RECIPES. 999 



To Prevent Lamp Chimneys from Cracking. The following treatment will 

 not only render lamp chimneys, tumblers, and like articles more durable, but may be applied 

 with advantage to crockery, stoneware, porcelain, etc. : The chimneys, tumblers, etc., are put 

 into a pot filled with cold water, to which some common table salt has been added. The 

 water is well boiled over a fire, and then allowed to cool slowly. When the articles are 

 taken out and washed, they will be found to resist afterward any sudden changes of tem 

 perature. The process is simply one of annealing, and the slower the cooling part of it is 

 conducted the more effective will be the work. 



How to Clean Lamp Burners. When lamp burners get gummed, and will not 

 turn the wick up readily, boil them for two or three hours in strong soap suds. They will 

 then turn the wick as readily as when new. 



To Renovate Black Silk. Black silk is restored to its deep black color by spong 

 ing it with a strong decoction of cheap black tea. Turn the silk wrong side up, place a thin 

 cloth over it, and smooth out with a moderately hot iron. 



To Wash Black Lace. Put the lace in alcohol, using no water. Squeeze it out, 

 but do not rub it at all. Change the alcohol until it looks clear. Make the last quantity of 

 alcohol pretty blue from common washing bluing or indigo. Squeeze out the lace, fold 

 several thicknesses of cloth on a table, and lay out the lace smoothly to dry, or pin it if 

 necessary to keep it smooth. Do not iron it, but press it between heavy books or other 

 weights when nearly dry. 



Sand Bag for the Sick Room. One of the most convenient articles to be used 

 in a sick room is a sand bag. Get some clean, fine sand, dry it thoroughly in a kettle on 

 the stove, make a bag about eight inches square of flannel, fill with the dry sand, sew the 

 opening carefully together, and cover the bag with cotton or linen cloth. This will prevent 

 the sand from sifting out, and will also enable you to heat the bag quickly by placing it in 

 the oven, or even on top of the stove. After once using this, you will never again attempt 

 to warm the feet or hands of a sick person with a bottle of hot water or a brick. The sand 

 holds the heat a long time, and the bag can be tucked up to the back without hurting the 

 invalid. It is a good plan to make two or three of the bags, and keep them ready for use. 



Antidotes for Poisoning. If poison has been swallowed, try to produce vomiting 

 immediately. This can be done at once by giving the patient a tumbler of lukewarm water 

 containing a tablespoonful of ground mustard. Common salt will sometimes answer the place 

 of mustard, if that is not at hand; but the mustard is to be preferred. If the first is not 

 effectual (although it generally is), take a second dose. When vomiting is difficult to accom 

 plish, tickle the back of the throat with the finger, or with a feather, and repeat the use of 

 hot water. In all cases of poisoning, prompt action is very essential. Never wait to send 

 for a physician before relieving the patient. All poisons should be properly labeled and kept 

 under lock and key apart from all other medicines; if this precaution were always taken, fewer 

 deaths by accidental poisoning would occur. Matches should be kept out of the reach of 

 young children, as the phosphorus contained in them is very poisonous. 



Arsenic. If a person has been poisoned with arsenic, administer the mustard water 

 until vomiting is produced; after freely vomiting, give the patient dialyzed iron a table- 

 spoonful every five minutes until six doses have been taken or a teaspoonful of sulphur. 



Oxalic Acid. Oxalic acid resembles epsom salts, and is liable to be taken in place 

 of the latter by mistake. The two can be easily distinguished from each other by touching a 

 little to the tongue. Epsom salt has a very litter taste, while oxalic acid is very sour. Give 

 a full tablespoonful of either magnesia, pulverized chalk, carbonate of soda, or saleratus, 

 dissolved in water. Use a stomach pump if one is to be obtained. 



Sugar of Lead. For an alkaline poison, such as sugar of lead or acetate of lead, 

 give the mustard emetic as above recommended, together with vinegar and water. This 

 may sometimes be followed with benefit by a dose of either epsom or glauber salts. 



Strychnine. Give to a person poisoned with strychnine an emetic of mustard and 

 warm water, to be followed after vomiting freely by a drink of vinegar and sweet oil. Kich, 

 sweet milk is also good instead of the latter. 



Corrosive Sublimate. When poisoned with corrosive sublimate, give whites of 

 eggs, milk, or oil, as much as the patient can take ; then give the mustard water emetic, as 

 previously recommended. 



