Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-21
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

The Russian sunfiower is said IN b.
one of the very best of plants for fnaI
1t grows from ten to twelve feet hipb ~.
stalk being two or three inches in diane
ter, and the seed about three times ,hn
size of an ordinary sunflower seed 7.
requires a very rich soil and is said 70
produce far more substance to the aero
than corn does.
SPICED APPLES. pounds Of q,
Piles, pared, four pounds of sugar ono
quart of vinegar, one ounce stick CHINA.
mon, half ounce of cloves. Boil tho
sugar, vinegar, and spices together; put
in the apples when boiling and let them
remain until tender (about twenty min.
utes). Take them out and put them in
jar. Boil down the syrup until it is thick
and pour it over
AN exchange pithily remarks: "Men
eat too much, fret too much, exercise too
little, sleep too little, and then drink
whisky. Let them turn themselves into
the fresh air, eat simple food. sleeo
enough, and they will be more healtby,
Says DR.. Guthrie If you want to Keen
dead man, put him in whisky if Won
want to kill living man, put the whisky
into him"
To Cook AN OLD FowL.-Dress and
stuff as for roasting then boil three hours
in covered pot, with one quart of water
to which add two tablespoonful Of
vinegar then take it from the water rub
over with a little butter, sprinkle over
some flour, and put the fowl into bake
pan and bake it in hot oven one hour
Use the liquor in the pot for gravy, and
to haste with. This vinegar makes it very
tender but does not taste at all.
WEIGHT AND MEAsURE.-An easy table
for determining the weight of certain
quantities in the kitchen, is this Wheat
flour, one pound equals one quart com
meal, one pound two ounces-one quart;
melted butter, one pound-one quart;
powdered white sugar, one pound, one
ounce-one quart best brown, one pound,
two ounces-one quart. In liquids, use
this table sixteen tablespoons measure
one half pint eight tablespoons, one
gill four do, one-half gill, Or wine.
glass twenty-five drops, one teaspoon;
a common tumbler measures one half
pint Western Rural.
SAFETY KEROSENE LAMA CORES.
pondent of the Scientific american gives
the following directions for using kero-
".
The plan promises well, and is worthy Of
trial: 81 cram all the wick that I possibly
can into the lamp, fill up the interstices
with sponge, and saturate the whole thor.
oughly with kerosene. | have always
found the supply sufficient for the longest
winter night; as long as any oil remains
in the wick the lamp keeps burning. |
have had this fairly tested. One of my
In <NlI -, -nl
upset a small table supporting a lamp
With the exception of breaking the glass,
no further damage was done, not even
soiling the carpet. In fact, my plan was
brought about by similar accident, and
narrow escape from serious damage. As
the wick burns away / keep filing up
with the sponge, and ! think l have the
nearest approach to safety lamp"
A CURE FOR LocKJAw-Dr. Demar
quay has discovered new method of
treating that species of lockjaw' which is
caused by wounds. 1t possesses this adj
vantage over all other methods that have
been tried, that while they have invaria-
bly, failed it has been successful in two
cases. 1t appears that the persons at
tackled by lockiaw are particularly sensi
tive to cold, which aggravates all their
symptoms and greatly increases all their
sufferings. Accordingly Dr. Demarquay
placed his two patients, one of whom had
received deep wound in the calf of his
leg, while in the other case the lockjaw
seizure had followed upon the amputation
of limb, in a room heated at from GA to
- degrees Fahrenheit, where they could
perspire freely without fear of draughts.
The spasms and muscular contractions
which form the chief features in lockjaw
were relieved by intra-muscular injections
of morphine, the places selected for those
injections being those where the muscular
contractions were most painful, The
result of this treatment was that the pa
tients were soon able to open their mouths
and assuage their terrible thirst, which is
one of the concomftants of lockjaw, and
ultimately recovered