The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-08

HOMEMADE FIGs.-Will you encour-
age home manufacturers so far as to pub
Iish these recipes
Fare and core pears peach, or ounces,
Tor tomatoes y make syrup, favored
with lemon peel. Boil the fruit till done.
then drain it through a colarder, and
spread on dishes place in the sunshine.
or III moderately heated stove, till near
~ dry ; sprinkle with loaf sugar; dry
little more then pack them in boxes.
and put IN cool place. Figs made in
this way are considered superior to real
imported figs. When tomatoes are used.
they should be the straw colorei flo to-
matoes.-LILLY, in lions Herqld.
To REMOVE MLDEw FROM C1oTurvG,
lake soap and make it thin enough TO
rub into the cloth well, then law it in \
not sun Tor two or three days If one ap-
phcatlon is not enough, wet it again.
You will find it sure method to take
stains of any kinG from white cloths--
Rur0i NeV Yorker.
To DESTROY BuGs.-Burs cannot
stand hot alum water. Take two pounds
OF alum, bruise it and reduce it nearly to
powder; dissolve it in three quarts of
boiling water, letting it remain in warm
place uIl the alum is dissolved. The al.
um water is to be applied hot, bv means
OF brush, to every joint and crevice.--
brush the crevCes in the floor of the
sNirtlng board, If they are suspected pa-
ces. Nhhewash the ceiling, putting in
plenty Of alum, and there will be An end
to their dropping from thence.
lN Growing TOE NAIL.-In order 10
save the surgeon job for an in-growinr
toe nalL, do not cut away the offending
corner Of the nail, as is usually done.
very short, but cut a notch in the centre,
quite down 20 the Quick, and keep the
notch there until the difficulty is cured,
which will sometimes be with the first
cuttleg. The philosophy of the remedy
Is, that the cut breaks the arch, and mai
uraL'y ch; nges the curvature Of the nail
and makes the corners tura up instead of
Gown. Another remedy is prescribed hv
lady corrcSl ondcut Of lie Hartford
Courier, who had daughter who had
suffered for years from n similar atilicton.
mad hnaIIy arrived at the point where the
doctors sad the toe must be cut off. or
a." II .---- "A, - ---- 's".f --'.,.-- -.
simple but sure remedy WIS applied, and
in very few days the cure was complete.
The remedy was simply blue ,trIo!, a
small quantity mixed with an equal quan
uty Of burnt alum, puIvcrzcd and sifed
through muslin. If the toe is liberated,
first wash /; with CASTLE soap suds, and
then apply the power two or three times
a day.
a GREEN-CoRN LuXURY.-The Eas-
ton Express publishes the following recipe
for nov y luxury TO. the green corn sea.
son Take a dozen or two ears of corn.
the sweet varieties preferred, husk, and,
without boiling, CRATE off the grains.-
Stir into this two table spoonsful Of flour
:or every dozen years, and also an egg,
prcviousI V well beaten, and a little salt.
ard very little sugar. If tie corn be
sweet, about two .spOonsful 10 every
dozen ears. Let the whole be well stir.
ed, and baked in a creased tin pan for an
hour, in hot oven. Then eat with fresh
tutter or cream.
DIARRuGA.--At the present Season,
Ihe following from DIR. hal's Journal Of
Health, is worthy Of consideration
Diarrhna is very common disease in
summer time. Cholera is nothing more
than exaggerated diarrhra. When
man has died Of diarrhoea, be has died
OF cholera, in reality. 1t may lie well
for travellers to know til at the first the
most important, and the most indispen-
sible item in the arrest and cure Of loos-
ness of the bowels is absolute Ouietude,
on bed. Nature herself always prompts
this by disnciining us to locomolion.-
/ The next thing is TO eat nothing but COM
mon rice, parched like coffee, aud, then
boiled and taken with a little salt and
butter. Drink little or no LIQUID Of any
kind. Bits OF ice may be eatea and
swallowed at will. Every step taken in
dia'rhea, every spoonful Of liquid, only
aggravates the disease. II locomotion is
compulsory, the misfortune of the neces-
sity may be lessened by having stout
piece of woollen flannel bound tightly
around the abdomen, so as 10 be doubled
in front and kept well in its place. In
the practice of many years we have never
failed TO notice gratifying result 10 fol-
low these observances.
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