The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-09
FARM AND PRESIDE.

Roasted coffee is one of the most
powerful disinfectants.
-Beeswax and salt will make rusty
flat-irons as smooth as glass.-M y.
Times.
To remove orange stain from Grape
or any black material. wet the spots
with pure spirits of hartshorn and lay
in the sun; continue the process until
the stain is removed.-N. Y. CONNER
cSat AdUertiSer.
For the sofa-pillow in the common
sitting-room. a cover which can be re-
moved at will is source of comfort.
A very pretty one is crocheted of the
seine Irvine or carpet cord, with ribbons
run in, and with bows at each corner.
~ Y Post.
When one has had fever, and the
hair is falling OFF, take teacup of sage,
steep it in quart of soft water, strain
it off into a tight bottle. Sponge the
head with the tea frequently, wetting
the roots of the hair Chicago Jo@rndt.
"A favorite dish in one of the Middle
Statesis made by slicing raw potatoes
and cooking them in milk and water;
when nearly done, drop dumplings
made like biscuit in and serve together,
with roast beef. Season the gravy with
butter, pepper and salt and thicken it
with little flour. Boston Post.
Taken at the start roup will usually
yield to the following simple treatment:
Give one-half teaspoonful of kerosene
night and morning, separate them
from the rest of the flock and put them
in a warm place for couple of DAYS.
Two or three doses will usually suffice
The food in the meantime must be lax
ative.-N 7. Herald.
Agriculture, says the Journal of
agriculture, should never be entirely
divorced from horticulture. A farm is
not Il whole farm unless there is some
where home upon it. and true rural
home cannot be without shade trees,
and fruit trees, and lawn and garden.
Agriculture may provide the income,
but horticulture makes the, home. The
beauties and delicacies of the farm pro-
coed more from the orchard and garden
than from the farm; and the farmer
who ignores horticulture is ignoring
one source of comfort and happiness.
Professor j. w. Sanborn says
deep tillage in times of drouth of sur
face-rooted crops, like corn, is an err
roneous practice founded on erroneous
views. Flowing out corn not only in
wolves too deep tillage in drouth but
adds to the mischief by severing the
root of corn, needed at such times. Our
double-shovel plows work too deeply.
Our true policy, in drouth, for corn. is
frequent and shallow tillage. For this
we now have after the corn gets beyond
the smooth-harrow, no suitable imple-
ments on our markets, with a possible
exception. - Chicago Journal.
OF the use of oat meal for COWS
mention is not often made in this
country; but when spoken of it is al
ways with praise. That it is better
than corn meal there can be no doubt;
it is richer in both albuminoids and fat
and the usefulness of these two nutri-
ents, and especially the former, for
making milk, is shown not only by the
results of numerous careful expert
ments, but by the acknowledged useful
ness of oil-cake meal. Where this
meal is used freely there would be less
use for oat meal; but under some cir
cumstances it might be advantageously
substituted for the bran in the favorite
mixture for COWS of Indian meal and
bran. -Eccha1lqe.