Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1875 — HOUSEHOLD HINTS. [ARTICLE]

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Owe ounce alcohol; two drachms cayenne pepper; one ounce kerosene oil; let it stand twenty-four boon after mixing. It cures the worst toothacb* ever known. —Courier Journal. Remember that as a rule house plants require little heat, a good deal of sun and moist air fi>r their full development, to which may be added foliage kept free of dust and insects, and soil well watered. If ▲ glass stopper won’t move hold the neck of the bottle to a flame, or warm it by taking two turns of a string and seesaw it; the heat engendered expands the neck of the bottle before a corresponding expansion reaches the stopper. Indian Pudding.— One quart of milk; five tablepoonfhls of Indian meal; one cup of molasses; two eggs; salt. Boil the milk. When it is boiling stir in the meal gradually. Add the molasses and salt. Stir well. Pour into a dish and set away to cool. When cold add the eggs, well beaten, and bake for three hours. Mercurial Ointment in Boils and Carbuncles.*- Dr. T. Roth lauds, in the Deutsche Klinik. , the local application of gray ointment in boils and carbuncles, especiaUy the early stages. He anoints the affected part with the ointment four times daily and thereby reduces the inflammation and “ backens” the boil most satisfactorily. Two small arteries branching up from the main arteries on each side of the neck, and passing over the outside of the jawbone, supply the face with blood. If the nose bleeds from the right nostril, for example, pass the finger along the edge of the right jaw till the beating of the artery is felt. Press hard upon it five minutes and the bleeding will cease. Recipe tor Coloring Red with Cochineal. —To color red yarn, or wool: one ounce cochineal, one ounce cream of tartar and one Ounce tincture of tin to one pound of yam or wool, into a copper or bell-metalikettle; put in two or three gaUons of water, put in the cochineal, then the cream of tartar, and lastly the tincture of tin. As soon as it boils and is stirred weU put your yam hanks (after well washing in soap-suds) in; boil them fifteen or twenty minutes, stirring them all the time; then take them out and air five or ten minutes and return to the kettle again to boil a few moments, then take them out to air as before and return to the kettle. Then take them out and hang out tin cool and then wash in soap-suds, rinse in warm water, and it’s done. If you like light red don’t put two-thirds of an ounce of cream tartar, but if you want a deep red put all of the ounce.— Exchange.