The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-12-25
Gome and farm.
Household Matters.

A teaspoonful of pulverized alum mixed
with stove polish will give the stove fine
lustre, which will be quite permanent
An ounce Of pulyerized borax put into a
pint Of boiling water and bottled for use will
be found invaluable for removing grease
spots from wooden goods.
Talk to servants not merely to give orders
but to enter kindly into their interests;
warn them gently OF their failures, and
praise them always when they do we'll
Encourage with moderate but hearty praise.
To make candisd lemon or peppermint for
colds boil one'and one-haf pounds of sugar
in a half pint of water till ii begins to candy
round the sides; put in eight drops OF es
SERGE; pour it upon buttered paper, and cut
il with knife.
SeGen'ary and weak chestsd folks should
breathe long and deep in the cold, bracing
air Of the morning. A few cubic feet of
cold air, taken with a relish, will be worth
any amount of opiates and astrIngents for
quiCbenIng and healing the vital organs.
For tootbache, take equal parts of cam
phcr, sulphu1C ether, ammonia, laudauum,
tincture oil cayenne, and oue-eighth part of
oil If cloves Mix well together S2tura'e
with the IquId a small piece of cotton and
apply TO the cavity of the diseased tooth,
and the pain will cease Immediately.
Boils should be brought to head by warm
poul.ices Of cam0mile flowers or boiled
white lily root, or onion root b. fermenta'
ton with hot water or by stimulating plas-
ters When ripe they should be destroyed
by a needle OF a lancet But this should not
be attempted until they are fully proved.
An excl ange recommends the followingas
a Group preventive: First get piece of
channels skin, make il like little bib, cut
the Leck and sew on tapes TO tie il on; then
melt together some tallOw and pine tar; rub
some of this in the channels, and let the child
wear it all the time. Renew with the tar
occasionally.
writer in the Medical Record cites
number OF cases in which borax is proved
most eff~ctual remedy in certain forms of
colds. He states that in sudden hoarseness,
or !oss Of voice in public speakers or singers
from colds relief for an hour so, as If by
magic, may be often obtained by slowly dis
solving partially swallowing, lump of
borax the size of garden pea, or about three
or four grains, held in the mouth for ten
minutes before speaking or singing. This
produces profuse secretion of saliva, or
watering" of the mouth and throat-proba
bly, restoring the voice or tone to the dried
vocal cords Just as ''wettiag' brings back
the missing notes to flute when It is too
dry.
USEFUL RECEIPTS
Rice Pancakes.-rwO large cups rice, we'll
washed; boil in one quart water; when the
water boils off add one quart milk, one cup
wheat -four, ole egg.
OLA Soup-To FIVE quarts of water and q
shin of beef add four dozen okras sliced
thin and a few tomatoes; boil from six to
seven hours, and add salt and red pepper to
TASTE.
Cold water Cake,-Tbree and a half cups
OF flour, two of rsisins, chopp fine; two OF
sugar a cup of butter, cup of cold water,
the yOlks of ST. eggs, we'll beaten; half a
tea poOnful esch OF cloves, cinnamon and
soda, and little nutmeg.
New England Brown Bread.-Four cupfuls
rye meal, three of yellow IpdiaG meal, one
small cupful molasses, one tsaspoonful soda,
one-half teaspOonlul cream tartar; mix very
soft with sour milk or buttermilk; little salt;
steam four hours and bake two.
Transparent Pudding. Beat up eight eggs
with some nutmeg one-hsf pound butter,
one-hslf pound sugar; put into saucepan
and stir tlll IL thickeDs, then cool; line the
pudding dish with rich crust, pour in the
pudding and bake in a moderate oven. .
Popme de Terre Forcees.-Miuce finely
some cOtd meat and saason; pick out your
largest potatoes, peel and core them, only be
ca e.ul not ~ core them through; fill as full
a. YOU can with minced meat, and put into 4
81 20 bake, with about cupful of water,
and little butter or good dripping Of beef
/; iar,e, an Ii, ur is required to bake them;
If l.Ct one half that time does.