Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-07-04
FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

TRrIp tea cleans grained wood.

The House.
TEpIp tea cleans grained wood.
on clo,h should be frightened, after
washing with soap and water, with skim
milk.
SALT and water washing preserves bed
steads from being infected by vermin also,
mattresses.
SIMPLE salt and water cleans and pre-
serves mating more etfectually than any
other method.
KEROSENE oil is the best furniture oil ;
it cleanses, adds a polish and preserves
/ from the ravages of insects
To GET rid of moths and reaches from
closets and bureau drawers sprinkle pow
dered borsX over and aroundthe shelves
and covered with clean paper.
INSECTS ON PLANTs.-To eXterminate the
/ insec s, mix one ounce OF carbonate of am
monia with gallon of water, and with this
fluid water the, plants.
Burns. -The following is said to be an
excellent remedy for burn Take a
tart apple aud simmer in lard until it forms
a salve it will heal burn quickly, and
always without without a scar.
MlIDEw FROM LINEN. Wet the
spotted part with a solution of chloride of
lime, or chlorine water, and the strin will
Immediately disappear then wash out at
once in warm water. 2. Mix some soft
soap with powdered starch, half as much
salt and the juice of lemon lay on the
spotted part with brush then let the gar
ment 10y on the grass day and night till
the stain comes out.
Soft GRAHAM BREAp.--Stir yeast or
milk rising into warm skim milk, then stir
in Graham -four enough to make good
batter as thick as can well be stirredAith
spoon put into deep bake dishes, and set
in Il warm place to rise the same as kneaded
bread when light, bake moderately until
there is a hard, brown crust over the top,
which, if preferred, may be sottened by
covering with dsmp cloth.
For ANTS, place fresh meat bone
where the ants can get at 1t and they will
flock to it in large numbers. When they
are ON ii dip II in hot water; repeat it a
few times and the ants will have disap-
peared. For moles, DIG hole like post
hole across one of the mole holes, and in
the bottom place some rags, previously
dipped in sulphur. Set fire to them, and
when once well on fire, cover up close with
a board, AVID the mole hole acls as a pibe.
The mole leaves.
WARTS. If the wart is not broken so as
10 expose the raw flesh, the following will
be found very eflicacious remedy; Take
some muriatic acid and put it ON the wart,
and then take some stick caustic and rub it
on, which will turn the wart white. Let it
dry for two or three days, when it will be
10 ha nj l1pnc oil II
half waV through 1t can then be pared
off as far as it will permit without drawing
blood, and then apply acid and cauStic
again, and let it dry as before After two
or three applications it will permit the
wsrt to be pared close to the skin, and ii
will not grow again.
THERE -re numerous ways Of preparing
eggs to keep them long time. but all pre-
sent some difficulty which is hard to sur
mount. Some oil every egg all over, and
they keep IS long as the oil remains
sweet. They can be vanished or coat d
with any substance which will exclude air
from them, but the slightest imperfection
in the coating produces filure in keep
ing. We have known eggs kept from the
summer, when they could be bought cheap,
until midwinter by packing in salt. Cow
er the bottom Of your vessel with salt, and
imbed another layer. until full, covering
the top layer an inch deep with the salt.
Tone WASH FOR TIE HAIR When the
hair is falling of, the following tonic wash
will be found very useful Take half n
fluid ounce of lincture of quinine, one
drachm of bicarbonate OF ammonia, and
five and half ounces Of rose water; frs
dissolve the ammonia in water then add
the tncture. Apply it gently to the roots
of the hair twice a week, or oftener, il
found to be beneficial