The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-19
ABOUT CoRNCoBs.
They re Useful to Make Pipes and
for Other Things.
From the Minneapolis Housekeeper

From the Minneapolis Housekeeper.
Corncobs are usefel to make pipes for
the men, as shoppers to bottles that have
mislaid their corks, to crowd into the
bung-hole of the cider barrel, to throw at
the hens when they scratch the Young
onions, to curl hair on, to hold up win
dows, to ferrule the children with. to
grease the griddle in place of the time
honored half of turnip, to wind basting
Rawlings for future use, to stop up any
kind of chink to drive away red ants
and to found fortune. The last two
statements may seem to challenge re-
mark, but they can bear the light of the
best tallow ever run in a candle-mold.
One steps on cOrncObs when entering the
pantry and joggles the cream into the
pickle dish. On inquiry one finds that
red ants don't like corncobs. ] don't
wonder. Neither do l. AS for the for
tune, man who once lived not ten miles
from Springfield laid the foundation for a
fortune so large that, though he died
twelve years ago, the lawyers have not
yet done fighting over his will, solely by
carrying loads of cOrncobs hither and Won
and selling them for fabulous prices.
The children find both fun and sorrow
In corncobs. They make pretty dolls, to
be sure, but If the masters of the inquisi-
ton could have been provided corncobs
sufficient to allow one for the mouth of
each prisoner, they would have aban-
doned all other modes of torture II is q
most enlightening sight to enter q does
trict" school and see a row of little cul-
prlts standing behind the stove, acorncob
in each mouth and the silent tears of
agony rolling down the chubby cheeks. A
corncob smudge is said to give ham and
bacon most perfect and delicate flavor
A corncOb put on pole saturated with
kerosene and set blazing, viii destroy any
worms nest into which it is thrust during
the early morning of June's rare DAYS. A
corncob slightly CREASED and set in a can
dlestick has been known to burn half an
hour, and to save bringing in the lantern
from the barn in order to light the chill
dren to bed
Without the grease it would, if very
dry, burn slowly and perfume the air in
a way that showed itself an excellent sub
stitute for joss-stfcks. The ancient
nurse in the rural districts uses them to
purify the atmosphere in the sick room,
and considers that, together with wooden
rags, they are far ahead of any disinfect-
ant favored by the medical fraternity.
The country damsel preparing for the so
cial fray has been known to blacken her
eyebrows with a burnt cob When the
children object too strenuously TO having
their teeth secured with SCOT from the
teakettle, an indulgent parent may make
a compromise on the black powder from
a burnt cob. In many places the jetty
stuff is supposed even to have medicinal
power, and Miranda swallows a quantity
in order to have a sweet breath-ah, tell
tale plan-when Ferdinand comes a-woo-
ing You can black boots with corncobs.
You can shell corn by rubbing cob on
grain. A coIncOb makes an excellent
scrubbing brush. A woman with a soul
for ingenuity once hung out large wash
with clothespins manufactured from cleft
corncObs.