The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-07-11
FARM and HOUSEHOLD.
Household scraps.

Hold the finger in very cold water to
cemove a close ring.
To purify the air of the cellar the fol-
owing is recommended by a German
writer: "Put some roll birthstone into
a pan, set fire to it, close the doors and
windows as tight as possible for two OF
three hours: repeat this inexpensive
operation every three months"
Kid shoes may be kept soft and free
rom cracks by rubbing them one a
week with a little pare glycerine OF
,.astor oil.
Experience proves that earthen dishes
will crack when placed upon ahot stove,
yet many cooks persist in using the
stove for a table.
Good sized feet usually accompany
we'll developed bodies, and the woman
8ho has sense enough to wear a shoe
suited to the foot has sense enough for
other concerns of Importance.
Unalterable Paste. Take one table
spoonful of -four, add gradually one
pint Of cold water; boil slowly and stir
we'll toprevent burning until it thickens
keep boiling till it becomes thin, add
one teaspoonful of nitro-muriatic acid,
and boil till it again thickens, when it is
ready for use. This paste is harmless,
cheap and will neither turn sour nor
Notwithstanding Americans.
Sir James Paget and other English
medical authorities are pointing out the
great Importance of not over feeding in
fants with starchy food, such as bread,
farina, Cruel, etc, as the warm season
approaches. They claim that such over
feeding is a fruitful cause Of the large
infant mortality in warm weather. The
one article, it is urged, most necessary
to the life of the child at all times is
water.
More Sunlight and Air Needed for Health
and Comfort.
One cause OF the extreme
ness of American women is living too
much in the darkness when indoors,
says the Herald of Health. The rooms
are kept dark to save the carpets and
keep out the flies, and rs a consequence
both the house and the occupants lack
the benefits OF fresh mir and sunshine.
Houses from which the sun is excluded
are not wholesome. There is always a
damp, depressing condition in them that
makes itself evident at once to a SEN
sitive temperament, The minds and
bodies of all who live in such houses are
affected by it. Both health and spirits
IRE depressed. Their occupants have
not only the depressing effects of the
lack Of light and sun to contend against,
but the reaction consequent upon living
in unwholesome conditions. All the
rooms in the house should have both
light and sunshine freely admitted at all
times, whether they are in daily use or
not. They are thus kept sweet, and are
in good condition when they are wanted.
Nelson Sizer once said, when making
a chronological examination: "Be as
much as possible in the sunshine. Peo-
pie who live in dark rooms and wear
black are pale all through" You can
not have too much of light either in
your lives or in your houses, for good
health. You may live; but it is not all
of life to live. Merely to exist is but a
small part of our work in this world.
We should solve that body and mind
are at all times in their best condition.
We are then ready and able to do what
V duty may be required of us in such
q way that the doing merely shall be
pleasurable, and the reaction on r
selves and others beneficial. 1t should
be, in fact, the religious duty of every
one so to live.
Many q woman and child have been
sacrificed to a v the carpets and keep
out the flies. Many fit of illness has
resulted from the same cause. Many a
disappointed, cheerless life can be
traced back to sunless rooms as a be-
ginning. Multitudes of and
children are only half living to-day be-
cause only half-fed. Sunshine and
light and air are as much food for body
and soul as the fruits al l grains and
vegetables that we take H. /, u stom-
achs; and we cannot get "a surfeit of
them as food. The more we have the
better.