The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-13
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may be obtained by soaking rounc
piece of coarse sponge in warm wa:el
until il il thoroughly expanded. Aftel
squeezing it about half dry place in the
openings millet, red clover and barley
grass seeds, rice and oats. Hang the
sponge in q window where the sur
shines part of the day, and sprinkle il
lightly with water every morning for Q
week. Soon tender leaves will shoot
out. and, growing rapidly, will form q
dropping mass of living green. IL reg
ularly sprinkled, it will later be dotted
with blossoms of the clover.
To CURL HAIR.-A very easy and
harmless process is to take strips of old
cotton cloth, which will, when wound
over, make a curl of desirable size
Cut each strip the required length for
a curl; then sew to one end of the strip
piece of cloth twice its length, and
an inch wide. Part of lock of hair
and place the fastened ends of the strip
close to the roots of the hair. Wind
the lock smoothly over the larger strip,
covering it Immediately with winding
of the other strip. Fasten the ends
securely over the ends of the hair with
needle and thread. This process
makes beautiful, and natural-looking
curls.
LIQUID SHOE BLAoKING.-The fol-
lowing is commended by excellent au-
thority as giving gloss like patent
leather, being water proof, and not soil
ing ladies' white dresses: Dissolve
half pound of shellac i'll alcohol; it
jissolves slowly, but cork the bottle
well, keep in a warm place, and shake
often. Then add piece of camphor
the size OF hens egg, shake well, and
after it is dissolved add one ounce Of
lampblack. If the alcohol is strong
enough, all viii be dissolved in two
days. If it is too thick, add alcohol. 1t
dries in five minutes, and does not make
the leather hard, as it does not pene-
trpte, but remains on the surface.
CARE OF THE TEETH. Desirable as
sound teeth are, there is no part of the
bodies of young children that is so much
neglected by parents. Scarcely one
child in hundred has regular, sound
teeth, and the proportion of those that
are covered to q greater or less extent
with an unpleasant looking coating is
equally great. The daily use of the
brush, without any other dentifrice than
pure white CASTLE soap, and the remov-
al of tooth or two, would, in most in
stances, not only give whiteness, but
regularity, both combining to greatly
enhance beauty. An offensive breath is
often remedied by careful attention
to the teeth and thoroughly washing
and rinsing the mouth after each meal
in water i'll which few drops of tinct-
ure of myrrh is put, avw syn
To Fix SEAwEEDs IN BooKs.-H not
too fine the weeds must be soaked in
salt and water, then dried in towel,
laid on table or suitable board and
pasted over on one side with Gamers
hair brush or pencil dipped III solu-
ton of gunidragon: the gummed side
must be applied to the paper; when this
is satisfactorily achieved, for which pa.
thence is exceedingly requisite, stretch
a piece of clear muslin over the speci-
men, and then put eight or ten pieces
OF biotting paper, cut TO size, upon it,
placing heavy weight on the
top. Leave it for twenty-four hours,
then remove the top, gently take the
blotting- paper and muslin and replace
them by fresh pieces, taking great care
not to disturb the specimens in the
least degree. In three or four days, if
the weather be dry, the specimens will
be dry also. They viii retain their
color for years, If prepared as above,
directly after they come from their
briny home.
HANDS AND FEET.---A great many
children suffer martyrdom with their
feet, and make no sigh. Compression
of the feet in children, not less than in
grown people, works great many evils.
Derangement OF circulation, headache,
and weak sses result from wearing
tight shoes. The movements of mild
should be absolutely free, and every
garment and covering Of the body
should be SO contrived as not to de-
tract in the least from perfect freedom
of circuietfon and movement. Keeping
shoes on feet that have eItgrown them
Us very expensive Economy. 1t is
probable that more children suffer the
misery of ccnhsSessed feet from want
81 reflection OR from false views of
economy on the part of the parent
than frbfs siaternal vanity. 1t may not
be gfnirs TO add word of consolation
TO the Unfortunate possessors of ugly
hanEs and feet. We have heard un-
ntAibered expressions of admiration of
ske works of various artists, authors,
and poets; but we do not remember
ever to have heard the query as to what
kind of q hand wrought any picture, OF
penned any passage thus admired, OF
what kind of foot seconded the re.
searches of the brain and hand in pur-
suit of the knowledge or ability thus
illustrated. If our work is well and
faithfully done, it matters little whetlel
our complexion is clear or cloudy, what
the color of our hair may be, or swhat
number OF gloves or shoes we wear, sc
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