The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-08-14

make q cut across the slit; then careful
ly raise the bark up with the knife and
insert in it the bud. DO it as neatly as
possible. Then wrap around the entire
slit and up TO the bud bass mating,
using strips about a foot long and hall
an inch in width, and tie in a knot. OF
course the branch or stock in which the
bud is set remains Just as it was before,
no topping or cutting Of Tue building
Of peach trees is best deferred until
August, and is always adopted instead
OF grating, whichis not successful with
this fruit. Persons who failed in doing
their grating in the spring can substi-
tute budding, and thus lose no time.
Domestic Hints.
MINT SAUCE FOR ROAST LAME. Put
four tablespoonfuls Of chopped meat
into half o emp of vinegar; sweeten to
taste and let stand for two hours before
serving. EgrT FHrgl ,Ndls Wy Il
OAK Poison. -DIute sweet spirits Of
inter with the same quantity of cold
water; apply with a white cloth every
ten minutes until cured. Wheno a few
hours contraction it seldom requires
more than one application. z
How TO Cover TUE Sick. Never use
anything but light blankets as a cover.
ing for the sick. The heavy, impervious
eounterpane is had, for the reason that
it keeps the exhalations from the pores
Of the sick person, while the blanket
allows them to pass through. Weak
persons are invariably distressed by a
great weight of bed clothes, which often
prevents their getting any sound sleep
whatever. wA ~ ?
LEMON AND ORANGE WATER IcE.-
Rub q lump of sugar " the rind of a
lemon until it has absorbed all the oil.
Pat it into a bowl with the Juice OF four
lemons, four times as much water, or
more if it Gems too strong in flavor;
sweeten it to taste with clarified sugar;
strain it through a lawn sieveand freeze
it as You would ice cream Orange ice
is made in the same way. -L- .
HOLES IN THE WALu.-Small holes in
white walls can be easily repaired with
out sending for the mason. Equal parts
of plaster of Paris and white sand-such
as is used in most families for securing
purposeg-mixed with water to a paste,
applied Immediately and smoothed with
a knife or fiat piece OF wood, will make
the broken place as good as new. As
the mixture hardens very quickly
best to prepare but q small quantity at
a time.
PBEsERyINc EeGs. -Eggs, for house.
bold or market purposes, are better I'M.
fertilized. The unfertile egg never be-.
comes added, though it may become
musty and unfit for food. This rarely
happens, as by evaporation Of the water
the contents become dried to the shell.
If the shells Of unfertile eggs are rubbed
over with an oiled cloth as soon as laid
then placed large end down in crates in
a dark, cool room, the contents, by ac-
tual experiment, will not have changed
in q years time. ~ Bl9Hlo Do @"t
PoUITIoEs.-To make a linseed meal
poultice, rinse a bowl or basin with
boiling water to heat it; then pour in
sufficient boiling water; with one hand
sprinkle the meal into the bowl and
with the other stir the mixture constant.
ly with a spoon until sufficient meal has
been added to maize. a thin and smooth.
dough. This should be done rapidly
otherwise the pcrltice win cool In
making. The meal should always be
sdded't0 the water With Constant stir.
s1fng, for II the water be added to the
meal the two ingredients will not be
well blended and a lumpy mass will re.
suit. 10 make a bread podltice, cut
stale bread into thick slices, and pour
enough boiling water over it to cover;
place by the fire and allow il TO simmer
for a short time; then strain off the ex-
cess of water and spread on q hot cloth.
5BuRNs. The best application for a
burnis a liniment madeof Underwater and
oil, beaten together till itlooks like butter
melted to dress yegetablesfor the table.
It matters not whether common lime or
the chloride of lime is used, and either
sweet-oil or linseed-oil will answer
Wrap the burned part in fine linen GOV.
ored with this mixture, and cover thick
ly on the outside with raw cotton to
exclude the air. Open it but once in
twenty-four hours, and then carefully
soak OFF the rags with the lime-water
and oil, 30 as not to injure the tender
skin that may be forming on the wound.
Battle well with the liniment, and put
on clean dressings Of rags wet with the
linimert, and cover with cotton as at
first. Where lime cannot be had, the
next best dressing that we know Of is
SCOT and lard mixed well, melted, and
strained to get cut the coarse particles
of SCOT. In this case you may first use
strong alum water to assuage The pain,
and then put On o plaster Of the above.
In any case, orer The rags put raw cot
ton, to exclude the air and keep the part
from being rubbed,
- ADevil-Fish or Charleston.
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