The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-11
Practical Notes.

C~aulifiowers are superior to cabbage
in every respect for the table, and a
be grown as easily.
Paint splashes may be removed
from window paues by a very hot solu-
ton Of soda, using a soft flannel.
Widowed linen may be restored by
soaping the spots, and while wet COW
ering them with powdered chalk.
Colored embroideries, edgings and
insertings are used to a considerable
extent just now for trimming under
clothing.
Strengthen vinegar by freezing it,
and then remove the ice which forms
on the surface; the water of the Vine
gar only freezing.
For family use it is advisable to
plant six or eight peach trees every
year, which will take the place of those
that are ceasing to bear from age.
Corncobs contain more potash than
wood. If they are used for fuel, and
the ashes saved, it will be the most
economical mode of disposing of them.
Judgment in planning and arranging
the work to be done will accomplish
more than the amount of work itself.
System and regularity save work and
time.
Hogs ought to be fed regularly even
during the summer, but a good feeding
place should be provided, as it is not
a good plan to feed hogs grain of any
kind on the ground.
A Ridgewater, Pa, physician saws
that olive oil is an antidote for rattle
snake poison. Half a dozen table,
spoonsful are sufficient. he SAYS, to
cure any snake bite.
The French method of administering
castor oil to children is to pour the oil
into a pan over a moderate fire, break
an egg into it and stir up; when it is
done flavor with a little salt or sugar
or currant jelly.
To starch collars, make some gum.
water OF clean gum arabic; keep it in
a bottle, and when wished work q lit
tie OF it and a tri1e of common soda in
to the ordinary starch. 1t adds both
gloss and stiffness to the collars.
New listers for travelling are of
striped or checked cloth, and are made
with straight. double-breasted fronts,
redingote backs, large sleeves and
shoulder capes, the latter in plain
triple layers or a single large frill.
Seeds of beets. carrots and parsnips
are slow to terminate. They NAV be
made to swell and sprout quickly if
placed in a flannel bag and moistened
with warm water daily. Some gar
deners mix the seeds with fine earth
before placing the seeds in the bag.
Dark indigo blue India silks will
again be used for morning gowns. The
newest designs are white flowers.
thistles OF grape clusters, or stripes OF
yellow, green. white or red, placed
two inches apart in clusters of two mar
row lines with a lavendar stripe be.
tween.
1t is proposed both in Vienna and in
Paris to water the streets with q dis
infectant mixture-with water having
powerful antiseptic matters dissolved in
it. They are tired waiting upon the
microscopes to discover the influenza
microbe and to get rid of tho
disorder as best they may.
No experienced planter would ever
think of planting trees with bruised
and mutilated roots. When the roots
are damaged at the time of lifting the
tree, the mutilated or bruised part
should be cut of with a sharp knife.
SO that the wound may present a clean.
smooth surface. The healing process
is in this way accelerated, and the
risk of damage by fungoid growth
lessened TO a large extent
Recent experiments prove that salt.
is a necessity for fowls, and that
when it is supplied them they keep in
better condition and lay a larger
number OF eggs. Salt is one of the
constituents Of eggs and must be pro-
vlded. VI course an excess of salt is
injurious, u If the soft food is seas
oned with it benefit will be obtained
from Its use better than in any other
way. Make 1t a rule to give your
fowls a proportion of salt in the food
two or three times q week