The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-15
FARM, GARDEN, AND HOUSEHOLD.
Household Hints.

Household Hints.
Do not let coffee and tea stand in tin.
Keep your salt spoons out of the salt,
and clean them often.
Lard requires no other care than to be
kept in a dry, cool place.
Scald your wooden ware often, and
keep the tinware perfectly dry.
Keep your castors covered with blot
ting paper and green flannel.
Cream of tartar rubbed upon soiled
white kid gloves cleans them very much.
To remove grease from wall paper, lay
several folds of blotting paper on the
spot and hold hot iron near it until the
grease is absorbed.
To make macaroni tender, put it in
cold water and, bring it to a boil. 1t will
then be much more tender than If put
into hot water or stewed in milk.
Equal parts of very clean, sharp sand
plaster OF paris and litharge make a good
aquarium cement. Mix well and make
into stiff putty with boiled linseed oil.
Outlets and steaks should be fried as
we'll as broiled, but they must be put in
hot butter or lard. The grease Is hot
enough when it throws off blush
smoke.
Do not let knives be dropped into hot
water. 1t is good plan to have large
tin pot to wash them in, just high enough
to wash the blades without wetting the
handles.
Never wash marble slabs or fireplaces
with suds; this will in time destroy pol
ISL. They should be dusted the spots
taken off with !. nice oiled cloth, and
then rubbed dry with soft flannel.
A tablespoonful of black pepper put
into the first water in which gray and
buff linens are washed will keep them
from spoiling. There is no objection to
it, and it softens the water like soda.
If those who black their own stoves
will grease them before blacking they
will find it prevents them from rusting.
Add pinch of brown sugar to the
blacking just before applying. This
causes It to stick, and it polishes much
easier and with half the rubbing.
Din flannel cloth in warm soapsuds.
then into whiting, and apply it to paint.
and it will almost instantly remove grease
and dirt from wood work of all Gescrjp-
tions about your house Afterward wash
with clean water. This application will
make painted work look almost as good
rs new, and will not iDure the paint in
the least.
AGerman chemical journal commends
the use of paraffine as the best method
of making porous corks gas and water
tight. Allow the corks to remain for
about five minutes beneath the surface
of melted paraffine in a suitable vessel,
the corks being held down by perfora-
| ted lid, wire screen, or similar device.
Corks thus prepared can be easily cut and
| bored, have perfectly smooth exterior,
may be introduced and removed from the
neck of flask with ease, and make an
absolutely perfect seal.
Tho Pig, as He il Forced to Appear.
The pig, neglected as to cleanliness,
and put off with refuse feed, is differ
ent animal from what he would be if
given the Gale you give your buggy
horse. As the Sanitartap says, mud
stands to him in the relation Of soap to
human being, but instead of washing
| it off with water he allows it to cake
and dry upon the skin, and then rubs it
/ all of, mud and cutaneou5 debris to-
gether, upon some sufficiently rough sur
| face. Loose hair and cutancous scurf
irritate him, and lie takes his own way
of cleansing his skin from them. Cleanse
his skin for him and he will rest in con-
tentment, without offending the eyes of
his supercillious betters, often less scru-
pulous in this matter than he is, by his
wallowings, scratchings and sc1ubbings.
It has long been known that a pig thus
cleaned with soap ard water not only
becomes less Objectionable, but grows
fat more speedily than if left to clean
himself in his own way. Similarly as
respects his food. Garbage is not the
food that the pig selects by preference.
In fact, n pig which has been fed for any
time upon sweet food will turn away
froml sour and disgusting food. If
left to pick up his living where be can
find it, he will eat anything that he can
find that is eatable, but even then will
eat acorns, fallen fruit, or roots in pre-
ference to garbage; and human beings
| in similar straits will act precisely in the
same way. 1t may be economical, and
pcrhaps even desirable, to convert into
pork matters which can in no other way,
or in no way more convenient, be made
subservient to the subsistence OF man
kind, and the pig is possibly properly
utilized in this manner. Our only de-
sire is to vindicate his character as a
cleanly feeder, ifonly he has the chance
of cleanly feeding vouchsafed him.
Farm Journal.
| Health Hints.
A fresh. tomato leaf is sovereign cure
for bee sting.
Alxali washes are valuable remedy
for ivy poisoning.
Dry friction daily with a towel stimu-
lates the skin and circulation.
Close, unvcntilated bedrooms make
graves o: thousands of people annually.
The powder Of a ripe puff bal! will
stop the bleeding of an amputated limb.
To soften the hair, beat the yolk Of
one egg into Il pint of rain water; rub
the scalp and hair well with this; then
rinse the hair thoroughly and dry with
a towel. Use very little oil If the hair
becomes too dry.
The Boston Journal Of Chemistry re-
commends this simple wash for the
mouth: Dissolve n spoonful of black
currant jelly in half a cup of hot water,
and add two Jumps of sugar. Keep in
the mouth rs long as possible, but do
not swallow it. 1t will give relief when
the tongue is dry or the mouth foul.
Three cures for sore throat are recon-
mended by the New York Times, as fol-
lows: (D Gargle the throat with solu-
ton of salt and water (2) Garglea
throat with chlorate of potash and
water. (3) Keep small lump Of gum
cnmphor in the mouth and swallow the
saliva; do the same with chlorate OF
potash.
Tobacco Slaves.
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