The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-11-12

The object of ventilation is to keep the
cellars cool and dry, but this object
often fails of being accomplished, by q
common mistake, and instead, the
cellar is made both warm and damp.
A cool place should never be ventilated
unless the air admitted is cooler than
the air within: or is at least as cool as
that, or a very little warmer. The
warmer the air, the more moisture it
holds in suspension. Necessarily, the
cooler the air, the more this moisture
is condensed and precipitated. When q
| cool cellar is aired on q warm day, the
entering air being in motion appears
cool; but as it fills the cellar, the cool
er air with which it becomes mixed,
chills it, the moisture is condensed, and
dew is deposited on the cold walls, and
may often be seen running down them
in streams. Then the cellar is damp,
and soon becomes m0uldy. To avoid
this, the windows should only be
opened at night, and late-the last
need to fear that the night air is uu-
healthful-it is as pure as the air at
midday, and is really drier, The cool
air enters the apartment during the
night, and circulates through it. The
windows should be closed before SUM-
rise in the morning, and kept closed
and shaded through the day. If the
air of the cellar is damp, it may be
thoroughly dried by placing it in q
peck of fresh lime in an open box. A
peck of fresh lime will absorb about
seven pounds, or more than three
quarts of water, and in this way GEL
lar or milk-room may soon be dried,
even in the hottest weather.-Amcrtcan
Agricultu1ist.
Mustard and Pneumonia.
The deaths in New York City were
unusually numerous during January
and February of this year. Many of
these were attributed to pneumonia.
Writing to the World a gentleman
says: ''Pneumonia can be cured if the
person will apply promptly over the
lungs poultice or draft made of
mustard and faxseed meal, keeping
quiet and warm in bed. Prompt action
is of vital Importance, and there is
no occasion for waiting for the arrival
of an old-fashioned' or .new-fashioncd'
practitioner when so simple remedy
may be applied by any one, and If
taken in season will, I think, always
be effective. In my first personal ex-
perience my determination not to give
up business, even for day, came
near costing me my life. The case
was neglected till an eminent physician
said that my right lung would be of
just as much use to me out on the
table as in the condition it then was,
a fact of which l was already pretty
we'll aware, but the mustard and flax
seed poultice mastered the disease and
restored my lung to its normal con-
ditiOn, as good as new. In the second
attack, a year later, the case was taken
in hand promptly, the poultice
applied, quiet and warmth maintained
and speedy recovery ensued without
a physician being called.' Mustard
is an old-fashioned cure, aid its heal
ing virtues can hardly be over
estimated. 1t has saved our household
many doctors bill.
Fancy Work.
Bureau Covers-In the journal al
ready mentioned Eva NJ. Niles gives in
strtlctions for bureau cover of crash,
She says: Bureau covers are now
made of crash design of leaves and
flowers being worked in linen floss.
They can be washed without fear.
They are finished off with an insertion
of drawn work and fringe. This at
the ends. The old-fashioned cross
stitch is now revived under the name
of Roman embroidery. 1t is used for
making table and bed linen, in colored
cottons, to suit individual taste or the
prevailing tints of the china, or the
bedrooms they are intended for Long
spindle-shaped letters are considered
moro appropriate for these, as they
form snowy looking piece of color on
the article embroidered. Knitted lace
of linen thread is very pretty for edg-
ing pillow and sheet shams
Table Scarfs.-The same authority
says: To telling IF any shade apply a
border of ribbon velvet laid in geOmet-
rio pattern between two bands of broad
er ribbon velvet, the velvets to be cat
stitched or fcather-stitchcd down with
cOlOred silks; maroon and olive are
handsome in combination; if YOU use
maroon vefvets or olive felt, feather
stitch them with dull pink and olive
silks. Finish the edge with antique
lace. Hang on each point of lace a
maroon or olive silk tassel, and en-
broider the heavier parts of the pat
tern of the lace with colored silks; that
is, cover the prominent parts of lace
with embroidery.
Steel is we'll combined with brass.
both in tenders and fire and dog-irons.
Pressed leaves and ferns placed
between sheets of glass and bordered
by a plush frame arc used for screens
Exquisite little japanese tcapots.
fit to be classed as bric-a-brac, show
colors of all the flowers and birds and
butterflies of summer
Several correspondents recommend a
liberal use of California or Persian In
sect Powder, and others Costar's paste
to exterminate reaches.
The newest style of purses are of
fancy leather in the shape of watch
with chatelaine attached. They are
worn suspended from the belt.
The width of frieze is a matter of
taste, varying from six to eighteen
inches according to the height of the
room and the decorators, fancy.
Where room is by no means
spacious the introduction of consider
able number of paintings will limit its
apparent size to undesirable extent.
The winter wood and coal should be
laid in without delay, if the treasury
will permit. The prices of these COM
modities do not fall in the fall season.
Some exquisite Minton dessert plates
are painted in designs of orchids
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