Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1892 — THINGS WORTH KNOWING. [ARTICLE]

THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

sags 1 «-» • •« , - ;v fords much relief in cases of acute sore throat. . Water cress contains much sulphur and is one of the best remedies for scurvy known. Jt should be eaten raw with salt. - - Parsley is entirely effectual in removing the odor of onions after a meal The green sprigs should be eaten as celery is, with the onions. One ounce of tj»e sulphate of potassium to four gallons of water will destroy all mildews on plants if they are. thoroughly sprayed with the liquid. . > To clean bronze ornaments, take one drachm of sweet oil, one ounce of alcohol and one ounce and a half of water. Apply .quickly with a soft sponge, but do not rub.' Te make tinfoil labels adhere to collapsible tubes use a mixture of the best fish glue and gum arabic dissolved in water. A little glycerine may be added to advantage. It is said that dusters of clover, if hung in a room and left to dry and shed their perfums through the air will drive away more flies than all the flytraps and sticky fly papers can collect. In cases of acute coryza (running at the nose) caused by hay fever, influenza and the like, charge a small plug of wool with a 2. per cent, solution of camporic acid and introduce into the nostril. ——.- —123 It is said by one who has tried it that a tablespoonful of green Java coffee berries steeped in a cup of oold water over night afid the water used as a drink before breakfast every morning will, in time, effect a cure of any rheumatic ailment.

Nitrate of potassium, in one grain doses, thoroughly triturated with sugar of milk, and given ever y two hours, will produce great relief in cases of acute bronchitis, characterized by a sharp, short, dry, hacking cough. Lactic acid 1 part, salicylic acid 1 part, collodion 3 parts, mixed, has been rcommended as an excellent application to corns and warts, effecting their removal in a short time. A new remedy for night sweats is a salt shirt—or shalted shirt would be better. Immerse the night shirt or gqwn in a saturated solution of common salt, drying it thoroughly and then wearing it at night. It is qlaimed that, mixed with glycerine, iodine proves much more effective as a local application than the plain tincture. This is due to the retardation of the dissipation of the iodine, or, more likely, to the skin remaining soft, and hence inbetter condition for absorbing the drug. qA remedy for excessive perspiration, to be made into a fine powder and applied to the hands and feet, or sprinkled inside the gloves or the stockings, is as follows; Carbolic acid one part, burnt alum four parts, starch 200 parts, French chalk fifty parts, oil of lemon two parts. Rice is the least nitrogenous of all grains. It is a good addition to bread, and is especially serviceable to combine with foods containing a large amount of nitrogen, such as peas, beaus, etc. It is peculiarly adapted to iuvalids, as it is one jot the most easily digested substances known. An excellent application for “black eye” is twentv drops of calendula (juice of marigold) to a teacupful of water, applied by means of a pud of lint. Calendula is a splendid substitute for arnica in case of a bruise where the skin is abraded, os in such a case the latter will often produce What if known as “arnica poison.” □ Tie up one pint of flour in a cloth and boil for four or five hours. Remove the moist outside of the porridge and grate the hard inside. Mix one or two teaspooafuls of this with cold milk, then add boiling milk and cook until It thickens. Season with salt or sugar, like a custard, or use cold with blackberry jelly. This is a cure for dysentery. For attaching lantern slide bindings to glass nothing is better than bichromated paste, which is used for attaching paper to glass in the manufacture of electric machines, and which is a most useful paste for many purposes in damp climates. It is made as follows r Mix, very gradually, four ounces of water with two teaspoonfuls of flour. Place In a saucepan over the fire, and stir constantly until it boils. Now add slowly five grains of bichromate of potash, stirring all the time. Set aside to cool. This paste must be kept in tbe dark and used as soon as possible. Soak the paper in it, attach to the gloss, and then place in direct sunlight for a day. Thi3 sets up a chemical change in the bichromate of potash and renders the paste insoluble.