The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-12-18
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
miscellaneous Homo Hints.

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When white linen becomes widowed
it should be washed in warm water,
with a little borax, and then rinsed in
clean water. After this put it into q
tub OF water containing alittle hydro
chloric 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
hour in two parts OF ammonia and
n oil water.
Oil-cloth may be improved in APP
pearance by rubbing it with a mixture
OF q half-ounce OF beeswax in a sau-
cerful OF turpentine. Set this in IL
warm place until they can be thor
oughly mixed, Apply with u flannel
cloth and then rub with u dry flannel.
For adhesive labels dissolve1l-2oz.
common glue, which has laid q day
III cold water, with some candy sugar,
and "a OF. gum arabit, in & OF. hot
water, stirring constantly till the
whole is homogeneous. If this paste
is applied to labels with n brush and
allowed to dry, they will hen bercady
for use by merely moistening with the
tongue.
Ants can easily be exterminated by
putting about two ounces of lard oil
in a small tin can without Il top and
hnry-iy,r I no , nIn,t bo ,y,,, -, tLr
earth near the ants nest. Leave it
until the next day, and, if any ants
are seen outside of the can pour a
little more oil into it stir 1t with q
stick and let it stand a little longer,
when the last ant within travelling dis
tance will be drowned in the oil.
Ifyou are troubled with sleepless-
ness, times OF mental confusion, head
aches, especially headaches aggravat-
ed by eating, and relieved by open air..
swimming III the head or vertigo. and
irrltations affecting the sight or hear
ing, perhaps you aredrinking too much
coffee. 1t is an article of such COM
mon use, and one sogenerally thought
well OF, that people are slow to attri-
butte to it any of the ordinary nervous
disturbances which it may be thecause
OF; and especially because it has, like
many other narcotics, far more effect
tor evil upon some constitutions than
upon others.
For burns and scalds nothingism
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
to be the surest application to allay
the smartlng pain.-Kansas Farmer.
II powdered cloves are scattered
where red ants are it will befound very
etfectEal in driving them away.
A leading dentist says the teeth
should be washed with a stifbrush on
rising, and with an old used brush inn
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 alter the teeth have been
washed for the night. Always use the
brush slowly, lest by a slip q tooth
may be scaled o. broken. After
meals let the bristles OF the brush be
moved up and down by atwistingmo-
ton, making each toothpick. a
yellowish tint to u tooth is proof OF
its soundness; hence, do not seek to
keep them OF a pear!y Wilderness. 1t
destroys them.
Cuttings of geraniums may be made
at any time this month or until the
time of srost. BY making cuttings
and roofing them now good Towering
plants can be procured for the Winter.
The later cuttings, if keptfrom bloom
ing in the Winter, will make budding
plants for next Summer.