The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-07-28


cool; then sealSip tight, removing Tie
spies. II they do mot keep, and are not
excellent Il will be the fault Of the 70.
oeIbe, for / have had my fruit Kept two
years or more and % good as when
first put up. The same recipe answers
for ounces, pears cherrles4qulnces
and pears 10 DO Gtst boiled tender In
water. "a
Padding tic RootS.-Many OF our
readers may have neglected 10 trans.
plant ~ choice shrub d tree, until II
seems to them too late In the season.
They will find, however, that the oper.
alton can be safely performed II they
will take up the plants and puddle the
roots-that is, dip them In mud made
OF abont the consistency OF thin mortar,
The puddle hole should be made read v
before the plants are lifted, and The
roots should be dipped In the mud be.
fore the sun and air can have any effect
upon them. After the roots are coated
with earth, they may be carried 10 the
place where they are to be planted,
Shrubs that have been heelOd In until
the leaves have started may be safely
removed by using the puddle.
HIRegdr.-Few persons are ignorant
oIthe pernlcious Influence OF sulphuric,
nitric and murlatic acids upon the hui.
man organs Of digestion and the entire
ailmentary canal, and yet II 10 declared
upon good authority that much OF the
vinegar In commerce, or liquid sold
rs vinegar, 10 made by the use OF these
concentrated acids, ut q cost OF NOT more
than ono or two cents gallon.
The best vinegar In general use in
the United States 10 acldlaed cider, In
Europe acldlfiet wine 10 the most co.
teemed; and hence the name Vin, wine;
digTe sour. In England malt vinegar
10 popularity used. Wholesome vine.
gar 10 prepared by the oxidation OF
alcohol, and from weak solutions OF
sugar, and from the mixture OF starch
with yeaSt-irom aoetic acid, indeed,
however obtained. But all these pre-
parAtlonS are expensive, and the temp
tation to produce a cheap Imitation ID
apparent. -
Sulphuric acid, the cheapest and
most Intensely sour, Ia the most gener.
ally preferred In the fabrication OF
spurious vinegar, although II 10 also
the most Injurious TO health, as may
be conIectnred from lie softenIng effects
upon vegetables placed In II for pick
ling purposes. Il may be detected,
even In the least effective quantities,
by placing a portion OF the vinegar In
q glass, and dropping into It n solution
Of the chloride OF bRrium, or OF the
nitrate OF barita, 1.-THE vinegar con.
tinues clear, Snlphurlc acid 10 not pres
sent; cloudy appearance would indi.
cate the formation Of the snlphate OF
barita, which will prove Insoluble, NO
matter what acid may be subaequent~
~ applied. r'. 'f N'lt
Cultivation Of Observation-Disclosures
grown for stock OF. not, every farmer
and vlllager will find Il to his advan.
tage TO cultivate some Of them. Plats
OF ground where early potatoes and
peas have been removed, fence corners,
patches around the outside OF corn
fields, etc., may with but little labor be
sown, and many bushels raised without
farther labor than pulling. Do not
SOW the. seed loo thick unless you In.
tend TO thin by hand while the crop is
growing, A common thlmbleiul TO, the
square rod Ia very good rule. When
sOwn broadcast in the field cultivation, I
one pound and'R half Of seed is about
the right quantity per acre; II soWn In
drills, one pound Is sufficient.
Turnip seed should be sown from the
10Th TO the 18th OF July; SOW soon after
rain, II possible, when the soil will
work up mellow. For table use, no
'tnrnip Is better than the Russia or
Sweet, which should be sown early In
July. Among the larger varieties are
the White Globe, White Norfolk and
Aberdeen, THE early, White Flat Is q
good variety and very generally grown.
Golden Bali and White Stone are raised
ITO some extent. y arIr do ~"
3. CtyinO P0I'EvH.-James Seafisld, OF
Fairfield, Md, writes: I had u horse
that was pronounced incutable OF the
pOll'evll, as the horse doctor had given
hlmlup TO die. i thought l would try
an experlment. laid open the SWELL
Ing with knife and forced It to run;
after II had run twenty.four hours l
washed onttheinoision With soap and
water, and osprInklsd qulck.lIme into
the cavity. This process OF washing
out and lining repeated every twenty.
four hours for about two weeks, at the
end OF which time the swelling had
gone down and the sore healed over.
This l did two years ago., and there Ia
no sign Of the return OF the poll-eYIl. l
would advise a trial. '' .. 'l'l"'