The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-02-07
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

I. EAl brhhhn puuniub anu hhA iDA
breakfast.
Mend coal scuttles with -four paste
and Canton flannel
A cement of ashes and salt viii stop
cracks in a stove.
Wicks must be changed frequently 10
insure n good light.
To REsovATH CLOTH.-Two ounces OF
common tobacco boiled in q gallon OF
water ia used by dealers for renovating
old clothes. The stuff Is rubbed on with
a stiff brush. The goods are nicely
cleaned, aud. strange TO add, no tobacco
smell remains.
1 YmEGAh-A cheap vinegar consists
OF twenty five gallons Of warm rain
water, with four gallons OF tFescle and
one gallon Of yeast The mixture can
be used after il has been allowed 20
feFment.
To SOFTEN WATER. Hard waters are
rendered very soft and pure, riyalling
distilled water, by merely boiling two
ounce phiAl, say in a kettlefnl Of water.
The carbonate of lime and any impuri-
ties will be found adhering 10 the phial
The water boils very much quicker NJ
the same time.
SODA IN WASHING. Soda must not be
used in cleansing colored clothes, aR il
changes many colors. II white clothes,
after being washed with soda, are not
perfectly freed from it by rinSing in
pure water, they will turn yellow when
heated or ironed, or even IN drying be-
fore a fire. Once produced, this yellow
color is di1fieult 30 get nd Of.
zunGo~rr seed for FSwis-
We have for years been aware Of the
value Of Ennfiower seeds in the fall OF the
year, and IN the winter, too, ms food for
fowls. This plant shonld be grown by
every poultry grower in the country who
has the opportunity 10 grow only few
stocks even. For it's properties for
glossing the plumage of exhibition birds
are altogether remarkable. Buckwheat
properly fed, viii operate similarly
but the latter is by far too heating in
its nature, in comparison with the
other.
This plant is q very gross grower, but
il yields wondrOusly, and may be set in
any soil where other fruit or vegetables
cannot be conveniently rAised--foF ex.
ample, along the sides Of fences, or any
where where the sdil is not so easily cul-
tivated as In the open fields. III given
a good chance-as other grains have
il will grow luxuriantly, and viii well
repay its care, for its yield is many hun
dred fold under any ordinary cultiva-
tion.
The great Russian sunfower is now a
new thing with us, in this country, and
marvellous improvement upon the old
style seed. The flowers are double the
average dimensions of the common
South American variety, 90 well known
among us, and as a bearer il far excels
the latter in the number Of large seeds
il ripens upon Is more expanding and
heavier stalks
The Russian sunhoweris 10 the Amer
lean what the stalk and ear Of the held
maze are 30 the popcorn variety. in or
dinGy culture.
Medical HIats.
CHICKEN BROTH. "A broth or tea pre-
pared from young chicken ID, OF all
decoctions Of animal matter, the most
readily digeSted, and is especially suit
able for delicate invalids, where great
irritabiity OF the stomach exists.
CANKER IN THE MoUrM-A writer In
the Household says q remedy for tins is
10 take the inside bark Of peach-tree
twigs OF lrst years growth and make
pint Of strong tea, then add n lump OF
burnt alum, the size Of a hickory nut,
finely pulverized, sweeten with honey,
and wash frequently.
COOKING ron THE SIcK.-Nothing 50
much conduces 10 the successful treat
ment Of invalids as good nursing and
proper cooking, vet how few cooks can
serve up n basin of soup, or gTuel, or
broth, IN a proper manner 10 a. the
whimsical appetite of q convalesoent.
Some one should write concise manual
Of cooking for invAlids.
CRoUP REMEDY. Group can be cured
in one minute, and the remedy is simply
alum and suEAr. The WY 30 accom-
plish the deed in 10 take knife or crater
and shave of in small particles about a
teaspoonful OF alum; then mix it with
about twice its quantity Of sugar, 10
make il palatahle, and administer il as
quickly as possible. Almost instantane-
Gus relief viii follow.-B0ston Tran
script
House Planta.
Dust, insects, dry air and over-water-
ing are the principal difficulties they
have 10 contend with. BY arranging
some light covering to put over them
while the room is being swept, and an
occasional Swinging in the bath, tub,
kitchen sink. or elsewhere, supplement I
ed by sponging the leaves of all smooth
leaved plants. this great enemy 10 plant
health may be kept under.
Insects may be mainly kept of by
hand picking and brush il needed,
apply tobaccGwater, or arrange box or
barrel in which they may be thoroughly
fumigated with tobacco smoke
Over watering kills more plants than /,
dryness. Pots in the house, especially
the handsome glazed ones, should lie
provided with abundant drainage
broken pots, cinders, oyster shells,
anything TO make open layer at the bot
tom then layer OF moss. 10 keep the
earth from washing down, and then a
soil made so open by sand that il viii
always allow the water 10 pass through.
With these precautions there il no
danger, but where the surface Of the
soil is muddy an hour after watering,
there is something wrong. and plants |