The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-12-18
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Miscellaneous Home Hints.

When white linen becomes mildewed
1t should be washed in warm water,
with a little borax, and then rinsed in
clean water After this put it into a
cub of water containing little hydro
chIoric acid; then rinse and dry In the
sun.
When the rubber rings used for clos
ing preserve jars become so hard as to
be useless, their elasticity may be re-
stored by leaving them for half an
aour in two parts of ammonia and
one of water.
Oil-cloth maybe improved in ap-
pearance by rubbing it with a mixture
Of a half-ounce of beeswax in sau-
3erful of turpentine. Set this in
warm place until they can be thor
oughly mixed. Apply with flannel
cloth and then rub with a dry flannel.
For adhesive labels dissolved 1 1-2 OF.
common glue, which has laid day
in cold water, with some candy sugar,
md 3-4 OF. gum arabic, in 6 OF. hot
water, stirring constantly till the
whole is homogeneous. Ii this paste
IS applied to labels with brush and
SLOWED to dry, they will then be ready
or use by merely moistening with the
songue.
Ants can easily be exterminated by
putting about two ounces of lard oil
N a small tin can without a top and
5urying the can about halfway in the
earth near the ants nest. Leave 1T
until the next day, and, if any ants
are seen outside of the can, pour a
little more oil into it stir 1T with a
stick and let it stand a little longer,
,shen the last ant within travelling dis
lance will be drowned in the oil.
IF you are troubled with sleepless-
1ess, times of mental confusion, head
aches, ESPECIALLY headaches aggravat-
ID by eating, and relieved by open air.,
swimming in the head or vertigo, and
'irritations affecting the sight OF hear
ing, perhaps you are drinking too much
coffee. 1t is an article of such COM
alon use, and one so generally thought
well OF, that people are slow to attri-
butte to it any of the ordinary nervous
disturbances which it may be the cause
1f; and especially because it has, like
many other narcotics, far more effect
zor evil upon some constitutions than
IpOn Others.
For burns and scahs thing is more
soothing than the white of an egg,
which may pc poured over the wound.
1T Is more cooling than sweet oil and
cotton, which was formerly supposed
20 be the surest application to allay
the smarting pain.-Kansas Farmer.
df powdered cloves are scattered
where red ants are it will be found very
aEectnal in driving them away.
A leading dentist says the teeth
should be washed with stiff brush on
rising, and with an old used brush i'm
.mediately after each meal always en-
ploying lukewarm water or holding
cold water in the back part of the
mouth until it is warmed Never eat
an atom after the teeth have been
washed for the night. Always use the
brush slowly, lest by a slip q tooth
may be scaled or broken. After
meals let the bristles of the brush be
moved up and down by twistingm mo-
ton, making each one a toothpicE. A
yellowish tint to q tooth is proof of
It's soundness; hence, do not seek to
Keep them of a pearly whiteness. 1t
destroys them.
Cuttings of geraniums may be made
at any time this month or until the
time of erost. By making cuttings
and roofing them now good Towering
plants can be procured for the Winter.
The later cuttings, if kept from bloom
ing in the Winter, will make budding
plants for next Summer.