The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-01-29
HINTS TO HoUsEKEEPERs.

For corns and bunions nothing is so
cooling as the white Of an egg.
Sunlight is one of the best disinfectants.
The microbes that cause disease do not
flourish in strong sunshine. 1t also has
the advantage Of being cheap.
See that your kitchen stove has a
thorough cleaning inside and out every
two or three weeks. Many times stoves
are blamed for not drawing or baking well
when they are clogged up with ashes.
Clean oilcloth with a wet towel pinned
over a stiff broom, and rub with long,
sweeping strokes. To polish it use a MKT
ure of equal quantities of linseed oil, bees
wax and turpentine, and have it rubbed
in we'll.
Don't think it is time wasted to prepare
a few kindlings and lay them behind the
stove with paper every night, then if any
n is taken i'll during the night, and a
fire is needed, it is only a moments work
to get it. ...
In a severe sprain of the ankle immerse
the joint as soon as possible in a pail of
hot water, and keep it there for fifteen or
twenty minutes. After removing it keep
it bandaged with hot cloths wrung out Of
water, or rum and water.
Malaria is due to microbes, which reach
their victims either from the air, by in
halation, or from drinking water which
has absorbed them. Boil the water, avoid
the night air, sleep in the higher rooms of
the house, and guard against all excuses.
Cold drinks, as a rule, increase the
feverish condition of the mouth and stom-
ach, and so create thirst. Experience
shows it, to be a fact that hot drinks re-
lieve thirst and "cool of" the body when
it is in an abnormally heated condition,
better than ice-cold drinks.
Eggs which are to be broken into water
should not be broken INTO boiling water,
as the motion destroys their shape, but let
the water be as hot as possible without
boiling, and let them stand several min
utes on the back Of the stove. They will
then be soft but firm all through.
To keep vanished wood looking fresh
and bright rub it thoroughly with oil from
time to time. Only a little oil must be
used, and that should be carefully rubbed
in till it seems to be all rubbed off. Other
wise it will catch dust, and the last state
of the wood will be worse than the first.
When white marble slabs and mantels
get discolored, take very strong soap-leeS
and mix it in quicklime till it is about like
milk, and spread the mixture on the mar
BILE; clean it off with soap and water after
-oo+, fo,,o Ho,,rcb finoo orI r,,h tho q
BILE with fine putty powder and olive oil.
. Watch the d~rain-pipes, in hot weather
especially. At least once a week put
down a strong solution of washing soda,
say a cup of soda to a quart of water, or
strong potash or lye. This is good for all
the pipes, often clearing them of obstruc-
ton, and it does not corrode like chloride
of lime.
, Flannel should be put into a good, warm
lather, that is, into soapy water, only a
little warm; but on no account into cold
water. As much as possible rubbing
should be avoided with them, because to
rub flannel makes it thick. Wringing also
is harmful to them, and it is better to
squeeze and press the water out of them
than to wiring them.
Glass articles can be so annealed by
being boiled in water mixed with common
salt that they will not easily break from
changes of temperature. They
should be put into cold water, and, after
being we'll boiled, the water should be
allowed to cool slowly before taking them
out. C~rockery, porcelain and stone-ware
can be made more durable by the same