The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-09-19
USEFUL INFORMATION.

IT is said that quinine may be quite
deprived of its great bitterness without
injuring its virtues by combining two
grains of fannie acid with ten of quinine.
To PREVENT THE HAIR FALLING OUT.
The common application, in Oriental
countries, is the bruised bulbs of the
AsphOdelats bulbOsus, garlic or onions,
mixed with gunpowder. An infusion of
the small leaves of the orange or lemon
tree in red wine, containing twenty
grains of tannin per litre, has also
proved serviceable.
RELIEF FOR BURNING FEET.-To re-
lieve burning feet, first discard tight
boots; then teke one pint bran and
one ounce bicarbonate of sods; put in
foot-bath; add one gallon of hot
water; when cool enough, soak your
feet in this mixture for fifteen min
utes. The relief is instantaneous.
This must be repeated every night for
week, or perhaps more. The bran
and bicarbonate should be made fresh
after weeks use. Bicarbonate of soda
can be purchased for a small price per
pound from wholesale druggists. The
burning sensation is produced by the
pores of the skin being closed, so that
the feet do not perspire.
Rat AND MICE ExTERMINAToR.-A
German newspaper gives the following
simple method for discriminating rats
and mice, which, it states, has been sue
cessfully tried by Baron Won Backhofen
and others for some time past: "A
mixture of two parts of well-bruised
common squills and three parts of fine
ly chopped bacon is made into a stiff
mass, with as much meal as may be re-
quired, and then baked into small
cakes, which are put around for rats to
eat" Several correspondents of the
paper write to confirm the experience
of the noble Baron and his neighbors in
the extirpation of rats and mice by this
simple remedy.
To PRESERVE EGGS FOR A TWELVE
MoNTH.-There is nothing so excellent
as fresh egg, or SO execrable as a stale
one, and, considering how many good
eggs go wrong every day, it will GER
tainly be worth our readers while to
note the following process, to which
DR.. Phipson has called attention, for
preserving them fresh for many months.
On removing the eggs from the nest,
they are coated with butter in which
or per cent. of salicylic acid has been
dissolved, and then they are placed, in
dividually, in box filed with extreme
ly fine and absolutely dry saw-dust
Care must be taken that the eggs do
not touch each other, and that they are
completely enveloped in saw-dust; and,
should these precautions be strictly OBJ
served, they will keep fresh for several
months, possibly more than year. DR.
Phipson tested the process for two
years with most satisfactory results.
PROTECTION AGAINST RUsT.-Fol
farm implements having metal surfaces
exposed, for knives and forks, and other
household apparatus, indeed for al
metals liable to be injured by rusting
we know of no simpler, more effective
application than that furnished by the
late Prof. Olmsted. He used it on air.
pumps, telescopes and various Other
apparatus. Take any quantity of good
lard, and to every nalf pound or so ado
of common resin an amount about equa
to half the size of an egg-a little more
or less is of no consequence. Mel
them slowly together, stirring as they
cool. Apply this with cloth or other
wise, just enough to give thin coating
to the metal surface to be protected
1t can be wiped off nearly clean from
surfaces where it will be undesirable, a
in the case of knives and forks, etc
The resin prevents rancidlty, and tn
mixture excludes the ready access of al
and moisture. A fresh application ma.
be needed when the coating is washe,
off by storms or otherwise.