Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-02-23
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


If any plants have been nipped by
frost, water very sparingly until fresh
leaves have unfolded.
--Hoarseness may be relieved by eat
ing freely Of fresh raw egg beaten
thick with fine white sugar.
TRAINED woods should be washed
with cold tea, and then, after being
wiped dry, rubbed with linseed OIL
An egg for an invalid, to be pala-
table and digestible, should be beaten
utes.
Whether lamp explodes or is over
turned, the only rational attempt to ex-
tinguish the fire is by smothering.
Water only spreads the oil and thus in
ere Uses the evil.
has been preserved in sirup may be
drained from the sirup, dried slowly.
sprinkled with powdered sugar, and
packed neatly in boxes.
For collie, cold, fever. convul-
sions-indeed, at the outset OF an at
tack of most any infantle derange-
ment a bath is invaluable. and not in
j. frequently the only remedy required.
Cheap Dinner Dish.-To each
pound of beef minced fine add one-half
pound of grated bread, season to TASTE
and mix with two beaten eggs. Put
In a creased mold and steam two
hours; serve turned out with mashed
potatoes.
DO not take either very hot or very
cold foods or drinks, they crack the
enamel OF the teeth, and thus destroy
them; they also weaken the salivary
glands, enfeeble the stomach, and inn
pair digestion.
Five cents worth OF vaseline, which
Is tasteless and odorless, will cure all
the chapped hands, sunburned faces and
cracked lips, heal all the sores, burns
and abrasions with which family would
ordinarily be afflicted.
When the cork is taken from a full
bottle of ink. il you don't know where
to put it, just stick a pin in the lower
end and bend it into hook, then hang
the cork on the bottle. Bend the hook
so as not to interfere with using ink,
and tlen you have it always handy.
Cream Beets. Cut three or four
grain of corn. Place in stew pan; to
one pint cut beets add one teacupful
rich, sweet milk, piece of butter size of
a butternut, or small egg. Salt and
pepper to season. Stew ten minutes
and serve hot.
To whiten and preserve the teeth
take one ounce of bOrax, and put it in
three pints Of boiling water; before it is
quite cold add to a teaspoonful Of
spirits of camphor When cold put in
bottle, and cork tightly. A table,
spoonful is to be used daily in the same
quantity OF tepid water.
One of the incest contrivances for
keeping knives, forks and tablespoons
in is pocket tackled on the pantry
door Make this of enamel cloth, and
line with red canton flannel, stitching
!. small divi ,ions to fit each article The
scanton flannel will absorb all moisture
that may be left on these articles.
-Creamed Fish.-Pick to pieces any
scraps of cold fish, mix in one quart OF
cream, two tablespoonfuls of flour, one
onion and half pound OF butter. Set
on the fire and stir until thick. Then
put a layer Of the mixture in deer
pan, over it spread crackers and butter,
alternately with the fish, until the dish
is full. Bake brown.
Essence Of peppermint is a pleasant
warm, aromatic, comforta lie to most
stomachs, not quite SO strong as cloves
or ginger, good for collie and sick stom.
ach. Dose, ten drops for grown per-
son. For infant, one-half to two drop.
In teaspoonful of water. Add one
give one teaspoonful of this.
Sage tea is perfect harmless
medicine, and beside this negative
worth, it has a great many positive ant
Invaluable virtues. 1t will cure colo
If taken in time, it will break feve
in its earlier stages, and it will induc,
sleep in the sleepless. 1t is good il
eruptive diseases; in short, wheneve
any ordinary disorder troubles tn,
family.
To keep the hands from chapping
just before retiring wash thoroughly
rub with piece OF lemon and dry on
soft towel. Then rub in a few drops O
oil OF sweet almonds, draw on a pair Q
large kid gloves. which you have pre-
viously smeared with mutton tallow
This faithfully followed at night to
gether with reasonable care of tn
hands during the day in windy, col
weather will ensure a smooth skin TO
most persons. New Yorker.
-Fissure OF the lip. or chapped lips
is an annoying trouble, and unless 1t
properly treated is generally somewha
obstinate. journal of Health advises
rs the quickest way to cure it, to dra,
a stick OF lunar caustic over the wound
slightly burning the same. The opers
ton Is painful only for moment. an
improvement commences at once. Al
ter cauterizing, '.camphor-ice' shoul
be frequently applied, and. as rule
the wound will heal in three or fou
days.
The Children's Pudding. Fill
deep dish with apples cut up small; ad
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