Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-09-09
Useful Ito,ns,

~ ieW naH Scco planted IN each hill of
po'otoes is sad to bc suro remedy against
potato bugs
Dry paint 10 removed by dipping a swab
with handle in strong solution of oxalic
acid 1t softens it at once
a few drops of choroform on white
sugar will check tho tcndcuoy to yomit..
iting in those suffering slightly from sea-
sickness.
Medical authority oscribes seo-siokncss
to an undue accumulation of blood in tho
nerve centres, caused by the movement of
tho brain.
10 bca! the white of cggs quickly, nut
in Q pinch of salt The cooler the eggs tho
quicker they iroth. Salt coos and also
freshcns them,
There is grccnucss in onions and pota-.
toes That muk2s them bard TO digest. For
hca!th's sake put them in warm water for
an hour before cooking.
! Sa!5'fsli aro quickest aud best freshcncd
BY sookiug IN sour milk.
Bccswax and salt will make your fiat
irooa as clean and smooth os glass. Tic
lump Of wOX in !ag and keep it for tho
| purpose When the rops arc hot, rub
them first with tho wax rag, then scour
%ith p9pcr OF cloth spriuklcd with salt.
! When color on q fabric has been acc--
dcntoly Q. otherwise destroyed by acid,
ammonia 10 appiict to ncutralizc the acid
alter which an application Of chloroform
VII, IN almost all eases, restore tho original
color. Tho application Of ammonia is
co;nmon, but that Of choroform is but little
known.
| II any cue is overcome by the heat,
send Immediately for the nearest good ply
7ican. While waiting for The physician,
give tho person cool drinks of water; or
cold black tea, or Geld coffee, if able to
t swallow.
The black rust Oh vcrbonas, heloropcs
ana pctunias can be cured by stimulating
TIC plants With liquid manure
| Oats arc tho best food for working horses
as they furnish moro nourishlncnt and
tesh making material than any other food
An inlal'iblc remedy for q rustinc tea
kct:lo is to brown coffee in it. A thor
ough washing with soap and wnter will
remove all the odor and smoke of tho coffee
and leave tho kettle smooth md FREQ from
rust.
III cooking vegetables uso only the hest
Keep an oyster shell in your tea kettle,
aud it will prevent tic formation Of crust
on the inside Of it by attracting the stony
| PARTICLES TO itself.
! 10 clean tic Inside Of tea kettles and
! pots. boil ioy m hour In the kettle or pot
q tablespoonful! oc carbonate Of ammonia
! dissolved in three pints Of hot water 1t
Will remove at once Ill tho deposits made
ty boiling water.
i5pEc!MEH BRIcKs.--W. N. Taft, the
white Radical ex-senator from Charleston,
told the negroes that they ''should sleep
upon their arms and so to the polls on election
| day with their arms in their hands" There.
upon the crowd chccred for Cainhoy
! Frnak Hiy. negro politician, at bar
bncue at Ncwbcrry last week, said: "That
II tho white people did not give thom
! whatever wages they asked they would force
them to il, or they would kill and cat their
hogs COWS, horses, sleep and everything
| they had IN the way Of cattle, 'and then
! wo'l begin on thoir babies. Yes, we'll kill
their babies in thcir cradles and eat them"
! a voice in the crowd Yes feel like 1
could eat baby now.'1 Then we'll kill
their wornon and cat them, aud, lastly, we'll
kill their men, VIC will cxtcrminato them
aud inherit their lands, or have our price.
Wo vii, be mastcy Death to the white
man"
NEwDEEpy, s. G., August 81. Our Drop
prospects aro poor. Corn on tho uplands
is q failure, and tho frcshot early in the
month swept everything on tho river bot
toms. The corn was young and is dead.
The planters n.c preparing to put in largely
Of small evAin. 1t is now realized that
Tho cottcn crop viii be very short-from 90
I 60 80 per cent. tohina last year. All that
section and The tcst in tho county, from