Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-10-05
THE HOUSEHOLD.
Hints for the Home.

Drain pipes and all places that are
sour and impure may be cleaned
with lime-water or carbolic acid.
Beat halt teaspoon of powdered
alum to curd with the white OF an
egg, for inf AIMED eyelids; it is very
soothing and efficatious.
Boiling water, poured directly
from the kettle upon fruit stains in
white goods, is recommended to re-
move them.
Peach an egg in a muffin-ring plac-
ed at the bottom of saucepan of
boiling water, and see how mice" it
looks.
Kid gloves can be cleansed with
milk and CASTLE soap, and rinsed
with warm water; put on the hands
to prevent shrinking.
Bread should always be mixed as
soft as it can be handled 1t win rise
sooner and higher, be lighter and
more digestible, and keep fresh long
er.
A tonic for the hair is composed OF
X ounce of glycerine, six ounces o
cologne, 20 drops tincture of eapsi-
cum, IL dram tincture of Spanish
flies.
For the face oatmeal made into
paste with two parts OF glycerine
and one of water may be applied at
night under a mask, as complexion
lmprover.
To clean and whiten hairbrushes
wash in tepid water, in which is dis
solved teaspoonful OF borax or a
few drops of ammonia; rinse in clear
cold water, and stand on the bristles,
or hang in the sun to dry.
Lime and alkali stains may be re-
moved from white goods by simply
washing. In the case of colored
goods and silks the goods should be
moistened and citric acid, much di-
luted, applied with the finger.
Table linen and bedding need look
ing to often. Pinning sheets and
tablecloths on the line always in
the same place, and leaving them to
whip in the wind and storm will ruin
them very soon.
To mend broken china, take avery
thick solution of gum arabic, stir in
to it burned or baked plaster-of-paris
until of a proper consistency. APP
ply this with brush to the broken
edges, and stick them together; let
dry before using.
Stains of vegetable colors, fruit,
red wine and red ink may be re-
moved from white goods by sulphur
fumes of chlorine water. On colored
cottons and woolens. wash with
lukewarm soap I've or ammonia.
Silk the same, but more cautiously.
ALWAYS HoT RoLLs-Take as many
of the cold rolls as required, dip them
hastily in cold water, put them be-
tween two pans and set them in the
hot stove oven. In a few minutes
they become hot and soft and about
equal to freshly baked bread. Deli
cate persons can also partake freely
of them.
A California subscriber writes: II
have several times had Mason por-
celain top jars set SO hard that /
could not unscrew them, and once
broke the top off one. Now if they
come hard / turn them bottom up,
putting the top in hot water for
half a minute, when they start
easily.
To treat sprains give the affected
part rest and apply warm fermenta-
tons. If inflammation has set in
put on leeches and cooling applica-
tons, which may be removed at in
tervals if necessary. When the in
fiammation subsidies use friction and
stimulating liniments. or poul-
tees made of bread, vinegar and
water.
For an liberated tooth take a
piece of thin muslin, about one and
.one-half inches wide, and as long as
desired, wet some ground faxseed in
cold water, place in the cloth, and
fold and haste it together. Place
this upon the outside of the gum; it
will soothe the pain in short time
and draw the liberation to thatspot
where it can be easily lanced.
Mr.. John L. Davis, in the journal
of Pharmacy, asserts (having fully
tested it in hisow case, that a prep
.aration of one ounce of sulphur and
one quart of water, repeatedly
agitated during intervals of few
hours, and the head saturated every
morning with the clear liquid, will in
few weeks, remove every trace oI
dandruff from the scalp, and the
hair will become soft and glossy.