Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-07-18


messenger has AZ last arisen wiith
The good tidiings that = sponge soaked
IL creosote not only drove away tile red
ants tor u time from = haunt oloset,
but fol all the time siinces, which * lucky
for people who would IS easily choose
The ants as the creosote smell constant
II among their sweet things and food,
Ants do notsswiiI i'm canal Make q moat
of q yellow nappy, 81 other fiat dish,
around cake box or open preserve jar,
md you are secure IL is not convenient,
eertainly to keep MP the reservoir sys-
tenn, but il Is sure.
Many Of the pieces that compose
crazy quilts are now painted. a square
Of white silk hiss corner spray 81
yiolets and one 81 cardinal, q couple 81
lhalf-b blown tea rose buds. a stripe u
White satin ribbon is adorned with d
graceful spray Of arbutus blossoms, and
one 81 palest blue ii decorated With
pink heath. An octagon shaped piece
Eof black plush has painted upon it Il
little circular landscape sur rounded By
sprays Of flowers, another has d gilded
horse shoe susp aided from q fowering
spray Of an apple tree, while from the
very bottom Of the piece spring daisies
and grasses. Pretty memorial blocks
have the initials Of the donor III gilt
frosted over with oliianao md dust and en-
twined with sprays Of flowers Amer
lean Queen. NJ u ..sI n.
8 REMoDELING "A LouEGE. II have
been remod Icing an old lounge, and
am 50 pleased with the result that /
will give q descriip lion Of the process, as
it might help some Of your readers to
do as / am trying to do, and that is to
make home pleasant and comfortable,
with very little money to do it with.
Having an old frame of a common
straight lounge to begin with, my hus-
band kindly nailed it solid, and made a
headboard Is inches high; I then pad
sded ii to resemble a couch, using straw
for the filling, covering Ut with gay
cretonne; and 10! the result is piece
Of furniture which is nice looking, as
well as very comfortable. Il It'll u 81
To CAN Com. Use glass cans. Cut
The corn from the cob, press it into the
cans till the milk flows over. q Put on
the tops, screw down tight. y Place
them in a boiler with sticks on the bot
tom, pour in cold water enough to-
about two thirds cover them. Boil
five hours. When about half-cooked,
remove a can at a time, tighten the
tops and replace. f III :. ~ ~
A FLY PREyEKTIvE. An Iowa lady
writes to an exchange, "For three
years I have lived in town, and during
that time my sitting groom has been free
from flies, three only " allking about my
breakfast table, while all my neighbors
rooms are crowded. / often congratu-
lated myself on my escape, but never
knew the reason Of it until a few days
ago. I. then had occasion to remove my
goods to another house, while I re-
manned on for a wdays longer. Among
other things removed were two boxes
Of geraniuns and calceolarias' which
stood in my window, being open to its
full extent, top and bottom. The boxes
were not gone half an hour before my
room was as full OF flies as those of Suy
around me. This, to me, was
q new discovery, and perhaps 1T may
Berve to encourage others in that which
is always a source Of pleasure, namely,
window gardening. Mignonette, plant
ed in long, shallow boxes, placed on the
window Sill, will be found excellent for
this purpose" 4. i $t5f
Round SHOULDERS N A. writes:
Perhaps my experience will be Of bene-
ct to some one. When twelve Or four
teen years Of age I was SO round shout
aered and holIow-chested that my par
ents feared might have consumption.
They required me to straighten up,
throw back my shoulders, and at the
same time inhale slowly as much air as
my lungs would hold, retain it as long
as I could without too much effort,
then exhale in the same manner This
[ did many times aday. Isoon became
stronger, my chest expanded, and in a
year or two I stood erect. It is difficult
for children who are growing fast and
have become much stopped to retain an
erect position. No one knows how tir-
ing itis until he has tried it, Lifting
and otherwise caring for babies IS apt
10 draw the shoulders forward and
mothers would do well il they would
frequently initiate the lungs as above
suggested.
@...s.s Mother Speak Kindly. &
Children catch cross tones quicker
chan parrots. and they become perraa-
nent habits il them. When mothers
set the example you viii scarcely hear
. pleasant word among the children in
their plays with each other. Yet the
discipline Of such 4 family is weak and
irregular. The chill drens expect just SO
much scolding before they do any thing
they are bid, while in many a. home