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HoRsEs hate solitude, and are made
savage by being kept alone.
TooruA CHE. To cure toothache,
take Of chloroform, spirits Of camphor,
laudanum, OF each one drachm. Apply
on little cotton wool.
SOUTHERN FRIED HeMIEY. Warm
some boiled hominy left over from the
day before; add TO it tumbler Of
cream or rich milk. piece OF butter,
two well beaten eggs and little flour;
fry in hot butter.
THE New York Spirit of me Times
saysthere iano cure for acou6rmed wind
| gall Blisterin2 and rest would, no Doubt
reduce the size of the wind gall tenn
| pOrarily; but q long journey or 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 n solution Of taunin for
twenty-four hours and instantly drying
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-
setts PlouQhman 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 go down
/ suddenly. II that does not relieve, give
the other half. l have never known a
case where the second dose has been
required.
THE Iowa Mddisonidn, gives another
reason why farmers should keep few
bees: "And then you want a few hives
of Italian bees to fertilize your red
clover aud make it yield seed (for
clover will not produce seed where
there are no humble bees or ltalians,)
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 Sour. Take shin-bone,
have it broken, and put in soup-kettle
with five quarts of cold water; allow 1t
to boil steadily, and skim. In an hour
put in two dozen good-sised tomatoes;
do not skin them boil until your soup
is reduced TO one-half; take a potato
masher and crush the tomatoes; pass
through a strainer; return to kettle aud
remove beef before serving; season with
salt and pepper. This is plain coun-
try tomato soup.
CoLoRING PICKLES AND SWEETS
GREEN. The following green coloring
extract il 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
half 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.-Peel and quarter O
quantity of apples, stew them with 6
little water, good deal of sugar, the
thin rind Of lemon and few cloves,
or a stick of cinnamon. When quite
done pass them through hair sieve
and 10 one quart OF the PURGE thus Oh
tanned add half packet of gelatine,
dissolved in water; mix well, pour into
a mold, and when set, turn it out anc
serve with onstard poured about it
IL is well to remember that the pureC
! must be thoroughly well sweetened ant
! favored TO carry off the insipidity o
gelatine.
NANCE in calves, says the New Yorl
Times, is caused by mite burrowini
, in the skin. The cure is reached b,
! dressing the part with an ointment com
posed OF four ounces of lard, one ounc
Of sulphur and one drachm of creosote
i well mixed together. Rub this into tn
skin every morning, and give each cal
!, one teaspoonful of sulphur daily for tw
a weeks BY giving this quantity OF sul
A phur for week, twice or thrice in tn
a year, this disease is prevented. TIL
4 sulphur Is absorbed into the blood an
"a passes through the skin In the perspirI
ton, and in this manner reaches an
:. destroys the parasitic mites, II preseu
3 there, or secures such condition {
n the skin as TO repel them II they attac
a the skin.
N Cur FLOWERS. The main featur
o. in arranging cut flowers Is to show eac
+, flower separately and not a quantit
:. crowded together, forming mass
l. petals. but that each flower may be sec
II reposing quietly among the green, gi'
le ing To each bloom an Individual charai
a. ter. A few cOlors in bouquet have
10 much prettier effect than mixture
II many colors. Red, white and buff z
d well together with green between.
"a few rose buds with their own leave
" and little green smilax, make bo
ly auet more handsome than one compose
or Of many kinds OF inferior flowers.
d. all floral arrangements, whether 4
G. vases, bouquets or designs, II Is bett
Ie to put In the green first, and gradual
nv working them up TO the required brigh
II ness. ALWAYS remembering that the cG
~ lection had better lack a flower thi