Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-01-26

Nervous sick headache, says
correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gazette, ''can generally be cured if
taken in time, by the use Of brom-
ide of potass. When tho attack is
felt to be coming on, take twenty
grains of bromide dissolved in
water; 60 to bed and sleep two or
three hours and you are cured
Sometimes it may be necessary to
repeat the dose, which may be done
in two or three hours. The brom-
ide is perfectly harmless, unless Ia
ken in very large doses. There
will be no danger in taking twenty
grains every three hours, until you
have taken three doses. But most
cases, if taken in hand early, will
need only one or at most two
Doses"
Bread Pudding, Without Milk
or Eggs.-Take one pound of stale
bread, q half.pound of currants, a
quarter-pound of sugar, and one
teaspoonful Of ginger. Pour boil
ing water on the bread, and when
cool and properly soaked, press out
the water and mash the bread, ad-
ding a little sugar, currants, ginger,
a little salt and grated nutmeg; mix
the whole well together; put in q
butter dish, laying few small
pieces of butter on the top, and
bake in a moderate oven; when
baked, let it remain few minutes,
then turn it out on fiat dish, and
serve either hot or cold.
Treatment Of Sickly Plants.-In
the treatment of sickly house plants,
few 60 to work as though they
meant to effect a radical cure
Sometimes plants have been given
too much water, or the soil is i'll
adapted to sustain growth, and, in
consequence, they become weak and
sickly. The best way is to turn
them out of the pots, shake or wash
off all the soil from the roots, and
if any are decayed, cut them off;
also, prune the stems and branches
severely, and pot again in fresh
soil. Set them away in a shady
place after giving water sufficient
to settle the soil, and then give no
more until they become rather dry,
adding little from time to time as
returning health and growth ap-
pears. l have some fuschias and
geraniums that, though neglected
last summer, became sickly and
dropped their leaves; but by pur-
suing the above method they have
been entirely restored to health and
are at this date in full bloom.
To Clean Tin Corers.-Mix a
little of the finest powdered whiting
with the least drop Of sweet oil, rub
the covers well with it, and wipe
them clean; then dnst over them
some dry whiting in muslin bag,
and rub bright with dry leather
This last is to prevent rust, which
the cook must guard against by
wiping them dry and putting them
by the fire when they come from
the dining-room, for if but once
hung up damp, the inside will rust.
Spots on Mahogamy.-Stains and
spots may be taken out of mahogany
with little aquafortis and water,
or oxalic acid and water, rubbing
the part by means of cork, till the
color is restored, observing after
wards to ash the wood well with
water, and to dry and polish as
usual
Loaf Cake.-Two cups of sugar,
two of milk, two of -four, one of
yeast. Make into sponge over
night. In the morning rub togeth-
er two cups of sugar, one of butter
and four eggs. Flour to make quite
stiff; one nutmeg, cinnamon and
cloves; if wished, one pound OF
fruit. Raise till light, and bake in
an even oven.
4 Winter Erening Dessert.-In
the winter, when there has been a
fall of light snow, the following
makes delightful dish for dessert
or. refreshments during the long
winter evening (when the stove is
hot): Take of the thickest sweet
cream you can get, one pint; to it
add one teacup of white or light
sugar; beat well together, then add
enough clean, dry snow, stirring
well all the time, to make it the
consistency of ice cream; add fla
voring of lemon, vanilla, strawber-
nv or raspberry syrup made for the