Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-02
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.


DRIED BARK OF SAssAFRAs Roof put
up around dried fruit will protect il from
worms.
REMOVE INK STAINS on silk, wooden or
cotton by saturating with spirits of tur-
psntine.
CLEAN TEA OR COFFRE CUPS with
securing brick; it makes them look as
good as new.
CREAM cures sunburn ON some COM
plexions, lemon juice on others and cold
water still others best.
REMOVE fiowep-pot stain from window
stills by rubbing with fine wood ashes and
rinse with clean water.
COVER PLANES with a newspaper be-
fore sweeping. Also put little ammonia
upon them once a week.
MIXTURES OF two parts of glycerine,
one part ammonia and little rose water
whiten and soften the hands.
WASHING pine floor in solution Of one
pound of cOpperas dissolved in one gallon
of strong I've gives oak color,
KID. SHOES can be kept soft and free
from cracks by rubbing them once week
with pure glycerine or castor oil.
TOUGH MEAT may be made as tender as
any by the addition of a little vinegar to
the water when it is put on to boil.
OO9Slt 1G6hO alQCA AAtlhC a oOA WV
able and handsome mat. The braids TO
be sewed with sack-nable and Irvine.
HEM0RRHAGE of the lungs or stomach
may be quickly stopped by small doses of
salt or Tablespoonful doses of powdered
charcoal every half hour.
CABBAGE is made digestible by first
slicing, and then putting in boiling water
with pinch of soda and some salt, and
boiling Just fifteen minutes.
A PORCELAIN-LINED KETTLE that. will
no longer serve for fruit is just the thing
for the corn loaf. A three or four quart
fruit can answers well the same purpose.
A HALF BUsHEL Of lime and eight
pounds of powdered sulphur make a
whitewash for trees and Outbuildings to
kill insects. Put some on chicken rOosts.
IN NEURALGIA OF THE STOMACH, take
half teaspOonful of alcohol in little
water, as strong as it can be swallowed,
and apply an alcohol pack as directed
above.
For FRESH CUTS, BURNS AND WOUNDS
of all kinds where the skin is broken, ap-
ply at once copal Varnish, and keep the
parts thoroughly wet with it, and there
will be no pain, blistering nor soreness.
TOPURIFY CIsTERN WATER, put peck
of charcoal in bag and hang it in the
water; it will take up all bad oder. Put
some in the sink and keep it over the
screen, and no bad smell Will come from
it.
ORDINARY newspapers are very imper-
vious to cold. If apples are to be shipped
| during winter, line the barrels with two
or three thicknesses of paper, and the
| apples Will rarely freeze, if properly pro-
! tected.
WHEN FELON first begins, sure
| remedy is to apply piece of soft kid over
the part affected, in which is cut or
| punched a hole as large as a split mar
rOwfat pea. Over the part left bare apply
| a fly blister, double strength, until it draws
heavy blister as large as tie hole, when
the felOn is cured.
PICKLES are unhealthy as articles OF
food and often cause acute dyspepsia
Young ladies addicted to their free use
| may be assured that they must certainly
part with their favorite dainty or bid fare
well to good digestion. Cucumbers pre-
pared with salt and vinegar are next tC
impossible of digestion.
HOUsEKEEPER's WEIGHTS AND MEAS
URES.-Two gills make half pint.
Two pints make one quart.
Four quarts make one gallon.
Half a gallon is a quarter of peck.
Two gallons make one peck.
-Four gallons make half bushel,
| Eight gallons make one bushel.
About sixty drops of any thin liquid
will fill cOmmOn-sized teaspoon.
Four tablespoons, or One-half a gill, viii
fill a cOmmOn-sized wineglass.
Four wineglasses will fill a half pin
measure, common tumbler, or a large
coffee cup.
Ten eggs usually weigh one pound be
fore they are broken.
A tablespoonful OF salt weighs one ounce