The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-01-15
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The Spirit Of the Times recommends
for worms in horses half an an ounce Of
areca nut freshly powdered in food, and
repeated in two days; or two drachms Of
tartarized anthony may he given in
food four successive mornings, To be fol-
lowed by dose of linseed oil, il necesS,-
ry.
ACCORDING to an English Journal, the
difficulty of removing hard putty from a
window can be obviated with great readi-
ness by simply applying piece Of heated
metal, such ~ soldering iron, or other
similar instrument. When heated, but
not red hot, the iron is to he passed
slowly over the putty, thereby rendering
it 80 soft that it will part from the wood
without any trouble.
ONE reason why oatmeal is not more
generally used as food Is that, in the way
in which it is generally cooked, it re-
quircs constant stirring, which takes a
good deal of time and attention. IT,
after the porridge is mixed, that is, as
soon as the oatmeal il stirred into the
boiling water, the lid is put on and the
saucepan containing 1t 10 placed in an
other pot of boiling water on the stove,
and the water let boil, good oatmeal
porridge will be made without the least
danger Of its being scorched.
A VERY handy thing is pail 30 grad.
uated and marked that one can tell at
glance how many quarts of fruit or milk
are in 1t. A six-quart pail can be
measured carefully, and then marked
with little ridge running around the
pail-made by running a groove on the
inside of the tin, like the ridges that are
put on stove-pipe. Amy good tinsmith
can make one, and make it accurate
enough to serve as a measure for quarts
Pals thus marked become almost indis-
pensable. .
A LADY correspondent of the Country
Gentleman says in cooking oatmeal, hom-
my, wheaton grits, cracked wheat, or
any Of those nice breakfast dishes, cook
ii in covered tin dish set in kettle of
boiling water; in this manner there is
no danger ofscorching. Corn-starch Pud-
ding, sea-moss farina, and all other arti-
cies mixed with milk, can be cooked in
the same way. In roasting poultry, one
thickness Of writing or nice brown wrap
ping paper tied round the wings and
drumsticks, will keep them from being
baked to a crisp and spoiled.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Rural NeW
Yorker, referring to the fact that bloom
ing is heavy tax on the vitality and
vigor Of plants, concludes that potatoes
would be more vigorous and yield larger
tubers il the buds and blossoms were
picked. Whether the increased yield
would compensate one for the labor and
expense, is question which perhaps II
might be well for farmers TO investigate.
II picking the blossoms adds 10 or pre-
serves the vigor of the plant, what would
be the effect in enabling il TO Withstand
the attacks Of the rot
II person begins W crate nutmeg at
the stalk end, IL will prove hollow
throughout; whereas the same nutmeg,
grated on the other end, would have
proved sound and solid TO the last. This
circumstance may thus be accounted for
The center Of a nutmeg consists Of mum
Der of iibres issuing from the stalks, and
continuing through the center of the
fruit; the other ends Of which fibers,
though closely surrounded and pressed
by the fruit, do not adhere to IL. When
the stock is grated away, the fibers, hav'
ing lost their hold, gradually drop out In
succession, and the hollow continues