Recipe: Mix half a pint of the best vinegar with a quarter pint of soft water; stir into it one ounce of glue (broken up), two ounces log-wood chips, one-sixteenth ounce of finely-powdered indigo, one-sixteenth ounce of the best soft soap, one-sixteenth ounce of isinglass. Put the mixture over the fire, let it boil ten minutes or more; then strain, bottle and cork. When cold it is fit for use. Apply with a sponge.
No. 11 is
ARTIFICIAL HONEY.
Equal to bee honey, and often mistaken by the best judges to be genuine. It is palatable and luxurious. All persons are more or less aware that honey should be used in every household, and it would be so if every family could have it at a very moderate price. As a health-establishing nutriment in the chamber of the invalid, and as a delicious luxury for the well, honey cannot be too highly recommended. Any one using this honey regularly will find that he is strengthened and refreshed by it. He will have greater energy and if at all inclined to dyspepsia will find himself greatly helped. This honey costs but eight cents per pound to prepare, and our directions are so simple a child ten years old can follow them.
Recipe: Take two ounces of slippery elm bark and put into three quarts of warm water and let it stand four hours; strain and add eight pounds of white sugar; boil four minutes; then add one pound of bee honey while hot. Flavor with a drop of the oil of peppermint and a drop of the oil of rose.
Any lady will readily see what a saving the possession of the above recipes may cause in her household expense. Thus, you can get a ten cent box of stove polish for three cents, a twenty-five cent package of washing powder for seven cents, a twenty-five cent box of starch enamel for five cents, etc. Any of the articles contained in the list will take but a short time to prepare a large supply.
POISONS AND THEIR ANTIDOTES.
The first thing to do in a case of poisoning is to cause the ejection of the poison by vomiting. To do this, place mustard mixed with salt on the tongue and give large quantities of lukewarm water; or, tickle the throat with a feather. These failing, instantly resort to active emetics, like tartar emetic, sulphate of copper or sulphate of zinc. After vomiting has taken place with these, aid it, if possible, by copious draughts of warm water until the poison is entirely removed. Of course, if vomiting cannot be induced the stomach pump must be employed, especially if arsenic or narcotics have been taken. The following table may be useful for emergencies:—
| POISONS. | ANTIDOTES. |
| Acids, | Alkalies: Soap and milk, chalk or soda. |
| Alkalies, | Vegetable acids, vinegar, oil in abundance. |
| Alcohol, | Common salt, moderately. |
| Arsenic, | Send for the doctor and his stomach pump. |
| Antimony, | Oak bark, strong green tea. |
| Baryta or lime, | Epsom salts, oils, magnesia. |
| Bismuth, | White of eggs, sweet milk. |
| Copper, | White of eggs, strong coffee. |
| Gases, | Cold douche, followed by friction. |
| Iodine, | Starch, wheat flour in water. |
| Creosote, | White of eggs, sweet milk. |
| Lead, | Strong lemonade, Epsom salts. |
| Opium and other narcotics, | Emetics, cold douche, and heat. |
| Phosphorus, | Magnesia in copious draughts. |
| Zinc, | White of eggs, sweet milk. |
| Mad-dog bite, | Apply fire in some form to the wound, thoroughly and immediately. |
| Bite of insect, | Ammonia, applied freely. |
| Bite of serpent, | Same as for mad dog, followed by whisky to intoxication. |