Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-06-30
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

CURE FOR WARTS - Wet the warts four
OF FIVE times day with sal soda (washing
sOda) dissolved In water; make the solu-
tion as thick rs cream aud let II dry on
the warts each time II is applied.
AN excellent article for removing paint
or grease spots froth garments may be had
by mixing four tablespooniuls of alcohol
with tablespoonful of salt Shake the
whole we'll together and apply with
sponge or brush. .-ESchange.
MANY remedies have been suggested TO
prevent dogs from sucking eggs, but as
good plan as any is to put something
into an egg shell that will burn the dogs
mouth and in future he will have no taste
for eggs or ANYTHING that looks like them.
WHITEwAsH FOR A SMOKED CEILING.
For the first coat mix to every two
quarts Of whtewash one cup of fine sifted
ashes. This will prevent the smoke from
striking through. After this another coat
may be put on in the ordinary manner
Prairie Farmer.
LEMON TARTLETs.-Rub teacupful of
sugar over the rind of a fresh lemon, so
as TO absorb all the essential oil; squeeze
the juice of the lemon over the sugar
crush fine with a sponge; add two eggs
we'll beaten, and two tablespoonfuls sweet
butter; beat all together, and bake in lit
tie pans, lined with puff paste.
SORT SOAP, mixed with a solution of
potash, or caustic soap, or pearlash and
slackened lime, mixed with sufficient
water TO form paste, is an excellent
solvent for old putty and paint. Either
of these laid on with an old brush or rag,
and left for some hours, will render the
putty or paint easily removable.
To CLEAN paint, smear It over with
whitening mixed to the consistency of
common paste in warm water. Rub the
surface to be cleaned briskly, and wash
off with pure cold water. Grease spots will
in this way be always removed, as we'll as
other filth, and the paint will retain its
brilliancY and beauty unimpalred.
THE following is said to be effectual in
destroying the rose slug: Put quarter of
a pound Of white hellebore and half
pint of soft soap Into pail Of water, and
mix well together. Apply this with
garden syringe every morning, to the un-
der sides of the leaves. Apply promptly
and early, before the slugs have made
headway.
To CLEAN black cloth, dissolve one
ounce of bi-carbonate of ammonia in one
quart of warm water. With this liquid
rub the cloth, using piece of flannel or
black cloth for the purpose. After the ap-
pication of. this solution, clean the cloth
we'll with clean water; dry and iron it,
brushing the cloth from time to time in
the direction of the fiber.
To RESTORE scorched linen, take two
onions, peel and slice them, and extract
the juice by squeezing or rpounding. Then
cut up half an ounce of white soap and
two ounces of Fuller's earth; mix with
them the onion juice and half a pint of
vinegar. Boil this composition well, and
spread it, when cool, over the scorched
part of the linen, leaving it to dry thereon
Afterward wash out the linen.
STRAWBERRY BLANC MANGE.-For a
quart of strawberries take four ounces of
white sugar; crush the strawberries with
a silver spoon and mix them well with
the sugar. In four hours strain them
through sieve. In a pint of boiling
milk dissolve two ounces of gelatin, add
to it four ounces of sugar, strain through
bit OF muslin, and mix with it one and
one-fourth pints of cream, stir till nearly
cold, then add the strawberries gradually,
beating the two quickly together; then
drop in little at a time the juice of one
lemon. Butter mold, pour the mixture
in, and set in cold place over night.