The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-03-20
HOUSE and FARM NOTES.
household Scraps.

Household Scraps.
Dryness of air in a stove-heated room
may be obyiated by keeping water upon
the stove.
Watering ives with a weak solution
of lime water, now and then, tends te
promote vigor.
Cut away the stems of chrysanthe.
NUNS when the flowers have faded and
transport the pots to the cellar.
Plants will require less %frequen.
bathing if they are covered with a ligh,
cloth before sweeping the room in which
they are placed.
A solution of hen manure, in the pro-
portion of a pint of the droppings to
three pints of water, is very stimulat-
ing to house plants. Apply the liquid
dressing once in ten days.
The best time for showering plants is
in the morning before the sun shines on
them. If other ways of sprinkling have
not proved satisfactory, try dipping a
brush broom in water and shaking il
over the plants.
Dust and marks of children's fingers
can be removed from windows by rub
bing them with a sponge which has
been dipped in ammonia and water.
To remove tinger-marks from and re-
store lustre to the keys of Il piano, wash
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water; then rub the surface with sweet
oil, mixed with half its quantity of tur-
pentine.
When oiled walnut furniture begins
to grow dingy, it can be made to look
as fresh as new by re-oiling, Linseed
or even olive oil can be used, but pure,
good kerosene oil is much the best.
Rub in well with asoft wooden rag, and
polish with clean, dry flannel.
Feet that persplre, and emit q bad
odor should be often washed-perhaps
every night. After they have been
washed, a two per cent. solution of car
bolic acid should be applied. In such
cases the stockings should be changed
daily. Boots should be worn with inner
soles. These can be taken out daily and
dipped in a two per cent. solution of
carbolic acid, and then dry before being
used again. The bad odor is due to
microscopic organisms. The acid kills
them.
Persons who are troubled with
chapped feet should soak them before
retiring, in water as hot as can be borne,
using ammonia or soap freely. Then
having dried them with much friction,
rub them with glycerine mixed with an
equal quantity Of carbolic acid, the lat
ter two per cent. strong. The next
night, and for o few nights if Unnecessary,
rub them again with glycerine, or with
melted mutton or beef tallow. This
process repeated from time TO time will
keep most feet soft and healthy.
The action of steam in cleaning
clothes is to increase the solvent powe.
of soap water and other cleansing agents
used. So far as we are able to Judge,
steam alone does not rot the clothes.
This rotting is done by caustic potash,
or soda, which makes the clothes white,
but Injuries and finally destroys their
fibre. The interest of the unconscien-
tlous lanndryman is to get the clothes
clean and white, even while doing so he
destroyes their texture with chemicals.
1 saw a woman some years since 60
years of age, with golden brown hair SO
abundant and beautiful that she was
accused Of wearing q wig; and she told
me that she had used, after a severe
attack of fever, in order to retain her
hair, n preparation OF alcohol, caster oil
and sulphur, combined in such proper
tions that it was of the consistency of
milk. She bathed the scalp with this
mixture thoroughly three or four times
a week for a long time. She thoughtit
prevented her hair from turning gray
and made it what it was-the admira-
ton Of all who saw her. And it had no
deleterious influence upon her general
health. / have also known others to
use a like preparation for the sole pur-
pose OF keeping back the silver hue
that age will bring.
Many a woman feels disturbed and
hurt of the frequent exhibitions of sell
fishness manifested by husband and
sons in the home and in the family re-
%lations. She may never give any rent
to her feeling in words or by impatient
act or look, but she is conscious that an
injustice is done to her by the male
members Of her family. In their daily
going and coming out of and into the
house, things are carelessly thrown and
left for her to restore to their proper
places. Her comfort and convenience
IRE often ignored in the most needless
manner, and if she does ever venture u
protest, be it as mild as may be, she is
Immediately snubbed, and, in time,
submits for peace-sake.
Agricultural CONVERSATIONS.
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