Year: 1871

hOuSeuOlu EcOnOnys


WRINkLED SLK.-It may be rendered
nearly as beautiful as when new by
sponging the surface with a weak solu-
ton of gum arbic or white glue, then
iron on the wrong side.


LEMON PIEs.-Grate the peel of two
lemons and use their juice, the yolks of
seven eggs, and two cups of sugar ; beat
well. Add two cups of milk, one table
spoonful of starch Bake this custard
on rich crust. Beat the whites to a
stiff froth, add one cup and half of
loaf sugar flavor with any kind of sea-
soning you like. Spread it on the pies,
and lightly brown.


NEURALGIA.-A correspondent of the
Lancet says A few years ago, when
in China, became acquainted with the
fact of the natives, when suffering with
facial neuralgia, using oil of pepper
mint, which they lightly applied to the
seat of pain with a camel-hair pencil
Since then, in my own practice, 1 fre-
quently apply this oil as a local anes-
thetic, not only in neuralgia, but also
in gout, with remarkably good results" :"


NoURIsHINo Sour FOR INvALIDs.-Boil
two pounds of lean veal, or beef, with a
quarter of pound of pea barley in a
quart of water very slowly, until it be-
comes the consistency of cream; flavor
it with little fresh celery, or celery
seed, and salt. Strain it, when done,
through O fine hair sieve, and serve.
This soup will only Keep until the next
day, therefore not more than the guam
tity required must be made.


REMEDY FOR A FELoN.-Many persons
are liable to extreme suffering from fel-
ons on the finger. The following pre-
scription is recommended as a sure cure
for the distressing ailment "Take
common rock salt, such as is used for
sailing down pork or beef, dry it in an
oven, then pound it-fine, and mix with
spirits of turpentine In equal parts. Put
it on a rag, and wrap around the part
affected, and as it gets dry put on more,
and in twenty-four hours we are cured
the felon. is dead" 1t will do no harm
to try it. -.,.. -...-t...
NEW REMEDIES FOR BUREs.-Two new
remedies for burns are added to the list
The first is charcoal. A piece of vege-
table charcoal laid on a burn at once
eoothes the pain, says the Gazette Medi-
Gale, and, if kept applied for an hour,
cures it completely. The second one is
sulphate of iron. This was tried by NJ.
Joel, in the Children's Hospital, Lau-
sanns. In this case, a child, four years
of age, had been extensively burned !;
suppuration was abundant, and SO of
fensiye that they ordered the child q
tepid bath, containing a couple of
pinches of sulphate of iron. This gave
immediate relief to the pain, and, being
repeated twice n day-tWenty minutes
each bath-the suppuration decreased,
lost its odor, and the child was soon
convalescent.- Medical Press and Circular.


CURE FOR CoRNs.-The Journal of Ap-
piled Chemistry says: Soak the feet
well in warm water, then with q sharp
instrument pare off as much of the corn
as can be done without pain, and bind
the part affected with piece of muslin
thoroughly saturated with sperm oil, or,
what is better, the oil which floats upon
the surface of the pickle of herring or
macksrel. After three or four days the
dressing may be removed, and the re-
manning dead cuticle removed by scrap
ing, when the new skin will be found
of a soft and healthy texture, and less
liable to the formation of a new corn
than before. We have this recipe
from a source which we cannot well
doubt, and publish it for the benefit of
many suffering readers" The pain oc-
casioned by corns may be greatly allie
waited by the following preparation:
In one-ounce vial ask a druggist to
put two drachms of muriatic acid and
six drachms of rose-water. With this
mixture wet the corns, night and morn
ing, for three days. Soak the feet every
evening in warm water, without soap.
Put one-third of the acid into water,
and with a little picking the corn will
be dissolved. 3lA i- 9