Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-08-19


ton, or whey.
with the curd thus obtained. he mixed IS grams
of the crystalzeJ sub carbonate of SODA, "hcn "
the anplicaton Of a mild heat soon disSoiveu'I
This furnishes about pint of cream, to which aaa
i, su,lI quantity Of water and sugar, and heat IL
when an excellent syrup, superior. IN every re-
snect IN ordinary cream, is obtained. When 10
tho crsam. cheese cake from it may be kept any
length of time, and is always fresh when disu'eo
and sweetened as above.
The salutary advice gwen IN the sunlolnea pa
ragraph. by the Editor Of the Norfolk Herald IS
deserving of more than ordinary attention. as the
sicky fall season approaches. =,
Chloride of Lime.-The following h,nts, II
practised upon by families in the thlcK'y 'nhao!'
ed parts of the towr, will iufalibly preserve ther
health and comfurt:--
i. Always keep supply of chloride OF lime on
hand. ~, re-, a,.h
Q. Burn all your kitchen ofal of fish. hesF'
fowl aud vegetables. instead OF throwing ,hem m
to the street. or treasuring them up TO ieeu I've
pig of some favorite acquaintance OF the coon.
8 Throw portion # the chloride OF lime IN
TO your kitchen Stops and dirty water; IT VII. M
mediately remove any bad smell arising from then,
and you may tfen empty them IN the street "''h'
out offending the 0lfactcry OF the passing c'uzehs'
A table spoonful of the chloride Will sufhce u
purify or six gallons Of the most nauseous iu'
id. and will cost but one cent. cheap corrective
of manv SCENTS.
4. Sweep out all the dirt and litter from yorr
houses. cellars and enclosures, every morning be-
fore ten O'Clock, and deposit the same with the
sweepings of the street before your door III the
middle of the street.
S. There are hates and corners about every
house, which in close sultry, damp weather lllke
| we have Just now are liable to emit disagrceable
odors-sprinkle them with very little OF your
chloride Of lime, and they will become sweet
The last number of the Journal Of Health, which
appeared last weel contains among sundry good
and useful article, paper on the virtues OF
the Bene Plant, as remedyfor the Cholera in
fantum and other summer complaints. The Jour
nal does not attach such exclusive importance to
the herb in question as many Of the public prints
have done, tut decides that the benefits Of the
plant, or at least of the leaf, the part now used,
depend solely on simple mucilage, divested Of
any aromatic, astringent, or narcotic addition.
IL
water and stirred round, communicates to this
latter mucagiOus characteristic liquor has
very little taste, other than what is conmuncat
ed by the sap or juices of any simple Vegetable
substance.
This watery ufusisn of the bene leaf will nc
doubt be of decided efficacy ia diseased sto
mach, and bowels. as mild dilutcnt and demul
cent. and soothing to iriaed surfaces, just as the
mucilase prepared by decoction of the inner
bark of the slippery elm, the plth OF the sassa
fras is to an iuflamed eye. The efficacy Of the
infusion of bene leaf will also mainly depend on
its being used alone, to the exclusion Of all other
drinks, and with certain reservations. of all
medicines. Another point of paramount import
ance is. to withhold mixed food from the child.
and to be particular also on the score of quaint
ty of the one simple article.
"Let people not deceive themselves in this
matter. The bene plant has virtues in the sum-
mer complaint of children and in analogous affec-
tons of adults; but these virtues are dependant
on its simple vegetable juice and mu cIlage, viz
tues possessed, especially as regards mucilase;
by many other substances, sucl, as gum Arabic.
the gum OF plum and cherry, t1axseed, marsh
mellow, the bark of the slippery elm, the pith of
sassafas, obtained from the young branches, the
root of the Towering fern, SC. Each Of these
articles has been administered IN disOrdered
states of the stomach and digestive canal, and
with marked advantage; and each has had its sea-
son Of vogue, and its eulossts, as the bene plant
has now"
The Events Of a Fear. -Fraser's Magazine
for July has "a word at parting" which shows
how much more durable that publication is, in
these days Of change, than thrones and sceptres.
A little year ago, and George w. ruled in Eng
land and Hanover-CharIes X in France-Pius
Viii in Rome-Charles Felix in Sardinia--Fran-
els Janvisr in Naples-Antbony in Saxony--Pe-
dro in Brazl-CharIes in Brunswick-WilIam
had the kingdom of the Observation-Disclosures
was undisputed autocrat Of Poland. Where are
they now?-in the grave--in exiIe-or shorn Of
their dominions And yet the revolution has not
much more than begun. A new spirit has been
unclaimed, and he hovers over the world wheth.
err for good for evil. We have had no comet shak-
Ing its horrd hair above us, but earthly pOrtcnts
or dircr kind, with fear of change, are perplex-
ing monarchs.
"New powers from home, and discontcn ut homc,s
Meet in one line; and vast confusion wal
CAS- doth a raven a sick fallen beasi)
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