Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-16

NEVER BEGIN TO READ, write or sew for seve-
bright light
| FoR PAIN IN THE CREST that threatens to be
pneumonia, make a plaster Of soft soap and
| hot Indian meal mush
HERE Is A GREAT SYMPATHY between the
| gums and the throat, and decayed teeth, If not
down.
| 10 ARREST HIocoUaH, a physician directs
that both ears be closed with the fingers with
pressure while few swallows of liquid are
| taken.
To PROTECT CHILDREN's CLOTHING from fire,
add an ounce 81 alum to the last water used in
wrinslng the clothes. This renders them nom
| inhammable
! PIECES OF CorroS BATTING dipped in hot
water, and kept applied to sores and new cuts.
bruises and sprains, is the treatment adopted
In many hospitals.
EGGS ARE AS DIGEsTIBLE Raw as cooked. and
one easily comes to like the taste of a fresh raw
| egg beaten to foam and mixed with little
! milk or milk and sugar
SIMPLE REMEDY FOR NEURALGIA is to applv
! grated horse-radish, prepared the same "a TOR
| table use. to the temple when the face or head
| Is affected or to the wrist when the pain is in
the arm or shoulder.
BISCUITS OF ALL SORTS, even when several
| days old. may be made nearly as good as fresh
by wetting the tops and setting in hot oven
| for about five minutes. convenient way of
having warm biscuit for breakfast.
| PINEAPPLE TART-One cupful Of sugar. two
cupfuls of grated pineapple, half a cup of
melted butter, five yelks of eggs, beaten; mix
| together, then stir into this one small cupful
| OF cream and the white of the eggs. beaten to a
SUN froth. Bake In pie-plates lined with paste.
| PASTE FOR RoAcHEs.-Make -four paste into
which has been stirred, while hot, phosphorus,
! IN the proportions of a dimes worth of the
/ phosphorus to a half-pint of paste; when nearly
| cold add quarter much grease. Put on
| pieces of board where the reaches are. They
Will die while eating the paste.
| AFTER THE FIRST TwENTY-FoUR HOURS an egg
! steadily deteriorates. Physicians say, Never
give to an invalid egg that is more than two
| or three days old" There are methods in use
| Tor preserving eggs fresh on the principle of
! excluding air by sealing up the pores OF the
! shell, but none of them are without risk
HE LEMON TREATMENT FOR MALARIA is well
worth trying; Cut lemon, rind and all, into
! three slices. Place these in an earthen stew
! pan and add three cupfuls of water, boil down
| to one cupful then strain with pressure through
linen, and set aside over night. Drink the en-
| tire quantity before breakfast, and make it
|
| BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDISG.-A convenient
variation of the ordinary bread pudding
| Spread thin slices of bread with butter and
ponr over them simple custard, viz, four
! eggs 10 one quart OF milk, four tablespoons
sugar, pinch of salt. Keep pressed down till
the custard is absorbed. Bake slowly till firm
and brown. Eat with or without sauce.
OYSTER CRoQUErTEs.-Scald and chop fine
the hard part of the oysters, leaving the other
part and liquor for soup; add an equal weight
OF mashed potatoes; to one pound of this add
| a lump of butter the size of an egg. a tea
| spoonful of salt, half teaspoonful of pepper
and quarter of teacnp Of cream. Make i'll
small cakes, dip in egg, and then in bread
crumbs, and fry like doughnuts.
1HE LONDON LANCET assures its readers that
felons will yield to the following treatment: As
| soon as the pulsation which indicates disease is
| felt, put directly over the spot a fiy-blister
about the size Of your thumb nail and let it re-
main for about six hours, at the expiration of
which time, directly under the surface of the
blister may be seen the felon, which can b.
easily taken out with a needle or a knife
PoTAro PUFF.-Take two cupfuls Of cold
mashed potato, and stir into two tablespoon
fuls of melted butter beating to a white cream
before adding anything else Then put with
this two eggs, whipped very light, and a teacup-
full of cream or milk, sailing to taste. Beat all
well. pour into deep dish and bake in a quick
oven until it is nicely Drowned. If properly
mixed it will come out Of the oven light, puffy
, and nice.
The NEXT TINE You THINK you have done
with lemon dip it in salt and rub your copper
kettle or stewpan with it. You will be surprised
to find what brilliant surface you will obtain
if you rub the article instantly with a dry, soft
cloth. You can polish all brass work by the
same means. every stain disappearing as if by
magic. mOuldy lemon put into a dirty
saucepan half full of water and boiled for half
an hour cleanses the utensil amazingly and re-
moves any odor, such fish OF onions
| MANY DISEASE GERMS ENTER through an open
mouth. The mouth was not made for breath
ing, but for eating and speaking. The nose
was made for breathing, and air passing through
the long. moist, nasal passage is purified. and
leaves behind dust, disease germs and various
impurities. while the is warmed and tenn
pered for the lungs. But when the mouth is
left open dust, dirt and disease rush down into
the lungs, and fastening there develop and de-
stroy the whole system.
NOTHING Is MORE useful, in sickness than a
small flannel bag filled with salt. For tooth
ache, collie, or any disease requiring warm APP
pcations, it is invaluable, as it retains its heat
a long time; and 1t Is greatly to be preferred
to hot, wet emolients, which soon get cold and
uncomfortable. The bag and all can be put on
better to rip small hole in the bag and empty
the salt out into pan to heat. After it is hot
1t can be put back with large spoon and the
hole sewed up in moment.
INSECTS IN THE EAR.-Writers say when bug
gets into the ear do not be frightened but
drown him with oil or warm water There is
no philosopher, remarks DIR. J. Herbert Clai-
| borne, jr., in the Medical Classics, who could
| sit unmoved with bug or fly stamping tattoo
upon his ear drum. Yes, be frightened. for it
will facilitate your movements Sweet oil is per-
haps the best thing to keep him moving-that
is the first desderatum. The oil, by its thick
consistence, will so entangle and bedraggle its
| legs and wings that the intolerabIe noise will
be stopped. If oil be not at hand. use any
| liquid that is not poisonous or corrosive Water
will probably be within the reach of every one
| This is also more liable to float him out too
| than either sweet oil or glycerine. 1t has been
| suggested to blow tobacco smoke into the ear
! to stupefy the insect. We cannot indorse this
| advice; tobacco smoke blown into the ear of a
| child has been known to cause alarming svmp-
| toms. When the movements of the intruder
| have been arrested, syringe the ear gently with
| warm water. All manner of insects and bugs
have been found in the ear, but you can never
| tell in given case who the rude caller is
knocking at the door of your brain till you
have him out.