Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-06-18
DOMESTIC. ECON oMY.

MOTHS IN CARPETs.-An experienced
houskeeper writes: "Camphor will not stop
the ravages of moths after they have COM
menced eating, Then they pay no regard
to the presence of camphor, cedar or tobac-
co; in fact, rather think they enjoy the
latter, if anything else than humanity can.
Nor will the dreaded and lnconveniently Ia
king up and beating always insure success,
for I tried it faithfully, aud while mailing
it down found several of the worms salve
and kicking that had remained under the pile
unharmed. Iconquered them wholly in this
way: / took coarse crash towel and wrung
it out of clean water and spread it smoothly
on the carpet, then ironed it dry with good
hot iron, repeating the operation on all sus-
pected places and those least used. 1t does
not injure the pile or color of the csFpet
the least, as it is not necessary to press, heat
and steam being the agents; and they do the
work effectually on worms and eggs. Then
the camphor will doubtless prevent future
depredations of the miller.
SPRAINs.---A gentleman of Collihsville;
Illinois, writes that having severely sprained
his ankle he took a teacupful Of common salt
and a pint of sweet milk and boiled them to-
gether till of the consistency of q po1ltice;
then spread this on q cloth and bound il
round the ankle. The next morning there
wns little weakness, bu, the soreness and
Iameness were all gone. Our correspond
ent says that cider vinegar with ealt is also
good; and just aa good for horses and cattle
as for men, and should be applied In the
same way. 8 sss #as9 7a
Chalk fsR VARS. a correspondent
writes that by rubbing chalk frequently On
warts they will disappear. ii several in
stances known to him this remedy was tiled
land proved successful. We have known
slightly moistened pearl ash 10 remove warts
hby rubbing II npofi Them. $50 -, ~ -
| GREEN CoRN omEbEr.--T'he following
receipt for this seasonale delicacy Is said 10
be exceilent:i 50 afsA g esss sai So
| Crate the corn from IL ears boiled, beat
| Up Eve eggs, stir them with the corn, season
with pepper and salt. and fry the mixture
brown. browning the top with hot shovel.
Ii fried in small cakes, with little -four and
milk stirred in TO form batter, this is very
nice.
/ BITES OF MosQUifoEs. ashes will
be found an Invaluable remedy fur the bite
Of the mosquito and other insects. Wet the
ashes and rub them on the paft, and the
singing sensation will be extracted almost
instantly The reason OF this is that ashe,
contain alkali, which nedtraliaes the acid Of
I the poison. =iz,lsssst lse
TRa GApss IN CHICKENS. "A cofrespon.
dent says:--''Tell those of your readers whe
are interested in raising chickens, that ;
small pinch Of gtinpoSder, given to chick
en- with the gapes, will effect sare and CON.
plete ctre III ifom one to three hotirs time
and leave poor chick healthy and hearty.
speak from what / know having tried the
remedy with perfect satisfaction.
MANeoEs Take large, green peppers ant
melons, (melons that are half ripe are very
4 good,) take out the inside and put them In
! weak brine for four or FIVE days. Then I'll
them with nssturtions, cabbage. green tomA'
toes and onions, chopped. Season witt
mustard seed, cloves and cinnamon, and co
yer with cold, strong vinegar TheysreGure
! no scaldiBg. ea