, 1872-02-08

very well III Otuc1 ICSUcCtSs Oonip Co1i
screenings are better, and may be econ.
omically burned in this manner. Ifa
coal fire gets very low the quickest way
to extinguish it is to rake it at the bot
tom. To preserve a fire under such
circumstances, little coal should be
placed on the fire, and when it has
caught, more may be added, and the
raking deferred until it has got well ig
nited. When the fire bricks have be-
come burdened with clinkers which
have fused and adhered, they may be
cleaned by throwing oyster or CLAN
shells into the fire box when the fire is
very hot, and allowing the fire to go out
The cTinkers will generally cleave of
without the use of much force the next
morning. From two quarts to one
half peck will be sufficient for most
stoves, and the operation can be repea'
ted if some of the clinkers still adhere
Regularity IN EATING.-Regularity
of time for our daily meals is valuable
means of maintaining health. The ap
petite should never be wasted during
the intervals between meals on pastry
confections, ice-cream, or anything else
which only gratifes the taste and fails
to nourish the digestive apparatus
-Hohae & Health.
OYSTER SAUsAGEs.-Chop a pint OF
oysters with a quarter of pound oi
veal and quarter of apound OF suet,
and some bread crumbs: season with
salt and pepper; pound them in NOR
tar; make them into little cakes with
an egg; flour, and fry them dry. Serve
hot. -..-.
TAKE CARE OF YOUR HoRsEs FEET
Few who handle horses give proper at
tention to the feet and legs. Especially
is this the case on farms. Time is
spent of morning in rubbing, brush
ing, and smoothing the hair on the
sides and hips, but at no time are the
feet examined and properly cared for
Now, be it known, the feet of a horse
require more care than the body. They
need ten times as much, for in one re-
spect they are almost the entire horse
All the grooming that can be done won'i
avail anything if the horse is forced te
stand where his feet will be filthy. In
this case the feet will become disorder
ed, and then the legs will get badly out
of fix; and and with bad feet and bad
legs, there is not much else of the
horse fit for anything. Stable prisons
are generally are terribly severe on the
feet and legs of horses; and unless
these buildings can afford a dry room
where a horse can walk around, lie
down, or roll over, they are not half
SO healthy and comfortable to the horse
as the pasture, and should be avoided
by all good hostlers in the country
North British ReUie,u.
A writer in the Hearth and Home vol
unteers the following excellent advice
Mothers, fathers! cultivate 'after-sup
per talk play 'after-supper games;
keep 'sfter-supper books;' take all th'
good newspapers and magazines you car
afford, and read them aloud 'after-sup
per- Let your boys and girls bring
their friends home with them at twi
light, sure of pleasant and hospitabl'
welcome and of good time 'after-sup
per, and you may laugh to scorn al
the temptations which town or village
can set before them to draw them ava.
from home for their evenings"
EATING WITHOUT AN APPETITE.-It il
wrong to eat without an appetite. for
shows that there is no gastric juice IL
the stomach and that nature does no
need food; and not needing it, ther'
being no fluid to receive and act upol
it, it remains there only to putrefy, thu
very thought of which should be suf
fcient to defer any man from eating
without an appetite for the remainder
of his life. If a tonic is taken to whe
the appetite, it is mistaken course
for its only result is to cause one to ca
more when already an amount has beer
eaten beyond what the gastric juice sup
ply is able to prepare.
The object to be attained is larger
supply of food, and whatever fails tt
accomplish that essential object, fails
to have any efficiency toward the cur'
of dyspeptie diseases. The formation
of gastric juice is directly proportionet
to the wear and tear of the system
which is to be the means of supplying
and this wear and tear can only TAXI
place as the result of exercise. The ef
fcient remedy for dyspepsia is work
out door work-benefcial and success
full in direct proportion as it is agreeable
interesting and profitable.