The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-08-02
HOUSEHOLD.

WHAT ONE WOMAN MAY Do.-As an ex-
ample Of what one single woman thoroughly
in earnest may do-and because facts are
better than theories will instance case
which, though not generally known, is well
worthy of being so. At the terminus Of
the Stockton and Darlington Railroad, Eng
land, a town for the shipping of coal rapidly
sprung up, and soon after the discovery of
iron in the vicinity drew there motley pop
ulation, most of them of the baser sort"
The town of Middlesborough became dis
gracefully famous for its degraded, lawless
and wicked character. A gentleman writ
ing to the North British ReUieac concerning
it, says, that even very little children used
language which one bushes to be supposed
to understand" and then he details the
case of a little girl who had been severely
burned and was taken to the hospital who
used oaths and language so awful as to
shock the men around her. In this most
unpromising field lady, in 1859, determin-
ed to spend her time and means in doing
good. Preparing herself by years train
ing at Kaiserswerth, she took house in the
midst of those whose inmates she wished to
save, and commenced the care of the sick
both in it and among the poor in their own
ho"Oo. DuiiuS hiSI year tulCo VOiuh-
tary unpaid nurses joined her, and ffty-fve
indoor patients and four hundred aud ninety
outdoor ones were cared for personally and
spiritually. The good work silently but
surely progressed. Soon the hospital was
removed to the outskirts of the town for
better air, but the original one was still re-
tanned as branch, from whose pitifal and
gracious hands, food, fuel, and medicine,
with careful nurses, were constantly dispens-
ed. 81 Il
In 1862 conyalescent house on the sea-
coast was built. Here the patients are re-
moved for change of air and sea-bathing,
which, with medical attendance and every
personal comfort, they have free Of charge
These three houses are entirely attended by
unpaid female workers. Generally, as q
means of ensuring steadiness in the work,
they engage themselves by voluntary
promise for one year. AT the hospitals, re-
ligious instruction is given, and as the pa
| tients recover and are able to bear it, also
secular instruction. In the neighboThOod
is night school for men and boys, and
Bible classes for young women. Intercourse
with old patients is Kept up, and as far as
possible all are gathered together at the
Christmas feast. 1t is very common for the
men working in a firm. when one Of their
number has been cared for by these institu-
tons, to raise among themselves the means
of remunerating it T; and one of the pleasant
est traits to record is the almost universal
gratitude and love felt for the noble women
who have given themselves to the work.
They themselves testify that it has never
been necessary to hire additional help in
times OF great sickness. Enough of old pa
tients have always volunteered for any
emergency. A man who lives near the
hospital, and who has never himself been
| benefited by it, was so pleased to see the
care bestowed upon his comrades that when
he is employed on what is called the night
Shift" he takes two hours from his days
rest to dig the hospital garden.
Begun in humble faith and WITH no ex-
travagant means at command, this noble
work soon won, by its economy and self-de-
coal and iron workers whose laborers it so
materially and spiritually benefited. The
amount of good it has done almost in Sc
cret), with no eclat and no public sentiment
or support as encouragement, is beyond any
human computation and yet both it's con-
ception and organization, as we'll as its sue
cessful working, is the result of one woman's
faith and love. Now there is scarcely q
manufacturing village which does not offer
(perhaps in smaller degree) similar oppor-
tunities for warm-hearted, energetic wom-
an, with no other ties and some little pri-
vate means, to "ge and do likewise.-Chris-
tidn at Work.
How TO MAKE A MUSTARD PlAsTER-
How many people are there who really
know how to make mustard plaster2 Not
one in a hundred, at the most, perhaps, and
yet mustard plasters are used in every fami
ly, and physicians prescribe their application
never telling anybody how to make them-
for the simple reason that doctors them
selves do not know, as rule. The ordi-
nary way is to mix the mustard with water,
tempering it with little -four, but such a
plaster as that makes is simply abominable-
Before it has half done its work it begins to
blister the patient, and leaves him finally
with painful, flayed spot, after having pro-
duced far less effect in beneficial way than
was intended. Now a mustard plaster
should never cause a blister at all. IL n
blister is wanted there are other plasters far
better thar. mustard for the purpose. When
you make a mustard plaster, then, use no
water whatever, but mix the mustard with
the white of an egg, and the result will be q
plaster which will "dIaw" perfectly, but
will not produce blister even upon the
skin of an infant, no matter how long it is
allowed to remain upon the part Fer this
we have the word of an old and eminent
physician, as well as oar own experience.
To REMOVE STAINS FROM LINEN.-Fruit
stains may be removed by rubbing the
stain On each side with yellow soap, then
tying up piece of pearl-ash in it and soak
ing it well in hot water; the stained part
should alterward be exposed to the sun and
air until removed. Ink-stains may be re-
moved by wetting the part with warm wa
ter, and applying salts Of lemon. Securing
drops for removing spots, grease, ETC., from
linen, may be compounded from an ounce
each of spirits of turpentine and essence Of
lemon, and applied with camel's hair brush.
The essence should be recently made, or it
will leave circle around the spot.
LAcE.-Lace may be restored to it's
original whiteness by first ironing it slightly,
then folding it and sewing it into a clean
linen bag, which is placed for twenty-four
hours in pure olive oil Afterward, the
bag is boiled in solution of soap and water
for fifteen minutes, then well rinsed in luke
warm water, and finally dipped in water con-
tanning slight proportion of starch. The
lace is then taken from the bag, and stretch
ed on pins to dry. -.e..
ssCsoKIEss-Two cups Of sugar, one cup Of
butter, four eggs, one teaspoonful of soda,
two teaspoonfuls. of cream Of tartar, and
-four to roll. Caraway seeds or spice to
taste. If put in a stone jar they will last
for a long while.