The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
HOUSE AND Farm.

petre. The whole of them to be warmed
together. Spread it on kid leather thu
size of the corns, and in two days the
will be drawn.
EVERY FAMILY SHOULD KEEP Ice
in all infamations, whether interna
or external, the application Of ice di
minishes rapidly the size of the blood
vessels, and thus relieves the pain which
they cause by pressing against the nerve
located by them. Swallowing ice bro
ken into small Jumps will reduce anc
often cure inflammation of the stomach
Every family should have access to ic'
at all times.
KEEP THE KITCHEN AIR PURE. "A
little sink near kitchen doorstep, in
advertenuy formed, has been known
although not exceeding in its dimen
sions a single square foot, to spread
sickness through a whole household
Hence, everything of the kind should
be studiously obviated, so that there
should be no spot about farm house
which can receive and hold standing
water, whether it be the pure rain from
the sky, the contents Of wash-basin,
the slop-bowl, or'the WATERFALL.
EAST INDIA CURE FOR HEADACHE
The people about the Jumna and Tonsee
rivers, have, says Mr. Wilson, rather
curious way of treating a common head
ache, They place the sharp edge of a
razor against the forehead, and give the
back flip with the finger, and thus
bleed themselves. In hot weather
have known some of my own wOrkmen
to do it every day for nearly a month.
Another remedy for headache is to lie
down by the fire, and with the forehead
near TO it as bearable 1t is very
good one, / believe. | have tried it
myself with good success when my own
remedy failed.-Med. and Surg. Re
porter.
DARK STABLES. person who has
felt the pain and inconvenience of
coming suddenly from dark room into
the full blaze Of day, can easily conceive
the necessity Of lighting a stable in a
proper manner This is too often neg
lected in confined stables, and the con-
sequences are most distressing to a
human observer. The poor horse led
suddenly out to his work, shows his
pain quickly in unmistakable express
sions, stumbles, and runs against any
thing that may happen to be near, until
the eye in some degree accommodated
itself to the new circumstances under
which it is placed. Nor is this all. By
a continuance of this change from dark
ness to sudden daylight the eyes become
seriously injured.
CURE FOR A COLD IN THE HEAD
DIR. Paillon, of France, announces what
he considers to be new method of cur
ing cold in the head. 1t consists of in
haling the carnations of ammonia con-
tanned in a smelling bottle. If the sense
of smell is completely obliterated, the
bottle should be kept under the nose
until the pungency of the volatile alkali
is felt The bottle is then removed 20
be re-applied after a minute; the second
application, however, should not be
long, that the patient may bear it. This
easy operation being repeated seven or
eight times in the course Of five minutes,
always very rapidly, except the first
time, when the nostrils become free, the
sense of smell is restored, the secretion
of the irritating mucus is stopped. This
remedy is said to be peculiarly advanta-
geous to singers.
Views OF AN OLD FARMER. sue
cessful old farmer once said, that cone
acre of land well prepared and cultlva-
ted will produce more than two which
receive only the same amount of labor
used on one. One COW, horse, mule,
sheep or hog, well fed and cared for, is
more profitable than two fed on the
amount that will keep one well. One
acre of grass is worth more than two
Of cotton where no grass is raised. The
farmer who never reads the papers, and
ments, generally has leaky roof, brok-
en- down fences, and complains of bad
seasons and poor lands. The farmer
who is above his business, and entrusts
to others to manage, in due season has
no business to attend to"
WHAT TO FEED HoRsEs.-Every an
imal requires a certain volume of food
to maintain the natural distention of
the stomach; that is to say, concentra-
ted food alone could not sustain life
In Prussia rye straw is given to horses
alone with oats. They do not eat the
straw willingly, so that when the horses
are pronounced unfit for service, and
are brought by farmers, they are even
attached by collie in receiving new
rations, because the stomach and intes-
tines have contracted by the barrack
TaIlOIS anu llulG Is HSC6SSdIO W cudbi6
them to return to their normal volumes.
Hay is of different qualities and the
feed of oats ought to be proportionate
to the quality of hay The latter, if
from marshy land, is not equal in point
of nutrition to good oaten straw. Hay
from irrigated districts looks we'll, but
it is very nutritive; the best comes from
a calcareous soil Of mixed grasses, mixed
with aromatic plants. Rye straw is
only good for litter; wheaton straw is
relished by horses in the night and eaten
at all times. Carrots are more refresh
ing than nourishing for horses; turnips
are next to worthless but Jerusalem
artichokes are good. In Bavaria post
horses are fed on potatoes in place of
oats If the former be mixed with
bran it is better. Bran fattens rather
than imparts vigor, and that from rye
is preferred in Germany to that from
wheat; and sells at higher price even.
For horses having but little time to
feed, bread is excellent, but should
never be given fresh. In some garri-
son towns livery-keepers contract for
the refuse bread of the soldiers. Lin
seed cakes dissolved in water is good
for nursing mares. The strangest of all
diets is sawdust; yet the barge horses
along the Moselle and Sarre daily mix
it with the feed of oats. 1t is slightly
nutritive; but its efficacy lies in its
maintaining the necessary expansion of
volume of the stomach.-Prof. Knapp.