South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-06-16
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

LoBELIA, it is said, has been successfully
administered by a Cleveland physician In
three well-marked cases of lock-jaw
THE Ohio Fdrmer says you can start a
balky horse by filling his mouth with dirt
the philosophy being that it gives him
something to think of s
J. Il. COOPER says, in the Journal of
the Franklin Institute, "A good adhesive
for leather belts is printers ink. l have
the case of a six inch belt running dry and
smooth and slipping, which was entirely
prevented for q year by one application of
the above" a-lj
REMEDY FOR THE EAR-AoHE.-My
wife was once suffering intense pain from
ear-ache caused by a tumor inside, and
after our remedies all failed to give relief,
l called in a neighbor, who poured vim
egar upon ahot brick, and with a funnel
conducted the steam into the ear. Relief
was quick and permanent-Erchdage.
A LADY writer remarks that if the mis-
tress of a household would expend the
same amount of time in the kitchen, kindly
and patiently ~instructing Bridget in her.
duties, that she spends in the parlor Cos
siping with her neighbors about Bridget's
faults and shortcomings, a marked i'm
proveinent would Don be visible in do
mestic affairs.
THERE is avery simple process by which
muslins used for ladies' and childrens'
dresses al be prevented from catching
fire. Dissolve a small piece of alum in
the water in which muslins are rinsed.
When dry, if a light be put to them, they
will shoulder slowly away, but not break
1,A ,,4o n hla.a Al .htz - g c-1ro
being injurious to muslin, improves its sp-
pearance greatly.
LIVER AS FooD.-The California Scien-
tifc Press says: ave cannot too strongly
denounce the use of liver and kidneys as
feod for man. These organs are constantly
charged with the worn out, excrementi-
tious matters of the system, the presence
of which, when rightly understood, are
disgustingly offensive to he taste. Their
presence is evinced by the fact that these
portions of an animal are always the parts
first subject to decomposition. They
make very good food for hens anddogs,
but for man-neveri"
DESTROYING BURDocK.-The St. Louis
Journal Of agriculture thinks that August
is the time TO attack and destroy 0urdOck.
1t says the old stems with burrs on them
should be cut with a spade or mattock
Just below the surface, and piled carefully
together while green. After a few days
of dry weather, set fire to them and stand
by till the last burr goes to ashes. This
done, the young plants that have grown
from the seed this year should either be
pulled up or the roots cut off below the
collar, and thrown upon the manure heap.
CURE FOR STAMMERING.-The effectual
cure mainly depends upon the determine
ton of the sufferer to carry out the fol-
lowing rule: Keep the teeth close to-
gether, and before attempting to speak,
inspire deeply then give time for quiet
utterance, and after very slight practice the
hesitation will be relieved. No spasmodic
action of the lower jaw must be permitted
to separate the teeth when speaking. This
plan, regularly carried out for six months,
cured me when twenty years old. / was
painfully bad, both 10 myself and others.
Without determination to follow out this
plan, it is of no use attempting it-Er-
change.
PLASTER Fol CoRN-A correspondent
of the Rural NeU Yorker says: " The past
season l used plaster alone on one piece of
corn, skipping two rows, which | harvest
ed, and also two row on each side of the
upholstered. This was a triangular-shaped
field of one acre and o~ne-fourth. The
corn on the two not plastered w~eighed1S2
pounds; shortest rows, plastered, 224
pounds; longest rows, plsstered, 274
pounds; or about 100 pounds of corn by
using plaster 10 20 pounds where not used.
There was 80 bushels of corn on this
piece.
AMMONIA and borax are both excellent
articles to have in a house for washing
purposes. They will unite promptly with
any kind of oil or grease, and form a soap.
Washing the hair with borax in the water
will develop a fine lot of suds, and prove
a good tonic. So also hair brushes may be
thus cleansed. Many are the purposes for
which these articles will be found very
useful. Borax is very commonly recon-
mended for extirminating cockroaches,
but after some experience we are satisfied
that it is not SO certain 10 expel this nui-
sance.-ESohange.