South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-09-22
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

PHYs1c, for the most part, is nothing
but the substitute for exercise and temper
ance.
How TO CURE WARTs.-1 will give the
readers of yoar D a simple and easy
way of curing warts. take a shsrp knife
and pare them off until they bleed a little
then put on spirits of salt once or twice q
cay for a week, and they will disappear,
leaving the skin smooth, making no sore.
Five cents worth will do for a whole
neighborhood.-C0r. Western Rural.
THE color of yolks of eggs may or may
not be slightly affected by the kindof food
eaten. But it is said to be certain that the
yolk of a new-laid egg is always OF a
light lemon color, and that age causes it
to grow darker. A yolk of 8 deep orange
color simply denotes an old egg. The
lighter the color of the yolk the fresher
the egg.
CANVAS FOR SKETo5ING.-To prepare
a canvas for sketching in oils, first strain
it tightly upon a frame, and then wash
over with thin glue. When dry, paint
with a coat Of oil color made of white
lead, red led, linseed oil, and turpentIne,
and afterwards with a second coat In which
the red lead is omitted and sugar OF lead
with a little coloring matter substituted.
FEEDING NETrLEs TO LAYING HENS
/ The Vienna Horticultural and Forest Jour
nal states that hens fed in the winter with
chopped and boiled nettlo leaves, or with
the seeds, and kept in a warm place, will
continue to lsy during the entire winter.
| The experiment was first suggested by
noticing the eagerness with which both
domestic and wild fowls devour the nettle
| leaves and seeds whenever the %opporluni-
ty is afforded. This proclivity is believed
to be one reason why, with the enormous
yield of seeds on the part of the net,le,
comparatively so few plants spring.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Gardeners
| Monthly says that on the 18th of April he
planted two rows of Eugene peas close
together. The seed in one row had been
kept during the winter in a warm room /;
that of the other in an empty stable, per-
fectly dry, but exposed to severe cold.
Previously to the cold both seeds were in
the same pot. The result was that the
peas which had been hept in the warm
rooms all came up very vigorously, while
in the other row only a small part came up,
and the plants we're very weak. There
musthave been some influence of the tenn
perature on the seeds while lying in a dor
mant state.
WE should all have our flowers of time,
bright spots in our life to-day, and if pos
sible, brighter moments in expectation for
the morrow. We must toll, and toll in
cessantly. That fact cannot be shirked,
avoided, or PISSED by; it stands sentinel
st u very bedside, and speaks to us even
in the land of dreams. But our tolls,
tapestIied with merry minutes, sweet
smiles, cheerful music, eventful episodes,
fair flowers, and frolicsome faces, if we
add these enjoyable %trifles, and we can if
we will, no passing moments will not be
the pleasanter for them, and also for the
playful little times gone by, and the antici-
patton of pleasant hours to come.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Canada
Former says that there is no doubt in his
mind that cuttings taken from the tomato
plant in autumn, just before frost, stuck
in damp soil, and when well rooted re-
moved TO six-inch pots, kept in an atmos-
phere OF forty to sixty degrees, and
watered Just sufficiently to keep them
alive during winter, is the true Hay of OBJ
tanning the earliest fruit. The shoots
should be pinched back, and also part OF
the lsrge leaves SO as to retard the winter
growth as much as possible. If properly
attended to the plants will be thick and
strong at the base in spring, and as woody
almost as a wall flower, while plants forced
in hot beds will be weak and spindling.
PICKING CUcUMBERs.-Take cucum.
bers, wipe them Clean, and lay them into
some stone jars. Allow one quart of
coarse salt to a pail of water; boil the
salt and water until the salt is dissolved /;
fT1rD II hoI1ian hrf ON 4ha ar7o--.I-,
over them tight and let them stand for
twenty-four hours; turn them into a
basket to drain. Boil as much best cider
vinegar as will cover the cucumbers; wash
out the jars and put the cucumbers into
them; turn the vinegar on boiling hot;
cover them with cabbage leaves and cover
them tight. In forty-eight hours they will
be fit for use. Here is another mode
much liked: Pick cucumbers each morn
ing; let them stand in weak brine three
or four DAYS, putting in mustard pods and
horse radish leaves to keep them green.
Then take out and drain, covering with
vinegar for a week; at which time take
out and drain again, putting in new vine
gar, adding mustard seed, ginger root,
cloves, pepper and red pepper pods, OF
each about n or two ounces, to suit diff
ferent tastes, for each barrel. The vinegar
must be changed once, as the large amount
OF water In the cucumber reduces the
vinegar so much that this change is abso-
lutely necessary, and if they seem to lose
their sharp taste again, just add q little mo-
lasses OF spirit, and all will be right
Hestern RurGl.
Cows HOLDING UP THERE MMK.-S.
b. Hartshorn, West Cheshire, CT, has a
nnU fhcf holds ~ h. III
without cause. He wants q remedy. We
have bean led to the conclusion that it is
due to some irritating circumstance that
has brought on a fit of the sulks, if we
might be allowed to use such an express
sion in connection with a COW. We have
often noticed a curious sidelong glance
given by the cow when en~deaYoring to
bring her to reason and to her milk, which
has conveyed to us the idea that the beast
was spiteful about something. Our plan
has therefore been to have patience, to
manipulate and gently rub the udder, and
avoid anything that would further irritate
the animal; to avoid giving any little
dainty, or even to be led out of our regu-
lar course of feeding, lest a habit might be
confirmed. This treatment has generally
resulted in bringing the milk, though It
has sometimes failed. Many plans have
been suggested by which t overcome this
trick, for a trick we believe it to be. Pres
sure over the loins between the last rib
and the hip bones is one; a smart and sud-
den stroke of a whip which would change
the. current of the animals ideas is an
other; giving some enticing article of food
to effect the same purpose is another; if a
fresh cow, letting the calf suck-alI having
the same end in view, namely, to cause
the cow to forget all about her milk; but
we have not found any of them efectual
but the third mentioned, and that we
were averse to enc0uraging.-Hedrth and
Home.
Absorbent Powers of Mellow Soil;
ENpEpnfrOrc boua ebor, +boE -.1