The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-09-03
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

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HORSES hate solitude, and are made
savage by being kept alone.
TOOTHACHE.-To cure toothache
take of chloroform, spirits of camphor.
laudanum, OF each one drachm. Apply
on little cotton wool.
SOUTHERN FRIED HoMINY.-Warm
some boiled hominy left over from the
day before; add to it a tumbler of
cream or rich milk, piece of butter,
two well beaten eggs and little fleur;
fry in hot butter.
IHE New York Spirit of the Times
says there isno cure for confirmed wind
gs4. Clustering and rest would, no doubt.
reduce the size of theowind call tenn
porarily; but long journey or a few
fast drives invariably bring them back
again as large as ever.
PRESERVING SAcKs.-In Germany
sacks are admirably preserved by steep
ing them in q solution of tannin for
twenty-four hours and instantly driving
them; two pounds of tan is allowed to
steep in twelve quarts of boiling water
for one hour. and is then filtered.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Massachu-
sets Rowghnan gives the following
remedy for choked COWS: One pint OF
milk. half pint of soft soap simmered
together. Give the COW half the guam
tity. Hold the cows head up and rub
the throat. Then let the head 90 down
suddenly. If that does not relieve, give
the other half. I have never known
case where the second dose has been
required.
The Iowa Madisonian, gives another
reason why farmers should keep few
bees: "And then you want few hives
of Italian bees to fertilize your red
clover and make it yield seed (for
clover will not produce seed where
there are no humble bees or Italians,)
and gather up the fragments in the
shape of honey, and take the sweets
from the fruit blossoms, the buckwheat,
the smartweed, the linn and the golden
rod
TOMATO SoUP.-Take shin-bone,
have it broken, and put in soup-kettle
with five quarts of cold water; allow it
to boil steadily, and skim. In an hour
put in two dozen good-sized tomatoes;
do not skin them; boil until your soup
is reduced to One-half; take a potato
masher and crush the tomatoes; pass
through strainer; return to kettle, and
remove beef before serving; season with
salt and pepper. This is plain coun-
try tomato soup.
COLCRING PICKLES AND SWEETS
GREEN.-The following green coloring
extract is said to be destitute of any
poisoning properties: Dissolve five
grains of saffron in one-fourth ounce of
distilled water, and in another dish dis
solve four grains indigo carmine in one
hall ounce distilled water. After mix
ing thoroughly let stand twenty-four
hours, then put together, and the result
will be green solution capable of
coloring four or five pounds Of sugar.
APPLE CHEESE. and quarter a
quantity of apples, stew them with
little water, a good deal of sugar, the
thin rind of lemon and few cloves,
Or stick of cinnamon. When quite
done pass them through hair sieve;
and to one quart of the PURGE thus OBJ
tanned add half packet of gelatine,
dissolved in water; mix well, pour into
a mold, and when set, turn it out and
serve with custard poured about it.
1t is well to remember that the PURGE
must be thoroughly well sweetened and
favored to carry off the insipidity of
gelatine.
NANCE in calves, says the New York
Times, is caused by a mite burrowing
in the skin. The cure is reached by
dressing the part with an ointment COM
posed of four ounces of lard, one ounce
of sulphur and one drachm of creosote,
we'll mixed together. Rub this into the
skin every morning, and give each calf
one teaspoonful of sulphur daily for two
weeks. By giving this quantity of sui
phur for a week, twice or thrice in the
wear, this disease is prevented. The
sulphur is absorbed into the blood and
passes through the skin in the perspira-
ton, and in this manner reaches and
destroys the parasitic mites, if present
there, or secures such condition of
the skin as to repel them if they attack
the skin.
CUT Townsville main feature
in arranging cut flowers is to show each
flower separately and not quantity
crowded together, forming mass of
petals. but that each flower may be seen
reposing quietly among the green. CIV
inc to each bloom an individual charac-
ter. A few colors in q bouquet have
much prettier effect than a mixture OF
MANY colors. Red, white and buff 60
well together with green between. A
few rose buds with their own leaves,
and little green smilax. make a bou.
uuet more handsome than one composed
of many kinds of inferior flowers. In
all floral arrangements. whether for
vases, bouquets or designs. it is better
RI mt in the Green first and gradually