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FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Medical Hints.

FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Medical Hints.
CURE FOR HoARsENEss.-Spikenard
root, sliced and bruised, and then steep
ed in teapot containing equal parts of
water and spirits, ard the vapor inhaled,
when sufficiently cooled, will relieve the
soreness and hoarsenesS of the throat or
lungs, when arising from cough or
cold.
REFRESHING DRNKs IN FEvERs.-
Boil one and half ounces of tamarinds
with two ounces of stoned raisins and
three ounces cranberries, all in three
pints of water until two pints remain !;
strain, and add a small piece of fresh
lemon peel, which should be removed In
thirty minutes.
To KEEP THE FEET WARM.-Previous
to retiring at night, and before undress-
ing, remove the stockings and rub the
feet and ankles briskly with the hands.
During the day, wear two pair of stock
ings composed of different fabrics, one
pair of silk or cotton, the other of wool,
and the natural heat of the feet will be
preserved, if the feet are kept clean,
and the friction of the same is not omit
ted at night.
RULES FOR THE SICK RooM.-1. Bring
in fresh flowers or something new every
day even the commonest green thing is
better than nothing. 2. Don't talk
about anything unpleasant. Talk about
something that will lead the patients
thoughts away from his aches and pains,
and leave him in cheerful and restful
state of mind. 8. Follow the doctors
directions implicitly. 4. Never ask o
sick person what he wants to eat. If he
asks for anything that will not injure
him get it if you can. Never bring him
much at time. A little bit in a dainty
dish will sometimes tempt the appetite
when large quantity would cause nausea.
S. Expect sick persons to be unreason-
able. They will fret and complain, no
matter what happens, and must be born
with patiently.
Fruit Cellars.
In order to keep fruit, several condi-
tions are important. In the first place,
the atmosphere of q fruit room should
be dry, there should be 10 more damp.
ness than ordinarily exists in the cold
outside air. The room should be sus-
ceptible of ventilation in proper wealth
er, not by direct currents of air, but by
air modified before it reaches the fruit.
A fruit room must be frost-proof it
must be cleanly and accessible. As re-
CARDS location, it may be placed on
side hill, the excavation opening to the
south or it may be placed under barn
or stable, or other convenient out-build-
ing.
Ten years ago we constructed fruit
cellar under our stable, and it has
proved 80 satisfactory that we venture to
give brief description of it. The divi-
sion walls are constructed of brick, and
the apartments are two in number, an
outer and inner room. The outer room
is but partly underground, and is ten by
twelve in area, and eight feet high. The
inner DOM is wholly underground, and
frost-proof it has four brick walls and
cemented floor. In this room the fruit
is stored early in December, when the
weather becomes cold. The outer room
holds the fruit during the autumn
months after it is gathered, and is cool,
we'll lighted and dry. The windows are
left open and free circulation of air al
lowed so long as no danger from frost
exists. When the fruit is taken to the
inner room, the door is closed, and no
light admitted. Ventilation is secured
in moderate weather by opening the
inner door and throwing down window
in the outer room. In this cellar we
kept apples of last seasons growth until
the present winter, in perfect condition.
Some of these apples, exhibited at the
autumnaI agricultural fairs, we're pro-
nounced as fresh as those of last seasons
growth. h.-Boston Journal Of Chemistry.
Household Hints.
To PREVENT MmDEw ON PRESERVES.
Take the white of an egg and wet
slightly both sides of piece of letter
paper sufficiently large to cover over the
top of the preserves snugly. 1 have
kept them free from mould and spelling
two years.
To CLEAN KID GLOVES. good way
to clean black kid gloves, says the
Scientific american, is to take tea.
spoonful of salad oil (sweet oily, drop
ew drops of ink in it and rub it over
he gloves with the tip of a feather; then
ct them dry in the sun.
SALT ON STEAK.-It is much better to
brol or fry the steak without sailing,
adding the salt after the meat is on the
platter, as the salt draws the juice out of
the meat if put on before it is cooked,
thereby making it dry and indigestible.
In cooking steak the object is to keep in
the juice as much as possible, hence the
meat should be scared over as quickly as
possible on both sides, and frequently
turned while cooking over very hot
fire.
SoAP.-A young lady who makes all
the family soap give the following recipe
for a good cheap article: Add to ten
quarts of water six pounds of quick lime
(shell lime is best) and six pounds of
common washing soda. Put altogether
and boil for half an hour, and let it stand
all night to clear. Draw off the lye and
add to it one pound of common resin and
seven pounds of fat (any fat will do).
Boil this for half an hour, and let it stand
till cool, and cut into bars.
A Cheap Poultry House, and How to Use It.
A house for fifty hens should be 1924
feet inside. Set up 3x4 posts, eight
feet long, so as to inclose that space,
and outside of that another row, four
feet off. Nail boards, 1x4 inches,
around the outside and inside - one
| hoard even with the ton of the posts.
one six inches from the bottom, and one
in the middle. Let the posts be about
five feet apart. Nail common plastering
lath upright from the top strip down to
the bottom strip, and about six inches
apart. Lay for the roof 3x4 from post
to post across the room, not the crib:
work ; sopport these by central posts,
and cover with long, straight willows,
laid quite close. The door and windows
muet now be provided for. I use three
hot-bed sashes on one end, and the light
is ample. The frame ..of the house is