The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-12-03
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE,

for the little one to muncn Win lts
trial teeth than white biscuit or bread
Medical Classics.
When hard boiled eggs are desired
for garnishing, take those that have
been laid week, and the she'll can be
removed without marring the inside
.. To clean an iron when stuck UP
with starch, rubbing it hard, while hot
on limbs of green cedar makes it "a
smooth as glass.
Make a list in the order in which
you pack them, of the contents OF your
wooden chest, and paste it on the out
side Then the articles at the head Of
the list will be in the bottom of the
box.
To remove rust from steel knives
and forks, cover with sweet oil we'll
rubbed on and let it remain two or
three days; then rub with unslacked
lime powdered very fine until the rust
disappears.
ALI wounds, such as running
rusty nail into the foot or stepping on
sharp instruments, can be healed and
avert all danger of lockiaw by SIM
pie remedy. Smoke such wounds with
burning wool or wooden cloth. Twenty
minutes application of smoke from
wool will take Inflammation out OF the
worst wounds. Farm and Home.
"A bad water-flter Is less desirable
than pure water in its natural state.
When, therefore, filtration is employed
because of real danger Of infection, the
filtered water should, as a rule, be
furthermore boiled, as the entire alb
sence of sediment and cloudiness does
not insure that the bacteria OF disease
may not have made their way through
the filter.
The ordinary method Of scraping
or burning off old paint is hardly ex-
peditious enough for general purposes.
and is also laborious. Soda and quick
| lime is far more thorough The solu-
ton of half of each is thus made: Dis
solve the soda In water and then add
the lime and apply with brush to the
old paint, which can thus be removed
in a few minutes.
-Rhubarb and Orange Preserves. -
Six oranges, two pounds of rhubarb
stalks, one pound and half of sugar;
peel the orange carefully, take the
white rind and the seeds, slice the
pulps into preserving kettle, add the
peel cut very fine; then the rhubarb cut
in very small pieces, and lastly the SUI
gar Boil the whole down in the usual
way for preserves.
Many baby is drugged with par
egoric and soothing sirups when all
that it needs, or wants, is drop OF
water. 1t is always safe thing to try
a child with a teaspoonful of water
when it is restless or evinces a desire
to nurse frequently. A child who can
not ask for it often suffers torments
for drop of water. Especially in hot
weather is this true.
Young girls and ladies should be
very chary of giving young men their
photographs. There are few circum-
stances which justify it. Only in cases
where the man is greatly to be trusted
and very well known is it at all per-
missible. 1t is more prudent to make
it rule to give ones photograph to
no one, thus saving ones self much
trouble, and hurting the feelings of
none. -Housekeeper.
The best time to battle is just be-
fore going to bed, as any danger OF
thus catching cold is avoided, and the
complexion is improved by keeping
warm for several hours after leaving
the bath. A couple of pounds of bran
| ipfn IN hon In he
bath-tub is excellent for softening the
skin. It should be left to soak in 6
small quantity of water several hours
| before being used.
Picked Plums TO six pounds o.
plums use four pounds of light brown
sugar, two ounces of stick cinnamon
one ounce of cloves and one quart o
Il vinegar. Scald the vinegar and sugar
together with the spices and pour ovel
the plums which are in jar. Ate
two days pour the vinegar in a porce
la kettle and when hot add the plum
and cook a few minutes, then put il
glass cans and they will soon be read,
for use. Good Housekeeping.
To Bleach White Straw Hat. =
Scrub hat gently with soft brush an
suds of soft water and white soap
At night place in batter made of whit
corn-meal and buttermilk. In tn
morning wash in clear water and han
out to dry, and when dry, place in
box or barrel, over birthstone smoke
think one trial will bleach your ha
beautifully white; if not, repeat Thi
is the old-fashioned way of twenty year
ago, before acids were used. -Toled
Blade.
-Onarcoal Is a great sweeJener
the breath, and besides that
strengthens and whitens the teeth
removes the tartar, prevents tootl
ache and gives the gum and lips a
attractive color" About as muc
as can be placed on the point
knife should be rubbed gently int
the interstices of the teeth on going
bed, to DO rinsed out thoroughly in IL
morning. The objection to charcoal
its grittiness, and it must be reduced
nearly as possible to an impalpab
powder. Its purifying qualities are
p valuable, and it is said if taken inwar
ly it will cure indigestion.