Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1874 — USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE. [ARTICLE]

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Am excellent wa*bing-fluid may thus be made: Three tablespoonftils of soda, the same quantity of dissolved camphor (the same as kept for family use), to a quart of soft water: bottle it up and shake it well before using. For a large washing take four tablespoonfuls of the fluid to a pint of soap, make a warm suds, aud soak the clothes half an hour; then make another suds, using the same quantity of soap and fluid, and boil them Just fifteen minutes, then rinse in two waters. In view of the cases of fatal poisoning occurring from little ones obtaining matches and eating them, it would be well to remember that animal charcoal or bone black, according to Eulenbery and Wohl, is a superior antidote to the poisonous effects of phosphorus. A number of experiments warrant the belief that it is far more efficacious than the oil of turpentine, which, although valuable for the purpose, frequently produces severe headaches. The bone-black is administered in the form of pills made with gum tragacanth or other mucilaginous substance. Oyster Patties.— Make the usual phfl' paste, say for a dozen patties; bake an hour in a brisk oven; set to cool; wash and drain three dozen large, fresh oysters; put them in a stewpan with only enough of their own liquor to keep them from burning; season with cayenne and mace and a few of the greeu tops of celery, minced tine; add quarter of a pound of butter laid iu bus among the oysters; to enrich the gravy stir in the beaten volks of two eggs er 'some thick cream—l like the latter the best. Let the oysters stand iu the gravy about five minutes. When the patties are beginning to cool, put three of the oysters in each. A thin lid of pastry, if you like, can be placed over the patties when put into the oven to bake. Germtmtotm Ttleyrap/l. Ano ft- Milk, iso.—Next to having good cows is the importance of having milking welt and properly done. Cows' should be put into some' sscure plane ,to milk, either in a barn or a shed expreSslv for that purpose, with a good ventilation for Warm weather. The practice of milking cows running loose in the yard is inconvenient and disagreeable ; neither can it be done as cleanly- as in stanchions; nor will they do as we.l out-of-doors, where they are the greater part of the season teased by flies. There -should be as much uniformity in the hours of milking as possible. Before commencing to milk the udder should be entirely clean, ancT each milker should milk the'same cows through the season, and in the same order. Harsh treatment should sever be tolerated; for cows that are not well treated will not give as great a flow of milk as when used gently. If ordinary soap is employed, the valuable shawls and fabrics of cashmere will be creased and spoiled by the alkali it contains, and it will leave them, at any rate, much less pliable and velvety than they are when cleaned after the manner of the Turks and Persians, who make use of a root which affords an abundant mucilage when heated with water. M. Jaubert, who brought into France several goats from Thibet, also imported from Asia, under the name of ishkar, a quantity of this soapy root. It is usually as large as the thumb, of a grayish yellow color, white within, free from smell, almost tasteless, and affording an ashcolored powder. When mixed with water it becomes a very thick, yellowish mucilage. With this paste the beautiful stuffs of the east are cleaned, and while it always removes greasy stains, it leaves them the yellow tint so much prized.— Daily Graphic. Graham Gems.— Beat one egg to a cream, add to it nearly a pint of sweet milk, one-lialf cup of white flour and enough Graham flour to make the batter the consistency of ordinary tea cake, perhaps a trifle thicker. Use only the shallow iron gem cups, have them smokirg hot, drop the latter in with mixing-spoon aud place immediately in a hot oven. Fifteen minutes is sufficient to bake them Dr. Dio Lewis’ receipt is water and flour only, baked, however, same as ours, and made of the same consistency ; they are. light and sweet; but I think not quite so pleasant flavored. HoweVer, there is difference of opinion on the subject. Some inquire what makes them light. ’Tis not the egg simply, nor the beating, but more especially the hot cups and hot oven. The batter should be well beaten to render it smooth and free from lumps. The egg and milk give it a richness which the water does not impart.— Cor. Country Gentleman.

Don’t Tamper with a Cough.— Perhaps in the whole category of diseases to which humanity is susceptible, the cough is most neglected in its early stage. A simple cough Is generally regarded as a temporary afflictionunpleasant more, but to those who havepaid dearly forexperienee.it is the signal for attack for the most fearful of all diseases—Consumption. A cough will lead to consumption —if not checked—so sure as the rivulet leads to the river, yet it is an easy enemy to thwart, if met by the proper remedy. Allen's Lung Balsam is the great cough remedy of the age, and it has earned its reputation by merit alone. Sold bv all Food druggists. —Columbus, Ga., thinks she will re* ceive about 53,000 bales of cotton this season, 5,000 less than last season. Dr. Walker’s Vegetable Vinegar Bitters. —Business men, worn by care and sedentary habits, often suffer from constipation of the bowels, until the evil consequences of such a condition are realized in extreme debility, nervousness and prostration of the vital energies of the system. And it may be safely asserted that a majority of the female sex are little better than invalids, from the same cause; but by using Dr. Walker’s Vinegar Bitters, this natural aperient and tonic btings back the vigor and buoyancy of health, happiness and beauty. Pure blood is essential to sound health and sound life. No chronic disease, sores, ulcers, skin eruptions, glandulous swellings,discharges from the ear, sore eyes, sores or cankers in the mouth will ever appear if the blood is pure. To secure this take Dr. Walker’s Vegetable Vinegar Bitters. Is is the great Blood Purifier and Life-Giving Principle, increasing the power of digestion, and exciting the absorbents into healthy action, whereby all impurifies of the system are carried off. 2#