New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-04-03
HOUSEHOLD.
Hints for The House.

HlHtS lOT HUuSe.
Prof Porter says plants in the
house are not Injurious, except in
sleeping rooms.
Knives and forks should be care
fully washed, polished and dried i'm
mediately after using,
Plan how to have a good garden.
With a proper arrangement at least
two good crops can be grown on
most soil in the garden.
Old table-clothes, after they can be
no longer darned and used for table
coverings, may be, cut into squares,
hemmed and used for bread, cake
and pastry cloths.
For chapped hands make camphor
ice Of one and one-half ounces Of
spermaceti tallow, four teaspoon
fulls of oil sweet almonds and three
fourths OF an ounce of gum camphor
pulverized fine. Put on back ofstoYe
until dissolved. stirring constantly,
using just enough heat to melt the
ingredients together.
Many disease germs enter through
an open mouth. The mouth was
not made for breathing, but for eat
ing and speaking The nose was
made for breathing, and air, passing
through the long, moist, nasal pas
sage, is purified, and leaves behind
dust, disease germs and various I'M
purities, while the air is warmed and
tempered for the lungs. But when
the mouth is left open, dust, dirt
and disease rush down into the
lungs, and fastening there, develope
and destroy the whole system.
Good paste for pies is easily made
by mixing bowl forchopping tray,
quart of pastry flower, a table
spoonful of sugar and a teasponful
of salt. Chop into it two cups of
butter, or one each of lard and but
ter, until it is thoroughly mixed,
then add scant cupful of ice water,
and continue chopping. When well
mixed sprinkle the board with -four,
turn the paste on it and roll Place
in a pan on the ice, or in q cold
place for an honr before using. It
will be lighter, easier handled, and
require less flour in the rolling out
if made very cold.
The baby's fever and the rash and
the bowel trouble (starting in the
brain) will be found in the majority
OF cases due to the suffocation or ir-
irtation of the skin by the popular
knit wool skirts; however, soft these
may feel to the hand, every fibre Of
wool is set with tiny hooks, which
continually catch and let go of the
exquisitely sensitive skin of the
sides and back as the baby breathes..
It reminds me OF Edmonds About's
tale of the man who died under the
hands CT Italian brigands, merely by
having hairs pulled from his head
one by one, his hands being bound.
That is just the helpless condition OF
baby.-Ladies' Home Journal.
Many persons are acquainted with
the virtues of the hot water bag, but
sand bag is still better. Get some
clean, fine sand, dry thoroughly in a
kettle on the stove; make, a bag about
eighth square OF flannel, fill it
with dry sand, sew the opening care.
fully together and cover the bag
with cotton or linen cloth. This
will prevent the sand from sitting
out and also enable you to heat the
bag quickly by placing itin the oven
OR on top of the stove. After once
using this you will never again at
tempt to warm the feet or hands of
a sick person with a bottle or a
brick. The sand holds the heat for
Il long time, and tbe>bag can be
tucked up to the back without hurt
ing an invalid.