' To Drive Away Bed Bugs. — Take the whites of/
four eggs and ten cents' worth of quicksilver, and
beat together until a stiff froth. Take a feather,
dip in, and apply to the bedstead.
Ammonia is not only useful for cleaning, but as a
household, medicine. Half a teaspoonful taken in
half a tumbler of water is far better for faintness than
alcoholic stimulants. In the Temperance Hospital,
, in London, it is used with the best results. It was
used freely by Lieutenant Greely's Arctic party for
keeping up circulation. It is a relief in nervous-
ness, headache and heart disturbances.
Canned Fruit is much better if opened an hour or
two before using, to restore the oxygehi
Bhnbarb scalded a few minutes before coQking
■ will require njuch less sugar.
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Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
' To Drive Away Bed Bugs. — Take the whites of/ four eggs and ten cents' worth of quicksilver, and beat together until a stiff froth. Take a feather, dip in, and apply to the bedstead.
Ammonia is not only useful for cleaning, but as a household, medicine. Half a teaspoonful taken in half a tumbler of water is far better for faintness than alcoholic stimulants. In the Temperance Hospital, , in London, it is used with the best results. It was used freely by Lieutenant Greely's Arctic party for keeping up circulation. It is a relief in nervousness, headache and heart disturbances.
Canned Fruit is much better if opened an hour or two before using, to restore the oxygen
Rhubarb scalded a few minutes before cooking ■ will require njuch less sugar.