The Placer herald., 1870-11-12
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HOUSE AND FA II NJ.

DCSiNtOc NOii'iip'eNi's, '" - L
sugar, mucilage, and other nutritive com
pounds in the form of food, they contain
such fine combination of vegetable acids,
extractive substances and aromatic principles
as to act powerfully in the capacity ofrefriger-
ants, tonics and antispeptics ;and when freely
used at the season of ripeness, by rural la
borers and others, they greatly maintain and
strengthen the power of productive labor.
APPLES As MEDICINE. IF eaten frequently
at breakfast, with coarse bread and butter,
without meat or flesh, apples have an admir-
able effect on the system, often removing
constipation, correcting acidites, and cooling
off febrile conditions more etfectually than
the most approved medicines. The same
author as above quoted says they prevent
debility, strengthen digestion, correct the
putrefactivc tendencies of nitrogenous food,
avert scurvy, and strengthen the power of
productive labor.
MEDICAL PROPERTIES OF EGGs.-The
white of an egg has proved of late the most
eticacious remedy for burns. Seven or
eight applications of this substances soothes
pain, and efectually excludes the burn from
the air. This simple remedy seems preferable
to collodior, OF even cotton. Extraordinary
stories are told of the healing properties of
new oil which is easily made from the yolks
of hens eggs. The eggs are first boiled hard,
and the yolks are then removed, crushed,
and placed over a fire, where they are care
fully stirred until the whole substance is
just on the point of catching fire, when the
oil separates and may be poured off. One
yolk will yield near two teaspoonfuls of
oil. 1t is in general use amsng the colonists
of South Russia as a means of curing cuts,
bruises and scratches.
CARPETS A Source OF DIsEAsE.-We
have the authority of New ! ork medical
jounal of high reputation, for the statement
that half the dis Eases incident to modern
humanity are attributable to carpets. Car
peted rooms, the writer says, contain emil
lions of particles of hair, cuticle, epitheiium,
ovules, fungi. and other organic matter,
which, set in motion by the trailing skirts of
the woman, make the air alive with infection,
and fill our nostrils and lungs with the seeds
of everything horrible" But notwithstand-
ing this terrible picture, we are not prepared
to, just yet, for the total discontinuance of
carpets. People will probably stand the 'ep-
ithelium, ovules and fungi awhile longer,
before committing themselves to the bare
floors and lmtapestried rooms of the aneients.
Cure FOR SrYEs.-Put teaspoonful Of
soda in a small bag, pour on it just enough
boiling water to moisten it, then put it on
the eye pretty warm. Keep it on all night,
and in the morning the stye will most likely
be gone; if not second application is sure to
remove it. We have also heard that the
white of an egg, applied to the eyelid with a
leather just before retiring, soon effects a
cure. Styes arise from impurity of the
blood, and no permanent cure can be effected
by mere external application. The blood
should be kept in a healthy condition by the
fsquent use of some mild purgatiye-say
dose of rhubarb and magnesia.
To PREPARE INK FOR TRANsFERR1Nd.-If
a little sugar be added to the ink, a copy of
the writing may be easily taken off by laying
a sheet of unsized paper, dampened with a
sponge on the written paper, and passing
over it a flat-iron moderately heated. a
knowledge of this fact may be useful when
a person wishes to occasionally retain a copy
of letter or other writing and is not in
possession of a copying press. Common
copying ink is prepared by mixing any kind
of gum with ordinary ink, and does not need
the aid of warmth to transfer in.
TAFFY CANDY--Put into pan or some
shallow vessel, quarter of pound Of but
ter and pound of brown sugar; set it upon
-, +borf Hfton,
or until lille of the mixture dropped into a
basin of water will break clean between the
teeth without sticking to them Any flavor
ing that is desired, as lemon, pineapple, or
vanilla, should be added Just before the
cooking be completed. Tafy, when done,
should be poured into shallow dish, which
is buttered on the bottom and edges. BY
drawing knife across it when it is partially
cool, it can easily be broken into squares.
To WATERPROOF PAPER.-To waterproof
paper, dissolve one pound of white soap in
one quart of water. In another quart Of
water dissolve one ounce of gum nitric, and
six ounces of glue; mix the two solutions,
heat them, and soak the paper in the liquid,
then hang it up to dry.
wall. Where there is danger of this use
vinegar in the paste instead Of water
GINGER SNAPs.-Take tea-cup, put in
three table-spoonfuls of hot water, the same
of melted lard, and fill up one cup with good
molasses; to three cups of the mixture add
one tablespoonful of ginger, and one heaping
tea-spoonful of soda, mix pretty stiff, roll
and cut as for cookies (but thinner), and
bake in a quick oven. After baking, place
them in warm oven, and let them dry
until they are brittle.
MHLDEw FROM LINEN.-1 Wet the spot
ted part with solution of chloride of lime,
or chlorine water, and the stain will immed-
lately disappear; then wash out at once in
warm water.
2. Mix some soft-soap with powdered
starch, half as much salt, and the juice of a
lemon; lay it on the spotted part with a