The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-06-03
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.

This very painful disease OF the great
toes may be obviated BY the V6ry sim
pie expediene 81 trimming the nails
perfectly square, like the edge of 4
chisel or plane-bit, being eareFuI nSVer
to leave any ragged edges, and let them
grow Eng. When thus trimmed and
Kept so, the edges grow. square and
smooth, and can not inAsms sn3 tester.
This complaint Is frequently so severe
that Sufferers have had their toe-nails
taken out by the roots while under the
influence of chloroform.
A Few HINTS ON WASHING. Every
woman should have a bottle of ammo
mia, plenty Of borsx and a good wiring
er soap the clothes we'll and Pit on to
boil in cold water, with Two tablespoon
fuls Of liquid afnInohia to each boiler of
clothes boil hard one hour do this on
Saturday morning.; ring them out of the
suds and spread on the gross. On Mon
day morning maze a suds, putting in
two taOlespoonfuls of pulYerized borax;
scald the clothes, wiring out and rinse.
Any one who may try the above will be
grateful to find their clothes much nicer
than they world have been if they had
rubbed them Tor hours.
It is well. first, that all young men
remember that nothing viii do them so
much injury as quick and easy success,
and nothing will do them SO much good
as a struggle which teaches them exact
ly what there is in them, educates them
gradually to its use, instructs them in
personal economy, drills them into q
patient and persistent habit of work,
and keeps them at the foot of the lad
der until they become strong enough
to hold every step they ere enabled to
gain. The first years Of every mans
business or professional life are years of
education.
RELATIVE Cosr OF BUTTER AND BEEF,
Did it ever occur to any of your
readers that it takes more feed to make
pound of beef than q pound of but
ter? A good COW in milk we'll cared for,
will make 200 lbs. of butter In a season,
worth from $50 to $40; but dry COW,
with the same feed, will not gain as
much in weight in the same time, nor
will she be worth as much as the butter
from the dairy COW, and the mich COW
is left. An acquaintance of mine is
fattening an OK, and in sixty days he had
fed him 900 lbs. of meal, at a cost of
Sl5, with only 100 lbs. gain in weigh
Cor. Country Gentleman.
CUTTING Flowers. Never cut flowers
during intense Sunshine, nor keep them
exposed to the sun or wind. Do not
collect them in large bnndles, or tie
them together, as this hastens their de-
cay. Do not pull them, but cut them
clearly off the plant with sharp knife,
not with scissors. When taken indoors,
reduce them to the required length
Of ato1kr NTH CHI Irv,ffo S11,
the tubes, through which they draw up
the water, is permitted to ascend free
ly; whereas, if the stems are bruised
or lacefated, the pores are closed up.
Use pure water to set them in, or pure
white sand in a state of saturation,
sticking the ends of the stalks into it,
but not in a crowded manner. If in
water alone it ought to be changed
daily, and thin slice should be cut off
the ends of the stalks at every change
of water.
REMEDY FOR BROKEN KNEES. - To
avoid the ugly marks of broken knees,
it is recommended that when the horse
falls The wound should be washed by
throwing a bucket OF water upon it, and
never irritating it by any friction dry
the wound then with very soft cloth,
and place over it layer of dry cotton,
a finger length in thickness, covering
with a band of flannel, and the latter
with the usual leather knee-cap, not
too tightly strapped. Let the horse
repose three or four days without
touching the bandage; at the expiration
of this period take off the bandage very
delicately and without touching the
crust or the sore, and walk the horse
for a little, but very slow, then re-
place the bandage as before. In thir-
teen days the crust will fall, the wound
will not only have a new skin, but will
be recovered with hair, and no change
in color will be preceptible.
KEEP THE RECIPES. house
keeper should have her own recipe
boOkAa book of her own creation, Of
gene-al growth and proved excellence
and we propose to show our lady readers
how to make one. In the first place
buy a blank book and write your name
and date on the first leaf. Divide the
book into as many different departments
as you wish, heading each page with
the department to which it belongs, as
follows: Recipes for cleaning recipes
for soups recipes for cooking meats !;
recipes for cake, and so on
through family cooking. Then comes
cooking for the sick, care for the sick,
and all the various things that are a
part of wOman's duty, and for which,
unfortunately, there is no school but
experience. Number your pages if
they are not numbered in the beginning,
and make an index, leaving blank
spaces in the index to correspond with
blank pages between departments which
you do not expect to fill Immediately.
IUrsko 1o,. Abazo EfFf,vor,E 10
every recipe which you have actually
tried, or the result of which you have
seen in the houses of your friends, and
enter the page in the index.
COLoRED OoNFECTIoNERY.- maynot
be uninteresting to some of our readers
to see what kind of poisOns are adm IN.
istered In the form of colored candy to
the young Hungarians at home. Pro-
fessor Ballo of Pesth, who has been
Analysing them, reports that, in thirteen
specimens of red candy which he tested,
he found that eleven were colored with
cOchineal and two with fuchsin, OF
twelve blues, two were ultramarine, one
indigo carmine, two aniline blue, and
eight Prussian blue. OF eighty-three
yellOws, thirty-One were chrome yellow,
forty nine were Dutch pink, and three
salt of binitro-naphthal. OF eighteen
greens four were Paris green, eight
chrome green, two ultra-marine green
and two sap green. The so-called iron
yellows were chrome yellows and the So
called substitute for carmine was an
arsenious fuchsiu. OF these colors the
Paris green, chrome green and chrome
yellows are poisonous, and their use
should be prohibited, and so should
that of fuchsin, for only the cheaper
and arsenious sorts are used. The
action of binitro- naphthal salts is en-
tirely unknown, and hence their use
should not yet be permitted. To make
the confectionery cheaper, it's weight is
increased by sulphate of baryta and
other authorizations. Scientific AHleT-
icGn.
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