The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-16
HOUSEHOLD HELPS.
From the Detroit Free Press "HousehoId."1

IFrom the Detroit Free Press "Household."l
TOOTH PowDER.-Prepared chalk, -four
ounces; orris root (powdered), two
ounces green myrrh (powdered), one
fourth of an ounce OIL Of cinnamon.
twenty drops.
REMEDY FOR Badness -Glycerine,
four ounces; tannin, one drachm tine
ture of cantLarides, two drachms /; oil OF
capsicum, ten drops. Apply to the bald
spot night and morning.
FoB CoUaH.-For tight, hoarse
cough, where phlegm is not raised, or
with difficulty, take hot water often, as
hot as can be slipped. This will be found
10 give immediate and permanent relief.
BAD BREATH. - Bad breath, from
ratarrah, foul stomach, or bad teeth,
nay be temporarily relieved by diluting
little bromo chloralum with eight or
en parts of water, and using it as a
gargle, and swallowing few drops just
before going out.
DANDBUFF. - The annoyance from
dandruf can be prevented by dampen-
ing the scalp three or four t:-aes a week
with sulphur water, made by putting
half ounce of -four of sulphur into q
pint of water, shaking occasionally for a
few days; then pour off into a clean
bottle.
FLESH WoRMs.-Black specks on the
thoroughly washing in tepid water, rub
bing with towel and applying with a
soft fannal a lotion made of three
ounces of cologne and half an ounce of
liquor Of potash. Or press out by put
ting the hollow end of q watch key overit.
How TO TREAT DIPHTHER1A. = For
young children give two grain quinine
pills, adult, four grains every night !;
this will keep down fever. Take chlor-
ate of potash one part, sulphur one part,
and sugar (white) two parts, mix
thoroughly; take this mixture pinch
at time, letting it dissolve slowly in
the mouth. Apply q warm poultice of
fax seed to the throat, wrapping piece
of dry flannel on the outside. Mild
aperients should be given.
SUPERFLUoUs HAIR.-These are best
let alone. Shaving only increases the
growth and depilatories are dangerous
and sometimes disfgure the face. The
only sure plan is to spread on a piece OF
leather equal parts of golbarium and
pitch plaster, lay it on the hair as
smoothly as possible; let it remain there
three or four minutes, then remove il
with the hairs, root and branch. This
is severe but effective. Kerosene will
also remove them. If sore after using
rub on sweet oil.
BRooMs.-It is not economy to have
too few brooms; one for the sleeping.
room upstairs, one for parlor and sitting.
room, and one for the kitchen are not toe
many. As they are worn they may be
passed down o grade at time, the new
one always going to the parlor. If the
water for twelve hours, afterward thor.
oughly drying it, it will last much
longer. A broom should never be al
lowed to stand on its brush, as it makes
it permanently one-sided and ill-shapen.
Hang it up by loop in the handle.
VELvET.-How to brush velvet is 9
thing, easy as it seems, not known t<
everybody. The whole secret hes in the
management of the brush. Take hat
brush that is not too soft, but has the
bristles elastic. and that will return Al
once to their original state after bein,
pressed aside. Hold this firmly undel
the palm of the hand, in the direction O
the arm, and with the bristles down
ward; and pressing them, first, gently
into the substance of the velvet, theI
twist around the arm, hand and brush
all together, as on an axis, without NOV
ing them forward or backward. TIL,
foreign matters will thus be drawn up
and firted out of the flock, without in
jury to the substance of the velvet; ane
the brush must be lifted up and placed
In similar manner over every part, re
quired to be brushed. By this means
velvet VIII be improved, instead of de
teriorated. and will last for years.