The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-07
USES OF SALT.
II Is the Readiest and Cheapest of
Remedies.
From the PhIladelphIa Ledger.

Salt cleanses the palate and furred
tongue, and a gargle of salt and water
is often most efiicacious.
Nasal catarrh is often cured by a
syringe of weak brine or by snuffing fine
dry salt up the nostrils. Neuralgia pains
give way also.
pinch of salt on the tongue, followed
ten minutes afterward by drink of
cold water often cures sick headache.
Salt hardens gums, makes teeth white
and sweetens the breath.
All household pets should have salt
within their reach.
Salt improves the coat Of a horse, and
gall is prevented by bathing with salt
water.
Cows should have rock salt in every
field.
Cut flowers may be kept fresh by add
ing salt to the water.
All skin diseases are relieved by salt
added to water.
Medical statistics claim exemption from
renal troubles in sailors accustomed to a
heavy proportion of salt food.
Pelagra, a parasitic disease of the Ital-
ian peasantry, has been attributed to a
consumption of unsalted food.
Weak ankles should be rubbed with a
solution of salt, water and alcohol
Salt in solution is an antidote to many
poisons.
Rose colds, hay fever and kindred af-
fections may be much relieved by using
fine dry salt like snuff
Dyspepsia, heart burn and Indigestion
are relieved by cup of hot water in
which small spoonful of salt has been
melted.
Salt and water will sometimes revive an
unconscious person when hurt, If brandy
or other remedies are not at hand.
Pulverized rock salt in equal quantity
of turpentine is excellent dressing for a
felon. Apply a rag soaked in this every
twenty-four hours.
Hemorrhage from tooth pulling is stop
ped by filling the mouth with salt and
water.
Weak and tired eyes are refreshed by
bathing with warm water and salt.
Public speakers and many noted singers
use a wash of salt and water before and
after using the voice, as 1t strengthens
the organs of the throat,
Salt rubbed into the scalp or OCCASION
ally added to the water in washing pre-
vents the hair falling off.
Feathers uncurled by damp weather are
quickly dried by shaking over fire in
which salt has been thrown.
Salt should always he eaten with nuts,
and n dessert fruit salt used to be spe-
cially made
If 20 pounds of salt and 10 pounds of
muriate of ammonia be dissolved in sew
en- gallons of water and bottled, many
fires might be presented BY splashing
and spraying the burning articles the
fire is soon extinguished. An incombus-
tible coating is Immediately formed.
Add salt to the water in which black
and white cotton goods are washed.
Flat irons may be made smooth II
rubbed over salt.
Copper and brass may be quickly
cleansed by dipping half a lemon in fine
salt and then rubbing over stained OBJ
jects.
Lemon and salt also removes stains
from the fingers. DO not use soap af-
terwards
Frozen vegetables should be thawed by
covering in cold salt water in a warm
place.
If a teaspoonful of fine salt be added
to n quart of milk it will be preserved
sweet and pure for several days.
Eggs packed in salt can be kept for
several months.
Eggs and milk bought from farms by
the coast are finer and SWeeter than
those bought inland.
a pinch of salt added to mustard pre-
vents it souring.
A smoldering and dull fire may be
| cleared for broiling by handful of salt.
Salt thrown on any burning substance
| will stop the smoke and blaze.
Bread insufficIently salted becomes
acid, dry and crumbles.
Bread made with salt water is said to
| be good in some cases of consumption.
When the contents of pans boil over,
salt on the range prevents odors and the
| spot is the more easily cleaned.
| When cabbage, onions or stronS-smell-
| ing vegetables have been boiled in pans,
to prevent odors clinging to them, place
some salt on the stove and turn the pans
| bottom up over the salt. In few min
ptes the pans will smell sweet.
All salads should be soaked in salt and
water to destroy animalculae or small
worms.
| Make a strong brine and water garden
walks to kill weeds. A moderate quantity
of salt stimulates their growth.
Salt added to the gardeners leaf mold
heap prevents a too rapid fermentation
and escape of ammonia.
| Dry rot in gate posts, outhouses, Joists
and beams may be checked by equal pro-
portions of salt and chloride of zinc-l0C
| pounds of each to $50 pounds of water
Salt in bulk used to be considered a
| good cargo for a new wooden ship.
Salt and camphor in cold water is ar
| excellent disinfectant in bedrooms.
Housemaids should pour salt water, af'
| ter using 1t, down the drain pipes.
| Salt absorbs noxious gases arising from
decaying vegetable matter, refuse heaps
| etc.
| Sewer gas is counteracted by a handful
of salt placed in toilet room basins.
| Water for laying dust is more effective
when salt is added Sea water is genei
ally used in English coast towns for this
purpose.
n,,1 hoe C1yAf nrlr ft1r
| niture may be thoroughly cleaned by
scrubbing with brush and salt water.
japanese and plain straw mating
| should be washed with salt water ano
rubbed dry. This keeps them soft anc
prevents brittle cracking where traffic is
heavier.
Brooms soaked in hot salt water veal
better and do not break
| Bedroom floors may be kept cool and
very fresh in summer If wiped daily with
cloth wrung out of strong salt water
| All microbes, moths and pests are thus
| destroyed.
Baths, washbasins, polished slate ant
stone slabs are quickly cleaned by rub
bing with dry salt before washing.
Black spots on dishes and discolorations
| on teacups are removed by damp salt.
Salt in water cleanses glass bottles ant
| chamber ware.
| Window glass, lamps and lamp glasses
marble and stone vases or mantels, gran
ite sills, ETC., If rubbed with salt, arr
quickly cleansed. A teaspoonful of sal
| in kerosene makes a brighter light.
Ink stains from carpets and table cloth;
Gf fresh) can be removed by successive
| applications of dry salt.
Carpets are frightened and their colori
preserved if wiped with clean cloth!
wrung out of salt water.
All colored cotton materials will no
fade by subsequent washing if placed II
boiling water in which three gills of sal
to every four quarts of water has beer
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