, 1872-03-28
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REMEDY FOR CATARRH.-Take half
teacur of blood-warm water, and dis
solve sufficient salt in it so that it cal
be plainly tasted. Then pour in tn,
palm of the hand and snuff into the nos
trils. Two applications a day will pro
duce good results soon.
REMEDY FOR SORE THEoAr.-Take th,
whites of two eggs, and beat them, will
two spoonfuls of white sugar. crate lit
tie nutmeg, and then add pint of luke
warm water. Stir well and drink often
Repeat the prescription if necessary
and it will cure the most obstinate cast
Of hoarseness in short time.
LEMON FOR CoUGH.-Roast the lemon
very carefully without burning it; whe1
it is thoroughly hot, cut and squeeze in.
TO a cup upon three ounces of sugar
finely powdered. Take spoonful when
ever the cough troubles you. 1t is good
and agreeable to the taste. Rarely has
it been known to fail in giving relief.
PorATo PuDD1NG.--Six large mealy
potatoes, peeled, boiled and mashed;
one tea-cup of sifted white sugar, one of
fresh butter, one of flour, six eggs, one
cup of sour milk, and one-half teaspoon
full of soda rolled fne; beat the eggs
light and separately; mix the butter
With the potatoes while hot; then, when
cool, add the -four; mix the yolks of the
eggs with the sugar; add them and the
whites to the potato and -four, then the
sour milk and soda; beat it well before
you add the soda; butter pudding pan
or cake-mould; pour in the mixture, and
bake ins a moderate ovcn.. Serve hot,
with wine sauce.
Hor BREAD.-One of the most injuri-
Gus dietetic habits of Americans is that
of eating fresh hot bread, cake, and bis
cult. The Prussian government compels
bakers to keep their bread at least one
day before selling If Americans would
follGsw- thsir- example,. there. would be
fewer dyspeptics than at present. There
is not one dyspeptic German where there
are dozen dyspeptic Americans. This,
however, is but one of many causes for
this marked difference. The only fresh
hot bread that is wholly unobjectiona-
BILE, is the unleavened bread, crackers,
or gems.
ORIGIN OF MANY Fires" II is not
known how the fires caught" This is
very common expression in a newspa-
per account of fire. Carelessness usu-
ally, and often in this way, Rats have
an unaccountable fondness for the taste
of PHOSPHORUS, and to this fact may be
attributed the origin of many mysterious
fires. These rodents build their nests
of infammable materials, and take to
them any stray matches that they may
find lying around loose This accom-
plished, they undertake to grati2y their
appetites by nibbling the coated ends of
the matches which are at once ignited,
when the nest is set in blaze, and the
destruction of the house, or perhaps the
ship which contains it, follows. Great
care should always be taken with match
eS.
WATER PRooF STARcH.-A patent has
been g1anted in France for the prepara-
ton of a finish, or starch, for vegetable
tissues, yarns, ETC., which is not soluble
in water, and which, therefore,, when
once applied, will remain throughout
several successive washings. The artl-
cles are first properly starched, and then
pass through bath of chloride of zinc
(about 60 degrees Fahr-), by means OF
which such change is produced In the
fibre aud the starch that the latter re-
sists the action of the water in the most
thorough manner. A bath of three parts
of sulphuric acid and one of water may.
it is said, be used instead of that of chic
ride of zinc. The liquid is to be placed
in trough, in which revolving barrel
is immersed, almost to its axis, and
above which is roller, moved in an op-
posite direction by the turning OF the
lower one. Between the two, the ma
terial to be impregnated IS passed, being
moistened from below by the bath, and
receiving during its passage the neces-
sary.pressure. If the material is heavy,
the barrel lies entirely in the bath, and
n pair of rollers fixed above it are used
to press out the superfuous liquid. The
articles are carried directly from the
trough into running water, from which
they are to be removed, pressed out and
dried.
.DprssrSe FOR THE HAIR.-The fire.
ouent use of "oils, "bear's grease,
"arcutusine, "pomades, rosemary
Washes" etc., etc., upon the hsir, is
practice not to be commended. All OF
these oils and greasy pomades are man
ufactured from lard oil and simple lard.
No "bear's grease" is ever used. II II
could be procured readily, it should not
be applied tcrthe hair, as it is the mos'