The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-09-10
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

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To CLEAN marble, rub first with soda
and soft soap, then wash rs usual with
water. .9er
A LITTLE black pepper in some cotton
dipped in sweet oil is one of the quickest
remedies known for earache.
DIM writing, nearly efaced by age,
may be restored by the application of a
solution of prussiate of potash Of water.
Wash the parts with hair pencil and
the writing will appear If the paper has.
not been destroyed.
To KEEP AWAY BEDBUGs.-Dilute oil
of sassafras with water, sprinkle the
sheets with it and the bugs will leave in
hurry. Oil of pennyroyal is also excel
lent. 1t leaves yellow stain, but that
can be removed in the wash. Equally
good for mosquitoes.-Cor. Western Rural.
To CONCEAL BAD TASTES OF MEDICINES.
The bitter taste of quinia, colocynth,
aloes, quassia and other bitter medicines
is said to be instantly removed by chew
ing piece of licorice root. To disguise
castor oil rub two drops oil of cinnamon
with an ounce of glycerine and add an
ounce of castor oil. Children will take
it and ask for more.
RAW BEEF FOR DYsENTERY-Takeh half
pound of juicy beef, free from any fat;
mince it very finely; then rub it into a
a smooth pulp, either in a mortar or with
an ordinary potato masher, and press it
through fine sieve. Spread little out
upon plate and sprinkle over it some
salt, or some sugar if the child prefers it.
Give it alone or spread upon buttered
slice of stale bread. 1t makes an excel
lent food for children with dysentery.-
Western Rural.
CAMPHoR MEDIcATIoN.-C amphor is
poison, and yet it is largely used by
many families for alleviating pain and
curing sores. 1t is a nervous irritant. If
taken in small doses, it acts like alcohol
and opium. In large quantities it ex-
cites the nervous system even to the ex-
tent of camphor spasms and death Cam
phor also acts as an irritant on the mu-
cous membrane of the stomach, leading
to constipation and liberation. On these
accounts it should not be used without
the advice of physician. Families
easily get into the habit of running to the
camphor bottle for every tritling ailment
until after while insidious maladies
break out whose origin is little suspected
Journal of Health.
CLEANING KID GLoyEs.-During the
warm weather kid gloves are easily
soiled, particularly as the prevailing col
ors are quite light; and as it costs time
and money to have them cleaned at the
dyer's, we let our readers into the secret
of cleaning them at home, which can be
done just as well as if paid for outside.
Take little sweet milk and piece OF
white or brown soap. Fold a clean tow
ell three or four times, spread it over your
dress, and spread out the glove smoothly
upon it. Take a large piece of -white
flannel, dip it into the milk, then rub it
upon the soap, and rub the glove down
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wrist of it by the left hand. Continue
this process until the glove, if white,
looks dingy yellow, but if colored,
looks dark and entirely spoiled. Now
let it dry, and then put it on your hand,
and it will be soft, smooth, glossy and
clean. Take care, however, to omit no
part of the glove in rubbing it, and see
that all the soiled parts are thoroughly
cleaned. This process applies only to
white or colored kid gloves. For black
gloves that are soiled, turned white, and
otherwise injured, take tcaspoonful of
salad oil, drop few drops of ink into it,
and rub it all over the gloves with the tip
of feather, then let them dry in the
sun. White kid boots and slippers can
also be cleaned by the first process to
look cas- good as new" and black kid
boots and slippers can be restored to
their pristine gloss by the latter method.
Pacific Rural Press