Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-12-11
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
miscellaneous Home Hints.

miscellaneous Home Hints.
When white linen becomes mildewed
it should be washed, in warm water,
with a little borax, and then rinsed in
clean water. After this put it into g.
! tub OF water containing a little 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 halt an
hour in two parts of ammonia and
one OF water.
Oil-cloth may be improved in ap-
pearance by rubbing it with a mixture
OF a half-ounce OF beeswax in a sau
ee,ful OF turpentine. Set this in a
warm place until they can be thor
oughly mixed. Apply with flannel
cloth and then rub with a dry flannel.
For adhesive labels dissolved 1-2 or.
common glue, which has laid q day
in cold water, with some candy sugar,
and Sd or. gum arabic. in 6 on. hot
water: stirring constantly till the
whole is homogeneous. II this paste
is applied to labels with q brush and
allowed to dry, they will then be ready
for use by merely moistening with the
tongue.
Ants can easily be exterminated by
putting about two ounces OF lard oil
in small tin can without q ton and
burying the can about halfway in the
earth near the ants nest. Leave it
until the next day, and, if any ants
ar seen outside OF the can, pour a
little more oil into it stir 1T with a
stick and let it stand "a little longer,
when the last ant within travelling dis
lance will be drowned in the oil.
Fyou are troubled with sleepless-
ness, times of mental confusion, head
aches, ESPECIALLY headaches aggravat-
ed by eating, and relieved by open air),
swimming in the head Or vertigo, and
irritatlons affecting the sight or hear
ing, perhaps you aredrinking too much
coffee. 1t is an article of such COM
mon use, and one SO generally thought
butte to it any of the ordinary nervous
disturbances which it may be the cause
Of; and especially because it has, like
many other narcotics, far more effect
for evil upon some constitutions than
upon others.
For burns and scaldsnothing is more
soothing than the white OF an egg
which may pc poured over the wound
It is more cooling than sweet oil and
cotton, which was formerly supposed
to be the surest application to allay
the smarting pain.-Kansas Farmer.
II powdered cloves are scattered
where red ants are it will be found very
efectual in driving them away.
A leading dentist says the teeth
should be washed with stiff brush on
rising, and with an old used brush inn
medately after each meal always en-
plOylng lukewarn 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 q slip q tooth
may be scaled Or broken After
meals let the bristles of the brush be
moved up and down by twisting mo-
ton, making each one a toothpicE. a
.yeflowish tint to o tooth is proof Of
It's soundness; hence, do not seek to
keep them OF a pearly wilderness. It
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 tho Winter, will make budding
plants for next Summer.