The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-16
HOUSEHOLD L

[From 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, n drachm ; tine
ture of cantEarides, two drachms /; oil of
capsicum, ten drops. Apply to the bald
spot night and morning.
FoR A CoUaH.-For a tight, hoarse
cough, where phlegm is not raised, OF
with difficulty, take hot water often, as
hot as can be slipped. This will be found
20 give immediate and permanent relief.
BAD BREATH. = Bad breath, from
eatarrah, foul stomach, or bad teeth,
nay be temporarily relieved by diluting
, little bromo chloralum with eight or
en parts of water, and using it a q
gargle, and swallowing few drops just
before going out.
DANDBUFF. The annoyance from
dandruf can be prevented by dampen-
ing the scalp three o. four ties a week
with sulphur water, made by putting a
half ounce of flour Of sulphur into a
pint of water, shaking occasionally for q
few days; then pour off into a clean
bottle.
FLESH WoRMs.-Black specks on the
skin disfgure the face. Remove by
thoroughly washing in tepid water, rub
bling with a 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 hehollow end of a watch key overit.
How TO TREAT DpHTHER1A. = For
young children give two-grain quinine
pills, adult, four grains every night /;
this viii keep down fever. Take chlor-
ate of potash one part, sulphur one part,
and sugar (white) two parts, mix
thoroughly ; take this mixture a pinch
at a time, letting it dissolve slowly in.
the mouth. Apply a warm poultice of
Of dry flannel on the outside. Mild
aperients should be given.
SUPERFnUoUs 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 it
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 1t is not economy to have
too few brooms; one for the sleeping
room upstairs, one for parlnr and sitting
room, and one for the kitchen are not toe
many. As they are worn they may be
passed down a grade at a time, the new
one always going to the parlor. IF the
new broom is allowed to stand in cold
water for twelve hours, afterward thor
oughly drying it, it will last much
longer. A broom should neve be al.
lowed to stand on its brush, as it makes
it permanently one-sided and ill-shapen.
Hang it up by a loop in the handle.
VKnvET.-How to brush velvet is 9
thing, easy as it seems, not known tc
everybody. The whole secret lies in the
management of the brush. Take a hat
brush that is not too soft, but has the
bristles elastic, and that will return a
once to their original state after bein,
pressed aside. Hold this firmly under
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, ther
twist around the arm, hand and brush
all together, as on an axis. without NOV
ing them forward or backward. Thu
foreign matters will thus be drawn up
and firted out of the flock, without in
jury to the substance of the velvet; ano
the brush must be lifted up and placed
in q similar manner over every part, re
quired to be brushed. By this mean
velvet will be improved, instead of de
Perforated. and will last for years.