Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-08-26
miscellaneous Recipes.


Salt Rheum.-L. C. b. writes: ri
have tested several remedies for salt
rheum, and find the following superior
to all Others: With 100 parts of
glycerine mix l of carbonic acid, or
enough to cause a sharp, singing SEN
ton when applied to the hands.
To whiten the nails. Mix together
two drachms of diluted sulphuric acid,
one drachm of tincture of myrrh, in
four ounces of spring water; cleanse
the hands and then apply the wash.
To soften the hands. cleanse them
and rub them well with oatmeal while
wet. DO not forget that there is a
fortune in a pair OF well-developed,
well-trained hands.
Rose Bushes. - have found the
following a good wash for rose bushes
infested with insects: TO one pint OF
water add two ounces of soap, com
mon or whale oil soap; when it is
boiling hot stir in two quarts of kero
sene and stir the mixture thoroughly.
1t will thicken on cooling and will not
be oily. Add one part of this to nine
Of water and with the solution spray
the rose bushes thoroughly"
| have received more permanent
benefit from eating raisins for
constipation than from any
thing else. The directions as Civ
en- me are, Eat as many as you relish
or find that you need | reject the
seeds and the skins also unless they
are very tender"
The best remedy, perhaps, against
the clustering OF the hands by saving,
or by handling any rough matter
whatever, is to light tallow candle;
let the tallow drop into water Ito
purify it from salt; then mix the tai
low with a little brandy, or any other
strong spirit, and rub it well into the
hands. Redness or burning OF the
hands is caused by defective circala-
ton. Protect them from cold as
much as possible.
Ebony can be initiated on wood
by first painting with one per cent.
solution Of sulphate OF copper. When
HGIit1llN t1t1 IilC "OOu oNGI
with liquid consisting of equal
weights of aniline hydrochloride and
spirits of wine. The blue vitriol acts
on the aniline and forms nigrosin, a
black which can not be affected by ac-
ids or alkalies. A lustre can be added
by coating with simple copal varnish.
Nettle Rash.--A writer in Baby
hood recommends for this troublesome
affection of the skin compound Tai
cum" which is simply soapstone
ground to an impalpable powder and
mixed with small amount of carbol-
ic acid. 1t allays the irration and
often cures it. AS a sanitary skin
powder it is unsurpassed. Probably
any druggist could supply it. Twenty
drops of aromatic spirits of ammonia
in little sugar and water will prompt
ly relieve the patient. Repeat the
dose in an hour if necessary. For q
baby six months old fifteen drops is q
dose. Nettle rash is sometimes caus-
ed by indigestion,a and sometimes by
weeds eaten by the cows whose milk
the patient has used.
Modern Light gives the following rec.
ipe to housewives as a saving of labor
and wear and tear in washing clothes:
"Place ten gallons of water in a wash
boiler with one pound of hard yellow
soap sliced in small or thin pieces.
When the soap is dissolved aud the
water is at the boilingpo add three
tablespoonful of kerosene oil; allow
the compound to boil ten minutes,
when the light. weight clothing may be
subjected to the process of bleaching
or steaming. Remove and immerse
the larger and heavier articles of cloth
ing five or ten minutes longer, rinsing
in clear water first, and the common
bluing"