The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-05-08
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Medical Hints.

FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Medical Hints.
REFRESHING DRINKS IN FEvERs.-Boil
one and half ounces of tamarinds with
two ounces stoned raisins and three
ounces cranberries, all in three pints OF
water until two pints remain. Strnin,
and add small piece of fresh lemon
peel, which should be removed in thirty
minutes.
OATMEAL MUsH.-This simple dish is
extremely palatable for breakfast, eaten
with cream and W IL salted. 1t is very
easy of digestion and is remarkably nu-
tritious. It is also considered the best
possible food for dyspeptics and young
children, making but slight demands
upon the digestive organs.
To KEEP TIE FEET WARM.-Previous
to retiring at night, and before undress-
ing, remove the stockings and rub the
feet and ankles briskly with the hands.
During the day wear two pairs of stock
ings composed Of different fabrics, one
pair of silk or cotton, the other OF wool,
and the natural heat Of the feet will be
preserved, if the feet are kept clean and
the friction of the same is not omitted at
night.
FoR THE TEETH. The following is an
excellent wash for the teeth Dissolve
two ounces of borax in three pounds of
boiling water, and, before it is cold,
add one tablespoonful OF spirits OF cam
phor and bottle for use. A tablespoon
full of this, mixed with an equal quantity
of water and applied daily with a soft
brush, will preserve the teeth, e1tirpate
all tarttarous adhesion, arrest decay and
make the teeth pearly white. p
MEAT FOB INvALDs.-The following
method of rendering raw meat palatable
to invalids is given in the I1adustrSe
Blaetter To 81 ounces of raw meat
from the loin add 2.6 ounces of shelled
sweet almonds, 1T ounce of shelled bit
ter almonds and 2,8 ounces OF white
sugar-these to be beaten together
in q marble portar to uniform
pulp, and the fbres separated by
strainer. The pulp, which has a rosy
hue and very agreeable taste, does not
at all remind one of meat, and may be
kept fresh for a considerable time, even
in summer, in a dry, cool place. The
yolk of an egg may be added to it.
From this pulp, or directly from the
above substances, an emulsion may be
prepared which will be rendered still
more nutritious by adding milk.
Household Hints.
RA1sMs. are rendered quite
dlgestible if boiled or steamed before
using them in cakes or pies.
AN IDEA FOR MOTHERS.
piece of needlework on the bottom of
children's cloaks; this takes the place Of
a white dress in the street, and is far
more easy to do up:
To DESTROY CooKRoAoHEs. Where
borax and insect-powder have failed to
e1terminate cockroaches, sprinkle the
floor with powdered white hellebore;
they will eat it and be poisoned by it.
To CLEAN BOTTLES. new po-
tato into small pieces and put them in
the bottle, along with tablespoonful
of salt and two tablespoonful of water.
Shake all we'll together in the bottle till
every mark is removed, and rinse with
clean water. This will remove green
marks of vegetation and other discolora-
tions. Hard crust in bottles may be
cleaned off by rinsing with water and
small shot.
CLEANSING FLUD.-For washing al
paca, camel's hair, and other wooden
goods, and for removing marks on furni-
ture, carpets, rugs, etc.: -Four ounces
ammonia, four ounces white CASTLE
soap, two ounces alcohol, two ounces
glycerine, two ounces ether. Out the
soap fine, dissolve in one quart of water
over the fire, and add four quarts water.
When nearly cold, add the other ingre-
dents. This will make nearly eight
quarts, and will cost about seventy.hve
cents. It must be put in bottle and
stoppered tight. It will keep good any
length of time. To wash dress-goods,
take pail of lukewarm. water, and put
in q teacupful of the fluid, shake around
well in this, and then rinse in plenty OF
clean water, and iron on wrong side
while damp. For washing grease from
coat-collars, etc., take a little Of the
fluid in cup of water, apply clean
rag, and wipe well with second rag.
It will make everything woolen look
bright and fresh.
Onions for Poultry.
A writer whose poultry were infested
with vermin thus details the successful
use of onions as a remedy: began at
once by chopping the onions fine, and
mixing with corn meal and hot water.
After standing short time it was fed to.
thepoultry, and in less than three weeks
the little pests had entirely disappeared.
T used to take onion tops and cut them
up fine and mix with the meal, wetting
it with sour milk, or olabber (when 1
had it), to feed to the chickens one or
two days in week, until they were
large enough to eat grain or small corn.
never lost chicken with the gapes
during the five years was there. My
neighbors would say that because I was
in new place was why I had such good
luck in raising chickens. I told, them
about feeding the onions, and they found
them very good. I told them I should
lose many of my early chickens, just as
they did, if I followed their example, In
giving twenty-five chickens to one hen
the first of April. There would be o
half dozen or more little chicks on the
outside of the hen that her feathers
could not cover. in cold frosty morn
ing. Three feelings week in the
spring and part of the summer is sufi-
cient. I seldom feed the onions in the
fall or winter. My neighbors have the
same good results in feeding onions.
Fighting q Whale.