The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-06
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Household Hints.

near them will obviate all danger from
worms.
MAD Does.-To prevent madness
breaking ont in dogs mix n small por-
tion of the flour of sulphur with their
food or drink
To DESTROY Norris OR CARPET BUes.
Sprinkle plenty of powdered borax
under the carpets before they are tack.
ed down, then sprinkle plenty all
around the edges of the carpet after it is
down, and blow or shove il under the
surbase.
To'OnTA1N Coon DRINKING WATER. -
A serviceable filter may lee fia lily
made as follows Take common earth.
enware fowerpot. about nine inches in
diameter and ten inches in depth. Tho
drainage hole is stopped loosely With a
piece Of clean sponge. A layer of about
two inches of animal charcoal is first
placed in the pot, then layer of clean
sand, upon which layer of three inches
of clean coarse gravel is placed, The
pot can be set over an earthen jar, into
which an abundance of pure water will
filter for all drinking purposes,
A LAUNDRY SEoRET.-The following
receipt for doing up shirts will be found
of use to many housewives Take Two
ounces of fine white gum arabic powder ;
put it into pitcher md pour OH it a
pint or so of Water and then, having
covered it TIP, let it stand all night. In
the morning pour it carefully from the
dregs into clean bottle, and cork i,
and keep it for use. A table spoonful
of gum water stirred into a pint of
starch, made in the usual manner, will
rytva 70 bo 1oxx- aifbn,. .x,,l, 10
ed, look of newness, when nothing
else can restore them, after they have
been washed.
ANIMoNA-A VERY USEFUL ARTICLE.
We quote the following from compe-
tent authority Put teaspoonful of
ammonia in quart of warm soapsuds,
dip cloth in it and go over your soiled
pants, and see how rapidly the dirt will
disappear no scrubbing will be neces-
sary, TO n pint of hot soapsuds add a
teaspoonful of the spirits, dip in your
fork or spoon (or whatever you have to
clean), rub with soft brush, and then
finish with n chamois skin. For wash
ing windows and mirrors it has no
equal. 1t will remove grease spots
from every fabric without injuring the
garment. Put on the ammonia nearly
clear lay blotting paper, and set a hot
iron on it for moment. Also few
drops in water will cleanse and whiten
laces and muslin beautifully. A few
drops in bowl of water if the skin be
oily, will remove all uneasiness and dis
agreeable odors. Added to a hot bath,
it entirely absorbs all noxions smells,
and nothing is better to remove dandruff
from the hair. For cleaning hair and
poi1 hr,1cboc ~ SC ar,,o11x, IT,
heartburn and dyspepsia, the aromatic
pared ten drops, taken i'll wine glass
of water, will give relief. For house
plants, five or six drops to every pint of
water, once a week, will make them
flourish. 1t is also good to clean plant
jars. So be sure and keep bottle of il
in the house, and have q glass stopper,
as it eats away corks.
To Exterminate Poultry Parasites.
The poll-tick is prevented or got rid
of by slightly greasing the heads of the
chicks as soon as hatched The same
process repeated once week, for about
two or three weeks, will carry them be-
yond further danger. Lice can be got
rid of by dusting sulphur well into the
feathers of the birds. If the chickens
are young and under the hen, dust the
hen thoroughly with sulphur, and, pro-
vided the usual dust-bath be supplied,
this treatment will keep the fowls clean,
if repeated about once week.
OF the gape-worm it is difficult to say
anything positive, though, of course,
prevention is best. In order to get rid
of this pest, the surest way, when a yard
is infested, is to remove the fowls entire.
ly away from the contaminated ground.
L know of yard that was once infested
for many years. One year the chickens
were all taken across a brook to another
part of the farm and not allowed to visit
the old ground until too large to get the
disease. No trace of the gapes has been
seen there since then, although several
years have elapsed.
Of the remedies for gapes there are as
many as there are cures for the tooth.
ache. If attended to in time the worms
can sometimes be drawn out with a
horsehair or thin feather. Carbolic acid
inhaled by the chicks, either in box OF
by holding the chicks over the acid
heated hot in spoon over lamp, will
also sometimes dislodge them but when
the worms get low down in the throat,
where the windpipe branches, there is
not much hope for the sufferer.
The house-mite or spider, that lives in
the woodwork of dirty nests, is easily
got rid of by cleanliness, whitewash OF
petroleum and fumigation. A good way
is to saturate all the inside woodwork
with crude petroleum. For scaly-lee
itch, soak the legs with kerosene oil
holding the toes upward, 80 that the oil
will run well under the scales. Two OF
three applications generally effect {
cure. Intestinal worms are .dislodged
by decoction of wormwood, or the
leaves may be cut up and given in food
or pill made of aloes may be admin
istered; but these pests are rarely
numerous enough to be of serious con,
So iuence.--Henry Hates.
Medical Hints.
For WHooPING CoUGH.-Two-thirds
castor oil, one-third syrup of ipecac
Dose Half teaspoonful from two tt
six hours apart. Shake the mixtur,
we'll before using. 1t is almost in
fallible.
BITES AND ST1NGs. instantly
with a soft rag, most freely, spirits o
hartshorn. The venom of stings being
an acid, the alkali, nullifes them
Fresh wood ashes, moistened with water
and made into poultice, frequently re
newed, is an excellent substitute-o
soda or sal ratus-all being alkalies.
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