The Placer herald., 1870-07-09
HOUSE AND FARM.

as Ice. Let Jar, pitcher or vessSl ueed Tor
water, be surrounded With one or more folds
VI coarse cotton, to be constantly wet; the
evaporation Of the watsr will carry off The
hsss from the inside. and reduce it to low
temperature. In luda and other tropical
countries, where ice cannot be procured.
this sxpsdiset Is common. Let every ms.
shanic aud lsborer have st The place Of bis
work, two pitchers thus provided. and with
lids or covers, one to fresh water for the
evaporation, and be can always have a sup-
ply oi cold water 10 warm weather. Any
person may test this by dipping fugsr in
water and holding it 10 the sir on warm
day; af or doing this two or three times be-
will find hs finger uncomfurtably cool. This
plxu will save the bill for ice, besides being
more heal hiuI. The free use Of ics water
ef,en produces derangement Of The internsl
organs; which. we conceive, is due to tbs
property Of the water independent Of il.
coldness.
To RSMcvs TIE SRlS fRoM PEAcHEs.
Every one knows there is y great loss OF pup
in pairing pescbes with knife; to ob.,a's
which an exchange suggests the follO ing
method Of treating them: Make iys M
slrong as possible sf wood ashes sud soft
water; Il II a kettle with tho lys. aud when
boiling rapidly, drop In twelve "r eighteen
peaches. aud take out again almost imneJi-
a,sly, and immerse them in a pail Of cold
water. Take ons 10 your hand, and you will
perceive ,ba. the riud will slip IF entirely.
leaving a round beautiful yellow all; throw
it Immediately into another pail Of pure WA.
ter, and so proceed till all are done. 1his
process will not injurs the flavor Of the tiues'
l,excb, and once tried. The old fashioned way
VI peaiug with knife will no. bs again
adopted. Ii The Iye is not strong enough,
pu, into the kettle two dippers full Of clean
wood ashes. This 10 nm excsllen way 10 rid
small onions OF their jackets preparatory TO
picking them.
WORTH KNowiNG.--If brooms srs vet 10
very tough. and will not cut the carpet, last
much longer. and always sweep like new
broom. A very dusty carpet may bs cleaned
by setting pail Of cold water out BY lh.
door. we. The broom 10 ii, knock it to gs, off
all The drops, sweep ayard or SO. then wash
.hs broom as before, and sweep again, being
careful to shake all The drops of the broom.
aud not sweep Tor a time. II done With
care, il will clean carpet very nicely, and
YOU will he surprised al the quantity Of dirt
10 the water. The water may need chang.
ing once or twice, if the carpet is very dirty.
Moistened Indian meal is used with good
effect by some house keepers, and sal. ty
others.-Ldn. LteHigeaeer. rttF
IMPORTANCE OF SAVING SEED FROM EAnLY
FRulr.-lhe temptation Of growers for mar.
Eet 10 sell the earliest at a large price is TO
great, that lille seed is saved except from
those maturing later; doubtless under The
impression that the seed is just as good; bu,
this is n great mistake. The seeds from the
fruit which ripeus earliest are the beat next
year. There s no doubt that the tomato
has Leen vastly improved by careful culture
(sud can be still iurlhef in the desrsbs
qualiIles Of earlines'. rroduciveness, soidity,
fewuess Of seeds, beauty Of form, ,huness OF
skin delicacy OF flavor and rivhness Of color.
And similar Improvement may 10 made
10 all other vegetables and fruits.
CALIroRNIA SILK-The silk Manufacturers
sre looking forward 10 lhe time when raw
silk can bs obtained from California equal
10 their Demands The specimens already
obtained from California cocoons are pro
nounced by experienced man ufAc'ursrs az
equal to The best silks Of India or japan, the
fiber being very strong and fine. free from
impurities. aud remarkably smooth and
glossy. The difficulty hllherto bas been in
getting proper machinery for resliug The
uocoons in the dlslrlcs where they are
grown. When that difficulty 10 removed
~ il ia in y fair way to be, the silk growers and
The snsll colony Of .llk man ufac' urers 10 The
country look fiwsrd TO q beautiful harvest.
Berlin Adve. tiser.
How To BKAuTirY THE TEKTH-An ex
change gives the following remedy for beau.
tits ing the teeth: dissolve two ounces Of
borsx 10 three pin,s Of boiling water. and
before 1t ia cold add one ,easpoonful Of The
spirits Of camphor and bottle for use. A
tea.poouful Of this MIXTURE mixed with an
equal quantity Of tepid water, and applied
With brusb, preserves and beauties the
teeth, eYtirpstus all tar,arous adhesion, ar.
rests decay, induces healthy action Of tho
gums, aud makes the teeth nearly white"
SAVE THE BEST CALvEs.-Farmsrs canno,
keep up their stock-not to think about iIu.
proving il-if they are bsg9lled 10y The crafty
butchers into selling their best calves for
veal. and raising their poorest. The oppo-
sils practice should lie inexorsbly followed.
More than lhs-no keeping for the first ten
weeks Of calt's fs can be- TOO good. Many
farmers pot two calves on 10 y single COW
~, feed them on skinned milk. niisersbIy
poor e. lhs,-suy, thing TO keep the breath
Of life 10 them tIli the grast binea. and then
they are turned into perhaps, some miseraby
poor pastUre, to grub their di-consoals
aud wsatisoms and poverty.stricksn way
through The mon'hs Of summer. All this 10
costly as it is wicked. Save the. best calves.
feed them on The best fo"d. and give them
enough OF it at the outset, and when weAn~d
give them something besides hard.tack to
live on the fist six months Of their lives.