The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1877-02-16
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lowed may he rendered harmless by
swallowing two gills Of sweet oil. Ter.
sous with very strong constitutions
should take twice the quantity.
BAD CoLD.-As soon rs you find
that you have an attack of cold, alb
stsin from swallowing any thing that
il liquid. You may eat ordinary food,
but you must not drink any thing.
Keep this up for sixteen hours, aud
your cold will he very slight; for ~
hours, and you will I've comparatively
we'll. The first drink Of water you
take will teach you how good water
is.-[Rural New Yorker.
LAMrs. Sometimes the wick he
comes tho short to carry up the kero-
-ene, and the lamp goes out. II you
have not time to put in n new wick, a
piece Of cotton rag pinned on below,
will answcrevery purpose and become a
good feeder. Sometimes the burners
Of lamps becomes gummy, and pre-
vent the wicks from moving freely
Boil them up in sud. over the fire a
short time, and they will become en-
tirely clean, and work we'll.
To CLEAN BRrsnEs A lady in
forms us that hair brushes, or any
other brushes which become oily, dir
iy or greasy, may lie cleaned in few
minutes by washing in moderately
warm water into which a few drops Of
spirits &c ammonia have been dropped;
after washing. shake out the water,
and leave the brush in the sun to dry.
The ammonia is not only very cleans
ing, but the bristles will not be soft
enel as when washed in soap and wa
ter.
CURE FOR ACKNOWLEDGMENT
thistles gathered for the purpose when
in blossom, and dried as other herbs.
Turn boiling water on a quantity Of
the tbistles, let steep FIVE or ten min
utes, turn out aud sweeten to taste.
Before drinking it, fix for sweat in a
warm room, then drink the tea while
it is hot, in large quantities. Follow
taking the tea for a few days, and you
will effect cure; don't drink it hot
after the sweat, but either warm or
cold.
To TAN SKINS. prepare skins
for fur, mix bran and soft water sutfi.
cient to cover the skins. Immerse
the latter and keep them covered for
"a hours; then remove, wash, clean,
and carefully scrape off all flesh. To
one gallon Of water (hoD add / pound
of alum and I pound of salt. Whcr
dissolv and cool enough to ADM,
entrance of the hand, immerse tn,
skins for "a hours; dry in the shade
and rub. Stir the liquor, again; i'm
merse the skins for "a hours, dry; ant
rub as before; immerse tor "a hours il
oatmeal and warm water partially.
CAFES IN PoULrRy.-In a recen
conversation with an experience
chicken grower, he informed us tina
he had been very successful in con
; luering that precarious disease in hi
young fowls by the application of air
slaked lime. As soon as the NANTES
tation of gapes in his fowls appears
he confines his chickens in box, on
at time, sufficiently large to contain
the bird, and places a coarse piece O
cotton or linen over the top. UPo
this he places the pulverized lime, an
: taps the screen sufficiently to cause tn
lime to fall through. This lime du'
the fowl inhales and causes it
snecze, and in a short time the caus
of the gapes is thrown out in the !orr
Of Shiny mass or masses Of wormi
r whicE had accumulated IN the win6
pipe and smaller air vessels. Tn
. remedy he considers superior to an
be has ever tried. and he seldom fai
to effect a perfect cure. He has al
: jurcd all those mechanical means b
which it is attempted to dislodge th
! Entozoans with instruments made {
J wbalebone. hogs bristles, or fine wire
D alleging that people are quite as ceI
= tain to push the cape worms turtle
down the throat or the fowls as I
draw them out Lancaster Farmer
How TO BUgS CoAL.-A yer
! common mistake is made and niue
fuel wasted in the manner of reple,
ishing coal fires both in furnaces an
e CRATES. They should be fol with
!, little coal at time, ana often; b.
e servants, TO save time and trouble, pr
on great deal ut once. the first resu
, being that almost all the heat is al
J. sorbed by the newly put on Goa
| which does no< give out heat until
e has become red hot. Hence. for
e while the room is cold, but when
becomes fairly aglow the heat is il
b siderable. The time to replenish
l. coal fire is as soon as the coa.s begin
. show ashes on their surface, then pl