South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-08-04
farmer and House KeeDer.

" An ounce OF carbolc acid. diluted
with pint OF water and then snr;nklod
upon lew Jumps OF freshly burncd
lime. Is said to form an insccticide which
Is death TO melon bugs or beetles.
" lump OF alum attached To n s,r;,c
and swung around few times slowi,.
through pitcher of water win capss
the sediment to fall 10 tho bottom In a
few minutes. The neutral sulnhate oS
aiumine will make limewatcr perfcctIv
pure, destroying ut the same time All
organic compounds. Almost all water
has lime in it.
SWEET OLA physician SAYS TINT
sweet oil is not only an antidota to H.
bite OF rattlesnaixc, but evil cpre moi.
son of any kind, both on man and heast
The patient must tako spoonful of IL
internally, and battle the wound. for a
cure. To cure horse il takes o;rh,
times as much as for man. One ofthc
most extreme cases OF snake bites oc.
Cured eleven years ago. 1t had been
OF tnirty days standing. and the patient
had been given up by his physicians.
gave him spoonful of the oil which
effected a cure. 1t will cure bloat in
cattle cansed by fresh clover. 1t will
cure the stings Of bees. spiders, or other
insects, and persons who have been poi.
soned by low, running vine called ivy"
GooD BREAD.-I have seen recoipt
IN your paper for making good bread. so
l VIII give your readers my method -
Bon good-sized, well.washed potatoes.
and with the parines on-this il tho
main secret--have good -four and Yeast.
take the water in which tho potatoes
were boiled, and pour it on one teacnp.
lul OF flour, then set your yeast. taking
three quarts of water to ono mint Of
yeast, stir IN enough flour TO make n
thick batter; then let 1t rise till ~ falls
IN the middle, after which put in as
mnch salt lone must use their own iudg.
ment In this rs needed; then work Till
smooth. Care should be taken TO nut
all The -four in at one time. Then act
IL, but 60 not make the loaycs too laroe:
nave The oven OF the required tempera.
lure before the bread is put in bake TO
a hard crust, after which wrap up IN n
cloth which will soften the crust
Lody Correspondent Of Prairie Farmer.
10 CLEAN Iron KETTLEs.-The taste
OF iron which is communicated TO food
cooked in new iron vessels may be pre
vented by following the subioined direc.
tions: Fill the vessel with dry bav
pour over IL boiling water until il il
full, and let it boil all dav, then emptv
the vessel and grease il thoroughly with
trnuh -
peat the process until no more grease is
absorbed, then wash it clean and use it
Two or three times for cooking fat meats.
i5y that time anything can be cooked
In 1t without being tinctured with the
extract Of iron.
10 IAN SKINS AND LEAVE THE rrr
oN.-Remove the legs and other use.
less parts; soak the skin soft; remove
the flesh and soak the skin in warm
water for an hour take for each akin
OF borax, saltpetre and elauber salts.
each one-half ounce; dissolve with soft
water sufficient TO allow it TO be spread
on the flesh side of the skin: npply with
q brush, double the skin together and
put in cool place for twenty.fo four hours.
Long AND SHORT HAR.-Many Gus.
TOMS nave prevailed among the fair sn$
respecting the mode Of arranging the
halr, ana they have right 20 adopt a
variety oil changes but eating tho hair
short and wearing II like boys is not
commendable. Men have, at different
times, worn the hair long. TITS has
ever been condemned as an unscrintural
custom. In the days OF Charles tho
FIRST, Of England the cavaliers. who dos.
pissed close religious forms. wore long
hair, while the Puritans cut theirs sbori
and were called round heads" II Ios
Deen calculated that, by continual cut
ting and shaving off the hair, about
seven feet in length is removed from
man in twenty years. Some writer's
assert that the practice Of close cutting
ana shaving tends TO weaken the BODY
such writer's draw powerful arguuen.
from Samson, who, when all unshoru
slew several thousand Philistines with
the jawbone OF an ass.
CURE FOR NEURALGIA friend n,
ours, who suffered horrible pains from
neuralgia, hearing Of a noted physician
IN Germany Who invariably cufed the
disease, crossed the ocean and visited
6ermany for treatment. He was ner.
manently cured after short sojoarp.
and The doctor freely gave him the sim,
pie remedy used, which was notbing
but a poultice and tea made from ou1
common field thistle. The leaves ere
macerated and used on the parts afIlict.
ed' as poultice, while small quantity
Of the leaves are boiled down TO the
proportion Of a quart TO a pint, and n
vine glass OF the decoction drank before
each meal. Our friend says he has
never known il TO fail Of giving relief
while in almost every case il has effect.
I'd cure.-Erchange.
ia London doctor has discovered