The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-08-13
Household Alphabet

a good and reliable cough candy may be
made from the following recipe: Tincturc Of
squills, loz; camphoratcd tincture of opium
and tincture Of tolu, each dr.; wine of ipicac,
l4oz.; oils OF gaulthoria and sassafras, each 2
drops; aniso seed, drop. Put above into :
lbs. candy, JUS: ready to take from the stove.
Continue the boiling little longer, so as 10
form into sticks.
Baking Powder-Cooking soda, Coz; cream
Of tartar, soz Dry both from dampncss by
putting on tin and placing in oven; mix and
keep in bottles or boxes. Proportions: A tea
spoonful to one quart of flour; mix with cold
water and bake at once
Castor oil makes 4 nice hair oil cut with
alcohol and scented with lavender or rose.
Dishes look so per Ceut, better for being
washed in boiling water
Eye Water-One tablespoon fuc salt, the
same quantity Of white vitriol; heat upou cop
per or earthen until dry; add Jspt. soft water,
one tablespoon white sugar and blue vitriol
the size Of a pea. If too strong add more
wafer. Apply three or four times daily. said
to be excellent That depends on what ails
the eye Washes sometimes do great harm ]
Fruit put up in glass should be kept in the
dark, as light is sure TO draw out the color,
more Of loss.
Good loops 10 hang your holders by may be
obtained by saving rings from old suspcndors
aud sewing them to the corners.
Horseradish is a certain relief for common
cases of rheumatism, used both, as ala article
of diet and applied externally.
If the filling is put into your pics hot it is
more than likely that they will come out Of
the oven with soggy, UNBEATABLE crust.
Jet polish that is good for coloring hats,
wood or fancy baskets may be made by dis
solving by heat three sticks Of scaling wax in
one pint of alcohol Have it warm when ap-
piled. Use a sponge.
Knives, forks and articles Of silyerware
may be polished to exceeding brightness by
securing with iinely-sifted hard-coal ashes.
Liniment-Oils hemlock and cedar, each
Une-half ounce; oils origanum and sassafras,
each one ounce; spirits of turpentine and gum
camphor, each one-half ounce; pulverized
oapsicum and aqua ammonia, each one ounce
Put into quart bottle and fill with good
alcohol
Moths may be killed out by spreading a
cloth wet in clear water over the infested spot
and ironing upon it with a hot hatiron. Do
not press down very hard on the iron Meg
Merriles, in the Household.
The stones for engagement rugs are thus
regarded in the great world which occupies
itself with such small matters of taste and
superstition: The diamond of course is good
all the year round. If it is sufficiently pure
it will warn the wearer ofthe treachery Of lis
beloved object by breaking at the least blow
of steel. The pearl is fashionable and also
preferred by ideal poetic lovers, but it has
frightful secret influence impelling to treachery
or death. The ruby by its color or brilliancy
is the image of eternal flame, and is the bes
possible omen, The sapphire means tender,
ness and truth. In Poland the stones art
chosen according to the month in which th,
engagement takes place. The ruby for July
the pearl for May, the sapphire for January
For March the turquoise, which will tuu
green upon the Inconsistency of the giver
The emerald for June is for fidelity, and Rus.
slams always expect to have one emerald
among the wedding gifts from the husband, a!
it is the omen of certain happiness.
A man was suffering from gangrene o
the lungs, with cough, difficulty of breath
ing and fever The odor of the breatl
was most offensive. The patient was pu
upon mixture containing carbolic acid
but as no improvement followed, tinctur,
of eucalyptus was substituted for the acid
In two days after the use of the last pre-
Sc,iption the odOt of +hp brpatb vas rn11cl