The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-05-02
FARM and HOUSEHOLD.
1-riscellaneous Recipes.

POP GoRN.-Pop five quarts of corn,
put o little over a cup of molasses in a
porcelain kettle, let it boil Is minutes;
then put the corn in and stir until each
grain is covered with molasses, then
pour out on creased pans. Tt is just
splendid. Will you tell Charity Sweet
leart that if I were in that house the
walls would not be bare of pictures
ong. i would have them one way or
another.
CRACKED CEILING. -''Tuke plaster of
Paris and mix with water: make it as
stiff as plastering and apply with a
towel or anything that will make it
smooth. Mix but a small quantity at a
time as it hardens quickly and then can
not he used. [ spent several days
mounted o. a table menaing my walls,
mt it proved effectual, and 10Y after
twolve years they are rs nice as new. Ii
he cracks are very large a portion of
white sand may be used with the plaster
If Paris" This mixture ismuch better
han mortar for filing cracks, as it does
not shrink. 1t is much better, says II
other correspondent, than putty for fill
lng nail holes in plastering.
INFLAMED EYEL1Ds.--M. A. G. writes:
my eyes We're SO bad l could scarcely
read, but after using the following rem
edies persistentlv / can read several
hours every day besides teaching fivea nd
a half hours daily. Ointment: Two
ounces fresh unsnlted butter, twodrams
white way melt together in a saucer
but do not make very hot. When near-
ly cold stir in one half dram OF red pre-
cipitate and the same quantity of finely
pulverized sulphate of zinc, the two
mixed we'll together. Apply to thelils
morning and night before retiring.
Eye wash: Sugar of lead and sulphate
of zinc, half a dram each: common salt
and loaf sugar one dram: rain water,
one half pint. Let the mixture stand
two or three days, shaking occasionally,
strain through white flannel and use
several times q day"
A SMOOTH SKlN.-A. b. G. wants
good wash that will prevent Il breaking
out on the skin. The best we know is
water. applied both internally and ex-
tfijltiiN. LAiSi ii'tliH cNtiN HiolliilS
with soap and sponge, internally sever
al times a day unadultarated with tea or
coffee. The food should be simple. nu-
tritious, taken at regular intervals and
at not less than three hours before 60
ing to bed at night. The sleep should
be in n well ventilated room and in a
well-aircd bed. Exercise in the open
air should be abundant and regular.
IF these simple directions do not make
the skin smooth then A. B. G. should
consult a physician.
In Dublin lately the following illus
tration was given of the Importance of
ventilation:
"rhe lecturerexplained that the most
deloterious products of non-ventilation
are the myiiads of disease germs which
exists in Initiated air, and by experiment
showed the excess of deadly carbonic-
acid which breathing or combustion
leaves behind. Three small candles
placed at different heights in n large
glass jar open at the top We're Lit, and
gradually as the layer of carhonic acid
gas reached them, they somouldered
out. The jar being thus filed with the
cafbonic gas, tals III TURN was You're
into u smaller jar wherein a candle VIII
light. The latter was at once extin
~guished."
PRESERVING BouorETs.-A very SIM
pie and effective method of preserving
a bouquet is as follows: Sprinkleit Will
fresh water, and then immerse the stalks
in IL vessel containing soapsuds, remov.
ing the bouquet every morning, an6
placing it in fresh water for a few min
utes. After sprinkling the flower:
lightly with fresh water return them tc
the soapsuds. This process. repeated
day by day, will cause the bouquet t.
preserve its bloom. The soapsuds
should be changed every third day,