Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-06-06
FARM IND no iUIsS,EE'HIl0l,D I
Household Hints.


l$S, GLEN ri t.LKs Salt water applied
boiling Al 81 to walks with q wtteringy-p pot
will keep weeds and worms away. Use
/ iibres pound Of salt to one gallon OF water.
Two quarts of the solution TO the square
gard should be allowed ~, 4 Il
ANTS. Ants of any color or size may
Iabe driven away by using solution OF
corrosive sublimate in alcohol. Il
they .infest a closet put this solution on
Il the shelves andin the, crevices.a Apply
with G brush. Lay paper over when dry.
I3I have tried this and many other rene
dies and consider this the best remedy
Know anything Of. 81 s #%* -.
* sHoT MILK is recommended as a res
I torative, and as exerting most bene-
fetal influence over mind and BODY
. when exhausted by labor Or mental
strain. It's effects are more invigorab-
ing than those Of alcoholic sti1nulants.
SODA ToE wARE.--Tinware that is
stained with fruits, Or otherwise tarn-
ished, may be easily cleaned by dipping
. dampened cloth in common cooking
soda, and rubbing the ware briskly,
after which, rinse and wipe dry.
To REMOVE d. NDnUFF p onra pint
OF boiling water on heaping teaspoon
full Of sulphur in the morning; stir it
well several times through the day.
The next morning turn off the water
from the dress and apply portion of
it to the roots OF the hair, thoroughly
wetting it. Continue it's use daily for
Six weeks or moro, as the case may re-
qnire, and it will remove the dandruff
and cause the hair to become more soft
and glossy. A. small, soft sponge is the
best thing with which to applyit
In the washing Of woodenw ware, the
churn, the worker, etc, core must be
taken to use hot water first, and then
cold, in preparing them for use; and
cold, then hot, in cleansing them, and
without any soap whatever. The soap
used on the tins, and occasionally on
the painted doors and floors Of the room,
the Stats and windowss should not be
the rank, half made soft soap Of the
soap-fat man, nor even the yellow soap
from the grocery. CASTLE Or odorless
olive-oil soap, or the preparations now
on the market in the form of powder
are the only soaps that can be used
with safety .-R. Goodman, Jr., in Tri-
bune.
Hanging baskets require frequent
watering, to accomplish which, with
due regard for the carpet beneath,
they must commonly be taken down
from their perches and then suspended
elsewhere to dry. This trouble may be
avoided by a simple and inexpensive
device. Fill bottle with water, into
which insert the euds Of two pieces of
yarn, permitting the other end Of each
piece to hang down outside the bottle.
The bottle should be suspended just
above the basket, and tho water al
lowed to drip, which will follow in suf
ticient quantities to keep the earth
moist
Wrinkles are very much under person
al control A girl or youth who in
dulges In perpetual knitting OF the
brows produces very ugly wrinkle be-
tween the eyebrows. but this may be
entirely removed by forsaking the trick.
A habit of half closing the eyes-very
common with near sighted persons who
do not choose to wear glasses-produces
wrinkles vt their outer corners. An ILL.,
tempered dripping of the corners of
the mouth brings wrinkles in those po-
sitions. No outward application will
ever cure this; the effort must come
from strong determination and resolute
avoidance of the cause that produces
the ugly effect.
For making leather waterproof the
following recipe has been printed:
Twenty-four parts of oleic acid, eigh-
teen ammonia soap, twenty -four water,
six raw stearic acid and three tannin ex-
tract are thus incorporated. The oleic
acid is first melted with the raw stearine,
then the ammonia soap is added, after
ward the tannin extract and finally the
water. The ammonia soap is obtained
by treating oleic acid with ammonia
until the smell of the latter is not per-
ceptible after prolonged stirring. By
adding TO the whole mixture solution
of two parts copperas in six parts of
water deep black color is secured, ad-
nirably adapted for dycing shoe leather.