The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-03-05
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

| Warts may be removed with kerose .
oil. Apply It daily with camel hail
pencil. They will generally disappear in
about two weeks.
One drop of the spirits Of turpentine
applied immediateiy-will generally
deaden the pain Of an ordinary bee-sting
and stop the swelling.
Asthma IL sometimes cured with a
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.
Bathe with it every night before going to
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 little nutmeg and then add q
pint of lukewarm water. Stir well and
drink often.
Corn Bread-First Rate.-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 q 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 !:
pulverized Cayenne pepper, one-half
ounce. Mix. Shake occasionally for ten
days, and filter or let settle for 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
SAS"o~S S1N'S AVN NAVtAAuSe
Rice Macaroni.- and pick over
one teacupfal of rice; add to 1t three tea
cupfuls of boiling water, and place over
the fire. When boiled in cold water the
kernels lose their shape, but if hot water
is used the shape is retained. When
done, drain, and in baking dish place a
layer of rice, then q layer of cheese cut
into dice, a little butter, salt and pepper,
and alternating with rice and cheese until
the dish is full, having cheese on top.
Fill the pan with milk, and bake three
quarters of an hour.
Black Walnut Stain.-To impart to
pine the color and appearance
Of black walnut, the following compost
ton may be used: One-quarter of q
pound of asphaltum, one half pound 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 a very
little will make great deal of difference
in the shade, and black walnut is not
what its name implies, but rather q rich
lark brown. Vanishing is not essential,
IS the wax gives a good gloss.
Fashion and the Doctors.-HsarM
md 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- regle. 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
water proof and chinchilla, and wears
shoes as thick as her brothers if she have
any claims to be considered "stylish."
few years back such shoes would have
beer a. thought l, BY girl Of her class only