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HOTAlO buffi4 fi4-a-CothliT soda dis
solved in water 10 saturstien Is as fatal
70 potato bugs as Paris grsn
TO CURE toothacha, take Of chloro.
form, spirits of camphor hudanum. Of
each one dram. Apply "a little cot
ton wool
ira child has d bad eArache, din d.
plug of cotton wool IN oliyt oil, warm ID
and place it in the car Wrap up the
head and keep il ont " drafts.
CoFFgE CARES. One cup butter,
one-half cup sugar, one cup maiasscSs
one teaspooniul sa'eratus dissolved in q
cup OF strong coffee, one nutmeg, one
teaspooninl cloves, one cinhdU1on, live
cups OF -four md one cup Of raisins
chopped.
WHIPPED PorAroEs. Whip boiled
potatoes TO creamy lightaess with a
fork; beat in butter, milk, pepper aud
salt; at last the frothed white of nj
egg; toss irregularly upoHa dish. set in
the oven two minutes to iBhcat but do
not let il color.
The pain Ola spraiued.limb Is quick
ly removed by ice.cold water. The
terrible pangs of whitlov or fclon are
cut short by intense heat A large pro-
portion OF all cramps and spasms can be
relieved by water OF proper temperature
and intelligently applied.
In is IL good plan to pu, new earthen-
ware into cold. water, and let il heat
gradually until it boiis; then cuol again.
Brown aarthenware. IL particular, may
be toughened in this Vay. A handful
of rye or wheat bran, thrown in while
II is boiling, will preserve the glazing
SO that twill not be destroyed by acid
or salt.
10 BREAK AHALTERPuLLING House.
Take q common rope or leather
halter, place il on the horse in ths usual
way, then run the rope or strap through
the hole or ring where YOU hitch, carry
the rope to the ankle of the hind foot
and tie IL; then let him try himself, and
five minutes trial will satisfy him. 10
will break up the trick altogether.
LEMON PUFFs. ~ Beat and sift
pound and quarter of loaf sugar, and
mix with il the peel Of two lemons
grated; whisk the whites OF three ergs
70 a firm froth, add it gradually to the
sugar and lemon, and beat il all together
Tor one hour Make IL up into any shape
paper ON tin, put them in moderate
oven, and bake six or eight minutes.
HoMINY CRoQUETrEs.- To cupful
OF cold, boiled hominy (small grained),
add table spoonful of melted butter,
and stir hard, moistening by degrees
with a cupful OF rich milk, beating 10
soft paste Put in teaspoonful of
sugar, aud lastly a well-beaten egg.
ltoll into oval balls aud dip into beaten
egg, then in cracker crumbs, and fry
in hot lard Flour your hands before
rolling them.
GmB-mrrNG and wind-sucking begin
and continue "a bad habits, and are not
TO be got over like disease, though
the indigestions and tympanites caused
by them may require medicinal treat
ment Crib.biting is best prevented
by a muZzle, which may be formed OF
wire and removed when feeding.
Wind-sucking is only to be overcome
by a broad belt around the throat,
bpckled so tightly as to prevent the ami
NAL curving the neck and indulging in
the habit. s.,.... t-.
TO CURE HEAyEs IN A House,
Feed sound oats and no hay morning
and noon; and at night in place of hay
supply clean cat straw. Never work at
too rapid paee; never put 10 active
work for q full hour after meals drive
slowly for the first hour; sec that the
bowels are kept loose, allowing two or
three ounces OF Glauber salts daily in
the food, il necessary. Then give daily
in the food four grains arsenious acid,
one dram biearbonate OF potass one
half dram iodide Of potassium, two
drains ground ginger Continue this
for Il month.
a CORRESPONDENT Of the New York
Tribune says: Z" II is asserted, and |
have no doubt truly, that timber cut
from the middle of June 10 the middle
of August lasts much longer, especially
whep exposed to the weather as rails or
the end buried in the ground like posts.
Stiil, if cut in the other months of the
year, the bark peeled OF and the tim
ber laid up on supports two feet or so
from the ground, and permittedt TO sea-
son well before using u, would the DIFF
ference Of endurance be so muchP
Many years ago ! had white cedar
fence posts cut in the winter, and as
soon as thefrost was out Of the ground
in the spring set them. In from seven
To eleven years the ends which were in
the ground had mostly rotted, while the
parts out Of il kept sound, then took
them ont, and as the bark had peeled
OIL itself On the other end, and the posts
were still long enough for the purpose,
reversed them, and setthese well-sea-
soned ends in the ground, They have
been thus.used for several years, and
rs YET see no ehdeney 20 rot, though
/ suppose they will not endure so long
as il the timber had been cut in the
summer and then wen seasoned before
setting the posts. Rails cut in the win
ter, though laid up high and dry in a
fence where they can season well, often
rot rather rapidly