The Northwestern standard., 1886-03-27

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And though, sometimes, in spite of care,
Things seem to turn up wrong.
Twill always pay to smooth the way.
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Then never leave your work behind.
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Cistern water may be purified BY char
coal put in a bag and hung in water.
Whiting or ammonia in the water il
preferable to soap for cleansing windows
Powdered rice, sprinkled upon lint and
applied to fresh wounds will stop bleeding
Coffee cake should be wrapped, while
warm, in napkin, and there remain TIL
cut,
IN pairing fruit for canning, use silver
knife, SO that the fruit may not turn dar
col0red
A single choice tile framed and hung
on wall makes an excellent decoration
to d room.
Medallions worked in colored silks, and
appropriately framed make excellent wall
ornaments.
Buy bar soap by the quantity. Keep il
where it will dry, and it will go much
farther in using.
Prick potatoes before baking, so thai
the air will escape otherwise they may
burst in the oven.
Hot, dry fannels applied to the face and
neck is q very effective remedy for Z
jumping tootache."
Brass utensils are often ruined because
the salt and vinegar necessary to theil
perfect cleansing are forgotten.
Fruit or rust stains on table linen Ol
other white cloths may be removed BY
soaking in weak solution Of oxalic acid
When the burners Of lamps become
clogged with char, put them In a strong
soap suds and boil awhile to clean them.
No kitchen should be without scales to
test the integrity Of things purchased by
weight and to measure the quantities o1
various recipes
That the most effectual remedy for
Shiny and greasy drain pipes is copperas
dissolved and left to work gradually
through the pipe.
Lamp chimneys are easily cleaned by
holding them over the steam from a tea;
kettle, then rubbing with a soft cloth, and
finally polishing with paper.
A liquid black lead for polishing stoves
is made by adding to each pound of black
lead one gill OF tnrpentine, one gill of
water and one ounce of sugar.
Plaster of Paris ornaments may be
cleaned by covering them with thick
layer Of starch, letting itsdry thoroughly.
and then brushing it with q stiff brush.
Tin vessels rust al q are often worthless
in q few weeks because after washing;
they are rot set on the stove for a moment,
or in the sun, to dry thoroughly before
they are put away.
It isa good plan to wrap cans of fruit
in newspapers and put them away in a
dark, cool place. The wrapping in paper
and keeping dark Is said to prevent the
bleaching OF the fruit. .5s
To make fern pictures, take sheet Of
strong white paper, and with an atom
Ker pass over it with ., spray of diluted
mucilage, so as to obtain thin and slight
Iy sticky film, that will make the fern ad-
here of which it is desired to make the
picture. The ferns and leaves must first
have been pressed in 3 book and after ar
ranging them to suit your taste. cause
them to lie as closely to the q per as pos.
sible; fill an atomizer with very dilute
India ink and blow q spray over the ferns,
more or less In proportion as you want d
darker or lighter shade. II is well to do
this with interniissions, letting it dry a
little, SO as TO avoid an excess Of moisture,
and possibility Of running into liquid drops.
When nearly dry bJttsstill little moist,
remove the ferns, which may be used over
again several times
Interest III crazy work has not died out !:
on the contrary. tits increasing. Feminine
ingenuity now seems directed toward the
formation OF new stitches for joining, as
the old embroidery and border stitches
were found quite inadequate for all that
vas required of them. These Inventions
are known as s.crazy stitches !" and they
initiate every known object under the
sun, or no object at all. They
may be briefly described AZ caricatures of
stars crescents, comets, snOw1akes, ket-S
ties musical notes. rainbowA wheelbar-
rows ho0ttackA and 50 on. ID mint I'm.
They am erstly atrsag "a HI y6kN 80
Tar as III fo on lile os ds61e III se-
cure I'M but there Il ~ "a M 1nle
for them ~ more tliin there fQr the
patchwork Itself s. thar every lady may
insent In own erszy stitches PeShaps
ths4nesges tle4 III crazy pstehwork IS to-
intfOducs among It scraps frOm resl India
shawl which NJ far more precinus than
silk ~ 80 fas ~ 81 - new the faeli1Dn to
make up "a t1y shal4 INTO e1laks
and dotmas as . q Is the cri 3nal
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