Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-08-17
USEFUL INFORMATION.

CURE FOR CoRNs.-A correspondent
of the London Field, in reply 20 an in
quiry for a remedy for cOrns, says: IF
A Poor Cripple viii take a lemon cut
a piece of 1t off, then nick il so as 10 let
IN the toe with the corn. the pulp next
the corn, tie this on at night so that it
cannot move, he viii fnd the next morn
ing that, with blunt knife, the corn will
come away to great extent. Two or
three APPLICATIONS of this will make "A
Poor Cripple happy for life.
To REMOVE INK SPOTs FROM WHITE
CLOTHES must be done before the
clothes are washed. Pick some tallow
from the bottom of clean mould candle,
rub it hard on the ink spots, and leave it
sticking there in bits until the next day
or longer Then let the article be wash
ed and boiled and, if it be merely COM
mon ink, the stain will entirely disappear.
OF course this remedy can only be UseC
for white things, as cOlored clothes can
not be boiled without entirely fading
them. We know it to be eficacious. The
tallow must be rubbed on cold. A most
effective preparation for removing ink
spots may be made by the following re-
CENT An ounce each of sal-ammOnia
aud salt of tartar, well mixed, must be
put In a quart bottle, a pint OF cold soft
water added to them and the whole well
shaken for a quarter of an hour. The
bottle may be then filed with water, sha-
ken a little longer, and corked. Wet the
marked linen efectually with this mix
ture, and repeat the process until the stain
disappears.
To CLEAN SILK.-Place the piece of
silk to be cleaned on a smooth, clean board
then take a sponge and dip it In liquid
amOnia, diluted with one half It's measure
Of water and rub the surface of the silk
we'll on both sides After this rub it in
the same manner with Whiskey or diluted
alcohol, then hang it over card until It
is nearly dry; then iron the wrong side.
This is the most simple way to clean silk
dresses.
How TO CURE A FELON.--As we often
see friends suffering with these very trou-
blesome things, we publish the following
cure for them, which we have heard high
" recommended: AS soon as the parts
begin to swell, get the tincture of lobelia,
and wrap the part affected with a cloth
saturated thoroughly with the tincture,
and the felon is dead. An old physician
says he has known it to cure in scores of
cases, and it never fails if applied in sea-
son.
To CLEAN GLOvEs-Lay them on
clean board, and first rub the surface gen
tly with a clean sponge and some cam
phene, or a mixture of camphene and al
cohol. Now dip each glove into a cup
containing the camphene, lift it out
squeeze 1t In the hand and again rub it
gently with the sponge to take out all the
wrinkles. After this gather up the cuff
in the hand, and blow into it to puff out
the fingers, when it may be hung up by
thread to dry. This operation should not
| he conducted near a fire, owing to the in
hammable nature Of the camphene vapOr.
HINTS TO THE FROST -BITTEN.-Do not
heat the frost-bitten limb do not put it
into warm water The water should be
cold, and about the temperature of 32 de-
/ grees. Some persons are in the habit of
rubbing the frozen or beuumbed flesh with
snow The danger is that this will be too
cold. If used at all it should be when
! the air is.<not excessively cold, or in
room in which the temperature is mod
erats
BILIOUS CHo1ro..Placo the patients
/ feet in warm water as soon as possible af-
ter taken with this painful and dangerous
disease. Apply stimulating liniment to
/ the surface. If no liniment is at hand,
in its stead apply flannel cloths Wrung
out of hot water, or where some sweating
herb has been boiled, and give the patient
one table spoonful Of sweet oil once ia
ten minutes, until relief Is found 1t sell
dom requires more than the third dose.
II Country Gentleman
CITRoNIzED GRAPEs-Prepare clari-
fed syrup by dissolving eight pounds of
sugar with one quart Of water. and then
boil in this eight pounds of green Cataw-
ba or Isabella grapes until they begin to
shrink, when they should be opened on
dishes to cool Keep the syrup boiling,
and when approaching the usual consis-
tency of good syrup, replace the grapes,
boil about ten minutes, when they will
become fit for the jars and for use during
the summer and fall months If to be
kept for years, add quarter of pound
more of MerrjnIac Horticultural
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