The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-06-17
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Medical Notes.

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water, or one ounce of rose water; di-
luted muriatic acid, teaspoonful. Mix.
To be used after washing.
DYsPEPsIA.-A physician gives, in q
recent work, the following advice: Do
not, on any account, take meat teas, or
allow any in your household to indulge
in this pernicious practice. All authori-
ties agree that tea, whatever virtues it
may possess, interferes with the diges-
tion of meat, and hence the meat-eater,
if he suffers from dyspepsia, has only
himself to thank.
KoUMss FOR CoNsUliPTIvE PATIENTS.
1t has been remarked that certain
Tartar tribes who drink freely of kou
miss, or fermented mares milk, arc free
from that distressing malady, pulmo-
nary consumption. This fact has led to
trial of the experiment whether the dis
ease could be cured by doses of koumiss
artificially prepared; and with a salts
factory result The artificial koumiss,
composed of ass's milk and cows milk,
is n lively, sparkling beverage, not very
palatable; but in three or four days the
patients tolerate it, "and then unequivo
cal signs of amelioration set in, the APP
petite returns, vomiting ceases, flesh is
gained, and good sleep is enjoyed"
CRAMp.-When cramp occurs in the
limbs, warm friction with the naked
hand, or with the following stimulating
linimcnt, will generally be found to sue
ceed iii removing it: Take of water of
ammonia, or of spirit of hartshorn, one
ounce; olive oil, two ounces. Shake
them together till they unite. Where
the stomach is affected, brandy, ether,
laudanum, or tinctrlre of ginger affords
the speediest means of cure. The fol-
lowing draught may be taken with great
advantage: Laudanum, forty or fifty
drops; tincture of ginger, two drachms;
syrup of poppios, one drachm; cinnamon
or mint water, one ounce. Mix for a
draught To be repeated in an hour,
ii necessary. In severe cases, hot tian-
nels, moistencd with compound camphor
liniment and turpentine, or bladder
nearly filed with hot water, at one hun
dred deg. OF one hundred and twenty
deg, Fahr., should be applied to the
pit of the stomach; bathing the feet in
warm water, or applying q mustard poul
tlce to them, is frequently of great ad
vantage. The best preventatives, when
the cause of cramp is constitutional, are
warm tonics, such as the essence of gin
ger and camomile, jamaica ginger in
powder, etc., avoiding fermented liquors
and green vegetables, especially for sup
per, and wearing flannel next the skin.
Farm Hints.
LICE ON Calves. -Linseed oil and the
curry comb are better than kerosene.
Both remedies are severe on the lice,
but the latter is severe on the calf as
well.
How TO KEEP JUNE BUTTER.-Tc
three gallons of brine strong enough tc
bear an egg add one-fourth of pound
of white sugar and teaspoonful of salt
peter. Boil the brine, and when cold
strain aud pour off carefully. Make the
butter into rolls and wrap each in G
clean white cloth. Pack a large jar full
and put weight on top. Then cover
completely with brine, and keep il
covered all the season. A roll at time
may be used as wanted.
A late number of the Reading Times
and Dispatch contains o very strong
argument in favor of good roads, a:
against bad ones SO prevalent under the
present wretched system. Every grount
it assumes is correct. 1t says truly: L
is not impossible, not even difficult, t
construct good roads, and when once
made they can be kept up at less cos
than bad ones. The way is not wanting
SO much as the will, and the way will
never be found so long as tho present
dead-alive system is kept up.
In using paris green to exterminatt
the potato bugs, the poison should be
mixed with Il e cheapest grade of flour
one pound of green to ten of flour
A good way of applying it to the plant
is to take an old two-quart tin fruit can
melt OF the top, and put in woodel
head, in which insert a broom handle
Bore a hole in the head, also, to pou,
the powder il, and then punch the bot
tom fill of holes about the size of No
shot. Walk alongside the rows, whe1
the vines are wet with dew or rain, an(
mako one shoot at each hill.
Assistance in Hatchng Eggs.
Assistance is sometimes of great i'm
portance in Matching, especially in tn,
case OF the thick shells of the eggs o
Asiatic fowls and of ducks. 1t is a goot
plan to sprinkle or dip the eggs in tepit
water every day at noon for q week be
fore Matching. The shell cracks more
easily. When tho shell is Clipped, i
the bird does not come out in few
hours, it should have Just little help
and but little. Break the shell a little
each side of the chip, and tear the mem
brance where it is dried. Great care
must be taken not to draw blood. Make
only just room enough for the bill ant
head to get free. Having done this, pu
the eggs back again under the fluff o.
the hen, and watch the progress made il
Matching two or three times day. Thc
lives of good many chickens and duck
are saved every season by a little timel,
aid while watching. Ii kept quiet anC
carefully handled, no harm will come tt
mother or brood.
Hints About Baking.
For biscuits the oven should be equal,
hot when they are put in, but SHOULD
begin to cool little before they arr
taken out this makes them very light
but one has to watch to keep them from
being scorched; eight minutes ar,
enough to bake them if baked will
such a fire as that required for bread
they are heavy. For gems made of Gra
ham -four and water, or for corn bread
the oven should be very hot 4; but tn
fire should have been built some tim
before they were put in, and begin to 6
down by the time they are light; for
the oven remains as hot as was necessar
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