Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-10-17
attacks Of the ny; but it is far better

attacks OF the fly; but 1t is far better
to tar the nose, and thus save them
| from all trouble.
Poisonous potatoes Last season was
/ q very peculiar one for all vegetable
growths, and the result OF this Is strik-
/ ingly seen in its effects on the quality
OF potato raised In some localities.
These appear ali right to the eve, but
when cooked are found not only to be
deficient in the dryness and good flavor
we so highly esteem in this vegetable,
but they have bitter taste in the
mouth and cause burning, or a
smarting sensation in the throat.
When such results follow from eating
them, we may be sure that a poisonous
element has been developed in the
tubers, and they are no longer fit for
healthful human food.
Milk Twice Day--According to no
less an authority in dairy matters than
Col. 4. ID. Curtis, the old-fashioned
notion to milk only in the morning
after cows drop off in their yield is a
mistake. Ii worth milking at all a
cow is worth milking twice day. She
will not only give more, but the milk
.
1t does not do milk any good to remain
in the uddcr so many hours after it is
secreted, and it does not do the COW
any good. just why the last milk
drawn is the best is unex planned. But
we know it is the richest, and il the
reason Is because 1t is the last secreted.
then the twenty-four hours rule OF
milking is a poor one in more than
one sense-poor in quantity and
quality. -..-
The Western Rural says: We would
say to correspondent who inquiries
about keeping sweet potatoes, that they
can be kept for several months in an
ordinary cellar, il he is careful 10
handling them. They should be
thoroughly dried before being put
away. and so carefully handled as not
TO bruise them. The drying may be
done in the sunshine, spreading them
out, carefully covering them at nigh,
so that the dews will not get on them.
Or they may be dried in kiln. For
family use, drying in the sunshine
would, of course, be the cheapest and
would answer all purposes. The
cellar in which they are kept should be
dry, and 1t is better when possible to
so put them away as that the air can
have free access through them.
Household Suggestions.
Chocolate icing can be and is bette,
made with yolks OF eggs instead OF
whites; making a softer icing and dis
posing Of the yOlks Of the eggs.
Carbolic acid is recommended for
moistening the tools with which met
ais are worked. The efficiency of the
grindstoue is said to be greatly in.
creased by this means.
A single piece OF paper or linen
moistened in turpentine and put into
wardrobes or drawers for single day
two or three times a year, is prevent
i've against moths.
To set delicate colors in embroidered
hardkerchiefs, soak them ten minutes
previous to washing in a pail of tepid
water, in which a dessert spoonful OF
turpentine has been we'll stirred,
Knives with rubber handles should
never be washed in soap suds, as il
takes the gloss off the rubber and
causes them to fake up. Ivory, bone
or wood handles should not be put in
hot water.
Be sure to put your clothes pins in
hot soap suds at least once In two
weeks and let them boil; after which
they may be taken out, dried. and put
away in II bag, ready for use On next
wash day.
Ink stains are entirely removed by
the immediate application of dry salt
before the ink has dried. When the
salt becomes discolored by absorbing
the ink, brush it off and apply more;
wet slightly. Continue this till the
ink is all removed.
The following is the best way to
wash flannel shirts: Souse the gar
ment in hot soap suds; don't rub; put
repeatedly through a wringer; never
wiring it with the hands, and never put
into cold water. At first washing it
should shrink half an inch; after that,
not at all, if properly washed.
A little powdered potash thrown into
rat holes will drive the rodents away
that are so annoying in cellar or
kitchen; cayenne pepper will have the
same effect on rats and cockroaches,
and a mouse will never gnaw through
a piece of cotton sprinkied with cay
enne, that is stuffed into his hole.