The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-08-09
Useful Family Hints


REMEDY FOR CHILLs AND FEVER
Three cents worth of sulphur in a pint of
best whiskey; shake well, and take a teas
spoonful night and morning for a week;
then once day. Care must be taken not
to take cold after using the sulphur.
FooD FOR MoCKINGBIRDs.-O me
Diminished boiled potato without salt
and the yolk of one hard boiled egg, chop
ped together very fine when warm. In
cold weather this may last two DAYS, but
in summer it should be made fresh daily.
CUREFoR COUGH AND SPLITTING BLOOD.
Take three ounces of cOmfrey roots
and six handfuls of plantain leaves, cut
them finely, crush and beat well together
strain them through a clean cloth or sieve; ;
weigh it add the same weight in white
crushed sugar boil to a syrup.
To WASH WINDOWS. - Have a pail
partly filled with tepid water, throw in a
teaspoOnfulOf powdered bO:ax, have one
small chamOis dipped into the bOrax water,
to wash the windows, then with dry
chamOis rub the window dry and polish.
In this way windows may be cleaned in
very few moments, and not wet the
carpets or tire of the person.
To KEEP EGGs.--Make a solution of
borax water, heaPing teaspoonful of
/ pulverized bOrax to pint of boiling water;
let it stand until the solution becomes
warm but not allow it to get so cool that
the borax will crystalize; dip the eggs
! quickly then; keep a cool place; the bO-
tax will crystalize around the egg, there
fore keep out the air and preserve the egg.
To CLEAN CoRsETs.-- out the
steels at front and sides, then scrub thor.
oughly with tepid or cold lather of white
CASTLE soap, using very small scrubbing
brush do not lay theG. in water. When
quite clean, let cold water run on them
freely from the spigot to rinse out the
soap thoroughly. Dry, without ironing
CATER pulling lengthwise until they are
straight and shapely), in cool place.
To CLEAN SILVER.---Table silver should
be cleaned at least once or twice a week
and can easily be kept in good order anc
polished brightly in this way: Have
your dish-pan half full of boiling water
place the silver in, so that it may become
warm then with a soft cloth dipped into
the hot water, soaped and sprinkled with
powdered borax, scour the silver well; theI
rinse in clean hot water; dry with clean
dry cloth.
OIL STAINS OUT IOF WHITE CLOTH
Make a strong solution of borax water
one tablespoonful powdered bOrax to
pint of boiling water place the cloth on
clean board or table and rub the oil stain
well, using a clean brush dipped into tn
solution; if the spots are of long standing
a very little soap may be used with thu
borax water; rinse well with clean no
water, using the brush for that purpose
then rub dry with a clean soft cloth.
FLOOR MATs.---Very nice, fine mat
T may be made by stretching common coffe
sacking on frame just the size of ma
required "a good frame may be made G
Iath or split broom!handlC nailed togeth
er at the corners) into this draw, witt
coarse, crochetnee strips of any mate
rial, delaine, cloth, prints, &c. ; cut bia
or straight, about one inch to one All
f one-balf inches in width, and leave tn
: goods standing, in loops on the upper side
2 when finished take from frame, tur
3 edges of sacking on wrong side, and lin
l with another piece OF sacking. WOul
not this sacking answer the question c
| some weeks past as to what should be
f good foundation for mats made ofravele
: carpeting?