The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-07
DOMESTIC.

DOMESIlC.
CULTIyATINa SPINAeH.-A person
may 60 into halfa dozen country gar
dens, where every kind of easv-grow-
irg, wholesome, necessary and destr-
able vegetable ought to be grown,a md
not not sec tS bed bed Of spinach, ,meompara
under the head Of "greens." How
often we SEQ both women and men
searching along old. worm-fence COR
ners, and the edges of woods where
leaves have collected, for the young
shoots Of the ''poke,' to be used as
greens, and how greatly 1t Is enjoyed
At a season when 1t IL difficult to get
fresh young vegetables; and yet how
much inferior 1t Is to the garden spin
ach, which can be grown for seven to
eight months in the year. A bed can
be sown as carly in the spring as the
ground can be worked, and by sowing
at intervals thr u III the season a dish
OF IL can b. had upon tho table when
ever it may be desired. The last crop
to be rs carly in spring before 1t can
DO glo"n as sprlng-crop, and which
will begin to grow tho moment the
frost Is out OF the ground, should be
sown, say tn, beginning Of October,
and when freezing weather COMES 1t
should bc lightly covered with straw
and few bean po.es laid upon the
straw to prevent the wind from blow
ing it away. The "B. .oomdale SPIN
ach," when is Il Lew ANA impl owed
variety, Is prcit rdbie to any oLhcr vari-
ETY. That VIC have grown.
In headache due to determination of
blood to the head, and in fever, the
following simple treatment Is to be
commended: Put q handful Of salt
Into quart OF water, aud al ounce OF
spirits Of hartshorn and half al ounce
Of spirits Of CnmphOr. Cork the bottle
tightly to prevent the escape of the
spirits. Soak piece Of soft cloth with
the mixture and apply it to the head;
wet the rag fresh as soon as it gets
heated. Sonklng the feet in very warm
water III which spoonful OF mustard
has been stirred, Is also beneficial in
draw ing the blood from tho head. Two
tcaspOonfuls OF powdered charcoal.
we'll stirred in hall a glass OF water
and drink at oLce is Il valuable remedy
in sick headache from sour stomach
hatuicnce, etc. Tincture OF nuX
vomica is recommended Nv Ringer as
possessed OF real curative powers when
gwen IN drop doses, repeatedly every
liYe or ton minutes tor eight or ten
doses, and then continued at longer
intervals, for sick headache, accom-
panied with acute gastric catarrh .,
VIII, thcr due to error in diet, constipa-
ton Or nL apparent cause.
ONE draw. back to the recently dis
cover Gu audi iph0nc has been its large
cost, but Nj. Collnden, OF Geneva, has,
after considerable cNporim enting, so
simplilied and chGnpcned the instru-
| ment that a serViceuble audiphOnc
can now be purchased lor fifty cen
times instead of fifty francs, the form
or prlce. He substitutes Il variety Of
thin pastcboard for The hardened rub
bor heretofore used.
THE nutritivc value Of milk is hardly
sufficiently appreciated. According to
best and most recent analyses, good
milk contains in each quart: Butter,
lu on. casein, q 4 o.; milk sugar,
Oh, and salts, phosphate etc., nearly
>, CZ. Two quarts Of milk, therefore,
with IL on. bread, contain sl1liulcnt
nutrimcht tor Iull grown man daily I.
No cheaper food OF equal value and
easy assimilation caM be found.
KENTUCKY POTArOES. Raw potatoes,
milk, pepper, salt, tcaspoonful OF
flour, butter. Sllcc the potatoes very
thin, put them in your baking dish
anu just cover them with milk, add Il
little salt and pepper and IL few bits Of
butter, mix the flour iii the milk, bake
nice brown. DO not put the potalocs
In Mater after they have been sliced.
BEkF SoUr.-OX tail, one onion, one
carrot, ono small turnip; boil these
together IN one gallon Of water two
hours, or till the meat is tender; then
cut the meat in small pieces, add pep
per, little salt, celery seed, thickcn
with little cornstnrch and boil half
an hour; strain and serve; toast some
bread, cut in dice shape anu add til.
| last thing.
| 10 prevent tho oxidation Of new
tca-kcttlo, first wash it thoroughly in
sapelio soap, rinse well in clear hot
water, and dry over the back Of the
stove. Scald out thoroughly before
using, and put one or Two clean oyster
shells In the kettle, and keep some
there all the time until the kettle be-
| gins to grow smooth and shows no
longer any sign or rusting.
FROM reports made by the German
railway companies 1T appears that
about ~ per cent. of their conchlng
stock is lit with rapeseeu Oil, lG per
cent. with gas. and Is per cent. with
candles. 1t Is prepared from various
yielding substances, pnd
| Is compressed into holders from five
and one-half to six atmospheres.
CAoUTCHoUc may be utterly ruined
by the use OF impure solvents, and
those experimenting with lndia-rub-
ber-solulions should, III cases W here it
Is desirable, regonera G the caoutchouc
by allowing tho solvent to evaporatc,
taking tho utmost care not to employ
any solvents which contain fatty or
greasy matter.
Throw a shovolful of manure around
old plants of raspberry, blackberry,