The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-18
USEFUL HINTS.

To RESTORE VELvETs.- over q
basin of boiling water, back down. 1t
takes long time, but the nap will rise.
To CLEAN BLACK CAssIMERE.-Wash
in hot suds with little borax in the
water, rinse in very blue water, and iron
while damp on the wrong side.
To ReMovE ScoRoH FROM LINEN
Peel and slice two onions, extract the
juice by pounding and squeezing cut
up half an ounce OF fine white soap and
add to the juice two ounces of fuller's
earth and half pint of vinegar boil
all together; when cool, spread over the
scorched linen and let dry on; then
wash and boil out the linen, and the
spots will disappear.
To RESTORE FADED UPHoLsrERY.-
The following directions were recently
given to correspondent of the London
Furniture Gazette Beat the dust out
of them thoroughly, and afterward brush
them then apply to them strong lath-
! er of CASTLE soap by means of hard
| brush wash the lathcr off with clear
water, and afterward wash them with
| alum water. When dry the colors will
| be restored to their original freshness.
When the colors have faded beyond re-
| covery they may be touched with PEN
| Gil dipped in water colors of suitable
shade, mixed with gum water.
LEMoNADE.-Few persons understand
properly the art of making lemonade.
The lemon should first be rolled between
the hands until it is quite soft, the skin
removed with a sharp knife, and every
pip extracted, the lemon being held over
a tumbler that no juice may be lost in
the operation. The pulp should then
be divided into small pieces, and the su-
gar thoroughly mixed with it. Last of
all, the requisite amount of water should
be added. Orangeade may be made in
the same way as lemonade, using less
sugar. They both should be iced. I'M
| perial drink is made by adding O small
teaspoonful of cream of tartar dissolved
in boiling water to each pint of lemon
ade.
| PETROLEUM FOR RUSTIC WoRK.-"We
see on every hand" says an exchange,
handsome rustic work falling to decay
and becoming distorted by age. 1t is
commonly made of kind of wood which
does not last long. Soak it thoroughly
with crude petroleum when new, and it
will remain unchanged indefinitely. A
rustic summer-house on shaded part of
our grounds would have been unusually
exposed to dampness and decay had not
his been prevented O dozen years ago
petroleum. The peculiar brown color
impaired by mixture of the heavy oil
remains unchanged and lattice. work
of pine lath fourth of an inch thick,
fully exposed to dampness and weather,
is as sound and unworn as ever. The
oil is now SO cheap that there is no ex.
cuse for emitting its ap. lication, and
it may be rapidly and easily brushed
over the surface, and sunk into the pores
with a whitewash brush. Apply il
heavily"
CURE OF Observation-Disclosures mem
ber of the family Is attacked by this
fearful disease, the best medical aid
should at once be called. The danger
is too great to allow this advice to pass
unheeded. Indeed, even in apparently
light cases, that appear to be progress
ing to speedy and favorable termina-
tion, the patient often suddenly dies,
and what are called the sequence Of the
disease-its later effects ON the organs
and tissues of the body-frequently re-
salt in death, or protracted disorder
and suffering. 1t will therefore be seen
that intelligent professional treatment
is necessary to prevent, if possible, such
serious results. But in some cases q
physician may be so far away as to rem
der his assistance practically impossi-
BILE. For such, we say there are three
principal remedies. The first is the
saturated solution of ohlorate oi
potash, given in teaspoonful doses ev'
cry hour. The French physicians rely
largely on this. The second is chlerine
water diluted with from two to foul
times as much water. A prominent
physician of Springfield, Mass, has fol
The last sixteen years found it almost
uniformly effective. Prior to its use
he lost half his cases. The third rem
edy is sulphur. DIR. Field, of England
has obtained remarkable cures with it
His prescription is, we believe, to mix
teaspoonful of the -four Of sulphur in Q
wine-glass of water, and give it as {
gargle. If the patient is unable to gar
gle, blow some of the dry -four through
quill upon the diseased parts of tht
mouth and throat; or burn some of thu
sulphur on live coal, and let the pa
tient inhale its fumes; or, filling tn,
room with the fumes, let him walk abou
and inhale them. The patient SHOULD
always be kept warm, the bowels open
and the system well nourished witt
easily digested food.