Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-22

BILE for Tactic fermentation, and a few
hours will produce the required result
Chi.ugo Prairie Former.
Family Matters.
SATURATE pals and tubs with glycer-
inc and they will not shrink.
HARD water becomes nearly soft by
boiling. A piece of chalk will soften
hard spring water.
DISSOLVE two pounds Of alum in three
quarts Of water. Amply with a brush
while hot to every crevice where vermin
harbOr.
HOUSEWIVES, provide yourselves with
a bottle of ammonia and a package OF
bOrax before commencing your semi
annual renovations.
WHEN sheets are beginning to wear in
the middle, sew the sewage sides togeth-
er, and rip open the old seam, or tear in
two and hem the sides.
COFFEE placed on a hot shovel and car
ried through the house will destroy any
unpleasant odor, and purify the atmos-
phere. 1t is an excellent disinfectant. !
Pottery can be easily gilded, by using
the gold powder and varnish sold for the
purpose. 1t is mixed in small quantities
and applied with a camefs hair pencil.
THERE are now 30 many handsome de-
signs for rugs, to he made from bits of
flannel, cloth, ends of worsted, or carpet
Rawlings, that every lady should have
at least one. A half an hour each day
would soon complete it.
A FEW moments spent each. morning in
planning the work for the day, will ma
t~erially assist the mistress of the family
in the more satisfactory performance of
her duties.
In stewipg Spanish onions remove the
outer skins, wash in water, and cut the
onions in half if large. Put in a stew
pan, cover with stock, and q little ham
or bacon; cut small, and stew gently for
three hours; serve hot.
COsMETICs-If ladies would eat meat
but once aday, pickles but once amonth
and sweetmeats never; if they would
bathe freely in cold water and live as
much as possible in the open air, they
would not require any other cosmetic.
Now is the time for the careful house
keeper to 60 through her closets and
trunks, and see that there are 10 moth
millers about. Don't forget this. Let
light and the air, and the brush and the
broom 60 into all the dark, close places
of the house.
Cold FEET-The feet require more
frequent washing than the hands; fire.
quent washing and liberal friction with
a course crash towel will promote circn.
lation and consequent warmth. Good
health is net attainable if the extremi.
ties are habitually cold.
FISH AS FooD-There is much nour.
ishment in fish, little if any less than
there is in meat, weight for weight; in
fact it may be more nourishing, because
rs a rule it il much more easily digested
Fish is considered almost a specific
against scrofulous diseases.
VALUE OF FooD-One pound of corr
is equal, as food, to four pounds of pota
toes, and more than equal to eigh,
pounds of cabbage, or to twelve and
half pounds of turnips. Meat is moi
fattening, hut is muscle-yielding ant
strengthening. Grains are fattening.
ATMOSPHERIC AIR-The air that passe,
out of our lungsis quite unfit to supper,
life if breathed again, even when mixed
with ten times its quantity of pure air
therefore the air of sleeping and living
rooms must he constantly changed or j
soon becomes poisonous.
WORKING OFF SICKNEss-It is a mis-
take to suppose n can work off sickness
If you feel i'll, favor your body, get thu
required rest which nature demands
Don't eat without an appetite. YOU
stomach will indicate when it is time t.
have food, and then it will be prepared
to digest it. r