Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-04-19
USEFUL SUGGESTIONS.

COLD MADE SoAP.-Havc I've strong
enough to bear up an egg. Then stir i'm
any soap grease until the I've is pretty
well filled, and in week or ten days the
soap will be fit for use. Ia the meantime
stir occasionally.
To CURE FELoN.-As soon as it
makes its appearance apply pOultice, Of
equal parts Of saltpeter and birthstone.
mixed with sufficient lard to make
paste. and renew rs soon as it gets dry.
A few applications will effect cure.
RowLAND's MACAssARO M-This noted
| English dressing tor the hair is said To
! have the following composition Oil OF
almonds lreddened BY lkinet root, one
pint; oil of rosemary, one drachm; Oil OF
Orisanum (white). one dr1chm; oil of nut
, meg, otto of rose, OF each fifteen drops:
neroli, six drops essence of musk, three
or four drops.
| A CORRESPONDENT Of the Scientific
| american cOmmends onions as Il specific
| against epi,lemics as an esculent. but
! sliced and kept in a >lck-roOm, where they
will absorb any atmospheric poison. They
| should be replaced by fresh ones every
hour. 1t is noticed that in the room OF a
smallpox patient they will blister and de-
compose very rapidly, but will prevent
the spread of the disease. Their applica-
,on has also proved effective in the case OF
snake bites.
AN INK THAT WILL NOT FREEZE.-Takc
about one handful of maple bark-thc in
side bark. Scrape or shave off the outside
bark Put il i'm three pintS of water and
boil till the strength is all out of the bark,
then strain all the bark out of the OoZe.
Next put in the OoZe half Il tablespoonful
of copperas. and boil five or ten minutes
till the cOppcras is all dissolved. keeI
stirring. This will make near one gil
of good ina that will not be injured by
freezing.
70 MAKE Oh BLACK SILK Look LIKE
NEw.-Cnpick the garment and wash tn,
pieces in hot SoapSuds: rinse by dipping
= up and down in hot water. then dip in Sc
cond water prepared us follows: Boil TIVE
ounces of lOgwOOd chips in five quarts o
water: add quarter of an ounce OF cop
, peras strain through an old bit of calico
, and dip your silk into this dye. Let tn
silk be pinned on to line by the corners
and hang until it is nearly dry. Thel
take it down and iron it between ty'
l pieces of old black silk. It will look lik
new.
MELON WINE.-IIow true it is that
E. takes everybody TO know everything
G Pumpkins and variety of delicious va
: termclOnS grow spontaneously in Arabia
| Perhaps they develop more richly ther
r than in Persia. where they are extremel.
+ good. In the great plenty. immcnSel
+ beyond the demands OF consumer Wher
e they most abound, the prudent locker
y AHEAD cut hole through the Tlnd, Whli
u on the vine, down into the pulp. 1t
r then closed tightly with wax. Under
e genial sun the cone soon begins 10 mel
"a L: l..lN- N
: shell nearly full of 4 delicious iluid whic
Il j. called melon wine. Like The drink {
= the gods, il is not To be- compared wit
u any other beverage on earth. say the col
s Sumers A hint here for an experiment
u the coming season.
ROASTED CoFFET.-Roa,t.l coffee
!. one of the most powerful means. nc
only Of rendering animal and vegetaol
= eiiluvia innocuous, but OF actually III
:. sIroying them. y room lii which mea
II in an advanced degree of dccomposltio
!, had been kept for some time. was IL
u Stantly deprived of all smell by an ope
= coffee rooster being carried through
!. containing Dound of coffee newt
81 roasted. In another room the etf'uyi
eccasioned by the cleaning out 81 cos
pool, so that sulphuretcd hydrogen an
ammonia could he clearly detected. wa
completely removed within half a ninui
: on the employment of three ounces
= fresh coffee. The best mode of using
- as tlisinfectant is 10 dry the raw beai
u pound il in IL mortar. and then roast tn
!, powder on moderately heated iron plat
/" until it assumes dark brown hue. whe
!. it is ready for use. 1t must. however. b
y remembered that the coffee. TO be effect
: tlal. should be perfectly pure. AdIllte
= ated rubbish will only make matter
:, worse.