Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1874 — USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE. [ARTICLE]

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

External cancer may be helped, if not cured, by the application of raw beef. It has been Known, in a great many instances, to prevent the cancer from spreading. Children Buffering from wind on the stomach can be soon relhjjred by applying to their bowels cloths wrung out of hot water. As soon as the pain ceases wrap them well up, and keep them quiet. -_ . . Cutaneous Eruptions in Horses.— For the cutaneous disorder, apply the following liniment on the parts which the horse rubs, or which are scabby and bare: Linseed oil, one pint; oil of tar, four ounces; sulphur, four ounces. Walkino is the best of exercise, for it exercises certain large muscles of the trunk and legs, which in sedentary occupations remain inactive. Any undue pressure upon any other function of the body is relieved thereby, causing the blood to flow healthfully tn every channel designed by nature for its circulation. When any substance gets lodged in the nose, close the mouth and the opposite nostril, and then blow hard through the obstructed side. If this is not successful, press the thumb against the nose above the obstruction, and then make a hook of a piece of wire or knitting-needle, and, pressing it up over the substance, pull it down. The daily bath should not be neglected by either adults or children. In the winter season the skin is naturally shrunken by the cold, its pores liable to shirk duty, therefore the.skin should be kept active by suitable bathing. Alix enough hot water with the cold to take off the chill, and rub thoroughly dry immediately afterward. A nervous headache may be cured in this way: Seat yourself in a chair, and let a friend dampen his or her hands in cold water, and standing behind you let him place his hand gently upon the forehead and draw them over the head toward himself, being particular to press the hands lightly over the place where the most pain is felt. As his hand leaves your head, let him throw them behind him as if endeavoring to throw something off them. Let him keep his hands wet, and repeat the operation till you are relieved, which will generally be in from three to five minutes. Cure for Drunkenness.—A mixture made up as follows, and taken in quantities equal to an ordinary dram, and as often as thedesire for strong drink returns, will it is said, cure the worst case of drunkenness: Sulphate of iron, flvegrains; peppermint-water, eleven drams; spirits of nutmeg, one dram. This preparation acts as a tonic and stimulant, and so partially supplies the place of the accustomed liquor, and prevents the absolute physical and moral prostration that follows a sudden breaking-off from the use of stimulating drinks. It is to be taken in quantities equal to an ordinary dram, and as often as the desire for a dram returns. Water-Proof Shoe Polish.—Take a wide-mouthed bo’ttle and half fill with shellac varnish having the consistency of thin sirup. Mix some lampblack with a little of the same varnish and when well blended add it, with a bit of gum camphor, to the contents of the bottle and keep it well corked. The rule is, to one pint of varnish add half an ounce each of good lampblack and gum camphor. With this preparation children’s shoes may he kept polished and water-proof all the year round; and it is a nice application for the larger slroes as well. And, if gentlemen ever read such articles as these, let me whisper it, it will freshen up your old harness considerably and may be used to advantage in many similar ways, answering every purpose to which French dressing is applied.— -Christian. Union. English Plum Pudding.—Take 1 lb. of suet, 1 lb. of moist sugar, 1 lb. of currants, 1 lb. of raisins, 1 lb. of medium sized raisins, 1 lb t of mixed candied peel, % lb. of bread crumbs, lb. flour, 1 teaspoonful of salt, 1 of mixed spice, 8 eggs, and pint of brandy, Finely chop the suet, stone the raisins, remove stalks, etc,.wash and dry the currants, chop the peel and sift the bread crumbs. Alix all in the following order: Flour, salt, spice, sugar, raisins, peel, bread crumbs and currants; be particular as to this order. Beat the eggs and stir them for ten minutes; add the brandy to them and pour over the mass; stir for twenty-five minutes until all the ingredients are thoroughly mixed; butter a mold and fill it; scald a clean cloth and cover it; tie the pudding down and boil for thirteen hours, This will make a pudding large enough for fourteen persons. Sweet Potato Coffee—There are many persons who are very foad of a food cup of coffee, but who dare not inulge in the favorite beverage on account of the nervous excitement or billions affection that follows. To such it will be pleasing to learn that the new modes of evaporating fruits and vegetables by artificial processes have rendered it possible to reduce the uncooked sweet potato, without taint, to the dry and brittle condition necessary for roasting and grinding as coffee. In thiseondition its useful and economical properties are said to be manifold. Being very wholesome as well as exceedingly nutritious, it is said to be a valuable substitute for chicory and the indifferent articles of pease, which usually make up a large portion of the mixture usually sold for “pure ground coffee." Its rich saccharine contents not only diminish the amount of sugar required, when it is used, but so completely agglutinate and settle the grounds that coffee mixed with this preparation may be used as fine as flour without making the infusion muddy, thus permitting double the ordinary strength to be obtained from the coffee itself. The ground sweet potato may be mixed with half its bulk of good, pure coffee. This mixture will cost less than half the price of pure coffee, and by many is decidedly preferred as a matter of taste. More important, however, to those who cannot drink pu:e coffee, is the consideration that in the sweet potato there is no headache, no excitement of the nerves and no bilious affection. A Stitch in Time Saves Nine —Who does not know a household where things originally of the best and set in first-rate order are allowed to go to rack and ruin for want of a competent hand at the helm; where there is scarcely a piece of furniture or domestic utensil of any sort which does not get mu-used, as well as tIZ-used; where chairs and sofas not only become worn by sitting on, but by standing on, by being made to do duty for steps when pictures have to be arranged, books reached from shelves, etc., and where the wear and tear thus wrought is never checked by timely repairing; where the gimp trimming is allowed to unravel for want of the friendly tack, and halt the stuffing allowed to esgape by the hole before any effort is made tb arrest the damage ; where, in faet, no mending is ever attempted until the dilapidated object becomes unusable; where ornaments off the stove, mirror frames, cabinets, what-not, are taken no heed of Mid are lost, instead of being preserved for the glue-pot day, thus keeping up the generally defaced look which all the appointments rapidly assume; where the carpet binding remaips unsewn, linen undarned, glass and. china cracked and chipped, window panes starred, curtains and blinds half torn fromyods and rollers; where forks, scissors, and knives get twisted, bent, and broken from having been made to do the

duty of corkscrew, screwdriver or chisel; where, in one word, the ship is allowed to make such bad weather that at last she has really to encounter a severe storm of her own creating in the shape of the owner’s strongly expressed disapproval of the expense entailed by a complete renovation and rehabilitation of every department.—Graphic.