The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-10-13
VALUABLE RECIPES.

I
To PLANE Cross GRAINED TIMBER.
Keep the plane bit sharp, and set |
the CO down very near the edge
Shove the plane inclined sideways
little.
To DBAW A Nail PROM WOOD
First hit 1t a blow with a hammer |
sufficiently hard to start it little
; This breaks its connection with the |
wood when it has become rusty.
To LOOSEN NUrs ON BoLTs.-Place
the head of an axe, iron wedges, or
other solid substance on one side of |
the nut, and give few smart blows |
with hammer on the other. Wet |
ting with spirits of turpentine or
coal oil will also be benefit.
CHICKEN PANADA.-Skin q wi /; |
cut it in pieces, leaving the breast
whole; boil it in three pints of water
till perfectly tender; pick off all the
meat, and pound it finely in mortar,
; and mix it with the liquor it was boil
ed in rub it through sieve, and sea-
son with salt.
Hot HAN StNDWICHEs.-M a
batter of -four, eggs and milk, and
z pour some into a frying pan of hot
. fat, IS for pancakes; let 1t be very
thin, and when it has fried for min
; ute or two, lay very thin slice of hot
? boiled ham on 1t, and cover them
\ again with some more batter; when
{ brown on the other side, cut it into
n quarters and turn them and brown on
= the other side.
G DTsENTERY.-Ehis disease is entire
5 ly different from common diarrhRa,
:, and proceeds from different causes
II | i Sr,A oil
o ing remedies should be avoided
Mucilaginous drinks should be freely
II used; pill Of epecac, and small
II Dover's powder may be given aItern-
o ately, once in two or three hours, as
lie the case requires. a general mois-
II ture of the skin should be Kept up,
le and, if there is much pain, give the
IS above anOdyne injection.
~ The warm bath is grand remedy,
IL and will often prevent the most viruIent
of diseases. a person who may be in
fear of having received infection of any
kind, should speedy plunge into q
warm bath, suffer perS piratiOn to ensue,
er and then rub dry, dress securely to
e. guard against cold. l the system has
W imbibed any in ectiOus matter. it will
n be certainly removed by this process il
it be resorted to before the Injection has
} time to spread over the system; and
ey if some time has elapsed, the drenching
0d perSpiratiou that may be induced in d
he hot bath will be pretty sure to remove
. it.-Famtly Herald.
er A REMEDY FOR ASTHMA.
ng DIR. James S. Bailey, of Albany, says
rs, in he Medical Record:
th Having during the last fifteen years
th prescribed many remedies with indiffer-
no ent and imperfect success, after much
eS careful study ] prepared the following
T. fOrmulary, which has, during more thar
=! half this period, acted to my entire sat
70 Is action. ! now place it at the dispose
III OF the pro essiOn, hoping it may NEE
~, with the same success in their hands a!
Oh in mine, in relieving the distress of thi
to unfortunate class OF sufferers:
,et Sirnp of tar compound, OF.
ey SulphuTic ether, 2 OF.
an PutV. gum acacia, dTs.
-, Take one teaSpOOntul every two o.
uu three hours until reli yed Oftentime
Io' two or three doses are quite sufficient I,
No relieve an aggravated attack OF spasmO
ty die asthma. As the strip of tar com
ey pound is my own preparation and no
Ter pharmaceutical, it is necessary to Civ
he the formula for its preparation:
Picis liquid9, OF. ".
80 Scill8 acct, y. ].
o' Antim ct pOtass. tart, grs. xvi
III Magnesi@ caTb, OF. SIS.
ne Sacch, abb, OF. Xxx.
va DuDI Clutls
he Spes. vini rectifcati, "a f. OF. j.
ap, Mix the tar and carb magnesjae init
ar mateIy in . mortar, adding tue alcOho
20 first and then the ether, then add tn
mo- acct scillse and throw the whole upon
- stout filter. Having added suflicien
-o' acct scillGe Git may be- to make the til
e tered liquid measure .. ], proceed {
10 make the 81 rup by the usual U. 5.
TX fOrmulary, taking care TO apply q geutl
nj heat. Lastly, strain through flannel an
nd add the tart antimOnii in solution. Afge
mt the parOxism is relieved, the patient is j
a relaxed and debilitated condition; it j
then necessary to resort to tonic cOurs
of treatment. a generous diet, wit
simple biUters OF mild preparation G
iron, is generally sufficient to rcstor
IL" the system to its accustomed health.
lot To MAKE CALICO TRANSPARENT AN
ms WATERPROOF.-Iake six pinUs Of pal
Jf- linseed oil, two ounces of sugar Of LEAD
Of and eight ounces of white resin; tn
Dut sugar of lead must be ground with
We small quantity of 1t, and added to tn
itb remainder; the resin should be inCorpO
zn,, rated with The oil by means of gentl
60 heat. The composition may then b
laid on calico. or any other material, b.
ny means Of a brush.
70 BEST TINE FOR PAINTING HOUSES
The best time for painting the eXteriO
q of buildings is late in the autumn o
M will endure twice as long as when ap
IN, piled in early summer or in hot wealth
1Sh 7. In the former it dries slowly an
The becomes very hard, like a glazed sur
mo face, not easily affected afterwards b.
Ian the weather, or worn OFF by the beatiu
nc storms. But III very hot weather til
- oil in the paint sOaks into the wood a
- once, as into a sponge, leaving the lea
sn' nearly dry and nearly ready to crum
up BILE off. This last difficulty, however
ten might in a measure be guarded against
icy though at an increased expense, by frs
lit going over the surface with raw oil
,ev By painting in cold weather, one an
Nh nOy ance might certainly be escaped
ia namely, the collection of small flies o.
aIc the fresh paint.
Ike CLEANING PAINTED SURFACES TIA
f,i. ARE NOT NARNISHED.-- Put upon a plat
re some of the best whiting; have read
some clean warm water and piece c
flannel, which dip into the water, an
squeeze nearly dry, then take as nue.
tus whiting as will adhere TO ii, apply il t
the painted surface, when a little rub
bing viii instantly remove any dirt o
-ho grease; wash well off with water. an
II rub dry with a cloth. Painted article
~ thus cleaned look equal TO new, an
,he without doing the least injury to tn
IN most delicate color; it will preserve tn
lid paint much longer than if cleaned wit
soap, and does not require more tina
he half the time usually occupied il clean
.ss, ing.
no CoRNED BEEF.--The LONDON Quee
hs,s H., Irr- =.