The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-10-25
FIELD AND FARM.
Home Hints.

Home Hints.
A good way to prevent dust when
sweeping room is to cover the broom
with cloth slightly damped. The aust
vii! be easily removed by this meaus,
and not dispersed about the room
Moreover, it will be found that the col.
ors OF the carpet will DO frightened by
this means far more than by ordinary
sweeping: and after good broom has
Deen used in the usual way it will be
found an excellent plan that the SCI want
20 over the carpet again with 4 damp
cloth. The colors ola faded carpet can
be restored by wa~hin: it over with
ammonia waite or bullock gall. In rooms
where the woodwork is painted it is al
WAYS we'll to have an inch or two Of the
floor painted also. so that if, in changing
carpets, they do not exactly TT it will
moi be =, noticeable as if a white hue
wee shown.
A handsome design for patchwork
cushion is to make q large fan Of velvet
plush, or satin, 1T sho Md be 80 large
that it will cover nearly or quite half oil
the cushion; put velvet or satin over
the rest of the cushion; the handle
should point toward one corner. An
other pretty way il to cover half the
cushion with tho color; the material
NAV be Of silk, sa'in, or vsvet put this
on diagonally. The res: Of the cushion
should b. covered with the crazy patch.
work. Plain pieces Of satin may be
made very ornamental by working
some little ieisgn on them. OF simply by
putting small crescent OF some con.
trdsting color with fine button-hole stitch
sowing silk of bright hue.-New York
Post.
SELECTING Flo ,R-First look to the
color; If it is white, with yellowisl,.
colorel tint, buy it; if it i, while, with
abluish coat, or with. white specks in it
Second, examine its adheslveness--
wet::a ID kneed little of it between the
fingers; if it works soft and sticky, it is
Door. Throw a little lump of drlel
flour against asmooth sur face, if it
falls like povder it IS bad Fourth,
squeeze some of the four tightly in
given 1t by the pressure, that, too, IS Il
good sign. 1t il safe 20 buy flour that
will stand all these tests.
To CLEAN HAIR BRUsnEs.-Put des
'rtspoon III OF saleratu, into half pint Of
~arm water. Dip in the brush and rub
until clean. The best Way is to wash
Two brushes at the same time, and ruD
hem together until the Dristles are
white. Tnen rinse them in a bowl of
:old water. and rub with a thick cloth
ln,il nearly dry, and place them upright
It All open win low until wholly dried.
Defective hearing is growing more
prevalent in the United States. So
says DR.. Sexton. 1t produces in chill
tren at first the appearance of stapid-
!ty and then the reality. They do not
hear sounds distinctly, and, of course,
they cannot initiate sounds accurately.
Defects in the teeth are great cause Of
this lamentable calamity in the young,
and this is a fresh reason for avoiding
luack apple .tions If so.called dentists
and Keeping to pure soap and water in
cleaning the teeth.
10 CLEANSE THE HAIR To one gill of
waraish water, add twenty drops of
aqua ammonia. and with bit Of flannel
Or sponge wash tn, head and hair, d.
v'dlng 1t into partin.s, SO rs to rub out
the da sdrutf thoroughly. Then comb
the head with a fine. tooth comb, and let
it dry in the air. This hair wash has
been tried for years, ana will not only
Keep the head very clean If used twi.e a
month, but preserve the color and thick.
ness of the hair.
A good way to extract the juice of
beef for an invalid is to broil the beef
on a gridiron for f.w minutes. and
then squeeze tho juice from it with
lemon squeezer; put Il little salt with il.
This may be given as the sick one pre-
- hnS H>V rx>u
and given in small humps.
Remedy for Gapes In Chickens
In the great preserves Of Europe the
pheasants are frequently destroyed in
great numbers by the disease known
among poultry breeders as 'gapes" 1t
is caused by the presence Of small par
asitic worms in the breathing tube; hence
the gaping of the chicks in attempting
to breathe. Garlic has be en- found to be
almost a specific for this disease in
Europe and will probably answer as
we'll in this country. The bulbs are
pounded mp or cut fine and mixed with
the v"lk Of Eggs, cooked meal, bread
crumbs, or any similar TODD given to the
chickens. Il srIic has long been known
to he an excellent vermit ge, AMI the
odor escaping from it when stored in
the crop IF chickens reaches the para
sites in the wlndpipe or traclea. The
fowls treated for gapes should also have
salicylate OF soda dissolved in the water
given them to drink. Fifteen grains OF
the soda. to a quart OF water will be If
ticent. 1t is also well to disinft ct the
soil Of the hen yard where gapes has
appeared among the fowls,
Experiments in Fc ding Hogs.