Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-01-21
THE HOUSEHOLD.

were as general as they are now. Beautiful
parlors have always existed; kitchens have
been clean and conyenis mt: every year sees
new beauties added to the dining room; the
sitting-rOom Is very cheerful and free for all !:
and now there il not a more delightful room
in the house than the well-kep bedroom.
Passing the cushioned window seat, the pol
ished floor with its gay, warm mats, the soft
drapery OF window AMI door. the picturesque
landscape on the folding screen, the bevel-
mirrored dresser, the r.gidly angular chiffon
nicr with it's wealth of drawers and compart-
ments, the low rocker. tho soft, droamv llght
from crystal lamp and FURNISHED chandelier
the hand painted chamber china that 500 did
not buy, past lace mats, plush boxes, rystal
caskets. cut-glass bottles fragrant with violet,
hyac'nth and iily-of-the- valley-we come to
the bed. framed In polished trass, stained
cherry, glossy ebony, oiled walnut and fresh
white oak. The wooden Stats that small peo-
pie were always falling through and fat peo-
Pile were always breaking are replaced by q
wire bottom woven into succession Of long
slender ring,ets Husks, straw and shavings
arc put to their proper use II eds for cattle;
and the supreme animal, man, sleeps on curl
ed hair. fragrant moss, feathers as light as
air or down plucked from the breast OF the
elder duck. The whole is covered wi b linen,
satin, lace and fringe and IL as pretty rs any
cushion fashioned by decorator or needle
painter. Tribune.
J0TfSe0 fOT kAONSe kf0Wt4s
If house plants have been left on the ve-
randa during summer, quite likely insects
may have established foothold on some OF
them. Before you TAX, them into the house
look them over carefully. Fee that no scale
bug Or green fly roes In with them, II you
can avoid it, For the scale bug the best
thing is to wash the plant thoroughly with
soap-suds, rubbing stalk and leaf with cloth
or soft brush to remove the pest. Do the
work thoroughly. Go over every leaf and
twig. Hard-wooded plants-which are most
infested-like the oleandcr, lemon and cape
iessamine, can be secured with tooth
brush most etfectually. as 1t takes consider
able force to disloiee the bug. After giving
the plant good washing, syringe with clean
water. To get rid of the green fy, fumiga.e
the plant. You can do that best by putting
it under barrel or dry goods box, or in a
probably give all you have . smokc-bath 1t
one time. Put some 1--we Goals in aahes In .
J laxse kaatle, and sRslnlle oysEs 6ee1Mh
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heavy smoke. hythin9 Jeos than that VII
be OF little use. Let the plants remain IN the
smoke for two or three hours. Then remove,
shaking them to dislodge all insects, and syr-
inge them with clean water. There may be
but few insects on them, and you may think
1t hardly worth the while to take the trouble,
but it pays to do go. The green fly increases
wi h great rapidity. and II you allow few to
go into the house they will soon cover all the
plants. Prevention Is better than cure. In
the house you cannot manage the pest with
out constant care and trouble.
Usefai Swggesttoas.
HEARrHs of gray marble may be cleaned by
rubbing with linseed oil.
BRONZE may be renovated and recolored
by mixing one part OF muriatic acid and two
parts of water; free the art Gle from all
grease and dirt and apply the diluted acid
with a cloth: when dry polish with sweet oil.
IF room is in very general use have ma
terials that will bear usage. Hair cloth and
cane furniture are not very fashionable now
the end of ten years wear than the cheap
upholstered c0lored furniture, of which 90
much ID now sold.
A VERY complete filing for open cracks in
floors may be made by thoroughly soaking
newspapers in q paste made of one round OF
-four, three quarts OF water, tablespoonful
of alum, thOrOuahly boiled and mixed make
the i1nal mixture about rs thick rs putty, 4
kind of paper putty, and It will harden like
papier machc.
To CLEAN frosted dead silver orna men t.,
dissolve lump OF soda tn saucepan of boil
ing water and place them in IL, and leave for
a few moments; then add q small piece of
yellow soap and rub the articles with soft
tooth brush; when taken out of the water
place in hot oven on Q brick, until tho de-
sired effect 10 produced.
KNIVES with ivory handles which have be-
come loosened or have fallen out entirely,
can be ccmented 1T home, with small ex-
pense. by using this cement: Take four parts
of resin. one part Of beeswax. one part plas-
ter OF Paris; I'LL the hole In the handle with
the cement. then heat the steel OF the handle,
and press II firmly into tho cement.
THE Sctentiac american says II . bottle Of
the oil Of pennyroyal ID left uncorked in .
room at night not = mosquito or any other
bloodsucker viii be found there In the morn
ing. Another and more effective way to
free q room from insects ID to close its
doors and to saturate the room with the odor
OF benzinc. An atomizer, such rs can 10
bought for nifty cents, will send the benzine
in i1nc mist to the ceiling. After the files,
mosquitoes, and other insect annoyanccs
have succumbcd. the windows may DO
opened TO permit tho escape OF the fumcs,
which are TO some ~ unpleasant ~ are those
Of pennyroya.