South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-10-01
Farmer and House keeper.


or scalds nothing is more soothing than
the white Of an egg, which may be pour.
ed over the wound IL is softer as a var
nish for burn than collodion, and be-
ing always on hand can be applied i'm.
mediately. 1t is also more cooling than
tho sweet oil OF cotton" which was FOR.
merly supposed 70 be the surest appliea.
ton to allay tho smarting pain. IL is
tho contact with The air which gives tho
extreme discomfort experienced from or
binary accidents Of tins kind and any.
thing which excludes air and proyents
inflammation is the thing TO be at once
applied. The egg is also considered one
of tue host remedies For dysentery--
Beaten up lightly, with or without su-
gar, aud Swallowed at gulp. il tends,
10y it's emollient qualities, TO lessen tho
Inflammation of the stomach and intes-
tines. a.,l 5y forming a transient coating
on those organs. TO cnabie nature TO as.
sumo her healthful sway over the diseased
body. Two or at most three. eggs per
day would be all that would bo required
ia ordinary cases; and since the egg is
not merely medicine, but food as well,
the lighter the diet otherwise, and tho
quieter the patient is kept, tho moro
~ NsAiAA "ii% - pa ~ iat iNNNNtfNt
DcINX,Na TOO MUCu.- Children aie
not apt 20 believe they drink too much
water, and yet they do. When you come
20 the house painting and thirsty from
play, you VIII take n tumbler OF water
aud drink It down as fast as you can,
aud then rush TO resume play and per-
haps repeat the drink. Now, the next
time you feel thirsty, try this experiment
Take goblet OF water aud slowly sip it.
Before 1t Is bali conc your thirst will be
FULLY quencbed, aud you will feel better
for having drank only that which You
need. Aud again, we are al opt to &C
quiro the habit u drinIling while eating
orr meals. Animals dou't do it, and il
is hGrttul TO us. Nature gives Us AL the
saliva we need and II any one wilt chew
his food slowly and thoroughly, and not
take u swallow Of drink until through
eating, the desire 60 DO 50 would soon
leave, and he viii require only few sips
of water, tea or coffee after the meal is
finished. This practice too, will DO won.
ders in the way Of keeping of indiges-
ton, dyspepsia and sickness. Golden
Days.
SALrrErGE SOLUTION FOR SEED WHEAT.
Captain james w. Phillips, highly
successful wheat grover near Pedlar
Mills, Ia Amherst Virginia, informs mo
that he has found, by repeated expert.
| msuts through u long course of years.
OH the same and III different fields, and
on several varieties of wheat, that soak.
ing his seed wheat over night in a solu-
ton, made Of two pounds of saltpetre TO
eight gallons Of water is n sure proven
tive OF rust. On taking MS seed out Of
tue brine, he rolls it in freshly s,aked
lime If lie has it, il not in dry ashes.
and sows it that morning, blowing aud
narrowing it in that day. lie attributes
the efficacy of the preparation entirely
to the saltpetre which be says also in.
creases the crop. and hastens its matu-
rity week or ten days. - An Old Farmer.
One Of the simplest ways to get rid OF
rats Is to place within their reach a ran
OF -four mixed with unslacked lime, and
pan of water placed beside IT, The
lime causes thirst, ard The rats die al
most directly after they drink.
VIRTUE OF TIKI ToMAT0 LEAyEs.--A
statement comes from South America
that & singulaT property Of tomato leaves
has been discovered By a fruit grower
Having CIT down some tomato vines, be
used them rs mulch around his peach
trees. He soon discovered that the cur.
culiO, Which was destroying his fruit,
a5Gndoue tho tree surrounded by the
tomato vines. Following up this acct.
dental discovery, tlie free use Of tomato
viaes proved a perfect protection not
only against curcilio bat other UOxiOus
insects. He found also. By stepping iu
water some fresh leaves % the tomato,
and gprinkliBg the illusion upon other
plants, innumerablo insects which cover.
cd them were driven away. Some gar.
denefs have tried the above remedy, sofno
By accident and others by intention, and
their success was remarkable One gen.
tleman had his apple trees ragsged by
3 the curculIo until last year. when he se-
ciTc0 a splendii crop. lio knows Of no
cause for his exemption from tie curcu-
lio except The tomato plants that were
grown from tle FIRST among bis trees.
/ SEsoNrvo FooD Many people have
tle idea that Guc.g favored dish must
cost great deal Chat is mistake. "
you have unlaial-l meat VI sound gege-
tables or even Indian meal 20 begin
with, YOU can mako 10 delicious wish pro-
ror seasoning. On. reason that French
cook ing is much nicer than any other "a
. thst % b. SEASONED Nith f. great variety
Of haris aud spices. those cost very it,
tlc; Il sou wonId Jug rev esnts worth
~ time. you would soon have o good
assortment. The BEST kinds Gro sage,
thyme. sweet f1aTjorru. t7rrlEOu. mint,