The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-06-14
HOUSE AND FARM.

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erly trained, can be made to mother and
take care of three broods as well as one.
1t is economy to make hens thus useful,
but it requires experts in the business
to make such a process success.
CHURS1xG. DO not churn too much.
Draw off the milk as soon as the butter
comes. 1t is a mistaken idea that the
Weld of butter can be increased by con-
tinuing to churn. The butter is often
spoiled by churning too long, mixing in
into dough before drawing the water
off. The churning should stop and the
milk be drawn off as soon as the butter
appears in small balls.
WooD ASHES. the wood ashes
and let not handful be wasted. Pick
out the cinders and throw them in the
hog pen. The pigs will be glad to get
few Of them to eat. Keep box full of
the ashes in the hen house where the sun
can shine on it in the middle of the day,
and you viii not be troubled with lousy
poultry. Try it, reader, and you will be
convinced. 1t will cost you nothing.
YoUYG Cows.-It is not at all infre-
quent thata young COW, especially of the
Jersey breed, may break off the she'll of
the horn, leaving the inner core bare. If
this is wrapped in an oiled cloth, or even
in a bandage wetted with water, to pro-
tect the horn from the air, new horny
covering will grow over the core, and,
although it will not ever again be who'll
ly repaired, yet the horn will become
hard and solid again.
4 JAPANESE SQUAsH.-A new squash
has recently been introduced into this
country from Japan. 1t is very dis
tinct variety and has thus far proved a
most valuable acquisition to our list.
It is of the turban class, and grows to
moderate, uniform size; stem very long
and thin, woody and angular, set in a
rather deep circular depression sur
face deeply ribbed skin warted in its
early stages color dull orange green,
dark when fully ripe The flesh is of
the deepest orange hue, and flavor most
equisite dry, sweet, fne-grained, and
has positively no fibre, a quality not
found in any other variety. Another
popularity of this valuable variety is
its thick, solid flesh, leaving very little
room for pulp, and having very few
seeds, which are small and not so white
and plumb as those of the Hubbard.
1t is also a late keeper, though perhaps
not so late as the latter, not having such
hard and shell-like skin. For pies it
cannot be surpassed.
MEDICAL VIRTUES OF CELERY.--An
English writer proclaims cooked celery
rs a cure for rheumatism, which it GER
tainly will not harm if it fails to cure.
We read as follows celery, cooked, is
a very fine dish, both as nutriment and
a purifier of the blood. | will not
enumerate the marvellous cures [ have
made with celery for fear the medical
men should, like the corn dealers, at
tempt to worry me. Let me fearlessly
say that rheumatism is impossible on
such diet. Plainly, let me say, cold
or damp never produces rheumatism,
but simply develops it. The acid blood
is the primary cause and the sustaining
power of the evil. While the blood is
alkaline there can be no rheumatism,
and equally no govt. | must return to
cooked celery Cut the celery into
inch pieces and boil in water until soft.
No water must be poured away unless
drank by the invalid. Then take new
milk, slightly thieken with flour and
flavor with nutmeg warm with the
elery in the saucepan serve up with
diamonds of toasted bread around the
Iich onI aoF with pOfatOeS
MORAL EFFECT OF TEA, COFFEE, ETC.
DR.. Book of Leipsic, famous Ger
man physician, writes as follows on the
moral effect of different articles of food
and drink "The nervousness and
peevishness of our times are chiefly at
tributable to tea and coffee the diges-
tive organs of confirmed coffee-drinkers
are in state of chronic arrangement,
which reacts on the brain, producing
fretful and crying moods. Fine ladies
addicted to strong coffee have charac.
teristic temper, which | might describe
as 8 mania for acting the prosecuted
saint. The snappish, petulant humor
of the Chinese can eertainl y be ascribed
to their immoderate fondness for tea.
Beer is brutalizing, wine impressions,
whisky infuriates, but eventually I'M
mans. The alcoholic drinks, combined /
with a flesh and fat diet, totally subju- j
gate the moral man, unless their in q
fiuerce be counteracted by violent exer- !
else; but with sedentary habits they 7
produce those unhappy flesh sponges, )
which may be studied in metropolitan :
bachelor halls, but better yet in wealthy
The soul that may still
Iinger in a fat Austrian abbot is func-
tional TO his body only as salt is to pork
lin preventing imminent putrefaction.
CRUELTY TO WORKING ANNALS y
The animals that help make a farmers il
crop, without whose strong and trained il
muscles he could make no crop at all b
he animals that do the principal labor
n making in the United States almost :
abulous quantities of wheat, corn, oats, !,
potatoes, peas, beans, hay, sugar, cotton c
ice, Tobacco, and numerous other crops
f immense value, are entitled to the
Iindest treatment. They should il
always have plenty to eat and good b
sater to drink, when needed, and they fC
hould not be worked beyond their st
trength, or whipped, or tortured in "
ny manner. The OK, the mule, the =
Iorse, usually labor willingly about to :
be extent of their strength daily if well
ed and well treated. Their patience
f power and endurance are perfectly
Fonderful. All they demand for their
'aluable services is simply such food
nd treatment as viii give them
he most strength, and make them
he most serviceable to their own
rs. But what do We see WHEREBY
r we go, and wherever We notice the
Torking animals of the country?
failed shoulders, sore backs, lean ribs,
nimals drawing wagons and plows in
ain and suffering. half starved, dashed,
eaten cursed, treated ike criminals or
we can see in all of the
tates. and in city as well as country.
Why Planters are Poor.