The Portland daily press., 1890-04-26


The worsted that is fine and looks so much
like the silk that it can hardly be told from
it, is far more durable and lasting.
Unrivet three large Japanese fans, then
let the sticks fall downward. Gather the
top into puff of satin. Weave in and out
of the slender sticks ribbons to match in
tone your satin, finish each stick with tiny
silk tas sci or ball, and you will find yourself
in possession of wonderfully effective lamp
shade.
Ordinary sticking plaster is an excellent
remedy for corns. 1t keeps the surface soft
and prevents that rubbing, which is the i'm
mediate cause of corns.
Glue that is delicate and nice for mounting
ferns and seaweedS is made Of five parts Of
gum arabic, three parts of sugar, two parts
of starch, adding a very little water. Boil
until thick and white.
To clean brass lamps, rub them with thor
oughly with mixture Of crocus and sweet
oil and let it dry; then polish with dry
| crocus and chamois skin.
To fasten steel blade which has come out
of the handle. fill the cavity with rosin, then
warm the part to be adjusted and insert
slowly. pressing 1t firmly and holding until it
| gets cold.
When trying to thread sewing machine
by an imperfect light, place a bit of white
| clOIu OF paper Ddck Lle U6cULb eye.
| A neat bag for soiled collars and handker-
| chiefs is a made Of towel with handsome
| ends. The towel is sewed in bag fashion,
| the ends turned back and a ribbon draw
string run through the top.
Take black court plaster, m0isten enough
| to make it stick, and mend the small cracks
and holes in your silk umbrella by pressing
| 1t on the wrong side with warm iron over
| a thin paper.
Spruce pillows which have lost their fra
| ms " hQ rQnQUad nv SnhipptinO fhpm
TO steam for a short time and then drying
them thoroughly.
To wash chamois leather, make tepid suds,
put in the leather, rub hard through two
suds, rinse in tepid water, squeeze dry do
not wiring; hang in the sun until perfectly
dry.
When cooking rice put one cup of rice in
two quarts OF boiling water. Never use less
water than this to each cup Of rice to be
cooked. Let it boil fifteen minutes, then add
a tablespoonful of salt and cook from five to
fifteen minutes longer, according to age of
rice. Rub grain between the fingers to see
il it is done.
A bruise may be hindered from discolora-
tion either by the instant application of hot
water, or by using little dry starch or
arrowroot merely moistened with cold water,
ana placed on the injured part.
If the fishy taste in wild game Is objection
able it can be removed by putting a small
onion, cut fine, into the water it is cooked in,
or carrots If onions are not liked
A silk handkerchief so often recommended
for wiping. spectacles or eyeglasses, is not
good for this purpose, as 1t makes the glasses
electrical. and causes the dust to adhere to
them.
All soiled spots found around doorknobs,
on light painted doors may be removed by
kerosene on flannel cloth, with no injury to
the paint.
GOOD HEALTH AND GOOD LOOKS.
Nine. Patti says "Good looks are moth.
inn tho hndilxy I hou
treasured both, but in doing so had to fore
30 many of the pleasures that the multitude
of women enjoy. When do not sing go
to bed as early as an infant, and | always
sleep in a room without fire. | have the
window wide open because | do not think it
wise or safe to breathe again the same air.
In getting fresh supplies for my lungs fire.
quently experience bodily discomfort Then
| rest, not momentarily. but whole days at a
time Our clothes and furniture are pro-
tected from wear by not using them. As |
don't care to wear out, | adopt the plan of a
good hOuSekeeper and save myself. | don't
rock don't fret. | never read or allow
people to tell me about the horrible or grue
some, for those things distress and worry
NE, which agitation can DO nobody any
good, and does me great deal OF injury. l
not only believe, but know for a certainty,
that women fret away their youth and
beauty. Care is disease Of the mind, and
At table eat to live. have what want,
but I never want what / know to be I'M
healthy. Rare beef, fresh fruit and vegeta-
bles. bread and enough wine to keep me
from choking, make up my menu. l am
very fond of coffee, but use it moderately. l
am also fond Of pastry and sweets, but never
touch them. Success, If that is what you
call my good health, / owe to fresh air, mod
Grafton and quiet life."
CARE OF HARDWOOD FLOORS.
ware dealer, "who understand how to take
care Of wood floors. / hear complaints con-
sinually that hardwood floors crack and
break off in slivers, and thus soon become
rough. Such floors have been washed up or
scrubbed with strong alkali soaps or wash
ing fluids, which will ruin floor of oak in
short time. A hardwood floor should be
swept up and polished at least once a week
with an iron backed polishing brush. By this
process in short time the floor will have
attained beautiful CLASSY surface. from
which any dust can be easily removed with
a hair broom or one of the pretty japanese
brooms with bamboo handles"
The polishing brush Is an important arti-
Gle in any house where there are hardwood
floors 1t Is very heavy and is drawn back
ward and forward by means OF long handle.
Such brushes cost So and Sc, but wear a life
time. The largest size is too heavy for a
woman's use. If an egg or any such sub
stance drops on the kitchen floor, the spot
should be washed up and oiled with raw oil,
and avoided for few days until the oil has
become oxidized When a floor is waxed
this polishing brush becomes a necessity, as
no hand rubbing is heavy enough to take its
place.
HOW THREAD is NUMBERED.
Every seamstress, whether she wants No.
30 or 60 or 12O thread. knows from the num-
Der just what size the thread will be and
what kind Of sewing it can be used for, says
the st. Louis Republic; but how the num-
bers came to be just what they mean not one
erson in one thousand knows; yet it is
very simple matter to explain, providing you
only know the points and how to elucidate
| them. When $40 yards of yarn weigh 1000
| grains, pound of cotton, the threadmakers
mark it No 1. If 1850 yards weigh pound
| it is marked as No. 3. For No. 90 yarn 1t
would take so multiplied by $40 to weigh
| pound; this is the whole explanation Of the
| yard measm ement as used by the spool cot
| ton manufactures. The early manufactured
| thread was of three instead of slX-cord, the
number being derived from the number OF
| yards to the pound, just as 1t Is to-day. NO.
| GO yarn made No.60 thread, though in point
| of fact the actual calber Of No.6o thread
| would equal No. 20 yarn, being made OF three
| No. 20 strands twisted together.
When the sewing machine came into the
| market as the great LHT6du-COHSuneI, uH-
| reasoning in its work and memorable in its
| demands for mechanical accuracy, six-cord
cotton had TO be made in place of the old and
rougher hree-cord, it being much smooth
| err. AS thread numbers were already eStab-
| lished they were not altered for the new ar
! ticle, ard number 60 siX-cord and number 60
three-cord were left identical in both size
and number TO effect this the siX-cord has
| to be made of yarn twice as fine as that de-
mandel in making the three cord variety.
| The No. 60 sx-cOrd is made of six strands of
| No. 100 yarn. The three-c0rd spo0. cotton is
the same number as the yarn is made of.
| Six-cOrd spool cotton is always made from
yarn double its number. Thread is a simple
thing but, as simple as 1t is, there are 1000
kinds of it, and each kind goes through hun
| dreds of different processes.
HOW TO MAKE GOOD PASTE.
A transparent mucilage of great tenacity
may be made by mixing rice flour with cold
water and letting it simmer gently over the
fire. Another way is to dissolve teaspoon
full of alum in quart of water. When cold
stir in as much flour as will give il the con-
sistency of thick cream, carefully beating up
all the Jumps. Stir in half teaspoonful OF