The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-12-26
Useful Suggestions.

A SMALL piece of loaf sugar will al
most instantly cure the most trouble
some hiccough.
A CEMENT.-A good fire-proof and
waterproof cement is little carriage
oil varnish rubbed upon the edges of
broken china with a camePs-hair brush.
This can hardly be seen, and, if thor
oughly dried, is most excellent.
CoURT-PLAsTER.- Take half an ounce
of benZine, six ounces of rectitied spir-
it's then take one ounce of isinglass
and half a pint of hot water, dissolve
and strain separately from the former.
Mix the two and set them aside to cool,
when Jelly will be formed warm this
and brush it ten or twelve times over
piece of black silk stretched smooth.
When dry, brush it with solution
made from four ounces of Venice tur-
pentine and six ounces of tincture of
benzine.
To KEEP TEETH IN GOOD CONDITION.
After each meal, use soft wooden
toothpicks, working the tips into fine
brushes; then rinse the mouth with
water All that is required to preserve
and beautify the teeth is simple cleanli
ness.
Ordinary tooth-brushes do not reach
the interstices and cavities thoroughly,
and, besides, irritate and loosen the
gums. Tooth-powder Cot every kind,
without exception is more or less in
furious to the enamel.
The plan recommended is in vogue
among the Arabs and Hindoos, both
races being celebrated for their splendid
teeth, in spite of their odious fashion of
tinting them.
CURE FOR CRoUP.-Mr. Aberlin, of
Stockholm, places children affected with
capillary bronchitis, or Group, in small
rooms where there are vessels in which
water is kept continually boiling This
treatment, it is stated, if prolonged for
days or even weeks, eventually pro-
duces a cure. The mortality from this
disease in Paris, Les MOndes says, has
beenreducedfrom forty-eight to eighteen
per cent.
CREAKING boots and shoes may be
rendered noiseless by putting row of
small nails down the middle of the sole,
from the toe half way to the heel. The
nails should be well clinched on the in
side of the shoe, and covered with q
leather or cork sole to prevent wear on
the stocking. If, before the shoes arc
made, the shoemaker rubs on the inside
surface of each piece of sole-leather q
salve made of black lead and tallow, the
shoes will never creak at all.
How TO Boil CLOTHES. -" Daisy Eye.
bright says that clothes which are put
into boiling water when washed will Ger
tainly become yellow They should be
put into cold water, and be allowed tC
come to boil slowly and boil twenty
minutes.
She furthermore says when YOU
clothes stick to the lines in winter, in
stead of pulling at them, bend or lif
them right where the clothespin was
stuck, and they'll come off easy ant
won't tear at all.
CURE FOR BoMs.-Dr. Simon, a ply
stefan of Lorraine, gives new cure fol
boils, by treating them with camphor
ated alcohol. AS soon as the culminat
ing point of a boil makes its appearance
he puts a little of the liquid in saucer
and dipping the end of his middle fin
ger with it, rubs the inflamed surface
especially the central part, repeating
the operation eight or ten times fol
about half n minute. He then allows
the surface to dry, placing over it
slight coating of camphorated olive oil
He says that four such applications will
in almost all cases, cause boils to dry NJ
and disappear. The application shoulC
be made at morning, noon and in tht
evening.
DANGER FROM WET CLOTHES. FEY
persons understand fully the reason VIII,
wet clothes exert such a chilling infu
ence. 1t is simply this: Water, whei
it evaporates, carries off an enormou
amount of heat in what is called tn
latent form. One pound of water il
vapor contains as much heat as nine o
ten pounds of liquid water, and all thi
heat must, of course, be taken from th
body. If our clothes are moistenet
with three pounds of water-that is,
by wetting they are rendered tire
pounds heavier-these three pounds will
in drying, carry off as much heat a
/ would raise three gallons of ice-col
water to the boiling point. No wonde
} damp clothes chill us.