The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-11-15
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.

"A few kernels of Drowned or a
spoonful of ground coffee smoldered on
Goals in a sick room or musty room will
purify it in few moments and for a
long time.
"A sure preventive of moths is to
pour strong alum water on the floor
half-a-yard around the edges before lay
ing the carpets, and once or twice dur
ing the season sprinkle dry salt over the
carpet before sweeping. Sufficient viii
adhere to prevent insects alighting.
"A little sulphur or dry carbolate of
lime sprinkled in the nests of sitting
hens will keep off the lice. Either the
sulphur or carbolate of lime, mixed
with dry dust or finely sifted ashes,
makes capital dust-bath for hens and
little chicks.
Winter squashes, if hung up by the
stem in a cool place, viii keep for many
months. The cellar where vegetables
are kept should be cool and dark, yet
well ventilated. No decaying vegeta-
bles should be left around to promote
the decay of the rest.
Chloride of lime is a most excellent
purifier for vegetable cellar. Set a
stone pot of it in the middle of the place
and all the air will become purified and
the vegetables be well preserved till late
in the season. Decaying vegetables in
the cellar are often the cause of much
sickness in house, and yet the cause
passes unsupported.
Hard waters are rendered very soft
and pure, rivaling distilled water, by
merely boiling a two-ounce vial, say in
kettleful of water. The carbonate of
lime and any impurities will be found
in the vial. The water boils very much
quicker at the same time. The knOwl-
edge of this fact will prove boon to
housewives and laundresses.
-Earthen milk crooks unglazed are
better adapted for stewing apple-sauce,
boiling jelly, rice, and many other
things, as tin or iron Injuries the delicate
flavor and color Of fruits, and porcelain
kettles are expensive and easily scorch.
Let water gradually heat several times
in them on the back of the stove when
new, and you will prefer them to any
thing for cooking certain things.
"A tablespoonful of ammonia in one
gallon of warm water will often restore
the color of carpets, even if injured by
acids or alkali. If ceiling has been
whitewashed with the carpet down, and
a few drops should fall, this will remove
it. Or, after the carpet is well beaten
and brushed, scOur with ox-gall, which
will not only extract grease, but freshen
the colors. One pint of gall in three
gallons of warm water will do for II
large carpet.
-Replenish a coal fire as soon as the
Goals begin to show ashes on the sur
face; then put on merely enough to
show a thin layer of black covering the
red. This will soon kindle, and as
there is not much of it, an excess of
heat will be given out. Many persons
almost put out the fire by stirring the
crate as soon as fresh coal is put in, thus
leaving all the heat in the ashes when it
should be sent to the new coal. The
time to stir the fire is just when the new
coal laid on is pretty well kindled. This
method saves fuel, gives more uni
form heat, and prevents the discOm-
forts of alterations of heat and cold.
I want every mother in the land to
know what is a certain cure for cut or
bruise or any kind of hurt. Soft hot
water is. Immerse the injured part in
to as hot water as can be borne until the
pain and Inflammation is relieved. |
knew little two-year-Old upon whose
tender, soft little hand heavy window
came crushing. In its frantic efforts to
get the hand out, the poor little fingers
were so terribly lacerated and torn that
amputation was deemed inevitable. The
mother would not listen to it, bat kept
the hand for hours in as hot water as
the child could bear. In a few days
the fingers healed beautifully without
scar or tester.