The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-04-21
aRANGE DEPARTMENT.
mOUsEmOLD HINTS.

To WARN COLD POTATOES. Peel
and cut in thin slices and place over the
fire with just enough water TO keep from
burning, until they are Thoroughly warmed
then add pepper and salt, piece Of but
ter the size of a walnut, and half-cup
of cream, stir well, and serve immedi-
ately.
For CHAPPED LIPS AMI HANDS
Take two ounces of white wax, one ounce
of spermaceti, four ounces of oil Of al
monds, two ounces of English honey,
quarter of an ounce of essence Of Der
gamot, or any other perfume. Melt the
wax and spermaceti; then add the honey,
and melt all together, and when hot, add
the almond oil by degrees, stirring it until
cold. This is superior to glycerine for
chapped hands, sunburns, or any rough
ness on the skin.
Hoping to help in some way, your
most valuable journal, l herewith enclose
a preparation, which | have entitled,
Potato Salad" 1t is as follows "Peel
and chop fine freshly boiled potatoes
and mixed with chopped onion then
make dressing of the following ingredi-
ents. Half cup of good vinegar,
tablespoonful of butter, pepper and salt
to taste; place over the fire until it be-
comes quite hot; then pour over the
potatoes, taking care to mix well. Cold
potatoes left from dinner can be 50 used
for supper, but freshly cooked ones are
nicer"
ARNIcA.-A bottle of arnica should
be considered indispensable in every
house. For bruises, cuts and burns, il
applied Immediately, it is almost magical
in its effects. We find it also recon-
mended for the ear-ache, to be used as
follows: As soon as any soreness is felt
in the ear-which feeling almost always
Irecedes the regular "ache''-let three
or four drops of the tincture of arnica be
poured in and the orifce be filled with a
little cotton to exclude the air, and in a
short time the uneasiness is forgotten. II
the arnica is not resorted to until there
is actual pain, the cure may not he Sc
speedy, but 1t is just as certain. If one
application of the arnica does rot affect a
cure, IT, may be necessary to repeat it sew
eral times.
How TO MAKE A MUSTARD PLASTER.
How many people are there who really
KNOW now 10 mike Il InuSIdfu plaster I!
Not one in a hundred, at the most per
haps, and yet mustard plasters are used
in every family, and physicians prescribe
their application, never telling anybody
how to make them, for the simple reason
that the doctors do not know, as a rule
The ordinary way is to mix the mustard
with water, tempering 1t with a little
-four, but such plaster as that makes is
simply abominable. Before it has half
done its work it begins to blister the
patient. and leaves him finally with a
painful, fayed spot, after having pro-
duced far less effect in a beneficial way
than was intended. Now a mustard
plaster should neUer make blister at oil.
If blister is wanted, there are other
plasters far better than mustard for the
purpose. When you make a mustard
plaster, then, use no water whatever,
hut mix the mustard with the white Of
an egg, and the result will be a plaster
that will "draw" perfectly, but will not
produce a blister ever upon the skin of
an infant, no matter how long it is al
lowed to remain upon the part. For
this we have the word of an old and
eminent physician, as well as our own
experience.