The Placer herald., 1872-04-20
HOUSE AND FARM.
A Cure FOR THE PILEs.-The South Side
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Ed. SIaNAL:-I feel it my duty to COM
municate to you the following directions for
the cure Of the above named disease, and by
giving publicity to it, no doubt you will con-
fer great favor on many of the Signal
readers In the first place, put about one
half pint of cold ashes in the bottom Of
chamber, and on these ashes coal fire, and
OH the Goals piece of rosin the size Of pea
or a little larger, and sit Immediately over
the burning rosn few minutes morning and
evening for few days. A cure can thus
be effected at the expense of less than two
cents.
In proof of the above remedy, would
say that suffered extremely for Il number
Of years, and earnestly sought every remedy
within reach that appeared reasonable, but
hardly obtained momentary relief, and feared
/ should have to give up labor entirely as a
neighbor of mine had done, and had taken to
his bed expecting to die with this disease,
as his father had This was in May 1870,
and in most suffering condition, his doctor
failing to relieve him, friend Of his hearing
of his illness, sent him the above directions.
| called to see him the same evening, when
lie told me of the cure, and that he was I'M
mediately relieved Of the soreness and un-
peasantness of the disease. | went home
Immediately and applied the same remedy,
and. was relieved in two minutes Of the pain
AMI soreness, and after applications of per-
haps not more than six Or eight sittings
over the burning resin | was relieved Of all
soreness and affecting sensations. / write
thus particularly, for if only one of yonr
readers should be benefited as my neghbor
and self have been, he will have reason to
regard you as the instrument of comforting a
great blessing upon him. After two years
liberation from such extreme suffering,
submit the cure for other afflicted ones. 1t
is No HUMBUG.
Wool IS KING THIS YEAn.-Though wool
seems destined to rule at higher figure in
the markets for year or two at least than
it has for long time past, and mutton to
maintain its full proportional value with other
meats, and sheep consequently commanding
higher prices, yet we would say to those who
may feel like investing in this stock, to the
abandonment or exclusion of such other ami
mails as have received their more especial at
tention, not to go to work too earnestly in
that direction. Don't sell off your fine stock
of hogs at a sacrifice to raise some money to
invest in sheep, expecting thereby to reap a
sudden fortune. 1t would be more than likely
that before your fortune is realized from he
change that hogs or pork would be king in
stead of wool. All cannot go into the same
business of stock raising on a large scale,
with the same one kind of animal, without
almost Immediately OVERRIDING the thing. 1t
is this constant inclination to change from
one to the other kind of animal or grain that
for the time seems to promise better returns
than another that every year brings disap-
pointments to many. The surest course is, a
diversity Of crops and the rearing of the diff
ferent farm-animals in due proportion, such
as the soil and climate and the farmers ex-
perience and judgment point out as best
suited to his purposes. Then let him per-
sistently pursue a course of industry and en-
deavor at improvement in all that he does,
and certain success awaits him.--S. +. Ru-
raj Press.
RULES FOR LoNGEvIrY.-Those of our
readers who are anxious to know what are
the chances for long life, may derive some
information from the following which we
clip from the New York Standard: CDR.
Lambert, in his lecture on Saturday evening
said that when a person measures six or
more inches through the head, from side to
side, just in front of the upper part of the
ears, where they are attached, it will be
found that he had ancestry on his fathers
side reaching ninety years or upward If
the caliber measure from the nose to the Or
flee of the ear be five inches, his ancestry on
his mothers side will average ninety years.
If the whiskers are naturally lighter than the
hair and eyes, a person takes in longevity
after the mothers side; if darker, after the
fathers side"
Po1soNous PAPER CoLLARs-A clergy
man resid ng in Sussex county Deeware,
having been greatly troubled with numbness
in his limbs and other symptoms which led
his physician to suspect lead poisoning, sent
us the ash resulting from the combustion of
one of the paper collars worn by him, and we
found upon analysis that it contained carbon
ate of lead in considerable quantity. This
dangerous substance is used in the glazing of
some cuffs and collars made of paper, and
when The hands and neck perspire or any
abrasion of the skin occurrs the lead is alb
sorbed and poisoning results. The brand of
collars containng the lead was represented
to be what is called the "Dickens" collar.
SWEET PoTATo BALLs.-First boil the
potatoes, then carefully mash the farinaceous
part. Boil in the mean time pint of milk,
put in some lemon peel, couple of small
Jumps of sugar, and a little salt, When the
milk boils, take il off the fire and add the
potatoes, so as to form paste, or rather
toleraby thick mush. When cool, make
into balls; cover these with crumbs of bread
and yolk of egg. Fry to a nice brown color,
and serve up with sugar strewn over them.
INK STAINS FROM Books. First wash the
paper with warm water, using a camefs hair
brush for the purpose. BY this the surface
ink is got rid of; the paper is now wet with