Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-11-22
oLo NEWSPAPERS.
Twenty-Five Ways in which They May Ne
Utilized to Advantage.

Twenty-Five Ways in which They May Ne
Utilized TO Advantage.
Along with last years birds nest do
men rate q back-number newspaper,
yet civilization finds more land more
reputable) uses for the latter than .
Chinese cook for the former. Almost
every one has heard that newspaper
spread between the bed blankets affords
more protection from cold than an addi.
tional blanket, and without adding the
uncomfortable weight Of the latter.
But have seen bit Of domestic econ
omy practiced by tramp, SO clever as
to make this one pale. He wrapped his
feet in newspapers, OF which he had
plenty, in lieu of stockings, Of which he
had none. "Will that keep your feet
warm?" / asked. "Better than Atwood
hose" he answered-and truthfully. As
q chest-protector, q folded paper under
the vest will ward of pneumonia.
But the old newspaper is just as good
Q protection against heat Set an ice
pitcher on one and draw up ard tie Sc
curely over the top. In the morning.
one will find the ice unmelted. A pis-
catorial friend always brings his. trout
home wrapped in plenty Of paper. and
they look fresher than cold storage can
keep them.
Many housewife knows how TO make
comfortable couch pillows and porch
cushions by cutting papers in long, mar
row strips and rolling Thorn, the fashion
of making lamplighters. Trimmings
from bookbindery are easier to use.
When celery is large enough to bleach,
instead Of banking it up with earth,
wrap each bunch in half dozen thick.
nesses of old paper, we'll tied on, from
root to crown. 1t is equally good, q
gardener tells me, for mulching straw
berries, spread between the rows
and weighted with stones.
A few cents worth of back numbers
from newspaper Office are equal to dol
lars worth of the best moth-proof ~
ever sold, though little more trouble
some to lay smoothly. AS lamplighter
1t saves matches, and for wadding IRON
holders is better non-conductor than
cotton. 1t makes the shelves in the
cellar and wash-house look neat, and
wrapped around the glass fruit-jars ex-
cludes the light, which is as hurtful as
the air to some fruits. Patterns cut in
newspaper are no new thing, but it may
not be generally known that cheap
and durable door-mat, equal to cocoon,
can be made by having files of old papers
cut lengthwise into sections three inches
wide, and packing these together on
edge in frame Of wood. Where soft or
hard coal is burned in an open CRATE, q
dampened newspaper pinned over the
front makes serviceable blower; but
never use dry paper.
We have said nothing about the time
honored scrap-book; but for amusement
for the children on rainy afternoon,
nothing costs less or is more relishod
than cutting the advertising cuts and
display letters from old newspapers.
Then such geometrical and other figures
as are cut in the kindergartens may be
made from them.
For cleaning lamp chimnoys there is
nothing half so good, or for packing
dishes or glassware. The mice know
the value Of finely cut paper so we'll for
bedding that it would be strange If some
clever Yankee had not invented ma
chine for shredding it for use in stables,
as is done in some cities.
The hospitals and prisons are always
glad to get uncut secondhand papers,
especially religious and story papers
Such as have to be cut or torn are worth
half cent q pound for waste paper, and
II there are any so soiled or unfit to keep
that they must be burned, pack them
into paper tube, with turpentine and
resin, and saw in sections for kindling
j. f. Cowan, in Good Housekeeping.