Year: 1860

WHAT CAUSES THE HAIR TO TURN GRAY.


An English writer has recently asserted that
an undue proportion of lime in the system is the
cause of premature gray hair, and advises to
avoid hard water, either for drinking pure or
when converted into tea or coffee, or soup, be-
cause hard water is always impregnated with
lime. Hard water may be softened by boiling
it let it become cold, and then use it as a bev-
erage. 1t is also stated that liquid that will
color the human hair black, and not stain the
skin, may be made by taking one part of
bay rum, three parts of olive oil, and one part
of good brandy, by measure. The hair must be
washed with the mixture every morning, and in
a short time the use of it will make the hair
beautifully black, without injuring it in the
least. The articles must be of the best quality,
mixed in bottle, and always shaken before ap-
piled.


WHITE WASH.


Take barrel and slack one bushel of freshly
burned lime in it, by covering the lime with
boiling water. After it is Stacked, add cold
water enough to bring it to the consistency of
good white wash. Then dissolve in water, and
add one pound of white vitriol (sulphate of
zinc) and one quart of fine salt


To give this wash a cream color, add one
half of pound of yellow ochre in powder. To
give it fawn color, add pound of yellow
ochre, and one fourth ofa pound of Indian red.
To make the wash a handsome gray stone
color, add one-half pound of French blue, and
one fourth of a pound of Indian red; drab
will be made by adding one-half pound of sien-
ma, and one-fourth pound Venitian red.


TO PREVENT DOGS FROM GOING MAD.
Mix small portion of -four of sulphur with
their food or drink through the spring months.
This is practced in Europe to prevent the disease
from breaking out among the packs of hounds
which belong to the English noblemen, and is
said to be certain preventive. Should any
puppy read this item, and take offence thereat
he is requested to try the remedy-and prevent
madness.


TOOTH POWDER.


A valuable tooth powder, which will cleanse
the teeth, sweeten the breath and remove tartar
may be made as follows Take powdered char
coal and white sugar, one ounce each Peruvian
bark, half an ounce cream of tartar one and a
half drachms canella, twenty -four grains pull
verised together in a mortar.


VINEGAR


Good domestic vinegar, free from injurious
drugs, can be made as follows: To five gallons
of soft water, add a half gallon of common
whisky, half gallon of New Orleans molasses,
a half-ounce of cream of tarter, and three or
iouI sihaii strlPs oI Wnlte paper Keep The caSk
in warm place, and the bung out until the
contents ferment, shaking occasionally.


CURE Foe CHILLs.


Three tablespoonsfull of best cider vinegar,
one raw egg broke into the above and beaten
up and as much black pepper as it will stand
To be taken when the chill is coming on


PILE OINTMENT


Tannic acid. 2 drachms; sulphate morphia, 6
grains; glycerine, drachms; lard, l ounce
Rub the acid, morphia and glycerine together
in mortar, and mix thoroughly


CLEARING COFFEE WITHOUT EGGS.


When eggs cannot be obtained, boil the cof-
fee in little bag made Of millinet, or any other
coarse cloth. 1t will be as clear as amber.