Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1886 — PILOT GROVE ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

PILOT GROVE ITEMS.

The whistle of the steam thresher is beard in all parts of the neignboi> flood. Tne yield of oats and wheat will be good and of excellent quality. The long»hoped-for rain visited this part of the country last Thursday. It was preceded by a heavy wind storm which did a great deal of damage in the way o! upsetting grain and hay stacks. Fields of corn in places were cjn siderably damaged by the storm, but not withstanding their saw losses the fanners are happy and now feel confideut of a good corn crop. Several of the young kids of this neighborhood are talki. g of attending the camp-meeting at Rensselaer, but whether for the good of the boul, or because the bees at that place have a better flavor, we are unable to say. Parker Baldwin says that all things are now ready. Be has purchased a coat which in colo resembles the foam on t' c ocean, and a fine watermelion hat. When clothed in these garments he is certainly a man to be envied by his less fortunate neighbors who must be satisfied with a linen duster and necktie. We would ad ise friend Parker to pause in his mad career before it is everlastingly too la;e—before he causes some fair one to commit “euzenside”, and the memory of the deed haunt him thro’ life like aJghost“kiuder” that will Dot down like.’ If there is anything that will defeat the Independent candidate for State Senator it will be tLe too confident feeling that pervades the bosom of ea h and every opponent of the Republican candidate. We are well aware that Mr. Thompson can be defeated, but this is not a sufficient reason for his opponents to quit work and do nothing but smile and congratulate each other. Should it become necessary to give Mexico a good “muggin”. tne proper thing to do vou.d be to give the job to the boys of Pilot Grove, We can whip the whole dod-gasted mob, and do it cheaper than auy one else in the couutry—that is, if the Mexicans will agree to stay where they are. During the past week Willie Beck aud Willie Schanlaub, of Rensselaer, have been visiting their grandfather at this place. They are both lively li tie fellows, and enjoy country life nugely. CAPTAIN JACK. Pilot Grove, August 16th THE VALUE OF SALT.—A teaspoonful of salt in each kerosene lamp makes the oil give a much clearer, better light. Damp salt will remove the discoloration of cups and saucers caused by tea and careless washing: Severs pain in the bowels and stomach are often relie vt d by the application of a. bag of hot salt. Whf*n broiling steak throw a little salt on the coals, and the blaze from the dripping fat will not annoy. As a dentiifice, salt and we ter are very cleansing, and also hardens the gums. It will also prevent the hair from falling out. If new calicoes are allowed t o lie in strong salt water for an hour before the first washing, th colors are less dkelv to fade. A little in starch, boiled or raw, will prevent the irons from sticking. If the iroDS are rough, rut a little salt on thick brown paper, lay a piece or thin muslin over it, and rub the iron 07er it till it is perfectly smooth. Ink stains are entirely removed by the immeJiate application ol Iry salt before the ink has dried. When the salt becomes discolored by absorbing the ink, brush it off and apply more; wet slightly. Continue this till the ink is all removed. A weak solution of salt a_d water ts recommended, by good physicians as a remedy for imperfect digestion, and for cold in the head it is a complete cure snuffed from the hollow of the hand 1 We have known severe cas<.s of catarrh entirely cured by persistent use of this simple remedy every night and mornin for several ir entbs, when the best efforts of the best physicians failed to do any good. It should be used milk-warm. A good handful of rock salt added to the bath is the best thing after an “ocean dip,” and a gargle or a weak solution is a good and ever-ready remedy for sore throat. - ■ - USES OF BORAX. —Keep a cup of powdered borax on your wash-stand; it will do wonder, in the way of softening the skin. It you have been working in the garden, or doing anything about the house which has tended to make your hands iou. h, when you wash them diD your fingers in the borax and rub your hinds well with it. Borax (pulverized) sprinkled plentifully around the haunts of water bugs will diive them away. Cock reaches also will yield to this treat* ment and depart. T' 1 * safest and best thing also for wasning the hair ,s a moderately strong solution of bo-

rax in water. Pure water should be used immediaifelj after waehing with the borax and water. CHOICE RECEIPTS.- Cream Pies —Spread the dough with butter; then » liberal supply of sugat; handful of ttour;cinnamon aud enough milk to wet thoroughly. Corn Pone. —4 cups corn meal; 4 eggs; spoonful caking powder of milk, a little salt. Mix thoroughly. Shoo Fly To To. —Double handful flour; 2 teaspoonsful baking powder; 8 tubiespoonsful cinnamon; 2 tablespoonsful laid; 2 tablespoonsful butter: pintos milk;2 cupsbrown sugar. Lemon Custard —Grate lemons (1 for two pies); cup white sugar; yelks of 4 eggs: 2 tablespoonsful flour; i pint milk. Use whites of th° eggs and enough sugar to stiffen for iceiug. Mr. Randall, in summing up tiie work of the Democratic House ov Representatives, made the points that the House had returned to the public d main 70,000,000 acres of land; that it had entered upon the work of constructing a new navy; that it had passed every act it had been asked to pass for the purpose of bettering the condition of the working peop’e of the United States; that it had not passed a single bill in favor of monopolies; that but for delay on the part ofRepublicans it would have passed a bill to increase the pensions of one-armed and one-legged soldiers, and that the appropriation bills as they passed the House were freer from suspicious or unnecesary propositions than they had been since the war. This constitutes a record of actual achievement in the interest of the public which every voter should dispassionately consider.