The Red Cloud chief., 1881-10-13

-Pimpies on The fscs denote an i'm
proper Diet too much grease. partic9-
larry pork and lard. or too much sugar
and salt. or too much pastry. and the
like; and perhaps too little outdoor eH-
ercise.
Picked Red Cabbayc.-sliee the
cabbage. cover IL with salt and let II
stand two days Then drain and put u
in . pan; cover with vinegar and spice
70 your taste. Give !. . -cald and when
cold put in jars and tie up close
Here is n recipe fora good aud sim
pie pudding; One pint of -four. hall \
cup Of sugar. three-qusrters Of = cup oil
sweet milk. one tablespoonful OF butter.
two tea.poonfuls of baking powder.
Rake for twenty minutes; serve with
a-y good pudding c
Mr.. HOLSTER says three times a
year j. often enough To 90 to the mill
The -four. If packed in paper Sacks. will
grow better every day. and better fonr
is maize rom large srists. Old Hour Is
the best be the water has eyap-
Grated AL. the hour has become dryer
and stronger. Cincinnati Commercial.
Mustard owes its pungency to 3
volatile acid oil which il contains. Ihis
oil is bitter. and the bitterness. Of fresh
ly mixed mustard j. very apparent un-
less a certain quantity OF salt - added
io il. This removes the bitter flavor.
To every ounce Or tablespoonful Of dry
mustard add a ieaspoOnful Of salt. and
mix with cold water, adding vinegar in
which tara9on. dill, or other desirable
f'avoring herbs have been stepped. The
French and German mustardS ire thus
prepared.
-Pickled Onions. Peel the onions
and le, them lie in strong salt and WA
ter nine days. changing the water each
day: then put them into jars aud pour
fresh salt and water on them. this time
boiling hot; when it is cold take them
u and put them On a hair sieve io
drain. after which put them in wide
mouthed bottles and pour over them
vinegar prepared in the following man
ner. Take white wine vinegar and boil
il with q blade of mace. some salt and
ginger in it; when cool pour over the
onions.
-Dust-B Bath for Fowls. snake a box
tnttt VI iDii tf'l NHhhlts NV i'|A Aizis
and fill two thirds full III dry road dust
with n half pound of sulphur III xed in.
Keep n barrel or so Of the dry dust on
hand to replenish the box with. Pour
a pan of siitei coal ashes. or wood ash
es without sitting. into the box occa-
sionally. When the roads are dry. and
other work is not pressing, procure n
supply Of dust and store il under cover
for use next winter. Where fowls have
access to one of these dust boxes they
are seldom troubled with Lice. 6. IL
you keep the fowl house reasonably
clean.
CONTRACTED hoof Is the result OF "A
disease Of the inner part of the foot and
absorption or wasting of the internal
tissues. 1t can not be cured bv outward
applications to the horn. aud only by
removal of the inward trouble. The
usual treatment is to remove the shoes.
pare the edges of the crust of the hoof.
and to cause the feet TO stand in wet
clay puddle. or turn the horse into a
wet pasture for three or four weeks.
Use a hoof dressing of glycerine and
water freely. and finally put on "A fiat,
thin shoe without any bevel and with
an even bearing over Il sole of ole
leather which presses upon the ifog.
The frog should not be pared. but lett
to bear upon The ground.-N. y. Times.
Years n 20 some one asserted that
oil of pennyroyal rubbed on the hair o:
horses or other animals would repel the
attacks of all kinds of flies. but upon
trial we found il had no such effect; In
fact. The flies seemed to be attracted 10y
the fragrance of the humble herb. Re-
Gently we noticed that n certain Dr..
Ridge. of London, En-, recommended
carbOlic acid and oil for the same pur-
pose. but upon trial during The past
week we could not discover that the
flies were in the least disturbed by this
mixture. Carbolic acid and water ~
strong a. il was sac Ia apply 10 tho
skin of Il horse was tried. the hair
being well soaked with it; but the flies
returned in less than a half minute. and,
if anything. in increased numbers. 4
safe wash for Keeping lies from ami
mails is still wanted. Whow viii discover
it?-N. y. SIM.