The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-08
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Household Hinta.

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Common I've of wood ashes will softe
hard putty in few minutes.
The fumes of a birthstone match wi
remove berry stains from book or pa
per or engraving.
DRY paint is removed by dipping
swab with handle in q strong solutio
Of oxalic acid. 1t softens it at once.
If there is rust on your fiat iron, o
other roughness, put some fine salt on
board and rub it rapidly while warm
until it moves smoothly. .
A single drop of sesquipede chlorid
Of iron, put on a corn between the toes
orce day. with camel's hair brush
will effect marvellous cure.
If a door does not shut without ,
"slam," put drop Of sweet oil On tn
catch-or on the hinge, if.it creaks
Soap will do, but not so well. :,
Ten grains ofoxalic acid in half pin
of water will remove all ink and frui
stains. Wet the article in hot water
and apply it to the top of the bottle. sc
that the liquid will reach it, then rinse
it well.
Borax, half a teaspoonful, in half 6
teacup of water, makes the mildest anG
most efficient hair and scalp cleaner ir
the world. Rub it into the scalp with
the balls Of the fingers, head held over q
basin, eyes shut, until the entire scalp il
in foam. then rinse with warm water
Keep some strong spirits of hartshorr
in a ground glass stoppered bottle; 9
teaspoonful in q tab. .espoonful of water
will clean combs and brushes, and re.
store colors Injured by acids. A weaker
solution, applied to ill-smelling feet and
arm-pits, removes the odor, and re.
moves grease spots from carpets and
clothing. A weak solution in water
makes good wash for the hair, and
stimulates its growth when impaired by
fever, and cleanses the scalp effectually.
A weak solution scattered over the leaves
of plants, from fine. soft. timber brush,
gives new life to plants. Even if little
is sprinkled over the earth at their roots
their growth is invigorated.
Boils and whitlows are relieved or dis
sipated in their earlier stages by using
the tincture of camphor. Dip 4 finger
in the camphor and rub it over the
boil; do this eight or ten times and re-
peat every four hours during daylight.
For whitlow, dip the finger into the
camphor and let it remain ten minutes
this often gives immediate relief. Repeat
ever three hours during the day until
cured, eating nothing, meanwhile, but
coarse bread and butter and fruits. Pre-.
pare the camphor thus: Put an ounce or
more in vial, fill with alcohal, shake il
well; some of the camphor should al
ways be seen at the bottom; this en-.
sures saturated tincture, which Is the
strongest.
In tho Flower Garden.
The flower garden, although source
of pleasure, is at the same time thing
requiring almost constant attention.
Weeds will grow and seeds must be
sown. and there are transplantine, di.
viding of clumps, and other operations
which call for work, work all the year
RI und, or at least through the grenter
part of the twelve months. Although
most of the seed sowing and trans
planting are usually done in the spring,
there are certain kinds of plf nts that
will succeed better if moved in the fall
than at any other season. For instance,
the old white lily and the perennial
poppy have done blooming, and all their
leaves are dead and gone at this season,
the bulbs and roots being perfectly dor
mant; but in a few weeks there will
spring up a new set of leaves which
will remain green all winter, and re-.
moval after this second growth of the
season has commenced is likely to check
their blooming the following year. The
same is true with all the early spring
Towering bulbs, such as hyacinths,
crocuses, tulips and narcissuses, conse-
quently they should be planted while in
their dormant state, and early enough to
produce good strong roots and obtain q
firm hold of the soil before the approach
of cold, freezing weather. There are
also many kinds of h,rbaceous plants
with fibrous roots which can be more
safely divided and transplanted now
than in the spring; and if one has
leisure to do it now, so much time will
be saved for other work n what is usu-
ally the most busy season.
Herbaceous paonias will usually fail
to bloom if the roots are disturbed in the
spring, but if transplanted early in Sep.
tember new roots will soon push out
from the tubers and the plants b. in fine
condition for throwing up vigorous
Towering stems the ensuing season. If
the clumps of roots are to be divided it
is now time to do it, in order that the
wounds may heal and a new growth o.
fibrous roots be produced before winter.
In the Southern States there may not be
as much necessity for planting early as
in the Northern, still many kinds, which
ripen up early in the season, should be
transplanted, if at all, 1T that time, or
when in O dormant condition. There
are also many kinds Of biennials and
perennials, the seeds of which, if sown
now, will produce plants strong enough
to bloom next season: The hollyhock.
canterbury bells pansies, carnation and
grass pinks DIRE well-known flowers of
this kind. A few hours spent in the
garden at this season in sowing seeds
and transplanting may contribute much
to the good appearance of ones grounds
next spring and summer.-NeW York
Sun.
The Cheese Fly.
X. Willard gives some interesting
acts about the cheese fly. The cheese
fly is very small insect, one of the fly
family. The fly is most troublesome in
hot weather and in September. 1t lays
its eggs usually where the bandage laps
over on top ofthe cheese. and under any
little scale. often directly on top of the
cheese. If there is q small crack or
crevice the shippers commence to work
into the cheese. and when cheeses are
what is termed loose or porous, they
work into the cheese rapidly, and if not
arrested will work into the center and
the cheese, spelling 1t. They
REQ uire air, and this fact is taken advan-
tage of by the dairyman in covering the
paper, plastering it down securely on the
cheese or on the hole where they are
This brings them to the sur
face, when they may be removed. One
of the objects of rubbing the cheese
smartly every day is to rub off or destroy
the eggs of the fly. The tanles, in warm
should also be washed off with
hot water or with soap and water and
lye, in order to remove grease, so that
the fly will not lay eggs on the boards.
Never heard Of the fly depositing eggs on
cheese curd, and by that means getting
into the center of the cheese. Do not
think they could live and hatch in the
center of cheese for want of air.