Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1875 — PARM AND HOUSEHOLD. [ARTICLE]

PARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

—Before buying punt test Its quality by spreading a little upon the thumb nail; if it is full of specks it is evidence of it not being sufficiently ground, andif it has a dead and watery look know that it is made of cheap material. Good paint when spread thin upon a mmm surface will have a fine, lively appearance and be vary adhesive. —How to prepare gummed paper cheaply and well: Take any quantity of clear, pure dextrine and mix it with boiling water until it assumes the consistency of ordinary mucilage. Apply thinly with a full-bodied, evenly-made and wide camel’s hair brush. The paper should not be too thin or unsized. This preparation will dry quickly and adhere when slightly wet. —Dairy farming and cheese-making is commanding the attention of our fanners more and more every year, and will as the country becomes settled. All cannot raise corn, wheat, cotton or tobacco; we must have a diversity of products as of wants, and the demand will regulate the supply sooner or later. There’s money in it. —The Teeth.—Decay of the teeth is really caused bv their being dissolved by acids generated in the mouth by the decomposition of small particles of food. It is clear, therefore, that the only method of preventing this is to apply the brush immediately after every meal. Soap is the best substance to use on the brush, though it is advisable occasionally to use a rather rough powder to keep the teeth in brilliant polish.— N. 7. Notes. —Remedy for Cabbage Worms.—A correspondent states that buckwheat flour, sifted through a sieve in the evening or in the morning, when the dew is on, will effectually eradicate cabbage worms. Two applications (and often one) will do the work. He has succeeded in raising splendid cabbage, while his neighbors who did not use the remedy have invariably failed. It is far preferable to hellebore or any other article for the purpose, and has the advantage of being harmless.— Exchange.

—Adulterated Cayenne Pepper.—The London Lancet gives the following result of an analysis of twenty-eight samples of cayenne, pepper: Out of the above number only four Wfere genuine. Out of twenty-four adulterated samples twentytwo contained.mineral coloring matter. Red-lead, often in large and poisonous quantities, was present in thirteen samples. Venetian red, red ochre, brickdust, or some other analogous ferruginous earths were contained in seven samples. Cinnabar, vermilion, or sulphuret of mercury was detected in one sample. Bix samples consisted of ground nee, turmeric and cayenne, colored with redlead or a red ferruginous earth. Six contained salt, frequently combined with rice and red ferruginous earth of redlead. One of the samples was adulterated with a quantity or the husk of white mustard-seed. Two contained rice only, colored with red-lead or a ferruginous earth. Theodore Thomas, of Thomas’ orchestra, than whom there is no higher musical authority in the world, says there are no other cabinet or parlor organs equal to those made by the Mason & Hamlin Organ Co., and that musicians agree with him in this opinion. A Hint to the Working Man.—A man with a family, however poor he may be, owes it to his wife to save her health and strength in every way possible. He has no right to allow the mother of bis children to wear her life out toiling with her needle to clothe her family. His duty is to buy the Wilson shuttle sewing machine, the best machine for family sewing and manufacturing purposes ever invented, and he can buy the Wilson machine upon terms which enable him to pay for it in small monthly installments, that he can spare out of his wages withoutfeeling the drain. He will get, thereby, a machine capable of doing every variety of family work In the most beautiful manner; a machine that even a child can operate, and which will prove a permanent family blessing. Machines will be delivered at any railroad station in this county, free of transportation charges, if ordered through the company’s branch house at 197 State street, Chicago. They send an elegant catalogue and chromo circular free on application. This company want a few more agents.