Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-02-04
VALUABLE RECEIPTS.


CuApPgD HANDS, &c,-Take one ID
cal soda, and two quarts water, Apply
when necessary.
CoRN.--Soak your iced corn 10 salt.
petre. II destroys the worm, is not re.
lisbed by crows or squirrels, and yields
more abundantly.
SorT SoAP.-Take ID lbs rosin soap
8 lbs sal soda lb rosin;s ounces salt
put in gallons Of soft water put it over
a slow fire until dissolved put in barrel
and add 90 gallons soft water and stir
we'll.
This soap is made without boiling, and
the cost of which will not exceed 80 cents
per barrel.
There is real merit in this soap, apart
from its economy, which recommends it TO
all housekeepers that is, it does not re-
quire the process Of boiling, until half
cord Of wood is consumed before the soap
will come.
EXCELSIOR HAIR DYE.-Nitric acid !,
J. part; nitrate Of silver, 10 parts; sap
green, 10 parts mucilage, s parts water
800 parts; essence OF musk l or drops
to each bottle. Apply by mosteuiug the
comb with it, and passing it through the
hair, being careful not 20 touch the skin
with the dye.
SHAVING CAEAM.-Oil Of Almonds 9
parts, White Soap parts common Soda
part; Rose Water part. Melt and
perfume with ottar OF Roses.
To KEEP sERvEs.-Apply the white
of anegg with a suitable brush to single
thickness of white tissue paper, with which
cover over the jars, overlapping the edges
an inch or two. No tying is necessary
the whole will become when dry as tight
as drum.
WORTH KNowING.-Parch half pint
: OF rice until it is brown; then boil it as
rice is usually boiled eat slowly and it
will cure the most alarming case of diar-
rhea.
Fac-Simile OF SIGNATUREs.-Write
your name on piece of paper and while
the ink is wet, sprinkle on it some fue
powdered gum arabic; then make rim
round is and fill it with fusible alloy in a
liquid state. Impressions may be taken
from the plates formed in this way By
means of printing ink and the copperplatr
press
WARTS ON HoRsEs AND CATTLE
Wash them with q strong lay made Of
potash and water thrice day.
To PREVENT SMUT IN NWHEAT.--Steep
the grain in lime water, or weak of wood
ashes or pearlash.
DESTROYING Moss ON TREEs.-Pains
them with white wash made Of quick lime
and wood ashes.
For CATTLE AND HoRsEs.-Mix oe-
easionally one part of sal. with four parts
of wood ashes, and give the mixture 10
different kinds of stock summer and win
ter. 1t promotes their appetites and
tends to keep them in healthy condition
1t is said to be good against bolts in
horses, nurrain in cattle, and rot in sheep
To REMOVE WHITE SpoTs FROM warm.
IsHED FURNIyURE.-May be removed by
rubbing them with wollen flannel dipped
in equal parts of spirits of turpentiue and
sweet oil.
PAIN CURER OR PAIN KILLEa-This
is liquid preparation recently discover
ed for the relief of pain. Perhaps no med
ioine has created stronger sensation in
the public mind, or become more popular
where it has been introduces and its vir-
tues tested. Of this, its grea. and in.
oreasing sale is evident. No family should.
be without IL; its immediate effects are
many times truly wonderful. When ap.
piled to burn blister is prevented. 1t
is recommended as having greater heal
ing virtues, adapted to a larger class of
diseases, and more eficacious in relieving