The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-07-25
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
ns.o.,lan.ous household matters.


Miscellaneous Household Matters.
A messenger has at last arisen with
the good tidings that a sponge soaked
in creosote not only drove away the red
ants for a time from q haunted closet.
but for all the time since, which is lucky
for people who would Is easily choose,
the ants as the ~creosote smell constant
ly among their sweet things and food.
Ants do not swim canals. Make a moat
of q yellow nappy, or other fiat dish,
around cake box or open preserve jar,
and You are secure. 1t not convenient,
certainly, to keep up the reservoir sys-
tenn, but it is sure.
Many of the pieces that compose
crazy quilts are now painted. A square
Of white silk has a corner spray of
violets and one of cardinal, a couple of
half-blown tea-rose buds. A stripe of
white satin ribbon is adorned with a
graceful spray of arbutus blossoms, and
one Of palest blue is decorated with
pink heath. An octagon-shaped piece
Of black plush has painted upon it q
little circular landscape surrounded by
sprays of flowers, another has a gilded
horseshoe suspended from a Towering
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 in gilt
frosted over with diamond dust and en-
twined with sprays of fowers.-Amer-
lean Queen.
REMoDELING A Lounge. Il have
been remodeling an old lounge, and
am SO pleased with the result that 1
will give q description 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; [ then pad
ded it to resemble a couch, using straw
for the filling, covering it with gay
cretonne; and 10! the result is a piece
Of furniture which is nice looking, as
well as vefy comfortable.
To CAN CoRN.-Use glass cans. Cut
the corn from the cob, press 1t into the
cans till the milk flows over. Put on
the tops, screw down tight. 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 q time, tighten the
tops and replace.
A FLY PREvENTrvE.-An Iowa lady
writes to an exchange, "For three
years have lived in town, and during
that time my sitting-room has been free
from flies, three only walking about my
breakfast table, while all my n~eighbors'
rooms are crowded. I often congratu-
lated myself on my escape, but never
knew the reason of it until a few days
ago. l then had occasion to remove my
goods to another house, while I re-
NAMED on for q few days longer. Among
other things removed were two boxes
Of %geraniums and c~alceolarias' which
stood in my window, being open to its
full extent, top and bottom. The boxes
were not gone half an hour before nv
room was as full of flies as those of my
neighbors around me. This, to me, was
a new discovery, and perhaps it may
serve 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"
ROUND SHoULDERs.-N. A. writes
Perhaps my experience will be of bene-
fit to some one. When twelve or four
teen years of age I was so round shout
dered and h~ollow-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
rs l could without too much effort,
then exhale in the same manner. This
l 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 it is until he has tried it. Lifting
and otherwise caring for babies is apt
to draw the shoulders forward, and
mothers would do we'll if they would
frequently initiate the lungs as above
suggested"