The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1874-02-04
E F KNOWLEDGE.

USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.
ASPARAGUS CURE FOR RHEUMATISM.
"A medical correspondent of an English
journal says that cases of rheumatism,
and govt can be cured by tho free use
OF asparagus, the active principle of the
plant having tho effect of neutraIizinR
the lithic acid in the system, which is
the cause of all inhammatory rheumatic
ailments. The remedy is simple, and
worth trying.
DON'T GIVE LIQUOR TO CHTLDREN.-
One of the first literary men in the
United States said to a writer, after
speaking on the subject Of temperance :
There is one thing which, rs you visit
different places, I wish yOu to do every
where that is, entrCat every mother
never to give a drop of strong drink to
a child. / have had to fight, as for my
life, all my days to keep from dying a
drunkard, because / was fed with spirits
when a child, and acquired a taste for
it. My brother, poor fellow, died a
drunkard. I would not have a child of
mine to take n drop of liquor for
any thing. Warn every mother,
wherever you go, never to give a drop
toa child.
FIRE AND WATER PROOF PAINT
Slack stone lime, by putting into a tub,
covered to keep III the steam when
Stacked, pass the powder through n fine
sieve, and to every six quarts add a
quart of rock salt and a gallon Of water;
then boil and skim clear to every five
gallons Of the fluid add pulverized
alum, one pound pulverized copperas,
half-pound, and stir slowly add DOW
dered potash three-quartors of n pound,
then very fine sand of hickory ashes
fOur pounds then Use any colOring
matter desired, and apply 18th n brush.
1t looks better than any ordinary paint
and is durable as slate; will stop small
leaks in roofs, prevent moss from grow
ing thereon; make it incombustiblc,
aid render brick i]mpeIvious to water.
MARRIAGES OF BLOOD RELATIONS
Statistics presented to the French acad-
envy shows that the. marriages of blood
relations form about twD per cent. of
NIL the marriages in France, and the
deaf and dumb offspring, at birth, of
c1nsanguineOus marriages, are, in pro-
portion to the deaf and dumb born in
ordinary wedlock--at Lyons, full Is
Per cent. at least Is per cent. in Paris.
AID 30 per cent, in B~ordeaux-tho pro-
portions of the deaf and dumb. by
birth, increasing with the degrc, of
blood relationship. The data obtained
snow that, if the danger Of having a
deaf and dumb child in ordinary mar
rage, represented by figures, is one,
there will be IL in marriages between
first cousins, 81 in marriages between
uncles and nieces, and 70 in marriages
between nephews and aunts. It appears,
too, that the most healthy parents, if
related in blood, may have deaf and
dumb children while deaf and dumb
parents, if not related, very rarely have
deaf and dumb children.
WHAT is THoROUGHBRED?-Wbat we
call the thoroughbred horse was created
in England by the importation of mares
and stations from Arabia and Barbary.
and by the judicious commingling of
the foreign with the native blood.
Through contests on the turf and the
right kind of crossing the horse was
gradually improved or elevated to a
high standard Of excellence, and these
improved horses were then recognized
rs the progenitors of an aristocratic
race. Equine heraldry had been made
a science, and the birth and pedigree
of each horse of high breeding had
been preserved III the "Stud Book"
Usage had decreed that an animal which
can show an uncontaminated pedigree
for five generations shall be classed as
Il thoroughbred; that is, no drop of
cold or cross blood must appear III the
veins the origin of which can not
be found behind five successive periods
of production. Five removes from n
common ~parentage refine the blood and
make it ar5stocratic. Turf Field and
Farm.
RUN Down HoRsEs.-Mr. Harris, in
tho American AgriculturaIist, tells the
following:-"This summer nv horses
got badly run down. We fed them lib
orally, but they did not eat we'll. They
had no appetite, 40 digestion, and no
strength and spirit. They came home Mt
noon and night tagged out, and their
nights rest did not refresh them. I
saved n barrel in two and placed the
ends on the platform of the I'M
These are for watering the horses. Into
one OF them we put n pailfull Of corn
meal and mixed it with water. The
horses Mt first did not like it and would
only drink a little when very thirsty.
After they had drank what they would
they were allowed pure water. In q
few days, however, they drank this
corn-meal soup with d relish, and in
less than n week there was q decided
change for the better in the appearance
of all the horses. We do not let them
eat tho meal, but merely let them drink
the water. l have no doubt it is good
for them as a plate Of good o is for
n tired and hungry man before dinner.
1t seems to stimulate the appetite and
aid digestion"
MILK IN WINTER. "A great NAM
farmers have plenty of milk in summer,
but run out of the article in winter: or,
rather, their COWS run out of it. They
fail to supply the article when called
for. Noy, milk is a good thing, a good
article OF diet, good for infants and
old folks, good to furnish cream and
butter, and any II who pretends to be
n farmer ought to have plenty of it all
winter. But to have il there are GER
{ lin requisites. One of these is warm
shelter; another is plenty of nutritious s
food; and another still is regularity in :
milking and feeding, and kindness for :
for so good an animal. WHY, a =
good COW is n OF the family, almost. =
Every body should have a kind word !
for her. She should be looked up TO !
with respect. If a good big quantity =
Of the rich tactical fluid is wanted she !
be RECALLED twice o day with !
: mo nice slop Of bran and corn-meal. a
You can no more get much milk from !
dry food than you can get blood from a >
We want every body to have =
of milk, and we want cow to y
ave warm shelter aud plenty of food h