The Placer herald., 1872-03-30
HOUSE AND F A RIM.

Paris physician says: i" believe that, dur
ing the twenty years that l have practised
my profession, twenty thousand children have
been carried to the cemetaries, a sacraiice to
the absurd custom of exposing their arms.
Put the bulb of thermometer into babys
mouth and the mercury rises to ninety de-
grees Now carry the same to its little hand;
if the arm be bare and even cool the mcrcu
ry will sink to fifty degrees OF course, all
the blood that flows through these arms
must fall from ten TO forty degrees below
the temperateure of the heart. Need
say, when these currents Of the blood flow
back to the chest, the chid's vitality must be
more or less compromised? And need | add
that we ought not to be surprised at the fire.
uuent recurring affections of the tongue,
throat, or stomach? have seen more than
one child, with habitual cough or hoarsness,
entirely relieved by simply keeping the hands
and arms warm.
A Coon WAY TO Cook MEAT.-Seal it in
a vessel Theoretically tight. Cooked thus
long time in its own juices, it is rendered
very tender, and has a peculiar appetizing
flavor. Take an earhen jar with tight
fitting cover, that will stand heat. If beef
is to be the dish for dinner, cut in convenient
pieces, lay in the Jar, rub each piece with
salt, pepper and a little sugar, put in a little
WATER lay on iece Of thick buttcred pa
per and press down the cover. If you think
it will allow any steam to escape, mix shorts
or rye meal with water to Il paste press
strips of this all around the edge of the
cover. Bake in a moderate oven four or five
hours, according to the toughness of the meat.
Chickens and turkeys, are excellent cooked
in this way. The toughest old hen can be
rendered toothsome by this process.
CANARY BIRDS Always hang the cage
where drafts do not strike the bird. Give
healthy birds canary and rape seed, plenty
of fresh water, cutie fish bone, and clean
gravel on the bottom of the cage often. al
so, give the birds fresh water to bathe in
every day. After they have bathed remove
the dish which should be shallow. Never
have the room overheated. AT night, when
the fire has gone down, if it is very cold, +,
throw thin cloth over the cage. A little
pepper occasionally y regulates them. DO not
give them cake or sugar When mouting,
feed them on rape seed slightly moistened.
Hard boiled egg and cracker grated are eX
cellent Bad seed will kill BIRDS. Cabb ge
and sweet apples are good for them, and
now and then fig. With moderate care
the little songsters will repay your attention
with sweet notes of joy Western Rural.
ANOTHER CURE FOR SMALL-Pox --- The
SMALL-Pox CAN BE CURED. The writer was
relieved from all sickness, danger, or death,
while suffering from an attack Of smallpox,
(not this season however) by the following
remedy, and begs to make it known through
your widely circulated paper, that other suf
terers may find speedy relief. 1t was sim
ply by taking a sweat of cream Of tartar
one teaspoonful of cream Of tartar, one table
spoonful of brown sugar, put into large
sized bowl; boiling water being poured over
it, filling up the bowl; then let it be well
stirred, and the patient drink it all, as hot as
it can be taken, (beng of course in bed and
sends the disease to the surface, preventing
afterwards sickness or death, or being marked,
which is greatly dreaded by some, especially
the ladies.
How TO CARVE TURKEY .--"ln carving
turkey, cut off the wing nearest to you first /;
then the leg and second Joint; then slice the
breast until rounded piece appears; insert
the knife and separate from the rest this
part, which is the incest bit of the breast;
next comes the "merry-thought. After this
turn the bird over little, and just below the
breast you will find the oyster, which you
separate as you did the inner breast. The
sidesbonc lies beside the rump, and the de-
sired morsel can be taken without separating
the whole bone. Proceed the same with the
other side. The fork need not be removed
during the whole process.
Potash vs.. RATs.-A gentleman of large
experience and claiming to be as humane as
the rest of us, communicates to the dgrt-
culurist the fact tnat he rids his premises of
rats by putting potash in their holes and runs
The poor wretches get it over their feet and
fur, then they lick it, and don't like the
taste of it, it burns them somewhat, and the
more they see of it the less they like it, and
so they clear out almost as soon as the appli-
cation is made. To get rid of mice, the
same person uses tartar emetc, mingled with
any favorte food; they take it, take sick,
and take their leave.
RAISED CRUST FOR Pies. Some persons
cannot eat rich pastry, and tor their benefit
! will give plain recipe. Take one pound
of -four, three ounces of butter. one table
spoonful of good yeast, and milk to form a
dough. Rub the butter in -four, add the
milk and yeast and set to rise. When light,
roll out pretty thin, and line the plates.
Put III the fruit, roll out the covers, and set
the pies in a quick oven. This makes a
good crust.
AMMONIA AS CURE FOR SNAKE BITES. As
many as 5000 persons die annually, in
British India and Burmah, from the effects
of snake bites. The Inspector of Police to
the Bengal Government now reports that
939 cases, in which ammonia was freely ad-
mintstered, 702 victims have recovered, and
in the cured instances, the remedy was not
administered till about three and one halt