Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-03-23
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

To prevent the hair from falling
out apply once week with piece OF
flannel or sponge a wash made of one
ounce of powdered borax, half an ounce
of powdered camphor, and one quart Of
boiling water.-Ioledo Blade
j. r. Dodge, the eminent statisti-
clan. says that There is no crop in the
United States, grass green and dry ex-
cepted, that equals the value of corn.
1t is worth fifty per cent more than
wheat, and twice as much as cotton"
Crooked fence-corners in the United
States occupy more land than would
suffice to supply the farming population
with bread. If properly cultivated. or to
furnish food for more sheep than arc
owned in the whole country.-Detrois
Free Press.
The basket willow will grow we'll
around the mill ponds and along the
margins of the water-courses 1t is an
article which is always salable, and
| should be made to take the place of the
unsightly briars and bushes that often
| prove so troublesome in such places. -
Exchange.
The family of Christopher Lander,
farmer in Steuben County, New York.
ate of the flesh of some sheep which
had been mutilated by dogs. The father
and one child died in great agony, and
| all other members of the family showed
symptoms of having been poisoned
| Chicago Herald.
Did you ever think the world is
| always within year of starvation? The
stock of food on hand at any time is
| only part of the last years crop. The
stock of wool from which the present
warm clothing was made was mainly
raised last year. And last years crop
of cotton is nearly all gone. The world
does not lay up much in store.-Iotrd
State Register.
| The revolution which has taken
place in every department of industrial
life in the last half century has brought
new demands, introduced new questions,
| created new possibilities, and as result
of all this, the highest measure of sue
cess, as individuals or as nation, can
only be gained by thorough acquain-
lance with the laws which govern its
workings.
Apple Omelet: This is q delicate
dish and is a nice accompaniment to
boiled spare-rib or roast pork. Take
eight or ten large tart apples, pare them.
and stew them in preserving kettle
until they are very soft Mash them so
that there will be no Jumps, add one
cup of sugar, one tablespoonful of but
ter, and cinnamon or other spices to
suit the taste; let the apples cool before
putting in the beaten yelks of four eggs,
stir well together, beat the whites to .
stiff froth, add to the apples, then pour
in shallow pudding-dish. place in .
| hot oven and brown.-M Y. Times.
| M. Pasteur, of France, says that the
grass grown over the graves of cattle
| that die of splenic fever is source of
infection to cattle feeding upon it. He
points to the agency of earth-worms in
carrying the germs of deadly bacteria
| from buried carcasses to living animals.
Having introduced worms into pit
which had contained the carcasses of
cattle that died from splenic fever, he
! filed it with earth. In a short time he
procured from the intestines of these
worms the means of producing the dis
ease in its worst forms by incubation.
He also showed that the worms, by cast
| ing out over the surface earth contain.
ing the bacteria germs, gave the dis.
ease to all cattle that grazed over it.