The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-04-03
THINGS WORTH REMEMBERING.

Bacon rind rubbed on the warts on a
horses nose will cure them.
-Sick-headache is mostly caused BY too
much acidity In the stomach, A pretty
GOOD cure consists Ia merely eating "A lit
dc burnt or very brown bread-crust.
Honey may bc kept in perfect purity
for wears by boiling the strained or ex-
tractcd article, then skimming IL carefully,
sealing il up air-tight-as fruit l. canned
and keeping in cool, dark place.
A teaspoonful of powdered alum spill
ed into pail OF water the water being
TIRED at the time) will In a few hours
precipitate all earthly particles To the bot
Tom. leaving the water pure and clear.
Another way is to throw In one or two
powdered Kernels of bitter almonds.
They do not harden the water like alum.
Long continued observations show
that harness and other leather. exposed 10
the action OF ammonia continually given
off i'm stables, becomes weak and rotten
sooner than other leather. Even when
care is taken 10 protect il with grease. this
takes place. Professor Artus recommends
the addition of a small quantity OF glycer-
inc 10 the oil or fat employed in greaSine
such kind of leather. asserting that il
keeps ii always pliable and soft.
When good coffee is 81 or 10 cents
pound, IL takes away remorse OF con
science for using il. somewhat, 20 parch
barley nice brown and mix IL half aud
half with the genuine article. II makes a
very good substitute. and YOU know what
YOU are drinking. The barley should be
nicely Drowned. and when Just warm an
egg should be stirred in il, then set by the
fire to dry, and grind a wanted. Pre-
pared in this way il settles a- well aS any
coffee.
The best way TO cure fowls OF eating
their eggs Is 10 wiring their necks. If the
fowls are of too choice variety TO treat so.
take an egg and remove the inside by max
ing hole i'm each end and blowing through
il. Then fill the shell with lead. melted
and poured in. - this for "A nest egg.
As soon a the fowl has deposited its egg
in the nest. take il out, and if she returns
let her pick the nest egg. A few sharp
pecks at it will cure her.
-Gutta-percha has proved the best thing
yet discovered to keep horses feet from
balling with snow and preventing acct
dents. The kind that j. sold in thin. wide
strips, Is considered the best II takes about
a pound and a half to fiji the fore feet OF
horse, and il costs two dollars "A pound.
When horses feet are stuffed with gutta-
percha il gives him good foot-hold. and
he lifis his feet free from snow. Melt the
article in warm water and then stuff the
foot. Iris can be taken out and put back
every day during the winter if necessary.
-Colorcd and white flannels should be
washed separately. and never i'm the same
water which has been used for cotton and
linen goods. for not only will the lint adj
here TO the flanncls. but they are apt TO re-
cciVe dull grayish color. Flannels should
always be washed and dried quickly, and
il i, good plan TO have them washed first
in the morning, before the other clothes.
especially i'm the winter. a. they dry so
much more quickly than later i'm the day,
and then there j. no fear that careless
washerwomen Will plunge them into dirty
IL