Smyrna times., 1879-07-16
About the House.

10 Brighten NLrcr.-Old newspapers will
put the finishing touch to newly cleaned
silver, knives and forks, and tnware better
than anything.
Cautton.-lf you find that kerosene lust
purchased can be made to burn in a saucer
by ignlting with a match, throw it away at
once. Don't attempt to use it for house
lamps.
CeaaiAg Ta.@arc.-The best thing for
cleaning tinware is common soda. Dampen
cloth and dip in soda, and rub the ware
briskly, after which wiped ry. Any black.
ened or dirty ware can be made to look as
well as new.
l'crDtln.-MosquitOes will not remain in a
room where oil of pennyroyal is exposed.
If rats enter your cellar, powdered potash
sprinkled in their runway and about their
hole will Danish them. Cayenne pepper
will keep the buttery and store room free
from ants and cockroaches.
on-Unwholesomc air is a very
common cause of disease. Few persons are
| aware Of the danger arising from it, Peo-
pie generally pay some attention to what
| they eat and drink, but seldom regard what
goes into their lungs, though the latter
! proves often the more fatal of the two.
| The one great safeground is ventilation at
all times.
| Our F0od.-it is a very common practice
to eat light breakfasts, ald to partake Of a
hearty supper. This practice should be
reversed. When people sup late, it should
be lightly; but the breakfast should be
solid and nutritious. If one eats light
supper, rctres to bed early, and rises be.
times, he will rarely want for an appetite
for breakfast.
Wcndtng Tmcore.-(D A large pail used
for taking up ashes had become too full of
holes for use, but was so light and handy
we did not like to give itup. So we pasted
stout cloth over the bottom, outside and in
and then covered the cloth with thin ce.
ment Of salt and ashes. 1t is firstrate
ash-pail still, and hot ashes do not burn out
the cloth. Mcnding tin with cloth may be
new fashion to some but it works very
well. | know coal-scuttle that has done
good service for five years since it was pro-
nounced "worn out" simply by having q
piece OF cloth patched on with thick flour
paste. 1t needs renewing about twice a
year \ lady told me that she mended
big dish-pan by covering the bottom with
white paint, and then putting on piece of
J white cloth, which she also covered over
with paint She had used it five years then
and it is not more than eleven years ago, so
} | presume she is using it still, as she was not
a woman much given to change. (2) Lead
= alone will not properly adhere to tinware
: Equal parts of lead and block tin melted to-
) gether form solder. With a soldering tool
, Of copper and fux Of powdered rosn and
little experience, any one can become his
G own tinker. Muriat Of zinc is a better fluX
than rosin to use on old pans where the
t timing is worn off. A few shavings of zinc
i put in glass vial and sufficient quantity
g of muriatic acid to Dissolve the zinc makes a
P reliable fux.
= Make tie Table Atract;oc.-A great deal OF
:, enjoyment of meal depens on the ap-
:, pearance Of the table. a clean, smoothly
. ironed tablecloth and napkins are the first
- requisites. If these are carefully folded
= after every meal and laid in a box kept fol
;s the purpose, they will look well for severa
e days. Where there are small children, ;
i square white oilcloth bound with scarlet
% braid or simply pinked around and laic
: under their plates, will prevent much soil
~ ing of the table cloth. A few bright pretty
- dishes add much to the appearance of the
ls table. Now during the summer prett,
~ ornament may be secured for every meal b!
:, merely running into the yard or gardeI
~ and gathering few buds and flowers anC
y. sprays of green for a bouquet. This habit
! if once commenced, will SO grow upon th'
- taste that the spoons or napkins will hardl.
no be more indispensable 1t is well to lie
II the children furnish the table boquets from
- their own flower beds. One day when ou
- Willie gathered cluster of apple buds ant
~ blossoms for the dinner table, friend VIII
~ sat at the table said to him, p" Those bio:
n SONS if left on the trea would have grow
~ to be apples" {" would Just us soon hav
l., the blossoms" was the answer. A prett
~ ornament for the table is made by placin
q. q, a goblet in shallow glass fruit dish and fiji
- ing both with flowers, If the scarlet rae
- 81 ishes are laid on the green lettuce in tn
~ salad bowl, it makes almost a bouquet tc
- it. Correspondence Farm and FireSide.
ms He0o to Drv FlO,cers ,cih Sand.-There al
ng many of our brilliant fowers-such {
he dahlias, pansies, pinks, geraniums, swet
he Williams, carnations, gladiolus, which ma
ms be preserved so as to retain their color Il
no wears. White flowers will not answer Il
ar. this purpose, nor any succulent plant,
ge byacinth, or cactus. Take deep dishes,
lat those of sufficient depth to allow the tioV
he ers to be covered an inch deep with SAM
di Get the common white sand, such as
nd used for securing purposes, cover the be
ibe tom of the dish with layer half an inC
nd deep, and then lay in the flowers, with the
ex- stems downward, holding them firmly
an place while you sprinkle more sand ov
Y. them until all places between the petals a
filled and the flowers buried out of sigt
A broad dish will accommodate quite
large number. Allow sufficient sand
pie tween. Set the dish in a dry, warm plat
lch where they will dry gradually, and at t
the end of a week pour off the sand and eXal
'm- inc them. If there is any moisture in t
om sand, it must be dried out before usl
ing again, or fresh sand may be poured oV
The them the same as before. Some flowers
ire oaire weeks to dry, while others Will
nu- come sufficiently dry to put away IN we
aid or ten days. By this simple process tic
the ers, ferns, ETC., are preserved IN their pr
ice er shape as we'll as in their proper icol
ere, which is far better than to press them
aims books. When arranged in groups
his mounted on cards or in little straw bask
lpe- they may be placed in frames under gl'
the --sN
do The tramp laws of the various States
.ily, rounding New York, mainly model
half upon the New Hampshire statue, have
The parently had the effect of driving those
to grants into that State as safe hart
the Governor Robinson failed to approve
tramp law passed by the New York Legi
ture last Winter, and the tramps are TAX
advantage Of it, The Pennsylvania
ston goes into effect August 10,