Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-01-05
FAR AND FIaEsiuE


THE sBIe SuNFLowER This Large
garden flower is becoming very popplaT ~
India. The oil extracted from the seedsiS'
to be superior to both almoad and elsvasesl
for table use, and to be employed 10 man0
featuring woollen 60 DIS, soap AID candleS IS
we'll as for lighting purposes The le&Tps
have be en- manufactured into cigars. harlkS
pectoral qualities, and might, perhaps, sDc
found more eficacious than stramonium
The blossoms furnishla brilliant yellow dye,
which stands we'll Each acre will contain
from $4,000 to 10000 plants, and the
average quantity of seed will be 50 bushels,
each Of which will give gallon of oil The
quantity of seed is much increased by dwarf
ing the plants, the best manure for which
is said to be old mortar broken up. The
plants should be kept clean and free from
weeds, and the quantity of seed required is
about six pounds per acre. They should
have sufficient interval between them for
exposure to the sun, as under such circum-
stances, they become larger and moro fully
stored with seed. sss.ss;
GATHERING WooD DIRT When going
to work in the field, near the wood .ot, take
along to shovel and carry home at ne".
at night load Of forest loan, OF =
apart day and devote it entirely ~ sne.s
purpose of collecting. Woods dirt is one Of
the very best mulches that can be used So
it is not of the absorbents for the stable,
and as loamer and fertilizer for the soil it
cannot be excelled. 1t is good up any
and all kinds of soil, and as eheai the
air.
Leaves and loan from an excellent material
for banking and for covering vegetables
buried in the fields or garden Nature has
designed the fallen leaves as a shield to the
tree-roots against the frost thin coating !.
being almost impervious to that element,
they are, therefore, exactly fitted for the
use above mentioned. No better manure
can be used upon the garden, as it will
make the soil light, and at the same time
give it the primitive qualities Of fertility
Exchange.
SPECIFIC FOR D1pHTHER1A.-The Italian
Journals publish letter from DR.. Giovanni
Galligari, describing the remarkable success
which has attended his treatment of diph-
liberia with picnic acid. He relates the +
losses be formerly experienced among his
patients when treating them with emelients,
solvents, and cauterization with hydrochloric
acid, and observes that this cauterization
can no more eradicate the morbid principle
than earring the leaves off plant will de-
stroy the root He now simply uses gar.
gle of picnic acid and distilled water, with
external applications of new flannel the
food and drink to be taken cold. After the
adoption of this treatment DR.. Calligari lost
but one patientout Of hfty-eight. He ro-
quested the Italian journals to publish the
discovery. Picnic acid i the agent Which
is now he;@r ard ss.;;ii q
remedy ForeanueF md seesss tskes
an immense saving Of lives formerly hope.
lessly sacrificed 10 that disease
CURE FOR NEURALafA. friend Of ours
who suffered horrible tortures from neural
gia, hearing of noted physician 10 Gerua- J.
ny who invariably cured that disease, cross
ed the ocean and visited Germany for treat
ment. He was permanently cured after
short soiourn, and the doctor freely gave
him the simple remedy used, which was
nothing but poultice and tea made from
our common field thistle The leaves are
macerated and used on the parts affected as
poultice, while small quantity Of the
leaves are boiled down in the porportOn of
a quart to a pint, and small wine-glass of
the detection drank before each meal Our
friend says he has recommended it far and
near, and he has never known it to fail Of
giving relief, while in almost every case il
has effected cure. 1t is certainly worth
a trial-Nor,oalb Gazette.
To Stop BLEEDING 1T is said thai bleed
ing from wound On man or beast raay
be stopped by a mixture Of wheat folr and
common salt, in equal parts bound Oh wIth
cloth If the bleeding be profuse, use y
large quantity, say from one to three pints.
1t may be left on for hours, or even days,H
necessary.
The person who gave us this receipe saya
that in this manner, he saved the hse OF s
horse which was bleeding from wounded
artery the bleeding ceased in 6vs minutes
after the application.
PoTATo PUFF.-Take cold roass aes.-s-
beef or mutton, veal and ham i0gether
clear from gristle, cut small, End season
with pepper and salt, and cut pickles, i
liked. Boil and mash some pcsatoes; o3kg
into paste with an egg, and rCllout drsaas
| ing with -four. Cut round will salce
put some Of the seasoned meat uFon onA
| half, ahd fold the other ovee like pSas
pinch or nick neatly round, md fEy aligbt
brown. This is good method os nagasiHg
up meat which has been cooked
POLL EVIL IN HORSES. "A { il oas prekers
wash the sore clean viii eastib soa and
warm water, then inject and dress il With
spirits of turpentine, pyrolig ieOas asa and
linseed oil, equal parts mixed balsan
has also very good effect 81 iudo{ent and
morbid paris. So soon, howe7ef Ia
parts show disposition to heal dress wlti
tincture Of aloes and nlyrrh. Keep the