Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-11-18
VALUABLE RECIPES.

To Cut GLASS. Any hard steel
tool, says the Boston Journal Of
Chemistry, will cut glass with facility
when kept freely wet with camphor
dissolved in turpentine. The ragged
edge Of glass may also be thus smooth
ed with a flat file.
CoRNEp BEEF.-In cooking corned
beef at this season Of the year so de-
l%icious, it should be put into boiling
water when put on to cook, and when
it is done it should remain in the pot
until cold. This is the whole secret of
having c)rned beef juicy and full-tla-
vored, instead of the contrary.
ANOTHER POWERFUL DEoDoRIZER.
-Spongy iron Ia well known species
of iron is a more powerful deodOrizer
than charcoal. Water filtered through
this will keep fresh a long time, in
some cases for months. The impure
and %cOrrupting substances in the water
are removed by this filter.
70 RESTORE COIORs.-When color
on a fabric has been accidentally or
otherwise destroyed by acid, ammonia
is applied to n%eutrali8e the same, after
which an application of ch~loroform
will In almost all cases restore
the original color. The application of
ammonia is common, but that of chic
reform is but little known. Chlor-
roform will also remove paint from u
garment or elsewhere.
TO CLEAN SILK MERINOEs.-Grate
two or three large potatoes, add to
them a pint of cold water, let them
stand a short time, pour off the liquid
clear, OIL strain il through a selve,
when it will be fit for use. Lay the
silk on u fiat surface and apply the
liquid with a clean sponge till the dirt
is well separated dip each piece In "a
pail Of clear water, and hang up to
dry without wringing. Iron, while
damp on the wrong side.
PUMPKINS ROR INFLAMATORY
| RHEUMATISM.-A a recent meeting
Of the New York Farmers Club a
correspondent wrote Of the virtues Of
the pumpkin, giving the following in
stance OF its value for inflamatOry
rheumatism A woman's arm was
swelled to an enormous size and pain
fully intlamed. A pOultice was made
Of stewed pumpkins, which was re-
newed every fifteen minutes, and In a
short time produced q perfect cure.
The fever drawn out by the poultice
made them extremely offensive. |
knew a man cured Of severe iafama-
ton of the bowels by the same kind
Of application,
SIMPLE CURE FOR BURNs.-A var
nisher Of metals, in Paris, got his
hand badly burned, and in his agony
thrust 1t into a pot Of varnlsh at his
side. To his astOnisment the pain
at once ceased, and the wound rapidly
healed. This cure being reported
around, persons in the neighbOrhood
who had got burned came to the val
nisher and were cured In like man
ner.
The news spread far and wide, and
finally reached the medical faculty,
and the varnisher was sent for to try
his skill in the hospital. He respond
ed to the call and succeeded in curing
all on whom he operated. The phi
losophy Of the cure Is, the varnish
keeps the burn from the air, and gives
nature q chance to supply a new skin
under its protection.
ACHEAP II Throw down
a dozen or two OF old rails or poles on
a piece Of ground sufficiently Inclined
to carry Of water, fill the crevices with
old boards, slabs or bark, get from the
saWmill a few loads Of slabs, take
four, say twelve feet long, notch the
corners like a Lighthouse, set them on
TIE platform, and you have a crib
say ten feet square by the width OF the
slab deep fill this crib with sawdust
and pack it down hard. Cut your ice
so that it will pack close, and two by
four feet lay it on the sawdust, put
on another crib Of slabs and fiji up
and, pack bard with sawdust, all
around, and SO go on until you get mp
six or eight feet then put a foot and a
hale Of sawdust on top; over this put
a Shed roof OF slabs-One end Of the
slabs nearly to the ice, raising the
other three feet. II ice is all that is
wanted, it will keep In this manner
as well as in a vanished houfe.