The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-05-08
USEFUL HINTS.
A Compilation Of information Use
full in Every Household in
Giles County.
Save it for Future reference.

out small quantity III saucer,
put on gloves and wash as if wash
ing the hands, changing solution
until gloves are clean. take of,
squeeze them, replace on hands and
with clean cloth rub fingers, etc,
until they are dry and perfectly
fitted 90 the hand. This is also an
excellent clothes, ribbon and silk
cleaner, it is perfectly harmless to
the most delicate tints. Apply
with soft sponge, rubbing gently
until spots disappear. Care must
be taken not to use it near fire, as
the benzine is very inAammable.
FLOATING PUDDING.-Nearly boil
L quart of milk; wet smooth Ia
blespoonsfuls of n-starch; add
3 beaten eggs and little salt, and
stir all into the boiling milk till it
thickens. Take up ard add l tea
spoonful of vanilla. Have ready
dish with of cupful of sugar
stewed in the bottom. Turn in the
hot pudding and over the other Z
of cupful OF sugar. Cover close
and set in a cool place. When
served, cold, the pudding will be
found floating in a sweet syrup,
which is its sauce.
APPLE CHARLOTTE RUssE.-Stew
apples with an equal quantity Of
sugar and little grated lemon into
a jam. Then butter a baking dish
or plain mould; cut very thin slices
of bread; dip them into clarified
butter and line the dish closely and
neatly. Then fill the dish with the
jam, and cover with slices of bread,
dipped as before in butter. Cover
with a plate or lid, and place
weight upon it to keep the bread
close upon the apples and bake in
brisk oven for an hour. Turn it
out, sift sugar over it and serve it
hot.
CHAMoMILE.-A decoction of the
leaves OF common chamomile will
destroy every species of insect, and
nothing contributes so much to the
health of a garden as n number of
chamolnlle plants dispersed through
it. No greenhouse or hot-house
should ever be without it, in q
green or dried state; either the
stalks or flowers will answer. 1t is
a singular fact that if a plant il
dropping and apparently dying, in
nine cases out of ten it will recover
If you plant chamomile near it.
PLAIN GINGERBREAD.-One pin
of molasses, one teacupful of lard
one of sweet milk, one teaspoonfu
of salt, one of ginger and four o
soda. Use strong, coarse -four. l
makes. the best gingerbread anC
cake. Sponge over night, and il
the morning knead and cut as de
sired.
A good remedy for lice on cattle
is water in which potatoes were
boiled. For every one of your cattle
take two quarts of water and eight
mIjdle-sized potatoes cut in half
If you have ten cattle you must
take eighty potatoes and twenty
Quarts Of water. When the potatoes
are soft take them out. Get large
sponge and wash them freely, choos
ing a warm day. Comb them with
eurrycomb, and you will be
astonished to see the effects of the
potato water.
RAW EGGs.-Persons suffering
from dyspepsia can often digest raw
eggs when the stomach is too weak
to receive and retain anything else.
They are Away very nourishing
and strength giving.
Half a dozen onions planted in
the cellar where they can get lit
tie light will do much toward alb
sorbing and correcting the atmos-
pheric Impurities that are so apt TO
Turk in such places.
To CURE HoARsENEss. AT this
season of colds, it may he useful
te know that hoarseness is relieved
by using the white of an egg, thor
oughly beaten, mix with lemon juice
and sugar. A teaspoonful taken
occasionally is the dose.
For GROUP In the far West
they have what they consider II
specific for Group. IL is very sim
pie. Take a piece of lard as big as
a butternut, rub it full of sugar. di
vide into three parts, and give a..
intervals of twenty minutes; the
Group will disappear gradually, but
surely.
BREAD Observation-Disclosures
brown bread, twoiounces; milk, half
pint; one egg; sugar, quarter Of
an ounce. Cut the bread into sill
ces. and pour the milk over it boil
ing hot; let stand, till well soaked,
and stir in egg and sugar, well beat
en-, with little grated nutmeg and
bake or steam for one hour.
To INSURE SLEEP.-If troubled
with wakefulness, follow these rules.
Eat nothing hearty after sunset;
calm your mind before retiring; go
to bed at a regular hour; when you
awake, rise and dress at once, 30
matter how early in the morning:
never sleep in the days. These
five rules observed will insure sleep.
OYSTER FRIrTERs.-Drain OF IL
quor, boil, skim and TO a cupful add
a cup of milk, two or three eggs,
salt and pepper and -four enough TO
make rather a thick batter. Have
hot lard or beef drippings ready in
kettle, drop the batter in it with a
large spoon, take up one oyster for
each spoonful. The oysters must
be large and plump.
The skin of boiled egg is the
most afIicacious remedy that can be
applied TO a boil. Peel it carefully,
wet and apply to the part affected.
1t will draw off the matter and re
live the soreness in a few hours.
Simple but efiicaciOus.
The Lexington Press says that the
finest cure for frosted feet, hands
or ears, Is said, by those who have
tried it, to be a slave made Of hog s
lard, salt and copperas.
Common shoe backing mixed
with castor oil; also, the best black
INK mixed with the white OF an
egg, will give ladies' fine shoes color
and shine without rubbing OF on
their dresses.
The quickest way to expel foul