The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-04-17
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
BLACK WAsH.-One quart lime water;
one drachm calomel. To be used for
foul and indolent ulcers excellent to
wash saddle sores or horses backs.
GREEN SALvE.-One-quarter pound
lard one ounce rosin one ounce bees
wax one drachm verdigris /; melt and
stir well. This is one of the best salves
known for old sores, ulcers, cancers,
scrofulous sores, cuts and wounds.
HARD soAP.-Six pounds sal soda !;
four gallons, water. Put this together
and let it come to the boiling point !;
let it settle and pour off; add one-half
pound bOrax, six pounds grease then
pour in dripping tins; let cool and cut
In bars.
ARNICA LNnIENT.-Twoo ounces alco-
hol one drachm tincture arnica. Un-
equalled for pains in the feet and limbs
from walking for all fresh or recent
sprains, bruises or confused wounds,
and for rheumatism of the joints and
equity pains.
Buffers. boneset, wild cherry
bark and poplar bark make an infusion
by adding a quart of warm water let
it cool and drink when thirsty. This is
a certain cure for fever and ague. I re-
ceived it from an Indian, and found it
to be the master of ague.
SCRAMBLED EGGs.-Beat up a dozen
eggs and turn them into pan, in which
little butter has been allowed to melt:
throw in finely chopped boiled ham or
parsley, and little pepper and salt,
and toss about rapidly to prevent stick
ing. Serve up on buttered toast.
PoAoHED EGGS. Carefully break
fresh eggs into a shallow pan of boiling
water; have ready slices of butterel
toast, and when the white part has set
round the yolks, take them up with a
skinner and lay each one upon a slice
of bread. They are seasoned at table.
MUFFINs.-One quart sifted flour,
four or five tablespoons yeast, ono tea
spoon saleratus, one tablespoon salt,
four or five teaspoons sugar, mixed with
warm nights milk, not very stiff; set
behind the stove to rise over night
watch them to see if they rise, keeping
good fire. In the morning pour into
muffin rings to bake.
Corn BEEF.-1he following is a first
rate receipt for corning beef Put your
meat in the barrel and then put on
about six pounds of salt to the hundred
pounds of meat, aud let it stand four or
five days, when it must be poured off
and pickle put on made as follows !:
Two ounces black pepper, two ounces
saltpetre, two pounds brown sugar, and
ten pounds of salt, to each hundred
pounds of meat /; to be poured on while
hot.
PASTE FOR WALL PAPER.-Take a
gallon of water, aud bring to boil in a
kettle, one quart of flour stirred up in
cold water, and strain through a sieve,
so as to have no Jumps in it stir we'll
into the boiling water, then add one
teacupful of West India molasses. Let
it boil up once, and remove from the
fire, stirring it up occasionally till cool
This makes very adhesive paste, and
moisture in the room will not dampen
the paper thorough.
Brown BREAD.-Many of the direc-
lions for making brown bread require
useless labor i'll stirring the rye into the
scalded meal, steaming, ETC., and the
product IS no better than by the follow
ing process, which makes the bread
equal to the best Take one quart In
dian meal, one pint unbolted rye, sif-
ted, one cup mOlasses, one tablespoon
full salt, one teaspoonful s da, milk
enough to make thick batter; put in
an iron kettle, or, what is better, an
earthen milk dish, we'll creased cover
the whole with an inverted plate, large
enough to prevent its sinking in the
batter bake about three hours. Al
lowing it to remain in the oven over
night improves it.
CHEAP CoLoRNG.-For slate color,
take sumac berries and boil them in an
iron kettle in soft water, a gallon of
berries. Throw few bits of rusty iron
into the liquid, to set the color wash
the goods in warm soap suds, and then
put in the dye; bring to a boil, and
then let it stand where it will keep hot
for half an hour. Rinse in salt and
water, and then wash in soap suds and
dry. 1t will color either cotton or
wooden goods, nice color. For brown,
take the shucks from butternuts, and
boil in the same manner. If rusty iron
is scarce, piece of copperas the size of
robins egg will answer nicely. You
can color every shade of brown, from
the lightest to the vely darkest brown,
by keeping In the dye a longer shorter
time. The color is good durable one,
and does not rot the goods. To color
nankeen, take two quarts of hemlock
bark to gallon of water, boil in brass :;
set with copperas, wiring the goods
from hot soap suds, and dip in the boil
ing dye till you have the right shade :;
dry the goods, before rinsing in salt
and water.
WEAR AND TEAR ON THE LINE
Through the thoughtlessness and care
lessness of housewives, says lady in the
Ohio Farmer, many lnesful of clothes
are worn out more while drying two or
three days, than they would in the hon
est wear of two or three months. How
the vicious winds do whip and slash,
and snap and crack those good sheets
and shirts and table-cloths that I see
from my window No honest wear is
ever going to make ones garments cut
up such antics as does this angry galel
And yet there they hang, twisted and
twirled and writhinS and wearing out,
through very carelessness. Good ma
terial is worth making up we'll, and
then worth the preserving. Calico
dresses should never be frozen if it can
be prevented wiring them we'll and hang
them in a room through which the stove
pipe runs. If you have a spare upper
chamber or any old house or shed it is
better to hang clothes in than TO put
them out for an indefinite time to bat
tie with the elements. I always feel
uncomfortable if have a washing out
on the line and the weather is unfavor.
able--about as though / had lost my
carriers or broken my shoe-laces.
Grapes and Their Culture.
1t is surprising that SO many families
in the country are willing to live yeal
after year without cultivating a single
grapevine about their dwellings. They
are cnmnelled to nnrchase this delicious