St. Landry democrat., 1886-08-14
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Japanese paper handkerchlefJ are
found satisfactory for drying wounds.
More and more attention is being
paid to drainage by farmers, and the
profits thereof are appreciated accord
Western Rural
TO cure warts, rub with a strong
solution of potash till they disappear, or
wet gum ammoniac, and rub it on the
eXcrescences at ght.-Micdgo Tra-
JyNe.
Never feed horse with hay from
a rack located above his head, as a
draught beats down which is injurious,
and the dust is liable to injure the eyes.
-INontreaI H3tness.
"A blockhead armed with saw and
pruning shears is as destructive in an
orchard as bull in china store. Get
a careful, experienced hand, for a day
or two, and take lessons of him.
Troy Times.
Soak the feet we'll in hot water be-
fore going to bed, then pare down the
soft corn, and. after having just moist
ened it, rub little lunar casustic On
the corn and just around the edge till it
turns light gray Chicago Herald.
Cabbage Salad: One-half cup of
sour cream, one-half cup of vinegar, q
little salt and sugar mixed with the
cabbage after it is chopped, and must
ard to suit the taste. Heat the vinegar
and cream, then pour over the cabbage.
Tile Household.
Paint costs little, but agricultural
implements are expensive. By coating
the one with the other every season
great saving is made, for agricultural
implements may be used many years
longer than is usual by the judicious
and timely application of paint.-Al-
bany Journal.
Hot water is the best thing that
can be used to heal a sprain or bruise.
The wounded part should be placed in
water as hot as can be borne for fifteen
or twenty minutes, and in all ordinary
eases the pain will gradually disappear
Hot water applied by means of clothes
is sovereign remedy for neural lg:a and |
pleurisy pains. For burns or scalds,
apply cloths we'll saturated with cool
alum water, keeping the injured parts
covered from the air.-Boston Budqet
Charcoal is appreciated by fowls of
all kinds. The very best is found in
charred grain. Corn roasted like cof-
lee and fed once day, would, no doubt,
pay for the trouble in the increased
product of eggs. In fattening, the pro-
cess is much fastened by the use, and
Re think the meat much more palata-
Die. There are many epicures who
would willingly pay larger price for
poultry fattened by the use of charred
orn. Chicago Times.
Labor can be saved in the farm
louse by the adoption of plain habits of
wing. In the matter of food, for ex-
mple, the most wholesome food is
asest prepared. 1t is the ambition of
many of the farmers wives and daugh-
ers always to have plenty of pies and
axes on hand, and never to be caught
y company without abundant supplies
f the various knick-knackeries on the
able. This is one reason why you find
0 many dyspeptics in the country
'Ichange.
Milk and water. half and half, is
ctter than either water alone or milk
lone, as it is cooler and more refresh
lg than water, and not liable to sour
n the stomach and sicken, as in some
ases clear milk will do. The simple
rst law of health, to allow the stomach
} use the blood for digesting food dur
g and after meals without hard toll,
not understood by the farmer any
ore than by the student. Rest before
nd after eating should be his daily
Farmer.