Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-11
HOME AND FARM.

"A London medical man says: "Be
careful in your dealings with horse
radish. 1t irritates the stomach far
more than spice, and an overdose will
bring on an unpleasant sensation for
days"
When we feel unusually torpid
and heavy after meals, we may rest as
suTed there is indigestion somewhere.
A teaspoonful of lime-water, taken in
half tumbler of clear. moderately cold
water, directly after meals, gives almost
instant relief A few drops of the clear
juice of lemon is also very effective
Toledo Blade.
1t is surprising that many farmers
think so much of size in buying mich
COWS Yield of milk and butter should
be primary consideration. A COW is
never used for beef but once, and If she
is good as cow that use is put off till
the cow is past the age for making good
beef, whatever may be her size.-Clere-
land Leader.
There is one advantage in keeping
guinea fowls with other poultry, as
their loud noise frightens away hawks
and other enemies Guinea fowl meat
is dark, but has gamey flavor liked by
those who have a fancy for game. AS
egg producers guinea fowls are excel
lent, though their habit of roaming
causes many of their eggs to be lost
Boston journal.
To mark tools. first cover the arti.
Gle to be marked with a thin coating of
tallow or beeswaX, then with sharp
instrument write the name in the tallow.
Clear with leather; fill the place writ
ten, the letters, with nitric acid; let 1t
remain from one to ten minutes, then
dip in water and rub off, and the marks
will be etched into the steel or IRON
Chicago Times.
To Danish bed-bugs after they have
got into the walls and ceilings of a
house, close all doors and windows and
burn birthstone by throwing it upon
red hot Goals in an iron kettle set
in the middle of the room. If posi-
BILE have the room closed for twenty-four
hours This is wholesale remedy that
will be of much value in some places
Toledo Blade.
If YOU have let your work horses
unfortunately get thin during the win
ter lose no time in feeding up. The
full strength of the animals will be re-
quired in blowing and seeding time.
1t is poor economy to stint animals
upon which so much depends in sue
cessfully prosecuting the iabors of the
farm. 1t is, in fact, poor economy to
let any farm animal get thin.-N. Y.
Times.
Cure for worms: eff pinworms'
try injection us warm as can be
used, of molasSes and water very
sweet If any other kind of worms.
sure cure is this: First ask your butcher
to got you fresh beef's gall Costing
ten or fifteen cents), and it will keep
fresh three or four weeks in cold
weather. Give your little girl two
drops in milk four or five times
day, if her stomach is not too weak
to bear it. Should it be, give twice and
watch results.-Boston Budget.
The front of an old bureau which has
become scratched and defaced can be
concealed and adorned by pair of
curtains of cretonne. felt, canton fian-
mel, or any other of the pretty materials
that come for such purposes. The
slender rods supporting them must
be placed under the projecting ledge
of the bureau top, and the rings should
be large enough to slip back and forth
easily. Care should be taken to have
the rod of sufficient length to permit
the curtains to be pushed so far aside
that they may not interfere with the
opening and shutting of the drawers
Toronto Mail.