New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-23

he otherwise cannot perfectly remember and although
he cuts scraps and papers and Magazines they VIII
get lost unless pasted In a book find the cleanest
and most satisfactory paste TO to be gum
tragaeanth half ounce with half cup OF water
added to it will make a cupful, To keep 1t long
dine add few drops OF oil OF cloves Gum
trasscsnh will not soil the Clothes and II sneared owe,
the page, viii leave no mark.
The human ear is much more delicate organ than
most people suppose IL is extremely dangerous TO
interfere with ii by use OF ear-picks any Of tho
various instruments used for the purpose Of cleaning ii
from wax. The wax is natural secretion. and unless
the becomes diseased it does no. accumulate any
faster than is necessary to protect the passage from tho
entrance of insects and various particles which might
otherwise be forced I'm and tend interfere permanently
with the hearing The greatest care is necessary In
washing the ears of little children They should DO
washed outside. but tic inside only so far the
finger wrapped In n soft towel will co. Tine practice
Of forcing hair pin or any other hard instrument into
the ear passage Is fraught with danger OF njurng the
membrane and causing permanent deafness. Ear
ache is malady OF childhood and most dis
tressing pain The simplest remedy for ii is 10 tako
o little cotton dipped In warm sweet oil and put Il Ia
the Ger passage. danger that may arise from DOUG
simple thing this is that minute Particles Of ta
cotton be left in the To prevent this. some
and wrapping 1t in tho finest and thinnest linen
brio that bc found and dipping this IN warm sweet
OIL In case Of intense pain, few drops of hot hds-
mum camphor may be used with the oil. When for
egn bodies get into the they should be removed BY
syrlnsms them out with warn water. 10 tempt II
remove anything fom the ear passage BY forcing an
instrument in Is rash thing for any one except an
aarist to undertake. The best medical practitioner
refuse TO treat affections of the eye, but send
their patients to specialists
There is no more attractive bulb and none moro
easily raised in the house outdoors than sxalis.
1t is now found in beautiful rose pink shades and in
yellow and white. There is fine variety spoken OF
by some florists. which is white with yellow eye and
rosy pink tint on the outside These plants need
scarcely any core except watering and sunny stu
alton in a window or outdoors They will give a pro-
fusion Of bloom for four five months, when they
require a period Of rest.
Midsummer Is here, the time when suitry days
followed by chilly nights, when all sanitary pre-
cautions should be exercised against the miasma
which may be lurking in the cir and becomes dOubly
poisonous to individuals weakened by these sudden
changes OF temperature Invauds and little children
should be as carefully protected from these sudden
changes by clothing and care. Radical as the advice
may seem, 1t is much safer at this season to put on
Light woollen stockings and keep around the abdomen
OF little children soft woollel baDdage, In order to
them from the various stomach troubles that ap-
pear in the when the dogstar rases. There is
almost always darkness in the atmosphere Of August
and the open fire in the early morning and In the late
evening is desirable, even II 1t be only the blazing
of few chips Oh the hearth How different is tho
atmosphere nom that Of June when the sdr Is Ia
den with the perfumes Of the early gardens and nee
from the poisonous gases caused by the decay Of vsge-
tation How much the unhealthness od August may
be caused BY the lack of sanitary precautions m mo
49, Aa
in the earths history when the globe was visited By
plaques the result Of general lack Of all sanitary laws,
such as prevailed during the middle ages and later.
There is little danger that the Black Desfth will eves
again reach beyond the cities Of uhe Orient. but even
In Eastern communities, the lesson taught by these
ghtful So0urages has had its effaats and sources OF
pestience being done away with by public author
titles. Local authorities In our own place and our
time have taken most thorough action against the
Causes of disease. al every city, village and hamlet
the health officer liz a familiar and powerful figure.
Tho water system drainage sewerage, the inspection Of
vegetables, neat milk, Of everything that goes toward
human consumption, and Of residences and tenements,
the system Of quarantine all Illustrate governmental
in matters Of sanitation which was unknown when
the plague devastated London and cholera strobe In
geographical lines across the globe. With SUCH
sweeping ADMINISTRATION Of sanitary matters by the
governmental authorities the chief difficulty now lies
with the individual family management 1t falls back
upon the mother and hoasekeeper TO guard her chill
dron and her home from the fevers and other Diseases
The sorupulous cleanliness IN the household caro-
dsinfect all pals and utensils in which garbage Is
kept are duties which the mother owes to her family
and Incidentally to her neghbors, and as sequence
to the entire community. The rapidly with which
baci are terminated In culture tube by medical cx
perimentalists is warning TO housekeeperS. IN @
few days O neglected cesspool in this month
Of midsummer may generate millions Of baciih ana
prove the source of disease and death II is not too
Skotf %ha pttarw
our homes could be under systematic control, such al
IS exercised over general matters specified above pes
tiences and epidemcs would be eventually unknown
and the ratio Of sickness would be reduced to min
imum.
There are many substances which will produce what
IS called spontaneous combustion when brought Into
contact, and which therefore sources OF danger
when left about the house. Greasy rags and rags
which have been wet with turpentine or alcohol should
be burned as soon as used The merest spark may
cause blaze where olive oil any other vegetable
oil Is mixed with rags, hay, sawdust or any such COM
bustible material Fine sawdust is very combustcls
material and should not be used 1t very often Is 10
collect the dripping Of oil casks in shops or warehouses
Lampblack mixed with lnseed oil Is one Of the most
infammabe Of substances. common source OF fre
in houses comes from the timbers dried by the steam.
hot air hot water apparatus. 1t is safest to destroy
at once all greasy rags of whatever kind or description,
for these may in a moment of negligence become the
cause OF great destruction.
To temper earthenware which IS to be used for BAN
Ing put the dishes in cold water the fire and bring
them gradually to the boiling point. When the water
bols around them, remove them from the fire and et
them remain in the water till ii becomes cold.
An oyster shell In the tea-hettle will prevent the
formation Of crust in the inside.
Another use for oyster shells is TO clean the fire brick
of the stove Lay number Of them top of the hot
Goals and when the fire burns down it will be found
that all The c!nkeis have scaled of the bricks.
simple cement for broken china or earthcnware is
made Of powdered quckime, sifted through coarse
muslin bag the white Of an egg.
Powdered nnt glass ground to an impaipable powder
and mixed with the white of IN egg makes Of tho
strongest cements known.