The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-03-14

More dear, perchance. than I
All, after all these weary years,
Would You more constant be?
And would you drop these bitter tears,
And sing the song for me?
The AldiHe.
HOUSE, FARM AND GARDEN.
To REMOVE STAINS FRoNA MATTRESS. -
Make thick paste by wetting starch
with cold water Spread this over the
stain, first placing the mattress in the
sun. Rub off in a couple OF hours, and
if the ticking IS not perfectly clean, re-
peat the process.
CURES ron a FELoE.-As soon as dis
/ covered take some spirits of turpentine
in u cup, dip the finger in it, and then
hold the hand near hot fire till dry !;
then dip ii in again and repeat for Is
minutes, or till the pain ceases. The
next day, with q sharp knife, pare off
| the thick skin and you viii find some
thing like a honey-cOmb filed with
clear water; open the cells and the fell
! on is gone. IF the felon is too far ad-
vanced for turpentine, oil of Origanum,
treated in the same way, Will cure. Ii
too far advanced for either to cure, the
felon will still be benefited, as it viii
be less painful. Never draw it.
How To COOK MUsHROoMS.-Ih sim
| plest method is the best for real relish,
and is an easy way of ascertaining
| whether ny fungus which seems safe Is
| flavorous enough to be worth eating.
| Peel off fine outer skin, break out the
/ ste12, and set the cap top down on hot
/ stove In the spot where the stem for
/ merly stood put little salt, and, if de-
| sired, a small bit of butter, Scatter
| some salt over the gills. When the but
| ter or salt melts, the cooking IS done !;
| and rs soon as it Is cool enough the fun
gus should be eaten, carefully saving
| the Juice. Agaricus campestris cooked
| in this way and eaten hot viii make one
wish that he was all mouth and palate,
and that his mouth might never be in
want of q " mushroom"
How To DRILL \ HOLE ~ GLASS;
| First, secure, over the place to be drill
| ed, thin piece of pine, with a hole IN
it the size of the one you want to drill.
| The thin stuff used in backing picture
frames will answer for this purpose.
This is simply guide for steadying the
| drill at starting. The drill is q brass
| tube of the size desired, the thinner
| the better. Put a center into the top
| of it and run with a common bow like
| that used in drilling by watehmakers
Feed the drill with rather fine emery
| and keep wet with a saturated solution
of gum camphor in spirits of turpentine,
and you can drill glass as easily as
brass. The tubular drill cuts out cir
cular core. and the hole can be smooth
ed or enlarged 10 any desirable extent,
with a round file wet with the solution
referred to. Keep the drill upright.
HARD AND SOFT WATERFALL house
wives may not know how materially the
effects of hard and soft water differ in
the cooking Of various vegetables.
While one species of vegetables require
hard or saft water as the case may be.
another species becomes sensibly dete
riorated bv it, For instance, peas or
beans cooked in hard water containing
lime or gypsum viii not boil tender, be-
cause these substances harden yegeta-
BILE caseine. In soft water they will
boil tender, and lose to certain raw,
rank taste which they retain IN hard wa
ter Many vegetables (as onions) boil
nearly tasteless in soft water, because
all the flavor is dissolved out. The adj
dition of salt often checks this, as in
the case OF onions, causing the vegeta-
bles to retain their peculiar havorlng
principles, besides much nutritious mat
ter, which might be lost in soft water.
Thus it appears that the salt hardens
the water to q degree. For extracting
Juices from meat to make a broth or
soup. soft water Unsalted and cold at
first is best, for it much more readily
penetrates the tissues; but for boiling
meats where the juices should be retain
ed, put salt in while it is boiling, so as
20 seal mp the pores OF once.
FEEDING FOwLs.-No plan is so inju-
| rious IA to throw down heaps of grain
| once or twice a day. They should have
ii scattered rs far rs possible, that the
birds may be longer and healthier EN-
| ployed in finding ii, Gndmay not accom-
plish IN n few minutes that which should
occupy them for hours. For this rea-
son every sort Of feeder or hopper is
bad. Tt Is the nature Of fowls to take a
| grain ut a time, and to pick grass and
| dirt with it. which assist digestion !: but
| if contrary TO this, they are enabled to
| eat corn by the mouthfuls, their crops
are soon oyer-tilled, and they seek re-
| lief in excessive draughts Cf water.
! Nothing IS more injurious than this :;
| and the inactivity that attends the dis
comfort caused by it lays the founda-
! tj0n of many disorders. While speak
| ing of food, it may be observed that,
| when from travelling, or any other
! cause, the fowl has tasted a long time
saw so to As hOurs,--it should not be
allowed any hard food. For the first
| three or four hours it should have only
a small portion, say a teacupful of sop
ped bread, very wet, so much as to serve
for food and drink. If the bird appears
to suffer much from the journey, instead
Of bread and water give bread and ale.
THE BEST SOIL for potting plants is
that which is prepared by procuring
turf from an old pasture field, throwing
it into a heap, and Watering with water
in which sand potash has been dissoly-
ed. The result is a rapid decay of the
tibrous matter, which is the essential
element of growth. All kinds of green
hOuse plants can be grown TO great per-
lection in such soil. A writer from
whom I obtained my information in re-
gard to the preparation of soil for pot
ting, says that plants grown in it are
characterized by the deep green, healthy
hue OF their foliage, the well-ripened
wood, and profusion of large and
highly-colored flowers. This proceeds
| from the circumstance that there is no
excessive stimulus at any period of the
plants growth; hence its development
is regular-one of the most important
| points in all kinds of culture; the plant
| is not excited into Iuxuriant growth Of
| branches and foliage when young, as
frequently occurs when the soil is
charged with heterogeneous mixtures,
which retards maturation of the wood,
| induces disease, and is unfavorable TO
the production of flowers and fruit.
| Experience corrOborates these state
ments therefore, those who have ac-
! cess to old pasture fields. and who think