Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-05-21
Farme r and Homse.Keeper.

Farme and House Keeper.
Chocol ate. For those who wish
to keep the imag ination fresh and
vigorous, chocolate Is the beverage
of beverages. However eopiously
you have lunch ed, cup of choco-
iAiG Immediately after Wald will
produce digestion three hours af-
ter. and prepare the way for a
good dinner. Ii is recommended
to every one who devotes to brain
wark the hours he should pass in
bed; to every wit who finds he has
become suddenly dull; to all who
find the air damp, the time long,
and. the atmosphere insupportable;
and, above all who, tormented
with a fixed idea, have lost their
freedom of thought. To make
chocolate lit must never be cut
with knife) an ounce and a half
is requisite for q cup. Dissolve 1t
gradually in hot water, string 1t
the while with wooden spoon;
let 1t boil for quarter of an hour,
and serve it hot with milk or with
out, according to taste.
Curious Illumination. The
Paris Figaro gives the following
method OF obtaining light instAn-
taneously, without the use of
matches and without danger of
setting things on fire: Take an
oblong vial of the whitsst and
clearsst glass, put in il a piece of
phosphorus about the size ola pea,
upon which pour some olive oil,
heated to the boiling point filling
the vial about ons- third full, and
then seal the vial Theoretically.
TO use 1t remove the cork and all
low the air to enter the vial, and
then recork 1t. The whole empty
space In the bottle will then be-
come luminous, and the light OBJ
tanned will BIO equal to that OF q
lamp. AS soon as the light grows
weak its power can he increased
by opening the vial and allowing
fresh supply of air to enter. In
winter IL is sometimes necessary
to heat the vial between the hands
to increase the fluidity of the oil.
Thus prepared the vial may be
used for six months. This contri-
vante is now used by the watch
men of Paris in all magazines
where explosive or iniiammable
materials are stored.
In nine cases out OF ten, says an
exchange, summer complaints can
be checked, If taken in season. by
wearing flannel over the region OF
the bowels. Until the British ar
my in India was compelled to
wear flannel during tho entire hot
season it was constantly reduced
by diarrhea. Diet is for more
potent than medicine in curing
this disorder, and when duly as
sisted by flannel and enforced
quite rarely fails to cure If used
promptly. Flannel should be
worn by night as well as by day,
The Best remedy for bleeding
at the nose, as given by DIR. Glea-
son, is q vigorous motion OF the
laws, as If In the act of mastica-
ton. In the case OF a child, a wad
Oh paper SuOutu no plaSUo Az As@
mouth and the child instructed to
chew it hard. 1t Is the motion
of the laws that stops the flow OF
blood. This remedy 10 so very
simple that many feel inclined to
laugh at it, but it has never been
known to fail in single instance,
even in very severe cases.
Useful HInts.--Economy is
prodigality when it exhausts the
soil to save the expense of enrich
ing 1t
Our mullen fourishes in En-
glish gardens, under the congno-
men of American velvet plant.
A medium size potato 10 enough
for four hills, or about six bushels
of seed TO the acre. Large seed
potatoes give about ouefourth
more product at harvest than
small ones. Small potatoes have
about as many eyes as large ones,
but the sprouts from these eyes
are not as large or vigorous.