Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-02-13
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


SAeo GRuEL.-Take three tablespoon.
fuls of sage and wash In cold water; then
add one quart of boiling hot milk and
boil for twenty minutes; sweeten and
flavor with lemon peel, or tablespoonful
of brandy.
A REMEDY for oatarrh, effective In some
cases, consists of equal parts of flnely-pul-
verified borax and white sugar used as
snuff. Another simple remedy Is snuffing
up warm salt water-a teaspoonful of
salt to a pint of water.
TAPIooA JELLY.-Wash teacupful of
tapioca-soak 1t for three hours In cold
water-turn off the water and pour over
it one quart of boiling water. Add the
grated peel of one lemon; sweeten to taste,
and boil for one hour.
LINEN that is placed Immediately after
being ironed near the stove OF in the hot
sun is sitter when dry than if IL is per-
mitted to dry slowly. 1t is q good plan
to lay collars and small articles on a
waiter, and then set them on kettle or
other support on the stove till they are
quite dry,
THICK, greasy hair should be well and
repeatedly washed, and dried by friction
with warm towels and by tanning. Do
not scrape the scalp with fine comb, but
gently remove the loose dandruff with q
soft brush. Avoid puncturing the scalp
with hair pins, and do not confine the
heat of the head by wearing dead hair,
jute, or any other abominable contrivance.
TREATMENT OF GOLD FIsH.-In cases
where gold fish are kept in vessels in
rooms, etc, they should be kept in spring
water. This will require to be changed
according to the size of the vessel or the
number of fish kept therein, but it is not
well to change the water too often. A
vessel that will hold common sized pail
of water, two fish may be kept in by
changing the water once fortnight, and
so on in proportion. If any food is sup
piled them, it should be few crumbs of
bread dropped in the water once or twice
week.
BoRAx FOR CoLps.-A writer in the
Medical Record cites a number of cases in
which boraX has proved most effective
remedy in certain forms of colds. He
states that in sudden hoarseness or loss of
voice In speakers and singers, from colds,
relief Tor an hour or so, as by magic, may
be often obtained by slowly dissolving
and partially swallowing lump of borax
the size OF garden pea, or about three or
four grains, held in the mouth ten min
utes before speaking or singing. This
produces profuse secretion of the saliva,
or watering" of the mouth and throat
probably restoring the voice or tone to
the dried vocal cords, just as "wetting"
brings back the missing notes TO a flute
when it is too dry.
SKILLFUL French cooks have discov-
cred, it is said, 1855 methods of cooking
eggs. Surely American ingenuity should
be able to devise something near an equal
number of different ways of cooking
apples--a kind of fruit which is healthfuf,
appetizing and nourishing. There are
scores of recipes for making apples into
puddings, pies, tarts, cake and preserves; |;
for mingling them with flour, butter, eggs,
ETC., and forming thus very agreeable
compounds; but perhaps there is no more
palatable way of serving apples on the
table than by baking them, and adding
sugar and cream when they are eaten
Each family can easily choose its favorite
method of cooking apples but in some
form they will be found most desirable
substitute for preserves, sweetmeats and
other condiments.
THE first office of food is to supply the
wear and tear of life, and to build up the
body of animals when they are growing.
Growing animals naturally appropriate
a larger portion of the nutriment given to
them than other animals whose growth
has ceased. A full grown animal requires
about the same amount of daily food to
maintain 1t in store order as would have
served TO keep 1t growing up to about the
period of full growth, which suggests the
lneXpediency of delay when that stage has
been reached. While the work of build
ing up the body is going on the material
employed is rigidly economized and
devoted to the object of enlargement, and
when all the parts of the body have
gained growth one source of profit to the
feeder is at once closed 1t is always de.
sirable that young animals which are ex-
pected to get through the business of their
lives in less than two years, and to keep
in good health so as to make the best use
OF their time, Should be kept in spacious
apartments.-N. y. Herald
How To MAKE GRATING Wax
Thomas Matteson, Mexican County, Penn.
sylvania, writes "Take two parts mutton
tallow, three parts beeswax; melt the tai
low first, and put the beeswax and resin
into 1t. When it is all melted, stir it all
up and pour it into cold water and work
1t over If there are Jumps in it, mash
them with your thumb and finger. The
longer you work it the more sticky it
grows. When it begins to stick to your
hands put some tallow on them. Work it
till it is all sticky as you want it. Put in
tin pan with cover to it, and it will
keep for number of years. / think it is
as good as sticking salve to put on any
sores. Some people put in more tallow
than they put in resin or beeswax, to make
it softer to work in cold weather; but if
there is too much tallow in it, it will melt
and run out in warm weather. l have
had about forty years experience in graft
ing, and used number Of sorts of graft
ing wax. Some people put in hot water,
and make more trouble than there is need
Of | wet my finger with my tongue, and
don't find any difficulty In putting the
wax on: put little wax on the end of
the graft.n