Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-11-16
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

FARM AND FIREsIDE.
| CLEANSING FLUID.-For washing alpa-
cas-, camel's hair, and other wooden goods,
and for removing marks made on furniture,
carpets, rugs, mats, etc.-Four ounces of
ammonia, four ounces of white CASTLE
soap, two ounces of alcohol, two ounces Of
glycerine, and two ounces of ether. Cut
the soap fine; dissolve in one quart of wa
teraover the fire, and add four quarts of
water.-When nearly cold add the other
ingredients. This will make nearly eight
quarts, and will cost about seventy-ive
cents. 1t must be put in bottle and stop
pered tight. 1t will keep good any length
of time. To wash ss-goods, take pail
of lukewarm water, and put in a teacupful
of the fluid shake around we'll in this,
and then rinse in plenty of clean water,
and iron on the wrong side while damp.
For washing grease from coat-collars &C.,
take little of the fluid in cup of water,
apply with clean rag, and wipe with
second rag 1t will make everything wood
en- look bright and fresh.
CHILDREN's FEET.-Lifelong discom-
fort and sudden death often come to chill
dren through the inattention or careless
ness of mothers or nurses. A cl4ild ahon1d
never be allowed to go to sleep with cold
feet. The thing to be last attended to is
to see that the feet are dry and warm.
Neglect of this has often resulted in dan
gerous attacks of Group; diptheria, or fatal
sore throat. Always on coming home from
school-on entering the house from visit
or errand in rainy, muddy, or damp wealth
er, the child should remove it's shoes, and
the mother should herself ascertain wheth-
er the stockings are, in the least, damp.
If they are, they should be taken off, the
feet held before the fire, or rubbed with the
hands until perfectly dry and another pair
of stockings and another pair of shoes put
on. The reserved shoes and stockings
should be kept ready for use on minutes
notice.
KEEPING WINTER SQUAsHEs.-Keep-
ing squashes in winter seems to be attend
ed with considerable difficulty. They can
not be kept where it is damp, as in most
cellars, or where frost can reach them, nor
will they keep so well where it is very
warm. The best condition Ior keeping
them seems to be where the air is cool and
dry, yet safe from frost. An attic cham
Der until winter; then closet near the
chimney where the frost cannot reach or
the temperature does not rise very high, is
the best most families can command. Ex-
tensive market gardeners often keep them
in houses built for the purpose, where they
can maintain an even temperature by the
aid of fires and ventilation.
Great care should be taken to save seed
only from perfect specimens which are up
to the standard requirements Of their kind,
and as much superior as possible.
POISONED PICKLEs.-Prepared pickles,
where they present bright green appear
ance, owe that color to the use of the ace
tate of copper, or verdigris, a deadly poi
son. The chemist Mitchell says that a jar
of imported pickles often contains verdi
girls enough to kill one if it could all be
taken into the system at once. We are glad
to be able to say that most American
manufacturers have stopped using this
article, so that it may be looked for only in
foreign pickles, and in not all of them.
The same objection exists in regard to
bottled fruits and getables.-Wherever
that peculiar bright green color is observed
it is safer to give whatever it may be the
go-by.
To REMOVE observation-disclosures
grated into cup of cold sour milk-let it
stand twelve hours, then strain and apply
two or three times day. 1t will remove
freckles from hands or face in a short
time.
One ounce of lemon juice mixed with
quarter of drachm of pulverized borax
and half a drachm of sugar will also re-
move freckles. Keep this lotion in a glass
bottle corked tightly few days before
using, and apply occasionally, and it will
soon remove them.
To ROAST CoFFEE.-If you desire to
have extra fine favored coffee, buy the
green coffee-pure Java. Pick it over,
wash it well, drain it, and spread it out on
pie-pans; roast it in a moderate oven, OF
on top of the range; stir it often to keep
it from burning, and roast it until it is a
good-brown; then drop a small piece of
butter in each pan and mix it up just
enough to make the coffee shine; grind it
fresh every morning. The flavor will then
equal, if not excel, the Vienna coffee.
BoRAX VS.. sOAP.-The great dislike to
DISTINGUISHING lies in the effect it has upon
the hands. If you would rob it of all it's
terrors and have it purify the skin as well
as the dishes, making the hands soft and
white, don't use any soap except on very
greasy pots and pans. Use plenty of borax
instead, in the first water as we'll as in the
rinse. Try it.
FLOOR PAINT.-For durable and cheap
paint for house floors dissolve one ounce
of glue in a quart of warm water, and
thicken it with paint. After putting this
on 60 over it with coat of boiled linseed
oil it will be dry and ready for use in two
hours.