The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-12-29
HOME AND FARM.


nary paint brush or a sponge and rub over
the glass once or twice day little alcohol. !
This will keep the glass as tree from ice as
in the middle of summer, and give as hne
polish as can be got in any other way.
For looseness of the bowels, mix two
tablespoonfuls of wheat flour with just
water enough to mosten the flour; drink |
il. III the first dose does not check pain or
the purging, repeat the dose In hall an nour.
Severe cases sometimes require thire dose.
How the boys may be saved the trouble of
sgoing for the cows" is told by the Ameri-
can Stock Journal: EVERY time they are
driven up at night or in the morning, give
them a good lick of meal or bran, and for 1t
the COWS will always be on hand at the
milching hour"
To polish tins, first rub your tins with
damp cloth, then take dry flour and rub 1t
on with your hands, and afterward take an
old newspaper and rub the flour off, and the
tins will shine as well as if half an hour bad
been spent in rubbing them with brickdust
or powder, which spoils the hands.
The Warren Republican of this state says:
Samuel B. Mathis of Jordan township, last
spring built him hog house which has
already saved him the lives of 100 pigs.
They will not average less than 200 pounds,
which will make 10000 pounds ofpork next
$1,000. a good investment of $50.
AS a moth preventive, mix half piHt
alcohol, the same quantity of spirits of tur-
pentine, and two ounces of csmphor. Keep
in a stone bottle and shake before using.
The cloths or furs are to be wrapped in linen,
and crumpled-up pieces of blotting paper
dipped in the liquid are to be placed in the
box with them, so that it smells strongly.
This requires renewing once year.
Massachusetts was formerly the only state
where the raising of broom corn and the
manufacture OF brooms was carried on to
any great extent, and Boston was the great
distributing point for the manufactured
goods Now there is scarcely an acre de-
voted to broCm corn culture in New
England as, since the war, farmers have
raised tobacco in its place. Illinois is the
largest grower of broom corn at present,
Ohio and New York coming next, and
Chicago and Cincinnati are the centers OF
business, while New York is the great depot
of manufactured goods.
LooKINa-GLAssEs SPOILED BY SUNSHINE
1t does not seem to be very generally un-
derstood that the amslgam of tin-foil with
mercury, which is spread on glass plates to
make looking glasses, is very readily crys-
tailed by actinic solar rays. A mirror hung
where the sun shine on it is usually
spoiled; it takes a granulated appearance
familiar to hOusekeepeTs, though they may
not be acquainted with the cause of the
change. In such q state the article Is nearly
worthless, the continuity of the surface is
destroyed, and it will not reflect outlines
with any approach to precision.
MENDING WITH PLAsTER.-If you have a
crack in the wall in the corner of the room,
or anywhere else, do not send for the plas-
terer, but get five or ten cents worth of dry
plaster of Paris; wet with cold water; then
take your finger and rub it into the crevice
till it is smooth. Bad nail holes in the wall
can be done in the same way. Should the
top of your lamp become loose, take it OF
and wash it with soap; wash the glass also,
then put the plaster around the glass; put
the brass top on again, let it stand until
hardened, and it is ready tor use again. A
lamp never should be filled quite full, as
the kerosene sottens the plaster.-Rural
Home.
JERSEY Cows C. King, Elyria, o..
writes The Germantown Telegraph his ex-
perience with his Jersey COW as follows
sin the spring of 1871 L bought my frs
Jersey COW. My neighbors laughed at me
for paying $3.50 for so small cow; but when
/ showed them the rich yellow milk and
thick cream ard such yellow butter as they
never saw before, they thought a Jersey
COW was worth having after all. That COW
has won me SlS9 in premiums, and l have
sold two of her calves lone half-blood) fol
$3.50, and have the COW and a nice yearl
ing heller lett. The increase of that COW
have also won me Sl47 in premiums"
USE OF NUTAEGs.-If a person begins t.
CRATE nutmeg at the stalk end, it will prov,
hollow throughout; whereas the same nut
meg, grated on the other end, would hav,
proved sound and solid to the last. Thi
The center of nutmeg consists of fibers is
sung from the stalks and its continuation
through the center OF the fruit; the othe
ends of which fibers, though closely sur
rounded and pressed by the fruit, do not ad
here to it. When the stalk Is grated away
the fbers, having lost their hold, gradual,
drop out in succession, and the hollow con
tinues through the whole nut. BY begin
ming at the contrary end, the flyers allow
mentioned are grated off at the core end witt
the surrounding fruit, and do not drop on
and cause a hole.
RAISING CURRANTs.-Some writer state
that he has had excellent success in the cul
ture of currsnts by pursuing the following
plan; After planting in the usual manner,
take particular pains 10 cultivate them well
Every spring the ground is top dressed pro
fusely with ashes, leacned and unleached
well incorporated into the soil under ant
afOuhQ bho DuchcSs anu kcpL cl6dr OF Kr6S
and weeds. After the ground has receives
the top dressing it is mulched with bar
yard or chip manure. The result has beer
have never failed of bountiful crop of tn
finest and largest fruit, free from the worn
About sixteen rods distant have lot {
currant bushes left to take care of them
selves. These are nearly destroyed by tn
worm. My own opinion is that the Larvae c
the currant worm lie dormant during th
winter in the ground near the bush the
ffafo m. oft fhn Al.
mixing wood ashes with the soil destroy
them.
HOG CHOLERA AND EUTERIc FEVER
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