The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-06-04
OLD NEWSPAPERS,
The Various Uses To Which They lIny he
Pat.

OLD newspapers are of more use than
wonld appear at frs! glance. We SUBJ
scribe TO tie daily newspapers because
we must be informed on all the affairs Of
the day. Then many think the next
thing is 10 relegatc them to the kitchen
in order TO provide kindling for the
household fires, and it must be confessed
that Bridget makes very free use of them
in that way.
But they serve so many excellent pur-
poses besides that it seems pity to let
bridget have full sway, though she may
try to convince you that Il is impossible
to get the breakfast without even using
those Of The very latest date.
1t has been several times snggested by
economists that newspapers can be made
To take the place Of blankets in guarding
from cold, aud it is fact wei! worthy OF
notice that they have been proved very
satisfactory in making light, convenient,
and warm bed coverings when others can
not be had. Travellers would do well to
bear this in mind when far from the
region of hotels, and not throw their
paper out Of the car window, or leave it
ou their rert in changing cars, for there
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some emergency to ward Off cold. As a
preventive Of that fatal disease, pnou.
monia, folded newspaper laid beneath
the outer clothing across the chest is said
to be infallibIc.
This has !ecn confirmed to the writer
by the testimony Of an individual whose
avocations kept him constantly exposed
TO all weathcrs, night and day. He was
n re-ident Of u country village, n perfect
type of hearty, strong, vigorous man,
aud he accounted for his robust health,
notwithstanding his exposures, by saying
thai, although inheriting consump,ive
cndencics, he had been able to resist
them through the simple precaution of
always wearing newspaper folded over
his chest under his coat
AS a preventive Of cold feet, piece Of
newspaper folded in the sole i. quite
equal TO, if not 30 elegant or so cxpen.
sive rs cork or lamb.skin soles, being
light, soft, and easily renewed.
If you wish to test the power Of
newspaper in excluding cold, try tacking
one, doubly folded, between your window
and your stand Of plants and see how
nicely they will be protected. and how
frosty the window will consequently be.
Newspaper will in the autumn. before
severe black fr0sts come on, cffectually
protect greenhouse plants before you take
them up, from cold and wind
The writer remembers once driving up
about dusk to "a country place and being
startled at scuing what looked like pln.
toon Of ghosts drawn up in white array
before the house which turned cut to be,
On closer inspection, rows Of tender
plants Ill tied up in newspapers to pro.
tcct them from the sudden frosts incident
to the season, that in one night might
cut them all down. We have known to-
mato plnnts protected in the same way
and made to ripen in the open garden
much sooner by this inexpensive easy
precaution within everyone's reach.
Old newspapers are admirable rs floor
coverings under carpets, or even spread
under kensinst0n squares, retaining all
the dust, which neither remains in the
carpet nor sits through to the floor they
can DC 80 easily removed that it is great
saving to uso them in this way, especial
ly rs wl Ell the dust is we'll shaken out
the papers are equally serviceable for
kindling purposes aflerward, so can do
doub bic duty besides tho legitimate ons of
heralding tho news Of the day.
Weather strips are now almost nniver.
sal, as well us double windows for secur.
ing warm rooms; but where, rs it is the
case in some old fashioned country
houses, they arc not procurablc, news.
papers can supply tho deficiency very
well by being cut in long strips, neatly
folded over, and stuffed in the interstices,
aud 80 most eiiectually exclude the cold
outer air.
Old newspapers are excellent to clean
windows with. Slightly dampened then
rubbed till clear, they serve the purpose
much better than even linen cloth, for
there Is no lint 10 rub off,
Newspapers wrapped around the feet
under the stockings are an effeclual pro-
lection against mosquitoes, as, with all
their virulence they can not bite through
paper.
Old newspapers are faithful mirrors of
the past. AS they increase in age the
very advertisements become curious.
Therefore, those who have no use for the
modern newspapers in all the various
ways we have pointed out must find in.
tel!ectual profit in storing them away till
the time When some circumstance may
drag them forth from their long forgotten
hiding.places 10 claim an interest in hu.
man eyes which perhaps they never had
to such an extent before.
Illustrated papers are very useful in
adorhing the wallis of rooms, covering up
unsightly wallpaper or obnoxious holes,
the delight of children as we'll az their
instructors, affotdng CLEANS of cheerful.
ness and pleasure in else gloomy apart.
n,ents. They are of such infinite variety,
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poems, natural history, and comic
and notabilities, that they continually
educate the public taste and give the im.
pecunious glimpse of real art they can
not else ord.-Harpers' Ba-ar.