The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-09-19
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Things About Home.

Things About Home.
Any method which will keep the
air from the inside of the shell will
preserve eggs for acertain length OF
time.
Figures in the arithmetic do not
lie; but the figures in q cook book
sometimes represent indeterminate
equations.
If fruit stains are washed in tepid
water they will generally come out.
It's the putting them in suds that
sets the color.
If you borrow, you must lend;
therefore, whatsoever you are I'M
willing that men should borrow of
you, borrow not OF them.
The bread of sorrow is leavened
with error, mixed with imprudence,
kneaded with %perversity and baked
in the oven of dissipation.
TO clean chamois, wash in ammo
MIA water, or tepid water and CASTLE
soap, rinse in clear water, squeeze,
and stretch to dry in the shade.
Clean brasses on mahogany or
other furniture by rubbing with
chamois skin dipped in either pow.
dered whiting or rotten stone mixed
with sweet oil.
To protect ham from flies it is well
to put it in a thick paper bag, such
as is used for -four. This is the time
to see about having all meats safe
from the millers.
Save all your broken and crooked
carpet tacks, and keep them in a box
in the kitchen for cleaning bottles.
They are better than shot, for the
sharp edges scrape off all the stains.
Often after cooking a meal a per-
son will feel tired and have no appe-
tite. For this beat a raw egg until
light, stir in a little milk and sugar
and season with nutmeg. Drink
half on hour before eating.
Bric-a-brac is already imported in
very large quantities for the holiday
trade. There will be considerable
that is new and beautiful, the, Paris
Exposition having given a great
stimulus to this particular line OF in
dustry.. s:~'
The 1eghornf fat, with nodding os-
trich plumes, is out again in all it's
glory at Newporta and Lenox. A gen.
uine, and consequently expensive,
Leghorn is the fashionable rule.
better go without than have the imi-
tation article.
A drop of ammonia on the spot
stung by a wasp, or any insect will
relieve the pain. Soda moistened
with water answers the same pur-
pose, but a plaster OF mud is about
as e%fectual as either, and more GER
tain to be at hand. ~
Cornelia, the mother Ofthe Gracchi,
taught her sons, even in the days OF
Rome's darkest dissoluteness, to be
pure. "There are women somewhere
in the world,'' said she, ".who are to
sit beside your hearthstones. You
must keep yourselves as pure fer
them as you want them to keep
themselves for YOU"
Miss Mary F. Seymour, who has
served two terms of two years each
as Commissioner of the United States
Court of Claims for the State of New
York, has been appointed Commiss-
Toner Of the Court of claims through
out the United States for a term of
five years.
Poultry is everywhere the best
meat for summer eating especially
so for farmers who cannot always
get fresh meat of other kinds. Old
hens past the age OF profit will usual
~ be found better eating than the
half-grown chickens of this years
growth, unless the latter are of the
breed for broilers.
Charcoal is agreat sweetner of the
breath, and besides that it
Strengthens and whitens the teeth
removes the tartar, prevents tooth.
ache, and gives the gum and lips an
attractive color" About as much
as can be placed on the point Of a
knife should be rubbed gently into
the in~terstices of the teeth on going
to bed, to be rinsed out thoroughly
in the morning. The objection to
charcoal is it's grittiness, and it must
be reduced as nearly as possible to
an impalpable powder. It's purifying
qualities are Invaluable, and it is
said if taken inwardly it will cure in
digestion.
Painting proceeds from different
causes, the commonest being a dis
turbance in the circulation Of the
blood in the brain. For an ordin-
airy fainting fit you should lay the
patient Hat. Great harm has often
resulted from the treatment of igno-
rant people in trying to make the
patient sit up, or propping up his
head with pillows. You want to
send the blood back from the heart
to the brain, and 60 the fat posture,
is absolutely necessary. Let the pa
tient lie SO that the feet are higher
than the head. throw the clothes