The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-28
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It has been several times suggested
BY economists that newspapers can be
made 20 take the place Of blankets in
guarding from cold, and it is n fact
well wUFtby Of notice that they have
been proved very satisfactory in making
hight. convenient and warm bed-cOv.
eTinRs when others cannot be had.
Travellers would do well to bear this il
mind when far from the region Of hotels
ard not throw their papers out the car
windows, or leave il on their Seat il
changing cars, for there is no telling
how useful It may prove in some emer-
gency 10 ward OF cold. As q proven
tive Of that fatal disease, pneumonia, a
folded newspaper laid beneath the outer
clothing across the chest is said to be
nfallible.
This has been confirmed to the writer
by tire testimony of an individual whose
RyocatioBs kept him constantly exposed
10 all weathers, night and day. He
was a resident of a country village, a
perfect type of a hearty, strong, vigor-
Gus Ean, and he accounted for his ro-
bust health, notwithstanding his eX-
posture, by saying that, although inheri-
ting consumptiYe tendencies, he had
bean able to resist them through the
simple %preeaution of always wearing a
newspaper folded over his chest under
his coat.
As a preventive of cold feet, a piece
of newspaper folded in the sole IS quite
equal to, If not so elegant or expensive
rs, cork or lamb-skin soles, being light,
soft and easily renewed.
If you wish to test the power of a
newspaper in excluding cold, try tack
ing one, doubly folded, between your
window aud your stand Of plants, and
see how nicely they will be protected.
and how frosty the window will conse
quently be.
Newspapers will in the autumn, be-
fore severe black frosts come on, effeC-
tually 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 what seemed to be a
platoon of ghosts draw up in white ar
ray before the house, which turned out
to be, on closer inspection. rOws of ten
der plants all tied up in newspapers to
protect them from the sudden frOsts IN
eldent to the season that in one night
might cut them all down. We have
known tomato plants protected in the
same way, and made to ripen III the
open garden much longer by this mex
pensiYe, easy preeaution within every
one's reach.
Old newspapers are admirable as floor
coverings under carpets, or wen spread
under KensipgtOn squares, retaining
all the dust, which neither remains in
the carpet nor Sits through to the floor;
then they can be so easily removed that
it is a great saving to use them in this
way, especially as, the dust well shaken
cut, the papers are equally serviceable
for kindling purposes afterward, so can
do double duty besides the legitimate
one of heralding the news of the day.
Weather strips are now almost uni
yersal, as we'll as double windows, for
securing warm rooms; but where, as is
the case in some old-faShioned country
houses, they are not pr~ocurable, news
papers can supply the deficiency very
we'll by being cut in long strips, neatly
folded oyeT, and stuffed in the intersti-
ees, and so most effectually exclude the
cold outer air.
Old newspapers are excellent to. clean
windows with; slightly damped, then
rubbed till clear, they serve the purpose
much better than even linen cloth, for
there is no lint to rub off.
Newspapers wrapped around the feet
under the stockings are an effectual
protection against mosquitoes, as, With
all their yirulence, they cannot bite
through paper.
Old ewspapers are faithful mirrors
Of the psst, As they increase in age
the very embellishments become curious.
Therefots those who have no Use for the
modeYa newspaper in all the various
ways we have p0inted-out must find in
telleetual profit in storing them away
till the time when some circumstance
may drag them forth from their long
forgotten hiding places to claim an IN
terest in human eyes, which perhaps
they never had to such an extent be-
fore.
illustrated papers are very useful in
adjoining the walls of reOms. covering
up unsightly wall paper OF obnoxious
holes, the delight of children as we'll as
their instructors, affOrding CLEANS of
c~heeTfulness and pleasure in else gloomy
apartments. They are of such Infinite
variety, too, with their lovely illustra-
tions Of poems, stories, natural history
and comic sketches, as well as portraits
OF beauties and notabilities, that they
continually educate the public taste, and
give the impecuniOus a glimpse of real
art they cannot else afford.
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