Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-23

. HOME AND FARM.
!. -lr r ,bousas .a.s slp9sdias u srass are

Three thousaad species o. sfass are
known to botanists.
If troubled with wakefuiness on re-
firing to bed, eat three or four small
onions; they win act as gentle and
soothing narcotic. Onions are also ex-
cellent to eat when one is much exposed
to the cold.
Vanity Puffs.-Beat the whites OF
six eggs to a stiff froth, slit IN ponnoI
of powdered sugar, and flavor with lem
ons. Drop by small spoonfnls upoi
buttered paper and dry in a cool own
two hours.
In honey locust there are two tTu-
sand seed to the poundi soft napio,
three thousand; ash and box elde, io9'
thousand; white elm, forty th1s oI
red elm, thirty-6ve thousand ;1a'alP@
fifty thousand; cottonwood, Ihe p-1-
drcd thousand. This meang'lean Seed
When mud is permit,d to dry up
on q ne@ly-varnished carIiage or
wagon, every spot leaT nisb ne abnnId t ho
avoid this the new yThls9 shouid be
%r~i~ I' With cIean Ger and q sponge
on 'II dr;oJ With 1T cloth and rubbed
aa1 orie Gu WIN o;a Ether. After this, mud
GSisn a on IAN spot the varnish. But
Is hoO ~ apo ) to wash off the mud be-
I. IS De'O al% Water should never be
l9Ie IL - dry upon the varnish; it
" aLo.'I9 ways be dried off with soft
S ciSth PONCE and leather.
5piced Currants. TO five lbs. of
at add three lbs. of sugar (either
Ihite or good clean brown), one pint of
good cider vinegar, two large table
sp )onfuls of ground cinnamon, one Ia
blespoonful of ground cloves, and one
tablespoonful Of ground allspice. Heat
ali together in porcelain-lined kettle;
skim out the fruit, and boil down the
juice till it will make jelly; return the
and let it boil up once; then
pour into your fruit-jar. When cold, tic
or paste thick paper over the top, and
set where it is dry and cool.
ice Cream.-To each quart of milk
add -FOUR eggs and half a pound of sugar;
beat yelks and sugar together; beat
whites stiff, and add. Have the milk
scalding hot, pour it over the sugar and
eggs, beating all at the same time; then
put it on the fire again and as soon as it
thickens take off and strain it into
freezer to cool. When cold add any
flavoring extract preferred, and if you
wish, one pint of cream and freeze.
Mash the ice in a cloth-not too fine, of
course-and mix plenty salt with it
around the churn, being careful not to.
LET salt get inside. VFg.t M :
"A Word of Caution.-lt is no un-
common thing in the country to hear of
the injurious effects of cold-water drink,
ing in extremely hot weather. Some
times ice-water is taken to the harvest
fied which, when drank excessively, as
is apt to be the case, is injurious, and
even the cold water from the 'snorth
side of the well'' is harmful. 1t is bet
ter by far to drink moderately cool
water frequently than to take large
quantity when one is very thirsty.
Sometimes some such beverage as gin
ger beer or root beer satisfies thirst
quite as well. Almost every family has
its favorite recipe for making "summer
drinks" and we advise them to make
use Of such during the hot weather.
Rural Ne1O Yorker.
A Simple Recipe for Ice -Cream.-One
pint off7FnciafiS, one pint of cream, and one
cupful of white sugar, two eggs, tea
spoonful of vanilla or other extract, and
one dessertspoonful of corn-starch.
Make these into thin custard, and al
low it to become quite cold before put
ting into the freezer, as this will save
ua1e ana ice IN the freezing process. To
freeze the custard pour it into tin-pail
and cover tightly; then set the pail into
larger wooden pail or tub and sur
round it completely with a mixture of
pounded ice and salt About one hour
is required to freeze the cream in this
manner. The tin-pail containing the
custard must be turned round in the ice
frequently, and the custard scraped from
the sides of the pail and stirred occa-
sionally during the process of freezing
with strong spoon. f' +}
Quarter Crack. The edges of the
crack should be rounded off, without
cutting into the, depth of the crack.
Cleanse the parts, and soften the hoof
by means OF. poulticing, the shoe being
removed. With a view of preventing
the split from extending upwards, make
a crosS-cut, or horizontal cut, through
the horny fibres, Immediately above the
split. In extensive cracks, the edges
may be held together by means of care
fully-inserted rivets. To prevent en-
trance of dirt, fill the crack with shoe
makers wax. If the split extends
through the length of the hoof, remove
the bearing of the hoof from the shoe,
back of the shoe to the heel, and apply
a bar shoe. Apply Il mild blister above
the hoof. II the horse can be spared
from work, he should be given liberty to