The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-11-18
USEFUL HINTS.

A PIECE of zinc placed on the live
Goals in hot stove will etfectLally clean
out a stove-pipe, the vapors produced
carrying off SCOT by chemical decompo-
sltion.
AN Eastern physician states that IN
families that roast their own coffee diph-
liberia cannot get foothold, as I'll lup-
gent aroma of the roasting coffee ef-
fectually destroys the germs OF the dis
ease.
VIOLET INK STAINS. remove, with
out trouble, the stains OF violet Ink
caused by the upsetting OF bottle OF
that fluid upon any garment, lay i'm
mediately in clear, cold water and rub
out the ink as far as it will come out,
then lay it out on the grass. when 1t will
disappear. Lay calico goods out with
the wrong side to the sun.
To KEEP machinery from rusting |:
Take one-half ounce of camphor dis
solve in one pound of melted lard; take
off the scum and mix in as much fine
black lead as will give it an iron color.
Clean the machinery and smear with
the mixture. After twenty-four hours
rub clean with soft linen cloth. 1t
will keep clean for months under or
binary circumstances.
GOOD WASHING FLUID.-Take one
pound of washing soda, one-auarter of a
pound of unslaked lime and one gallon
of water. Boil up and when cold pour
off clear. Use one teacupful to boiler
of clothes, and it will take out almost
any stains, leaving the garment clear and
white, even though it has scarcely been
rubbed at all. 1t is very simple, and
when washing is done in the house a
wonderful labor-saver. 1t will not cause
the slightest injury to the most delicate
fabrics. Not half the injury that the
washboard is to even the stouter goods.
To SroP NOSE BLEED. -The Scientific
american gives the following novel
plan The best remedy for bleeding at
the nose, as given by DIR. Gleason in one
of his lectures, is In the vigorous motion
of the Jaws as if In the act of chewing.
In the case of child wad of paper
should be placed in its mouth, and the
child should be instructed to chew il
hard. 1t is the motion of the jaws that
stops the flow OF blood. The remedy
is SO very simple that many will feel in
clined to laugh at it. but it never has
been known to fail in a single instance,
even in very severe cases.
MoTHFRs and nurses cannot be too
careful about the soap they use on the
little ones. Few but physicians know
how many of the so-called skin diseases
among children are caused by the use
OF adulterated, poisonous soap. An
analysis of several cakes of the pretty
and perfumed toilet soaps that are sold
on the streets showed the presence OF
ground glass, soluble glass, slick, pipe
clay, rotten stone, borax, plaster OF
paris, tin crystal, magnesia, pumice
stone, oatmeal and other substances,
which are added to give the soap weight,
toughness or cleaness. The common
colorings are vermillion, Venetian red
and carmine, ultramarine green, pot
pigment green, copperas, Spanish
brown, ultramarine blues, yellow and
scarlet aniines and burnt umber. Many
of the pertaining ingredients, though
harmless in themselves, become chem
ically poisonous by admixture. Adding
the dangers from all these to the rancid,
diseased, putrid qualities of grease
used, and mothers may well be appalled,
at the permanent evils their neat-look-
ing, delicately-scented blocks of toilet
soap contain, ready to be released when
ever moistened and applied to baby's
body.