The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-04-11
HINTS FOR FARM And HOUSE.
1niscellansous Recipes.


quirer the Scientific American gives the
following recipe for making and apply
ing rubber cement. "The ordinary rub
Der cement which is so much used by
fine shoe makers is made by dissolving
aqnantity Of gutta-percha in chloroform
or carbon di-sulphide until the solution
has the consistency of honey. Thin
down the parts to be cemented, then
spread a small quantity of the cement
well over the parts to be joined. Warm
the parts over a fame or fire for half q
minute, bring the surfaces to be united
together, and hammer well or clamp
firmly. The cement dries in a few min
utes."
CoRNs AND B~uNIoNs.-If "F. A. D."
will put one %teaspoonful Of powdered
saltpeter into one ounce of sweetoil and
rub the mixture we linto the bunions
each night, she will find it will relieve
the swelling while it is only inflalned,
but should it tester she must apply u
poultice of raw, grated carrot, renew
ing it often till it has drawn all the in
ismmation out, For corns, one ounce
of glycerine and 10 drops of carbolic
acid, we'll shaken together and rubbed
on every night, give much relief. New
er cut a corn, but pick it off with a nee
die.
CURE FOR CoRNs.-Any troubled
with corns may cure them permanently
with very little trouble. Procure some
iodine. After soaking the feet, rub the
corn with it, and repeat the operation
every few days, and the corn, with a
little coaxing, will leave it's resting place.
This is a certain and painless cure for
these common n%uisances. A few cents
worth of iodine will curea dozen. The
bottle should be kept out of the reach
of small children.
To CURE HAMs.-Rub them over
with molasses. Have ready, on the
stove, where it will become hot. a ket-
tie with n quart Of salt in it. With a
long-handled iron spoon dip some salt
on the ham, and rubi well with the
hand all over, especially around the
bone. Keep using hot salt in this way
until you have been over the hams very
thoroughly. Then put them all in
some convenient place, where they will
not freeze, and in about ten days repeat
the operation. After three rnbbings,
they may be hung in the smoke-house
and smoked according to taste. They
will be found of a flavor superior to
that of those which have been picked.
This method requires more labor than
to put them in brine to cure, and prob
ably would not answer in very warm
weather. The salt should always be
hot and we'll rubbed in by hand, al
though some use a wooden paddle.
Custard to be served in cups with
cake is made by adding three table
%spoonfuls of cornstarch to one quart Of
milk, rub the cornstarch smooth in a
little cold milk, and when the quart of
milk is boiling stir it in; when it thick
Il n bubbles emove it from the fire
and add the yolks Of four eggs, well
beaten, q lump of butter the size of a
butternut, some nutmeg and lemon.
Put it into the cup, then make a merin-
que of the whites of theeggs with sugar,
and put on the top of the custard.
How to Keep the Boys at Eome.
From the Rural Now Yorker.
1 believe that no surer method can be
devised for driving an ambitious boy
away from the farm, than that of hurry
ing him to a fresh task the instant the
old n is completed; allowing him no
time for books or play; giving him al
ways the poorest tools and the most
d1sagreeable portions of the work, and
permitting him to feel no u of own
ership in anything pertaining to the
farm. and no responsibility for the sue
cessful outcome of any of its operations.
The boy thus treated-and are such
has no other hope than to leave the
parental homestead at the earliest pos
sible opportunity, and seek for more
favorable chances on some other farm OF
in some other calling. But by the time
he has thus been driven to strike out for
himself, he will generally have be-
come SO Disguised with farm life, that
IN will avoid that calling for all time to
come.
On the other hand, Iknow boys whose
natural mclinations might be supposed
to lie in other directions, may be so
treated as to conceive an ardent love for
the farm. For instance, alloy with less
than average physical strength, and
with a passion for books, was required
to perform daily tasks, which were Of
ten irksome, but a liberal margin was
always allowed for play after the tasks
We're completed. A pet eve lamb was
given him and he was allowed to spend
the value Gifts annual fleece, and of those
OF its increase, for such things as all boys
crave; yet at the same time, by indirect
methods, he was prevented from spend
ing much OF his moneyfoolishly. The
sense of responsibility involved in the
spending of his money, the keeping of
the little accounts relating TO it, and
the interest in his growing flock, which
increased, not only by reproduction,
but also by purchase from other hocks,
with the wages which he was permitted
and encouraged to earn by doing odd
Jobs for the neighbors when work was
not pressing at home; all these, not on
ly brought out some of the pleasanter
sides of farm life, but also laid the
foundation of habits afterwards found
very serviceable in business matters.
Can any one doubt the evil effect up
on this boy, if, after ne had fed and
played with his lamb for a Summer or
two, believing, in his childish heart,
that it was really his own, learning to
love it with the full force of his nature.
it had been sold to the butcher, and the
money quietly dropped into his fathers
pocket! Yet just such things have hap
pened. The lamb was but an item
among many. AS the boy grew older
he was allowed to plant plots of ground
for himself, and though his crops were
sometimes failures, and the money
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