The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-01-15
HINTS TO H-OUSEKEEPERs.

OSC lIOOA p1O1uSC1J CAU11SuIS1 Tie
flames from kerosene.
The yolk of an egg is good to keep fiat
irons smoth and clean.
Ceilings that lave been smoked with a
kerosene lamp should be washed off with
soda water.
An excellent furniture polish is of equal
parts of shellac varnish, llnseed oil and
spirits of wine.
If you keep your -four in a bucket set
it on a high, dry shelf; don't leave it on
the floor or it will become musty.
Galvanized iron ropes are not to be
commended, for clotheslines, as they wear
the clothes, especially lawns and muslins.
In mixing mustard for table use never
add vinegar, which destroys its life and
flavor. Boil water for moistening it, and
let the water become blood warm.
Hard water contains too much lime
stone, and that causes bread baked with
it to soon dry out. If you use soft water
to mix the dough, you get a much better
article of bread, and one that will retain
it's freshness.
Paper walls are cleansed by being
wiped down with a flannel cloth tied ever
over a broom or brush. Then cut off a
thick piece of stale bread and rub down
with this. Begin at the top and go
straight down.
For dyspepsia pour one quart of cold
water on two t~ablespoonfuls of unslaked
lime; let stand a few minutes, bottle and
cork, and when clear it is ready for use;
put three tablespoonful in a cup of milk
and drink any time, usually before meals.
It lightens cares so much when a little
forethought is expended. In the cool
months one can buy enough to last several
days, and breakfast should always be
planned the night previous, and every
thing laid convenient for the mornings
work.
Nothing is more thoroughly mistaken
than the idea that a woman fulfls her
duty by doing an amount of work that is
far beyond her strength. She not only
does not fulfil her duty, but she most
singularly falls in it; and the failure is
truly deplorable.
To launder red table linen: Use tepid
water, with a little powdered borax,
which serves to set the color; wash the
linen separately and quickly, using very
little soap; rinse in tepid water contain
ing a little boiled starch; hang out to dry
in the shade, and iron when almost dry.
If any one is unfortunate enough to
swallow poison of any kind, through mis-
take or otherwise, give immediately two
gills of sweet oil. 1t is an etfectual anti
It, - o1coocA onr nnicnn A INV ono
with a strong constitution should take
twice the quantity. (In liquid measure
one ~teacupful is n gill;
To treat sprains give the affected part
rest and apply warm lamentations. If
inflammation has set in put on leeches
and cooling applications, which may be
removed at intervals if necessary. When
the inflammation subsidies use friction
and stimulating liniments, or poultices
made of bread, vinegar and water.
Colored goods, too, should not be put
into very hot water, and soda should be
dreaded for them. They should neither
be starched with hot starch, nor ironed
with a hot iron. After washing, they
should be rinsed in cold water, in which
a good handful of bay salt or a little alum
has peer dissolved. They should not be
dried in the sun.
If glass dishes and tumblers and other
articles of that ware are put into a kettle
and covered entirely with cold water, and
the water is allowed to boil quickly for. a
short time, and if the kettle is then re-
moved from the stove and placed in a cool
spot until the water has become cold, the
articles will be so toughened in the pro-
cess that they will not break easily. Keep
the kettle covered tightly until the water
has had time to cool.
Borax water will instantly remove all
soils and strains from the hands, and heal
all scratches and chafas. To make it put
crude borax into a large bottle and till
with water. When the borax is dissolved
add more to the water, until at last the
water can absorb no more, and a resldum
remains at the bottom of the bottle. To
the water in which the hands are to be
washed pour from this bottle enough to
make it very soft. 1t is very cleansing
and healthy. By its use the hands Will
be kept in excellent condition.