The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-05-19
USEFUL HINTS.

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of lemons), pound small quantity to a
fine powder, and apply it to the spot !;
drop some hot water on and rub it in
upon pewter plate over stove until
the oxide Of iron unites with the acid,
when little warm water washes all out.
LET the sun have free access to the
inside Of the whole house at some time
during the day, and keep shutters, blinds
and windows open except when it is
necessary to exclude it. Never mind
faded carpets they are not SO bad as
faded cheeks, and these can not be
avoided without fresh air and ample day.
light.
The following is said 10 DO an excel.
lent powder for cleaning the teeth !:
Powdered willow charcoal four ounces;
cinchona bark and sugar Of milk each
one pound old transparent soap in
powder four ounces mix in q marble
mortar, sift through the finest boiling
cloth, and perfume with altar Of orange
flower one ounce.
The following is an excellent recipe for
keeping moths out of clothing: Mix half a
pint Of alcohol, the same quantity Of tur-
pentine and two ounces Of camphor !;
keep it in stone bottle. and shake well
before using. The clothes or furs are to
be wrapped in linen and crumpled-up
pieces of blotting>paper dipped in the
liquid are to be placed in the box with
them SO that it smells strong. This re-
quires renewing about once . year.
LES MODES gives the following old
recipe for testing the age Of eggs, which,
it thinks, seems to have been forgotten |:
Dissolve 100 grammes Of common salt
in liter Of water. An egg put in this
solution on the day it is laid will sink to
the bottom one day old will not quite
reach to the bottom of the vessel an
egg 3 days old will swim in the LIQUID.
while one more than days old will
swim on the surface.
No ONE knows until she has worn one
what convenience sewing apron is.
Cut small round apron Of calico or any
other material which you choose, make
deep pocket across tho bottom, in
which scissors, thimble and thread may
slip when You are obliged to rise and
leave your sewing for short time. The
large pocket may DO divided by stitch
ing it through the center, and smaller
pockets may be added at the top.
A BosroN housekeeper suggests way
to decide when buyer gets butter that
is spelled with "B" and when it is
commenced with an 10" Take knife
ANY kind or shape will do and scrape
the butter(D gently, but with firm
touch, two Or three times; then hold it
up to the light to discover if there be
any fuzz hanging thereto; or cut Of
piece and hold it in the same position.
By doing thus the writer Of this has
found fuzz varying in length from an
eighth of an inch to an inch in length.
This is your suet butter, the hated
"olco." Good butter never shows these
signs Of weakness. Try it and be con-
WINGED.
MANY people have to leave their hous-
es for time, during which period, es-
pecially in damp seasons, not only the
furniture, but also the walls and the "a
per on them are liable to get damaged
by the moisture in the atmosphere.
This can he avoided in simple manner.
Before leaving the house the rooms con-
tanning furniture ought to he well fast
ened up. to exclude Us much of the outer
air as possible dish of dry chloride Of
lime should then be placed in the mid
die Of the apartment, and inside another
large empty vessel, intended to receive
the water flowing out Of the former. The
well-dried chloride Of lime has such an
affinity for water that it will attract al
the moisture contained in the room and
keep the air perfectly dry. SO that NO
harm can occur to either furniture,
books, papers, etc. Care must only he
taken to open doors and windows when
the apartments are to be occupied. az
the dry air is not good for breathing.