The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-07-03
Home Matters.


Salt fish are quickly freshened by
soaking in sour milk.
Do not lean with the back upon
anything that is cold.
Never begin journey until the
breakfast has been eaten.
Wash all marble daily with ammo
MIA and water in place of soap-suds.
To disinfect sheets, &C., soak in
chloride Of lime solution, wiring out
and boil.
Wash mirrors in warm suds, then
dust with whiting from a muslin bag
and polish with chamois skin.
Cesspools, &C., should be we'll covered
on top with mixture OF chloride OF
lime with ten parts of dry sand.
To test nutmegs, prick them with a
pin, and il they are good the oil will
instantly spread around the puncture.
A wineglass of strong borax water
in pint of raw starch will make col
lars and cuffs stiff and glossy.
Rub your lamp chimneys after
washing with dry salt, and you will
be surprised at the new brilliancy of
your lights.
Silver moths are very sensitive to
pungent odors, and cayenne pepper
sprinkled on the shelves would drive
them away.
Currant Catsup.-Five pounds cur
rants, three pounds sugar, half pint
vinegar, four teaspoons all kinds
spice boil slow one hour.
Never omit regular bathing, for, un'
less the skin is in regular condition
the cold will close the pores and favor
congestion or other diseases.
Galvanized iron pals should not be
used for drinking water. The zinc
coating is readily acted upon by water
forming poisonous oxide OF zinc.
When hoarse, speak as little as pos
sible until the hoarseness is recovered
from, else the voice may be parma
nently lost or difficulties OF the throat
be produced.
A simple economy is to take gooC
white skirts which have become fray
ed at the edge, or from which The
trimming is worn, and neatly bint
them with black dress braid for stree
wear.
To clean floors after disinfecting
A per cent. solution of good chic
ride of lime to a gallon OF water il
used to wash wood ware, floors anC
wooden furniture, after fumigatiol
and ventilation.
The comfort of most parlors nova
days, and their beauty, too, does no
depend on expensive pieces Of furni
ture so much as in cozy chairs ant
tables scattered about, and filled will
attractive things.
How to Wash Corsets.-Rip out tn
steels, wash without wringing or twist
ing (Which puts the homes out O
shape starch in good boiled starch
and stretch in shape when ironed
They will be almost as good as new
For Sea-sickness.-Make mild de
coction of the bark of wild cherr
about the strength of breakfast tea
and take wineglass full before ever
meal for three days before going t
sea; the last day take mild aperien
How to Remove q Glass Bottle StoI
per.-Put cloth wrung out OF scale
ing water around the neck OF the bo
tie, turn the bottle upside down ovt
! al empty basin, and strike the nee
sharply with q table knife or a pair (
/ scissors.
Green Corn.-Remove the husk an
, every thread Of the silky fibre, put il
: to boiling water and cover with IL
: clean inner husks and cook abol
. eight minutes. If corn is boiled
7 lcng time it i, made hard and its fla
t or impaired.
TO prevent felon, take cup
: cold water put into it teaspoonful
" salaratus, set it on the stove; put Il
finger threatened with the felon' in
the cold water, and keep it there un
it is SO hot you cannot bear it. and II
felon is killed.
q Clean oilcloth with a wet towel pi
/ ned over a stiff broom, and rub wi
n long, sweeping strikes. Mattil
i should be washed with strong 81
d water and clean cloth, and do it,
X possible, at midday, to insure qui
/. drying, which prevents discolOratic
s. Place Jumps of camphor gum
rs shelves and on floors where croc
K. stand. This, I think, is sure rene
,e against ants. You will have the SIN
y. of camphor. but not the taste If thin
10 are kept carefully covered. We 8
" quite free from them. A baker tC
10 us to use it and we prefer it to t
/ ants.
as If cellar has hot smell and ca
N not be thoroughly ventilated, I
K trays OF charcoal set around on t
IN floor, shelves and lodges will make t
~ air pure and sweet. II large bask
n full Of charcoal be placed in dal
cellar where milk iskept there will