Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-08-21
Useful Suggestions.

NOSE-BLEEDING.-T best remedy
for bleeding at the nose, as given by
DIR. Gleason in one of his lectures, is a
vigorous motion of the jaws, as if in
the act of mastication. In the case of
a child wad of paper should be placed
in its mouth and the child instructed to
chew it hard. Here is another remedy,
which we find in one of our exchanges /:
To stop bleeding at the nose, plug the
nostrils with the scrapings from a fur
hat, or with lint dipped in a strong
solution of alum, or tannin, or MousePs
persalt of iron, one part to ten parts of
of water.
To MAKE WALL PAPER STIcK.-Make
a paste of -four same as you do of starch
do not let it boil. When cold apply
to the paper with brush, not having it
SO thick but that it viii spread evenly
over the surface, or so thin as to wet the
paper through. Cheap paper find not
not SO cheap at last as little better pa
per. The above suggestions 1 bave
from an old experienced paper-hanger,
and I found them very good this spring,
as in all my papering, (Which I have put
on myself), not an inch has come off nor
is crack to be seen.
MISS J. s. WALKER.
A USEFUL PASTE. following is
l.
diamonds and other precious stones
to metallic surfaces, and said to unite
surfaces of polished steel Dissolve five
or six bits Ctears) of gum mastic in
Just enough spirits of wine to render
the gum liquid. In a second vessel dis
solve sufficient isinglass previously
softened in water) to make a two-ounce
vial of strong glue, and add two bits of
gum ammoniac, which must be rubbed
until dissolved. Mix the whole with
heat, and, when wanted for use, place
the vial in boiling water.
BLACK INK.-A good and durable
black ink may be made by the following
directions To two pints of water add
three ounces of dark-colored, rough
skinned Aleppo gals, in gross powder,
and of rasped logwood, green vitrol,
and gum arabic each one ounce. Put
in convenient vessel, and shake four
or five times a day for ten or twelve
days.
A REMEDY FOR TooTHACHE.-Alcohol
of 80 degrees, one ounce camphor,
four grains opium in powder, twenty
grains oil of cloves, eighty drops. The
effectiveness of this lotion will be seen
at glance, and no other authority for
its use will be wanted than that of the
learned and excellent physician who
gave its name.
DYSPEPSIA CURE.-Dr. Dio Lewis
gives the following cure for dyspepsia
&c Have q right good talk, with an anec-
dote or two, and a half dozen hearty
laughs with each meal. This eating
alone at a restaurant, and shoveling in
the provender in solemn silence will
give dyspepsia to an ostrich, and create
feeling of dependency in the stomach
of quartz mill.
CONCERNING SLEEP.-Sleeping after
dinner Is bad practice, and ten min
utes before dinner is worth more than
an hour after. It rests and refreshes,
and prepares the system for vigorous
digestion. If sleep be taken after din
ner, it should be in the sitting posture,
as the horizontal position is unfavorable
to healthy digestion. Let those who
need rest and sleep during the day take
it before dinner instead of after, and
they will soon find that they will feel
better, and that the digestion Will be
improved thereby.
To CEMENT LEATHER TO META1.-Di-
gest one part by weight of coarsely
ground nut-galls in eight parts of dis
titled water for six hours, and strain
through linen cloth. At the same time
dissolve one part of glue in eight
parts of water, and allow it to
stand twenty-four hours. 1t Is
applied as follows Brush over
the leather with the warm nut gall solu-
ton, and apply the glue to the warmed
metal and press the metal hard upon it
until it is dry. The leather generally
adheres SO firmly that it will tear be-
fore it can be removed.
A CUP OF TEA.-Very few people who
sit down to their comfortable cup of tea
think that one hundred years ago In
some part of the world, as in Ireland,
to drink cup of tea was a crime pun
ishable by Imprisonment, or that in New
England tea was once cooked and set
upon the table as &c greens" Tea is q
| very important political as well as social
article, and no American can ever for
get that it was the great final cause
which led to the revolution. It is two
hundred years since the first introduc
ton of tea in England, and one hun
, dred and fifty years since it came intC
( use in England.