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To CLEAN hair brushes. nothing is
more thoroughly satisfactory than q
teaspoonful OF liquid ammonia In about
quart of water, either hot or cold.
Move the brush about In the water a
few minutes. and dry quickly.
TINS best floor for an ice-houso, SAYS
an exchange, is one of boards or plank
laid upon slcepeTs bedded in gravel A
gravel or sand foundation is the best,
and the floor should be laid so that no
air can gain access beneath Il from
without There should also be pro-
vided drain so constructed that the
water from the melted ice can escape
I into the ground. but which will net ad-
init air to the ice.
IT is not generally known that cut
straw makes a most excellent stufiing
for beds used by children and infants.
Make case Of soft tick, obtain some
well-dried straw. cut in chaff-cutter.
J lill the case moderately full. II makes
an astOnishingly comfortable bed. is
very warm. and much more healthy for
infants than feather bed The idea
is good one. and the straw beds are
worth the attention of mothers.
THE cobs of Indian corn contain a
large amount of potash. Its ashes con-
tain twice the amount of that mineral
than the ashes of the willow, which
contains more than any other wood.
Potash is one of the minerals for which
the farmer paws, in one shape or anoth-
er. large sums of money; and this fire.
quently when there can be seen lying
around his premises uneconomized
quantities of this valuable material.
PoTATo DUcHEssE. - Take half
dozen potatoes, boil them, pass them
through sieve, and work into them in q
bowl one gill of cream and the yelks Of
three eggs add pepper, salt and nutmeg
10 taste, and some parsley finely chopped.
Whenthe are wei mixed and smooth
take them up by tablespoonfuls, roll each
in ball. flatten il and -four ii slightly.
Lay them all in n sauce pan with plenty
OF butter melted, and cook them slowly.
Turn them over when one side is done,
and serve hot as soon as both sides are
colored.
"HmL-ToP,n an observing farmer OF
the Connecticut valley, tells the Boston
Ciiitipator how he and his father have
for fifty years, always thinned their pota-
) to vines at hoeing time TO two stocks in
i | tho hill, with an increase of large,
E handsome potatoes. Six or seven pes
Iceut all told, OF second-rate potatoes
; is mentioned as al ordinary proportion,
, under this treatment. OF course, the
= large, strong vines would be saved,
and this looks like = genuine bit OF
potato science. coming into print in a
0 time Of scarcity.
I CoD-FIsH BALLs.-Cut the cod into
e pieces, soak in luke-warm water for an
0 hour or longer. Remove the bones and
: skin. shred. put over the fire in cold
: water. AS soon as the water begins "a
: bubble turn of and pour over cold
I water As soon as it is hot it is done.
: While the fish is cooking make ready
{ some mashed potatoes. Allow as much
, again potato as fish and mix together
r while both are hot--thls last Is par.
z ucular. 1t does not make any differ
! ence If the balls are cold when fried,
r but they must be hot when the ingre'
1 dients are put together.
: A CORRESPONDENT of the Pouttyt
: Monthly says that poultry need clean
a house well ventilated, but warm In
; winter; roOsts kept free from lice by
3 using coal oil on them once q week; 8
: varied diet, not all corn, but wheat,
buckwheat, boiled potatoes, meat, thicl
, milk, etc. charcoal pounded fine anC
I mixed in soft feed occasionally is eN
! collent and cheap; II produces health i
the birds are out sorts or securing; II i
9 also good in small pieces kept in theil
e runs; parched corn or wheat is also
9 good for q change. Look after the
9 poultry personally, and not trust all L
0 the boy or man who, In most cases
: cares not or has no interest in them