Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-02-18

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purposes than there should be. AL.
most every house is over-supplied
with newspapers and with wrapping
papers. These may be utilizedstn q
hundred different ways instead Of
being as they too often are, allowed
to lie and become nests for rats and
mice and vermin, or burned in large
quantities Good waste paper is one
Of the most valuable Of all possessions
to the prudent housewife, a fact which,
perhaps, many of our readers have
never sufficiently realized. Let US
enumerate a few Of the uses, to which
this cheap, common, but indispensable
material may be put.
First, of course, comes the more or
less fine quality Of paper for cores
pondence and other literary purposes.
How could we ever remember our
innumerable errands--the stocking
for Tommy, elastios for Jennie, shoes
for Lucy, gloves for Mary--ifit we're
not for the tiny memorandum paper,
which is usually the sole link between
them and our overloaded memories
Then the parcels which the Christmas
expresses take away--are they not
wrapped and rewrapped in masses Of
paper2
How could we light the morning
fire without paper? And what COW
ering for our shelves or lining for our
bureau drawers are quite so neat and
so easily renewed as paper2 A few
pounds Of white or tinted paper will
suffice for many months for these pur-
poses.
In sweeping strew bits Of wet news
paper over the carpet. The dust will
adhere to it. as to nothing else, and
your carpetwill be wonderfully bright
ened.
Polish your windows and your lamp
chimneys and gas globes with old
newspapers. Nothing surpasses them
to lend brilliancy if properly used.
Have an old newspaper constantly
at hand near the stove or range when
cooking, and if drop Of milk or soup
falls on the polished iron, annihilate
II instantly with q wad Of paper.
Scour the top Of the stove every few
hours with paper, and throw the small
bits into the stove. 1t will keep your
stove neat with only half the amount
Of backing usually required.
Take out grease spots from clothing
sy aX S 9zAg Suss fTAH SSasS a as1 &c
cupiod a. the Post Office. will be pleased TO
top oft6is the injured FABRIC. 1 Either
directly on the surface Of this, or with
only thin cloth. between, press a hot
aatiron. You will find in nine GASES
out Of ten that the paper--the faith
full, servile, patient paper-has become
the scapegoat for the ugly blemish,
In the summer behold the wonder
full creations Of perforated paper,
which are hung in meat stores and
restaurants to attract the flies. And
Is there a woman living who has not
worked upon cardboard Cor perforated
paper) bookmarks or other ornamental
~ affairs for the holiday or birthday
seasons0
A skillful brush or pencil can
transform a little piece Of paper into
a beautiful picture, 80 TO speak--a
thing'of beauty anda Joy for many
years, at least.
When the Whitewater or the plas.
terer is called in Of sudden to repair
break, newspapers, ingeniously dis.
posed, form an effeotual protection TO
carpets and furniture. They are also
invaluable to cover the carpet when
ashes are emptied or coal put into the
baseburners or heaters, now q part
Of every ordinary country dwelling.
In sumner there 10 no more hateful
substance to moth existing than news.
papers. They can be most sstisfactor.
ily used to enyelop clothing which ID
TO be kept over from winter TO winter.
When q csrpst 10 TO be put down,
VJstribute newspaper, layer on layer,
ezly on the Bare aoor. A dssen
laySsySere mons too many; and they
viii keep ont the cold and form as
soft footing - expensive carpet
lining"
On very cold nights newspapers
laid between the blankets will aid
efectually toproduce warmth. Rheu.
matte persons can wrap them around
or over a painful Joint with benefit;
and a long ride may bs rendered com.
Portable BY newspapers laid 10 Or
around the shoes, or under the cloak
around the shoulders. Paper, however,
az Ii absorbs no mi sturs, should be
Used cautiously in II ESQ ways. When
q pane Of glass 10 broken, brown paper
pasted over the crack or aperture
until the glazisr comes will, for prao'
teal purposes, answer a. well as the
glass, excepting, perhaps, in point Of
light. Or paper will "stuR up Q
mouse hole or other opening until the
carpenter or mason oan be called 10
to provide something more substantial.
Money, hanhksrchiefs, napkins,
water pals and basins, car wheels.
twsns---is thsfs anything which can.
not be made Of pApsrY How light,
how clean, how labor.saying u isf