The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-06
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

PANCAKE.-To one quart sour milk
add one teaspoonful saleratus, one-half
ditto salt, one cupful corn meal and
enough shorts to make not very thin
batter. Bake on griddle.
For THE SCRATCH IN HORSES. a
thick paste Of pulverized gunpowder,
two parts, and common salt, one part,
diluted in strong vegetable vinegar, and
rub in well twice each day.-Country
Gentlemen.
For Hoe CHoLERA.-Take of sulphur
two pounds; black anthony, one-half
pound; arsenic, two ounces. Our CORE
spondent says he has tried the above on
lot of fifty hogs and cured all that
were able to walk to the trough to eat
the slop.
TABLE-MATs can be made by cutting
colored flannel in oval or circular shape,
pinking the edges and sewing common
white buttons opposite to each scallop
for an edge. The same in the center of
mat in the shape of star or triangle
will keep the hot dishes from heating the
table.
THE efficacy of hot water in various
injuries is not generally known. When
ever anyone is bitten, the injured part
should Immediately be immersed in hot
water containing little I've or soda-ash
and remain therein for several hours
the water being constantly kept as hot
as can possibly be borne. 1t is a posi-
tive cure.
MUSTARD is considered to be one of the
most wholesome of condiments 1t is al
ways best to prepare it in small guam
titles and send it up quite fresh. 1t
should be smoothly blended with milk
or cream, to which small portion of
salt should be added, till reduced to the
proper conscience. If required piquant,
vinegar or horse-radish may be substi-
tuted for the milk
HERE follows a recipe for making a
good servant 1t is taken from the
Woman's Journal: "Let the mistress of
the house take two pounds of the very
best self-control, pound and half of
patience, a pound and half of justice, a
pound of consideration and pound of
discipline. Let this be sweetened with
charity, let it simmer well, and let it be
taken in daily or Tin extreme cases. in
hourly doses-and be kept constantly on
hand Then the domestic wheels will
run quite smoothly"
CURE FOR HYDRoPHoBIA.-A German
forest-keeper, sixty-two years of age, not
wishing to carry to the grave with him
an important secret, has published in
the LEIPZIG Journal a recipe he has used
for fifty years, and which, he says, has
saved several men and great number
of animals from horrible death by nv.
drophobia. The bite must be bathed as
soon as possible with warm vinegar and
water, and when this has dried a few
drops OF muriatic acid poured upon the
wound will destroy the poison of the
saliva, and relieve the patient from all
present or future danger
To MAKE HUsK MATs.-Separate the
corn husks from the stem and sort them,
throwing aside all that are brittle or de-
cayed. Dampen them little by dipping
into warm water, and wiring as dry as
possible if they are to be braided imme-
diately. Select nine goot-sized husks,
and tie strong Irvine around them
about one inch from the butt ends, which
should be even. Separate them below
the Irvine into three equal parts, and
proceed to braid, adding husk or two
as each strand is Tapped over, leaving an
inch or so projecting at the butt end OF
each husk for the brush. The braid
should be about one inch in width
Sew the braids together on the smooth
side, with strong twine and coarse needle
shaping them into oblong, round OF
square mats, as fancy dictates.