Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-07-17

There are several simple, easily APP
piled remedies. which if used persist
emily will accomplish the above object.
Tobacco smoke applied with fumiga-
tor, is one of the cheapest, most easily
used and most effective antidotes, If one
has the fumigator. Some use yellow
snuff with good success. rubbing it tho
roughly into the hair. Either OF the
above is sure death to the vermin. There
is n wash or dip made by Maryland
firm which is a very effective remedy
for lice Oh cattle and ticks on sheep.
The only objection to using it at this
season is The liability of :njuring the
animals from getting chilled by wash
ing in cold weather. Cedar boughs
scattered freely around the tie-up will
cause the lice to leave. Insect powder
Is also another sure remedy and easy OF
application. 1t should be thoroughly
carded into the hair. Only small
quantity is required to accomplish the
nurpose. and most of the lice on an ami
NAL may be found upon the neck,
around the base of the horns and roots
of the ears or upon the brisket. Drug
gists claim this powder is only poison
Gus to such insects as breathe through
the pores of their skin. TO all such IL
acts ms All irritant aud produces death,
while those animals which take air into
the lungs through their nostrils suffer
no Inconvenience from inhaling 1t In
small quantities. They also claim that
there is M danger from poisoning by
cattle licking themselves after an appii-
cation Of the powder. Some recommend
mixing insect powder, an equal guam
tity of sulphur. for killing lice on hens
then after removing all the litter from
the floor, apply to the head aud neck,
also between the legs and uncer each
wing. After allowing the flock to re-
main an hour or two, let them out ana
pour boiling water over the floor or
ground where the fowls stood, so as 10
kill the vermin which has fallen from
them. The addition Of carbolic acid in
crystals, in the proportion of one ounce
of acid TO two quarts of hot water, VIII
be of great advantage, as 1t makes an
excellent disinfcctant. The nests should
be sprinkled with a solution OF about
twice the above strength. In regard TO
feeling sulphur TO stock the general
belief now is that it does not possess
much value as medicine, yet there are
those who think it. a preventive of dis
ease. Some excellent stock growers
mix sulphur with Liverpool salt, in the
proportion of one part of sulphur to
eight parts of salt, and keep the mix
ture in open troughs where cattle, sheep
and horses have free access to it. Sui
phur was formerly used quite extensive
ly as a laxative, but there are other ar
tieles which are considered preferable.
WHY BEES WORK IN THE DARK.-A
lifetime might be spent in investigating
the mysteries hidden in beehive and
still half the secrets would be undikcov-
cred. The formation of the cell has
long been a problem for the mathema-
tician, while the changes which the
honey undergoes offers at least an equal
interest to the chemist. Every one
knows what honey fresh from the comb
i. like. 1t is a clear, yellow syrup,
without a trace of solid sugar in it.
Upon straining, however, it gradually
assumes a crystalline appearance-it
candies as the saying is. and ultimately
becomes solid mass Of sugar. 1t has
not been suspected that this change is
due to Photographic action; that the
same agent which determines the for
nation of camphor and iodine crystals
in bottle causes the syrup honey to as
sumo crystalline form. This, however,
is the case. NJ. Schneider, an eminent
chemist, has enclosed honey in stopper
ed TASKS, some Of which he has kept in
perfect darkness, while others has been
exposed to the light. The invariable re-
suit has been that the summed portion
rapidly crystalizes, while that kept in
the dark has remained perfectly liquid.
And this is why bees work in perfect
darkness, and why they are so careful
to obscure the glass windows which are
sometimes placed in their hives. The
existence of young depends on the liq-
uidity of the sacchsrine food presented
to them; and if light were allowed ac-
cess 70 this, the syrup would gradually
acquire more or less solid consistency;
1t would seal up the cells, and in all
probability prove fatal to the inmates of
the hive.
LEMON JELLY CAKE.-One cup butter,
two of sugar, three of -four, one of milk,
and the whites of six eggs; one teaspoon
of yeast powder. Bake in layers. For
the jelly: Take yolks of six eggs; the
Juice of three lemons and grated rind Of
one; one cup of sugar, one-half tea
spoon of butter. Cook in granite, iron,
or porcelain, and stir all the time to
prevent scorching: one minute boiling
will cook it. If you like, you can stack
your cake with it immediately.
CHICKEN FRITrERs.-Cut into neat
pieces some tender cold chicken, and let
them stand awhile in mixture Of lemon
juice, salt and pepper. Make batter
of milk, egg, flour and salt; stir the
chicken into it, and fry in hot butter.
Serve very hot, first draining of all the
fat. Garnish with parsley.
RtTTTERuIK CUsTApD.-TwO eggs,