Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1879-10-09
THE HOUSEHOLD.
USES OF ALUM.

towel rack and frequently rubbed over tho
face while yet damp, will do much toward
removing tan and preventing unsightly
pimples. have never found anything bet
ter Tor cankerous sores OH the lips and
tongue. 1t mixed with vinegar and water.
salt and pepper, it will cure ordinary sore
throat; grated and stirred in molasses il is
splendid for Group. have known cases of
toothache, when all the common punpent
remedies failed, to be instantly qnieted BY
inserting In the cavity Of the tooth bit of
moist cotton sprinkled with equal quanti-
ties of pulverized alum and salt. Really
good bread can be made from grown wheat
If one tablespoonful of alum and two table
spoonfuls of butter are added to each ordi.
nary sized baking, and it is excellent IN
cheap molasses cookies to give the desired
crispness when little butter is used. A real
~ good cement can be made by melting
bit of alum and using Immediately, but one
must be quick or the value will be lost. A
gentleman has just told me how he SO thor
onghly deadened the nerve of decaying
tooth that it has not ached for years. by
frequently using alum that had been drop
ped on hot surface and lett until it stop
ped boiling" A piece the size of ker-
mel OF corn was not all used for one tooth.
It is good for hardening cucumbers after be-
ing taken from salt brine, and have read
(from Farmers wife, think, that if pre-
vious to using lamp wicks they are soaked
IN strong alum water, they will give a
brighter light. 1t is good to add to the wa
ter used in washing bedsteads, the infestors
thereof disliking it most thoroughly. Love-
" crystalized bouquets can be made by dis
solving one pound OF alum in one gallon OF
water. and iinmersing grasses, when the al
um will form in shining crystals on every
branch. Twas purchasing lately bit OF
blue cambric for trimming, and on asking
the clerk if it would wash we'll, he said he
would warrant it to wash, and then added.
smiling, "but it will fade-all blue will;
every one buys it for trimming, as they can
get nothing better, and the color caa be
made much more durable by dipping IN
strong alum water previous to washing''--
which fact know the truth Of, and it is u
query in my mind why manufacturers do
not give it the alum bath before offering it
Tor sale, and thus save the purchasers the
trouble offs doing.-Cor. Country Gentle
man.
Graham Pastry.-Mix lightly one pound
OF Graham flour with pint OF thick, sweet
cream; add salt, roll thin and bake as other
pastry, and you will a nice Graham cake.
Mcat.-To persons of poor digestive capa-
city we recommend mutton, because it is
the most easily digested of all meats, and
one other item, important to such persons
is. TO eat slowly.
Dried Apple Jam.-To one quart of apples
put four quarts of water; let them stand
all night; boil till the goodness is out OF
the apples; add pint OF sugar to every
quart of juice, and boil till it comes to Il
Jelly.
Good Cologae.-This is easily made. Thor
oughly dissolve a fluid dram of the oil OF
bereamot, orange and rosemary each, with
half dram of neroli, and pint of rectfiesl
spirit. Cologne should be Kept tightly
stoppered and it will improve and sipea.
becoming mellow and soft.
Centre-Harboo RoLis.-Sixteen cups OF
flour, halt Il cup of sugar, cup Of butter, cup
of yeast, the whites OF four eggs heatten 10
a iroth, and four cups OF boiled milk. Melt
the butter, have the milk blood-warm, AN
mix the bread. Let 1t rise in warm place
over night. In the morning shape into long
rolls, rise sixty and bake thirty minutes.