Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-03-05
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

Warts may be removed with kerosen
oil. Apply it daily with camelhair
pencil. They will generally disappear In
about two weeks.
One drop of the spirits of turpentlne
applied immediately-will generaiiy
deaden the pain of an ordinary bee-ssing,
and stop the swelling.
Asthma is sometimes cured with
mixture of two ounces of the best honey
and one ounce of castor-oil. Take tea
spoonful night and morning.
Alum water is good for frosted feet.
Batne with it every night before going 70
bed. 1t will generally remove all pain
and soreness in three or four days.
A simple cure for hoarseness is this:
Take the whites of two eggs and beat
them; add two spoonfuls OF white sugar;
crate in a little nutmeg and then add
pint Of lukewarm water. Stir well ana
drink often.
Corn Bread-First-R ate.-Beat two
eggs very light mix alternately with them
one pint sour milk or butter milk and one
pint Indian meal. Melt one tablespoon
of butter and add to the mixture. Dis
solve one teaspoonful of soda in little
milk, and add the last thing. Beat very
hard, and bake in pan in quick oven.
Pain Killer.-Alcohol, one quart;
gum guaiac, one ounce; gum myrrh, one
half ounce; gum camphor, one-half ounce
pulvefized Cayenne pepper, one-half
ounce Mix. Shake occasionally for ten
days, and filter or let settle tor use.
Apply freely TO surface pains. Dose, one
teaspoonful for internal pains, and repeat
according TO necessities.
A Favorite Sauce for Puddings or
Rolls.-Cream six ounces of butter until
light and white as possible; then stir in
gradually the same weight of finely-pul-
verified white sugar. 1t looks very invit-
ing made up into the shape of little pyr-
amid, thickly strewn with grated nutmeg.
In addition you may use at pleasure
vanilla or any other seasoning you prefer.
Genuine Erasive Soap.-Two pounds
of good CASTLE soap; half pound of
carbonate of potash, dissolved in half
pint of hot water Cut the soap in thin
Slices, boil the soap with the potash until
it is thick enough to mold in cakes; also
add alcohol, half an ounce; camphor, half
an ounce; hartshorn, half an ounce; color
with half an ounce of pulverized char
coal. This is excellent for removing
grease, etc, from clothing.
Black Walnut Stain.-To impart to
common pine the color and appearance
Of black walnut, the following compost
ton may be used: Une-quarter OF a
pound of asphaltum, one half apound OF
common beeswax to one gallon of turpen.
tine. If found too thin, add beeswax; If
too light in color, add asphaltum, though
that must be done with caution, as very
little will make great deal of difference
in the shade, and black walnut Is not
what its name implies, but rather rich
dark brown. Vanishing is not essential,
as the wax gives good gloss.
Fashion and the Doctors.-Hedrth
and Home rejoices that for once fashion
and physicians are in harmony. Warm
winter jackets, wooden and fur wraps of
various kinds, fannels and thick, stout
boots, are en- reggie. The pretty Fifth
Avenue belle, with her delicate face and
high-bred air, trips down the brown stone
steps in the morning warmly dressed in
waterproof and chinchilla, and wears
shoes rs thick as her brothers If she have
any claims to be considered stylish"
A few years back such shoes would have
been thought by girl of her class only
fit for the wearing of Bridget or Norah.