The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-01
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

REMEDY FOR SUN BURN.-Take 6
drachms avoir. powdered borax,
pure glycerine J ounce, rose water
or the elder flower II ounces; mix.
It's daily use as a cosmetic wash
renders the skin beautiful soft, and
white, and prevents and removes
chans, sun burns, etc.
CURE FOE Hoe CHoLERA.-Take a
half bushel of shellcd corn, put it
in a tub, put in one handful of salt,
one gill spirits of turpentine and
one tablespoonful of ceperas Pour
in enough boiling water to thor
oughly soak the corn, and feed
about a quart to each hog once or
twice a day. It. will cure the
sick ones, and will prevent the 9th
ers from taking it.
A CURE FOR HIcCoUGH.-A RENE
dy, tested many times without a
failure, is published in the Popular
Science Monthly, which says it can
always he used by some one else on
person who has the hiccough
and generally by the sufferer him
self You say to your friend some
thing like this: "See how close to
gether you can hold the tips of your
fingers without touching. Now,
You keep your elbows free from
your sides You can get your fin
gers closer than that. Look out
They are touching now. There
now hold them so. Steady! By
this time you generally ask: Nov
why don't you hiccough?" The in
voluntary tendency to breathe
slowly and steadily when the atten
ton is fixed on performing a deli
cate manipulation counteracts the
cOnvulsive action of the diaphragm.
j. w. asks a good remedy for tax
ing moles from the face. A. Gro
ton oil under the form of pomaat
or ointment, and the tartar emetIC
under the form of paste or plaster
have each been successfully en-
plOyed for the removal of moles OIL
birthmarks, thus: Take tartel
emetic in impalpable powder L!
grains, soap plaster drachm, anC
beat them to a paste. Apply this
paste to nearly line in thickness
mot more), and cover the whole
with strips of gummed paper. II
or days eruption or suppuratior
will set in, and in few days leave
in place of the birth mark only {
very slight scar. 2. A good rene
dy for removing fress;
SqlphocarbOlate of zinc go. l ounce
GlYcerine observation-disclosures. II "
rose water ............. II
Alcohol ................ -,
Spirits OF neroli 80.
Mix them. To be applied twic,
a day, leaving them on from half al
hour to one Notwithstanding Amer
w. R. E. w. writes: Can you
give me a process for making walk
with gravel and coal tar, or what
ever they use for that purpose
Want something that will set hare
tor workshop floor, and resist wa
ter. A. Take two parts very dry
lime rubbish and part coal ashes
also very dry, and both sifted fine
In dry place, on dry day, mix
them, and leave a hole in the mid
die of the heap, as bricklayers dc
when making mortar. Into this
pour boiling coal tar; mix anC
when as stiff as mortar put in three
inches thick where the walk is tt
be; the ground SHOULD be dry, anC
beaten smooth; sprinkle over i
coarse sand. When cold, pass {
light roller over it; in a few day!
the walk will be solid and water
prof. See also Scientific American
supplement, No. 80, under the titlt
of ''the best footwalk pavement,
also Gen. Gillmore's "treatise on
the construction of roads, street:
and pavements" is an excellent
work; we can send you for 81
Scientific American,
A cement which is recommended
for leather betting, but which il
probably equally serviceable in GOV
ering worn out places in shoes, etc.
is given as follows: Take common
glue and American isinglass, equa
parts; place them in a boiler anC
add water just sufficient to cove
the whole. Let it soak ten hours
then bring the whole to boiling
heat, and add pure tannin unit
the mixture is ropy, or appears like
the white of an egg. Apply i
warm. Buff the grain off the leathe
where it is to be cemented, rub the
Joint surfaces solidly together, lie
it dry for a few hours, and it il
ready for practical use, and if prop
erly put together it will not neeC
riying.-Harper's Bazaar.