The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-07-30
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THINGS WORTH KNOWING

effectual beeswax and turpentine, rubbed on
and off with clean, soft cloths. sweet oil, and
polishing with chamois, is another remedy.
People in the country who are annoyed by
flies should remember that clusters of the
fragrant clover, which grows abundantly by
nearly every roadside, if hung in the room
and left to dry and shed its faint fragrant
perfume through the air, will drive away
more flies than sticky saucers Of molasses
and other fly traps and fly papers can ever
collect
Alabaster figures are cleaned with the fol-
lowing mixture: One ounce OF boraX and a
quart of boiling water. When cool, wash
the figures gently, and dry with silk hand.
kerchief. III badly stained try a paste Of
quick lime and water, and let 1t remain on
for a day then wash OF in soap and water.
Olive oil occasionally applied with soft
wooden cloth keeps buhl cabinets and or
molu ornaments bright; first, clean off all OF
the dust
If there is any suspicion of carpet bugs,
do not have carpet relald until you nave
wet the cracks Of the floor Tor distance OF
a foot or more from the sides OF the room
with solution Of corrosive subllmate, and
the edges of the carpets with the benzlne
and carbolic acid.
There is to much non-professional advice.
It is seldom correct, and is often dangerous.
must be good for every one else, They have
no adequate knowledge of the varying physi-
cal conditions of different individuals. Ihey
mean well enough, but their well-meant ad-
vice has sent thousands to the grave.
: The door between dining room and
Kitchen should be hinged to swing both ways
for convenience in carrying in and out dish
es with both hands.
Don't wash in cold water continually.
Give the face turkish bath every night with
hoNa haa q
splash Immediately afterward. Use. soft
flannel in bathing and dry flannel to rub of
the dust through the day. Let whatever You
use be soft, and so gently used to leave no
redness or irritation.
Large brook trout, salmon and lake trout
arc delicious steamed. Butter the trout and
season with salt aud pepper; wrap the fish
in muslin, put them in the old-fashioned
steamer, place it over a pot of boiling water
and the ascending steam will do the rest.
If food is to be kept warm for some one
who could not join the family at the regular
meal hour do not set it in the oven to dry up
but on covered plate set over hot water,
or, better still in seperate covered dishes set
in pan Of hot but not boiling water.
CARE OF CoNvALEscENTs
when your patient is mending you must
not relinquish your watchfulness. The ex-
element which accompanies your work
when his condition was dangerous has pas
sed away, but your thoughtful and faithful
work must continue. In some sickness con.
valescence is sudden: in others it is gradual
"Conyalescents are very apt not to notice
their own weakness and want to do more
than they are able" Hence they are pecul
iarly liable to relapse or other serious injury
Let the person first sit up in bed afterwards
without dressing, in chair well covered
with bed-clothes; still later let him gradu
ally increase his exertions' Great care mus
be exercised in the matters Of food, rest ant
sleep. Especially during recovery from few
ers the patients appetite will crave. too mucl
food. Follow closely the physicians eau
tions, and proceed with extreme care. Many
patient has been permitted to eat, wheI
this has brought on sudden relapse and
death.
Do not burden the patient with heavy
clothes; neither should you forget to MAKE
those he does put on attractive and pretty
The room should be warmer when the pa
tient is up than when he is in bed, and wheI
he first sits up do not let him be burdenet
with visitors. IAN invalid can always b.
pers ons, nor permit them to stay too long
Use discrimination. Some visitors in sicl
room are positive help, while others are
positive hindrance. Remember to give tn
visitor seat where it will require no eff0r
on the part Of the patient to see him or t
talk with him; but not on the bed. Visitors
as rule, should come in the daytime. Nigh
is the time for quiet and rest Before nigh
get everything possible ready for use durin
the night, so that there be no disturbance afte
the patient has gone to sleep. IL light
kept burning, shade it or place 1t where /
will not annoy the sleeper.
FOR ROSE JARS.
Gather fresh roses in the morning as 500
as the due is off, or even before if it be op
pressively warm, in which case they SHOULD
be plucked from their receptacles and drie'
before packing. See that no insects are con
cealed beneath the leaves and discard yellow
centres and green sepals. Such fragran
roses as the old-fashoned damask are tn
best, but all roses contain some essential oil
Then in large bowl of glass or china plac
layer of petals, then one Of fine, pure sail
lightly sprinkled. Set it well covered in
dry, shady place, and add to it day by da
all the petals that can be secured. Stir u
the roses.before addinga new layer, and S
continue until the blossoms have disal
peared, or long enough to make at least tw
weeks from the first gathering.
BY this time the roses will be cured" an
will appear moist. If there is quart in a
yon have the foundation of good potpourr
Now transfer the stock to glass fruit jal
on the bottom of which you have placed tw
ounces of bruised allspice and as much site
cinnamon broken into large pieces. Tn
water, If any, should be first drained away
Here allow it to remain one month, closei
covered, stirring it up thoroughly every da
from top to bottom.
1t is now ready for permanent preserva
ton. The blue and white Japanese jar
best to hold it, for it preserves the fragrance
Now have ready an ounce each OF mace, Gin
nam0n, cloves and allspice coarsely ground
the same quantity Of sliced ginger root an
nutmeg, half as. much anise seed and fou
ounces Of musk, with six ounces of dried Law
ender flowers. Again strew the rose leave
in the permanent jar, alternating with thes
mixed spices, moistening from time to tim
with pure alcohol, using about one gill in al
and the jar is complete.
NIGHT AIR FAR BETTER THAN FOUL All
An extraordinary fallacy is the dread {
night air. What air can we breathe at nigl
but night air? The choice is between pur
night air from without and foul air froI
within. Most people prefer the latter, a
unaccOuntable choice. What will they sa
if it is proved to be true that fully one-hal
OF all the diseases we suffer from ale accs
stoned by people sleeping with their wiz
dows shut? An open window. most night
in the year, can never hurt any one. In grea
cities night air is often the best and pures
to be had In twenty. four hours. could b
ter understand shutting the windows /
town during the day than during the nigh
Ior the sake of the sick. The absence {
smoke, the quiet, all tend to make night I'll
best time for airing the patient. One OF OIL
highest medical authorities on consuml
ton and climate has told me that the air {
London is never SO good as after 10 o'cloc
at night. Always air your room, then, frol
the outside air, if possible. Windows al
made to open, doors are made to shut,
truth which seems extremely difficult of al
prehenslon. Every room must be aire
from without, every passage from within.
Sanitary World.
EARLIEST USE OF FORKS.
The earliest distinct mention of the estat
hshed use of forks occurs in curious pass
age OF Coryates's "Crudities," a singula
book OF travels published in England i
1911 The author says:
Here will mention a thing that miph
have been spoken of before in the disconTs
of the first Italian towns. / observed q on,
tom In ali these Italian cities and town
through which passed that is not used i
any other country saw in nv travels no
Their do think any other nation of Christen
dom doth use It, but only in Italy. IN
Italians, and also most strangers that ar
travelling in Italy, do always at their meal
use little fork when they cut their meat.
Dry Goods Chronicle.
HOW SATIN WAS DISCOVERED.
octayio Mai, a silk weaver, finding bus
ness very dull, and not knowing what to il
vent to give new impulse to the trade, wa
one day pacing to and fro before his loon