Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-28
Useful Suggestions.

CHEAP CHLoRINE.-NOw that dlsin-
lection IS so much needed, it is well for
people to know how chlorine may be
obtained by everybody at cheap rate.
Mix in bottle two tablespoonful of
common salt, two teaspoonfuls of red
lead, and half wine-glassful of strong
oil of vitriol in quart of water. Keep
it cool and tightly corked in dark
place. Sprinkle a little of it in places
in need of disinfection, or soak cloths in
it and hang them about.
A SIMPLE REMEDY.-Dr. Blower. of
Liverpool, states that he has for the
past twenty years employed compressed
sponge very successfully in the treat
ment of in-growing nails. His method
is to render the sponge compact by
wetting, and then tying it tightly until
it is thoroughly dry. A bit of the
sponge, In size less than grain of rice,
is placed under the nail and secured by
strips of adhesive plaster. In this way
the point of the nail is kept up from the
toe until the surrounding soft parts are
restored to their normal condition by
appropriate means. Of course there is
no pain In this remedy, and its applica-
ton requires only ordinary skill
HAY FEvER.-To cure hay fever get
solution of sulphate of quinine in water
in the proportion of one part of quinine
to 740 of water. Lie down upon YOUR
back, dip small cancels hair brush in
the solution, and gently apply it to the
inside of your nostrils, moving the head
gently so as to make sure that the fluid
reaches all parts of the nostrils until it
is felt In the throat. Three applications
day will be enough to make cure.
So says the Public Ledger.
To BLEACH CorToN.-A very good
way to bleach cotton cloth is to soak it
IN buttermilk for few days. Another
way is to make good suds, put from
one to two tablespoonfuls of turpentine
IN 1T before putting the clothes in.
Wash as usual, wringing the clothes
from the boil, and drying without rims
ing. BY using one tablespoonful of
turpentine III the first suds on washing
days it will save half the labor of rub
bling, and the clothes will never become
yellow, but will remain pure white.
SOMETIMES faint, almost impercepti-
bic, will be found on the chicken killed
yesterday and meant for dinner to-day,
or on the last of the steak in the bottom
OF the jar. If it is a really suspicious
faint, real decomposition, throw it
away but, if not, it can easily be re-
moved In boiling. When you put it ON
to cook, take cold water, into which Won
have put few Jumps of charcoal. tied
up In thin white cloth. After it has
boiled awhile take out the charcoal. The
meat will be found all right. In cook
ing corned beef or pork, or boiled din
ner, If the smell annoys you, and you
have to keep out of the kitchen, it will
be found effectual to put bat of red
pepper in the boiling pot, say twice the
size of your thumb nail.
A TEST OF PURE WATERFALL En-
gllsh technical periodical points out an
easy way of testing whether water is
good and fit for general use. 1t says
Good water should be free from color,
unpleasant odor and taste, and should
quickly afford lather with small por-
ton of soap. If half pint of the water
be placed in perfectly clean, colorless,
glass-stoppered bottle, few grains of
the best white lump sugar added. and
the bottle freely exposed to the day-
light in the window of warm room. the
liquid should not become turbid, even
after an exposure of week or ten days.
Ii the water becomes turbid it is open
to the grave suspicion of sewerage con-
tamination (; but if it remain clear it is
almost certainly safe. We owe to
Heisch this simple, valuable, but
hitherto strangely neglected test"
OH FROM HENS EGGs.-The healing
properties In the new oil extracted from
hens eggs are said to be very great, and
it can be easily made. First, the eggs
are boiled hard /; the yolks are removed,
crushed and placed over fire, where
they are carefully stirred, and when the
substance is just on the eve of catching
fire the oil separates and may be poured
of. One yolk will yield nearly two tea
spoonfuls of oil. In the southern part
of Russia it is much used for curing
cuts and bruises.
To MAKE WALL PAPER STICK.-Make
paste of flour, same as you do for
starch do not let it boil. When cold
apply to the paper with brush, not
having it so thick but that it will spread
evenly over the surface, or so thin as to
wet the paper through. Cheap paper 1
find not SO cheap at last as little better
paper.
The above directions have from an
old and experinced paper-hanger, and 1
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
a crack to be seen.-Mrs j. S. Walker.
The SiOux.Pawnee Fight.
To-day, about fifty Pawnee, with
about $50 horses, came into town from