Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-09-28
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE

| PHYsIc, for the most part, Is nothing
but the substitute for exercise and temper.
ance.
How TO CURR WARrs-I will give the
readers of your paper simple and easy
way OF curing warts take sharp knife
and pare them off until they bleed little /;
then put on spirits OF salt once or twice q
I, ay for week, and they will disappear,
leaving the skin smooth, making no sore.
Five cents worth will do for q whole
eighborhcod.-Cor. Wsstern Rurdl
CANVAS FOR SKETcHING.-To prepare
canvas for sketching in oils, first strain
1t tightly upon frame, and then wash
over with thin glue. When DRY. paint
with coat of oil color made Of white
lead, red led, linseed oil, and turpentine,
and afterwards with second coat in which
the red lead is omitted and sugar of lead
with little coloring matter substituted.
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 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 small part came up,
and the plants were very weak There
must have been some influence of the tenn
perature on the seeds while lying In dor
mant state.
We should all have our flowers of time,
b light spots In our life today, and If DOS
sible, brighter moments in expectation for
the morrow. We must toll, and toll in.
cessantly. That fact cannot be shirked,
avoided, or p ssed by; it stands sentinel
at our very bedside, and speaks to US even
in the land of dreams Blu! our tolls,
tapestIied with merry minutes, sweet
smiles, cheerful music, eventful episodes,
fair flowers, and frolicsome faces, if we
add these enjoyable trif1es, and We can If
we will, no passing moments will not be
the pleasanter for them, and also for the
playful lutte times gone by, and the antici-
patton of pleasant hours to come.
FEEDING NETTLEs TO LAYING HENS -
The Vienna Agricultural and Forest Jour-
nal states that hens fed in the winter with
chopped and boiled nettle leaves, or with
the seeds, and kept in warm place, will
continue to lay during the entire winter
The experiment was first suggested by
noticing the eagerness with which both
domest and Wild fowls devou- the nettle
leaves and seeds whenever The oppor uni
ty is afforded. This proclivity is believed
to be one reason why, with the enormous
yield of SET DIS on the part of the net.le,
comparatively SO few plants spring.
A CORRESPONDENT of the CANADA
Farmer says that there is no doubt in his
mind that Gu tings 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 durio g winter, is the true way of OBJ
tanning the earliest fruit. The shoots
should be pinched back, and also part Of
the large leaves SO as to retsrd the winter
growth as much as possible. If properly
attended to the plan will be thick and
strong at the base in spring, and rs wo dy
almost IS q wall flower, while plants forced
in hot beds will be weak and spindlinR.
PICKING CUCUMBERs.-Take cucum
bers, wipe them Clean, and lay them into
some stone jars. Allow one qusrt of
coarse salt 10 pail Of water; boil the
salt and water until the salt is dissolved
turn it boiling hot on the cucumbers
cover them tight and let them stand tor
twenty-four hours; turn them into a
basket to drain. Boil as much best cider
vine Jar 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-e,ght hours they will
be fit FIR use Here is another mo e
much liked: Pick cucumbfrs 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 ind 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, o.
each about one or two ounces, TO suit diff
ferent tastes, FIR 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 il they seem to lose
their sharp taste again, just add little mo-
lasses or spirit, and all will be right
HesterD Rural.
Cows HOLDING UP THERE MILK.-S.
B. Hartshorn, West Cheshire, c., has q
cow that holds up her milk, apparently
without cause. He wants remedy. We
have be N led to The conclusion that 1t IL
due to some irritating circumstance that
has brought on fit of the sulks, IL we
might be allowed to use such an express
sion in connection with q COW. We have
often noticed q curious sidelong glance
given by the COW when endeavoriDg TO
bring her to reason and to her milk, which
has conveyed to us the idea that the beast
was spileful about something. Our plan
has therefore been to have patience, 10
manipulate and gently rub the udder, and
avoid anything that would fortber irritate
the animal; TO avoid giving any little
dainty, or even to be led out Of our regu-
lar course Of feeding. lest habit might be
confirmed. This treatment has generally
resulted in bringing the milk, though 1t
has sometimes failed. Many plans have
been sugges ed by which TO overcome this
trick, for trick we believe 1t TO be. Pres
sure over the loins between the last rib
and the hip bones is one; 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; II q
f.aob coxv LIT; m tho "a III etrpk ALL hayiu ~