The record-union., 1892-11-19
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW.

Don't forget that canned meats. which
may keep perfectly for a year or two.
after that time deteriorate and often be-
come unwholesome. 1t is always wiser
to purchase such food at the most reliable
places.
Beeswax and salt will make rusty flat
irons as clean and smooth as glass. Tie
lump Of wax in rag and keep 1t for that
purpose. When the irons are hot. rub
them first with the wax rag, then scour
them with paper or cloth sprinkIed with
salt.
Never put away food in tin plates.
Fully one-half the cases of poison from
the use OF canned goods is because the
article was left or put into the can after
using. China, earthenWare or glass are
the only safe receptacles for food left
over"
Soft water is better than hard for boil
ing vegetables, as the hard water tough
ems them. When cooking, always keep
the kettle boiling; then, ii meat. vege-
tables or anything you may be boiling
needs more water, you can add it without
stopping the boiling process.
Thorough ventilation is necessary
where milk is kept in cellars or it will
become injured by mold or foul odors.
This is more often the cause of poor sum-
mer butter than any other. The butter
Is tainted before it goes to the churn, and
no possible atter-care can make it good
or keep 1t tit to eat until winter.
good cement for mending china is
made IN the following way: Make a very
thick solution of gum arabic and warm
water, and stir in a sufficient quantity of
plaster of paris to make a thick paste.
then, with small brush, apply the paste
very carefully TO the fractured edges of
the china, pressing them tightly together.
and leave the mended dish untouched
for two or three days.
No medicine should ever be given in
the dark. Always shake before openinn n
the bottle; it is often important and al
ways harmless. Medicines should be
kent in a dry, cool and dark closet. ONLY
few should be kept on hand. each in
small quantity, for, as rule, they do not
keep well. 1t is poor economy to buy
drugs where they are cheapest, as they
are almost sure to be adulterated. Get
them from reliable druggist.
Turpentine has almost as many uses in
the house as borax. 1t is good for rheu-
matism, and, mixed with camphorated
Oil and rubbed on the chest, one of the
best remedies for bronchial colds. 1t is
an excellent preventive against moths
although naphtha is preferable, the odor
leaving much sooner; it will drive awav
ants and reaches If sprinkled about the
shelves and closets; a spoonful OF it to a
pail of warm water cleans paint excel
lently, and little in the boiler on wash
ing day whltens the clothes.
Salt is an important article of food. and
is obtained chiefly from the mineral
Kingdom. In the human body it is an
ingredient of all the solids and fluids.
Experiments upon domestic animals
show that the withdrawal of salt from
their food not only makes their hides
rough and causes the hair to fall out. but
also interferes with the proper digestion
of food. Ii it is withheld persistently
they become entirely unable to appropri-
ate nourlshment, and die of starvation
1t shows US what an important element
salt is in our diet.
1t is said by scientists to be fact that
all our senses do not slumber simultane-
ously, but that they fall into happy state
OF insensibility one after another. The
eyelidS take the lead and obscure sight.
the sense of taste is the next to lose its
susceptibility, then follow smelling, hear
ing and touch; the last named being the
llghtest sleeper and most easily aroused.
1t is curious that, although the sense Of
smell is one of the first to slumber, it is
the last to awake. Hearing, after touch.
soonest regains consciousness. Certain
muscles and parts of the body begin TO
sleep before others. Commencing with
the feet, the slumberous influence works
its way gradually upward to the center
OF nervous action. This will explain the
necessity of having the feet comfortably
warm before sound sleep is possible