The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-02-08

this grain chiefly for the last six weeks
feeding and using more muscle-forming
food, results would be better. Clover,
milk, bran and oats make growth, while
corn or corn-meal makes fat.
Going Into Debt.
1t is q very difficult matter to tell just
what a farmer can afford in the form Of
improvements. He knows that good stock
pays. that good implements. good barns
and well drained fe DIS are profitable TO
him vino has the capital TO invest. Taen
why does it not pay TO borrow money to
get these things, asks one. 1t should paw,
and will pay some TO do this way. but II Is
not safe to go into debt too deep. some
caution is necessary. or just when we are
ready to live the indebtedness may be
SO great that it is not so easily carried as
was anticipated. There is a danger line,
as our judgment may at times be at fault,
aud we find that we are beyond our depth.
Care of Machinery.
The life of farm machinery can often be
doubled by proper care. the expense thus
being greatly lesseued The cost of ma
chinery is a heavy item, eating into profits
sadly. and good care pays big profits. The
! draft upon horses is made unnecessarily
great too often by failure TO keep every
! thing in good running order. Many OF us
| err ov failing TO take time to adjust every
thin properly. 1t Is my observation
/ that Jew fail to use oil enough on bearings.
| but there is popular tendency 10 act as
| il machines had the faculty in common
with camels Of storing no supplies when
abundant against future periods of desrth.
| A less amount of Oh, and more frequent
| applications would DE more effective.
Keeping Close TO shore.
There are two kinds of debt. One is
contracted for maintenance and is the
forerunner OF disaster. The other is
mark OF prosperity, being contracted in
/ the requirement of more property, and
with the confident expectation OF paying
it of within a reasonable length OF time.
/ There is now more debt OF the former
kind among the farmers than was the case
twenty years ago, ana much less OF the
latter kind. This condition produced the
unrest that has led to great changes IN the
political sentiments OF the masses. We
believe that there are many hopeful signs
for the future, but these should only en-
courage economy and the practices OF the
best methods of farming. keeping close 10
the shore until the storms Of the past de-
cade have passed away.
Household Hints.
The following directions for removing
stains, spots, ETC., must be used with ex-
ceeding caution. Choroiorm, benzine,
turpentine. kerosene and gasoline are all
dangerous substances unless handled with
extreme care:
Sponge grease spot with four table
| spoonfuls of alcohol TO one of salt.
Sprinkle salt over the SCOT on carpet
and sweep all up together.
Rub finger marks from furniture with 3
little sweet oil.
Put lump of camphor in an aIr-tiRht
case with silverware to keep 1t from dis
coloration.
Remove paint spots from window by
rubbing a copper cent over them.
Sprinkle salt over fresh c!aret stains.
Wash ink STAINS in strong brine and
then sponge with lemon juice.
Hold fruit stained article over @ bowl
and pour boiling water through the cloth.
Rub egg stains on silver with salt on a
damp cloth.
Use wood ashes on discolored tableware
Clean steel knives with raw potato
dipped in fine brick duet.
Rub brass with hot vinegar and salt
and scour with fine ashes.
Clean a carpet with broom dipped in
a very weak solution OF tuT pentine in hot
water.
Cleanse grained woodwork with cold
tea.
Scour ironware with finely siited coal
ashes.
Soak widowed clothes in buttermilk
and spread on the grass in the sun.
Wash oil cloth with a flannel and warm
water, dry thoroughly and rub with q
little skim milk.
Purify jars by soaking them in strong
soda water.
Wash blackened ceilings with soda
water.
Rub white spots on furniture with
camphor.
Rub a stove zinc with kerosene.
Cleanse bottles with hot water and fine
Goals.
Remove fruit stains from the hands with
weak oXalic acid.
Clean jewelry with prepared chalk.
Wash hair-brushes in weak ammonia
water.
Rub stained hands with salt and lemon
juice.
Remove ink from wood with muriatic
acid, after Tinsing with water.
Wash japanned ware with little luke
warm suds
Rub mirrors with spirits of wine.
Apply spirits Of sal; to ink-stained ma
hocany.
Use sulphuric acid, wash off with suds,
for medicine stains on silver.
Remove oil stains from wall paper by
powdered pipe clay moistened.
Use gasoline for removing paint
Use jewelers. rouge and lard Tor rubbing
nickel plating.
Remove writing from books by solu-
ton of tRrtaric acid.
Wash willowware with salt water.
Clean hard finished walls with ammonia
water
Rub whitewash spots with strong vine
gar.
Rub soft grease over tar and then wash
in warm soda water.
Dip soft cloth in vinegar and rub on
smoky mica.
Sponge faded plush with chloroform.
Take paint out of clothing by equal
parts OF ammonia and turpentine.
To remove machine oil from satin use
benzine. Be careful about having a light
in the room, as it is very explosive.
Valuable Recipes.
Brown Betties-To heaping cupful Of
rye meal which must be thoroughly siited
add one cup of -four. siited with three.
quarters OF teaspoonful of salt and the