll out, cut, and bake in slow oven until thoroughly done. 1.-the above directions are strictly followed, you will have biscuits equal to the best of crackers, and quite as inviting to the delicate appe- tite of the poor invalid. +.
 To WASH CALICO WITHOUT FADING. Infuse three giiis of salt in four quarts ot water; put the calico in while hot, and leave it till cold, and in this way the col ors are rendered permanent, and will not fade by subsequent washing, So says a lady, who has frequently made the experi- ment.
 Tomato Cdtsup. Take half bushei of tomatoes, cut them in two, lay them in a dish, sprinkle little salt over them, and let them stand three or four hours, Then drain off the water, and put the tomatoes into a preserving kettle with pint of wa ter; letthem stew two hours. Strain them through a cullender, and put them back into the kettle, with half teacup of salt, halfan ounce of Cayenne pepper, one ounce of cloves one ounce of nutmegs, one of mace, and one quart of good white wine; boil this one hour. When cold, bottle 1t and stop it tight.
 Cure Jor Hog Cbo1era.-Take ten grains of calomel, ten grains Of copperas, and ten drops of turpentine. Give it ip slop, or if the hog will not eat the slop, drench him This remedy has been used with great success. It is said to be cer- tain cure; if the animal is able to swallowi it
 Ho,o to Cure Fe1on.--As we often sec friends suffering with these very trouble some things, We publish the following for them, which we have heard highly re- commended: As soon as the parts begin to swell get the tincture of lobelia, and wrap the part affected with cloth satura- ted thoroughly with the tincture, and the felon is dead. An old physician says he has known it to cure in score of cases.