The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-20
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

| LIQUID lNDIA-INK.-DissOlve the pow
dered ink in hot water, and when deep
black add one-tenth its volume of glycer-
inc, and shake well together.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Scientific
american says q certain cure for nose
bleeding is to extend the arm perpendic-
ularly against wall or post, or any con-
venient object for support. The side
from which the blood proceeds is the
one to elevate.
BLACK CURRANT VINEGAR.-To four
pounds ofripe fruit put three pints of
vinegar; let it stand three days; stir oc-
casionally; strain and squeeze the fruit.
Boil ten minutes, and to every pint OF
juice add one pound of lump sugar Boil
twenty minutes.
To MAKE the best cement for fastening
metals ON glass, take two parts of finely
powdered silver litharge and one part
dry white lead, well mixed, add as much
/ of a mixture of three parts boiled lin.
seed oil and one of cOpal varnish as will
make doughty mass. Cover the face of
the metal with this cement and press it
upon the glass.
To KILL FL1Es-I am told by one who
has tried it that strong tea of quassia
swectened with molasscs will kill flies,
and has the advantage of not, being a
| deadly poison. 1t is said, too, that
horses washed with tea made of quas-
STA will not be tormented by flies. 1t can
be bought at any drug store, and is
worth trying if it will abate the fly nuis-
ance any.-Cor Rural Ne,o. Yorker
REMEDY FOR LoosENEss IN THE Bow.
ELS OR CHOLERA MoRBUs.-It is an old
thing and has probably been told thou
sands OF times, yet some may have for
gotten and others may never have heard
it. So here goes: Mix two tablespoons
full of wheat flour with just water enough
to moisten the flour; drink it. If the
first dose does not check pain, or the
purging, repeat the dose in half an hour
Severe cases sometimes require third
| dose.-Rural Neu Yorker.
1NDELIBLE 1NK-The cheapest mate
rial for marking linen is coal-tar diluted
with benzine to the proper consistency
Another inexpensive prescription is to
place iron filings or old nails in strong
vinegar; let them stand many days, and
filter the liquid. Another way is to take
equal quantities of vermilion and cop.
peras, and rub them up with some oil
varnish. The first and last preparations
have to be used with fine brush; the
second with common pen.
THE following antidote for poison is
published: When it becomes known that
a poison has been swallowed, stir salt and
ground mustard, of each teaspoonful,
into glass of water and have it drank
Immediately. 1t is the quickest emetic
known. 1t should vomit in one minute
Then give the whites of two or three
eggs in a cup or two of the strongest cot.
fee. If no coffee, swallow the eggs in
sweet cream, and if no cream, sweet
milk; if neither, down with the eggs.
NEVER go in the sun; it heats the
blood Food is fuel, and furnishes heat
eat no food. Clothes prevent the escape
OF heat from the body; wear none, or
only a loose shirt and drawers. Work
heats the system; do nothing Sit in a
draft. Reading, talking and thinking
generate heat; do neither Battle every
hour in the day and take a shower bath
between. Wear cap with ice in it, Sit
with your feet in tub of ice water. Call
your wife or daughters when you want
anything; it is cool operation. Drink
have a cool stream running in all the
while. By observing these simple dircc-
tons one can get along without going
away, unless the effect sends him Off
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