Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-12-29
BILL NYEs &c oNoMY.
How he Prac,iced it and How 1t Did

Oossiy rugs and carpets, though beau
tiful and rlch In appearance, involve such
an outlay of money that many hesitate
about buying them, but very tasty
method OF treating floors inexpensiyely
consists in staining the border several
feet IN width and leaving the center of
the room Tor large rug. Staining for
the Honr may be easily made by boiling
maple bark ~ parts, blackberry juice 25
parts. hsz"l trash 80 parts and sour
milk 20 parts until it becomes about tbs
consistency Of the theory OF infant dam
nation. Then let ii stand for few weeks
until the rich flavor has died wn, SO
that you can look at 1t for while with
out gagginese; then add vinegar and
copl eras to suit the taste and apply by
means OF whisk broom. When dry help
yourself to some more of il. This gives
the hoor rIoE pauper's coffin shade,
over which shellao or cod liver oil should
be applied.
Rugs may be made of coffee sacking or
Turkish gunnyeaoks, lnlaid with rich
des gns IN red yarn, and q beautiful
fringe may be made by raveling the
edges.
A beautiful receptacle for soiled COL
lars aud cuffs may be made by putting q
cardboard bottom ls Q discarded and
shattered coal scuttIe, gliding the whole
and tying pale blue ribbon on the psil,
a cheap and very handsome easy chair
may be made by saving IN in two -four
barrel and removing less than half the
length OF slaves for one half the distance
around, then fassen inside canvass or
duck seat, below which the board is filed
with bran.
A neat little mackerel tub makes a
most appropriate foot stool for this
chair, end wins every one at once. Such
chair should also have limited num-
Der of Tides on its surface; other wise il
might have too much satisfaction. A
good style OF inexpensive tidy ls made by
poklpg holes in some heay5, strong
goods and then darning up these holes
with something else. The darned tidy
holds its place better, think, and is
more frequently worn away on .he back
of the last guest than any other
This list might be prolonged almost
indefinitely, end would be glad to write
my own experience in the line OF expert
ment, if it were not for the danger oi
appearing egotisticai. For ir stance,
econom zsd once in the matter OF paper.
hpus Abk aCSa8Abk euue l. 6HOulu sdf0 Viz
paper-hanger bill and put the money
into preferred trottipg stock.
30 read q receipt in household
hint, which went on to state how one
should make and apply paste to wal
| paper; how to begin, how to apply the
paper. and ell that. The paste wss
made by uniting -four. water and glue in
such way as to secure the paper 80 the
wall and yet leave it smooth, according
to the recipe. First the walls had to be
",izad," however.
took tape measure and sized The
| walls.
Next l began to prepare the paste and
| cook some ia large milk pan, 1t look.
| ed very repulsiYe indeed, bat it looked
SO much better than it smsled that did
not mind. Tnen put about five cents
worth of it on one roll of paper and got
upon chair TO begin. My idea was &c
apply it to the wall mostly, but the
chair tipped and SO | papered the pianc
ard my wife on the way down. My wit,
gssped for breath. but soon etore Q hole
through the paper 80 sbe cculd breathe
and then she laughed at me. That IL
the reason took another end Of the
paper and repapered her face. / cannot
bear to have any one laugh at me wher
| | am myself unheppy.
It was q good paste IL you merely de-
sired to disfgure piano or wife, but
otherwise it would not stick at all. ]
did not like it. was mad about IT, But
| my wife seemed quite stuck on it, She
hes notgot it all out OF her hair yet.
Then man dropped IN to see me
| about some money that had hoped &c
pay him that morning, and he said The
paste needed more. glue and Quart Of
4 molasses. put in some more glue apo
the last drop OF molasses we had in the
house. 1t made mass which looked
like unbaked ginger snaps. and smelIe6
as Imagined the deiuRe did at low tide
next proceeded TO paper the room
| Sometimes the paper would adhere, enc
then it would refrain from adherinp
4 When got around the room i had gain
ed ground 30 fast at the top aud los
time at the bottom OF The wells so rnucl
that | had to pnt in wedge OF pspe
two feet wide ct the bottom and taperins
to point ct the top IN order to cove
the space. This gave the room the al
of one that had been toyed with by q,
impatient Cyclone.
i / went to bed very weary aud abrade,
in places. had paste in my pocket
and bronze In my nese All night
could hear the paper crack. just as
would get almost to sleep 1t would pop
Phat was because the paper was CON
trs citing aud trying to bsing the dimen
sions of the room to ft 1t.
II In the morning the room had shrupke
SO that the carpet did not fis, and th
paper hung in large moiasses coyere
welts on the walls. II looked real gro
tesque. | got o paperhanges to com
and look ati,. He did so.
4 "And what would you advise me TO d
with il. sir?' / asked with degree
, IdefeEence which ] had never befo,
: shown 30 paperhapger.
Well, can hardly say at FIRST. It
q very bad case. Yon see the glue an
lstuff have made the paper and wrinkl,
3 lso hard now that it would coatia aret
} deal to blast il off. Do you own II
house?"
Yes. slr; that ID. I have Ia,d one
4 half ths purchase prsoe, and there is
mortgage for the balance"
Oh! Well then yoo are Oil right
(, said the pnper-hsnaer, with gleani
e hope in bib eye, s.let it 60 on the NOR
gage"
So I did. &
Then L ba Ito econoraize egaiu, 90
p next resorted to the home method Of al
i ministsEinR the Turkish bath. You OF