The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-14
Household Hints.


Powdered pipe clay, mixed with waller,
will remove oil stains from wall paper.
Before laying a carpet wash the floor
with turpentine TO prevent buffalo bugs.
The line. as soon as its duty is ended.
should be reeled up and placed in bag
until next time.
Pillow slips should he ironed length
wise instead of crosswise If one wishes
70 iron wrinkles out instead of in.
Dish towels and common towels can
be ironed Just as well in half the time il
folded together once as if ironed singly.
Clothes when brought i'm should be
separated and folded at once: if allowed
To lie together many wrinkles accunu-
late.
Don't grease a creaking hinge and
stick it up with n remedy that is worse
than the evil. but put little graphite
or soft lead pencil on the piece of fric-
ton.
If shelves and floors of closets are
wiped with water hot with cayenne pep
per and afterward sprinkled with borax
and alum, reaches and other vermin are
kept al bay.
4 pair of white gloves or mittens are
a comfort To hands taken from hot suds
10 hang clothes in zero weather; also "A
close-fitting jacket and hood To keep one
from catching cold.
\ pleasant tooth powder, and bene-
fetal as well. is made of finely ground
orris root and precipitated chalk in
equal parts. When favored with oil of
rose ii is very fragrant
Sheets folded across. bringing the wide
and narrow hens together, then folded
again, then ironed across both sides. are
finished quickly and look as well as >1f
more time were spent on them.
When the fats in the fire it is never
wise to throw water upon It. II lat IN
a kettle boils over and there arc ashes
convenient to throw on the blaze. it is
the surest. safest way 10 put it out
Steel knives used at table or for cut
ting bread meat or anything for which
a sharp knife * needed should never
be used for stirring or cooking anything
i'm hot grease, as it makes them very
dull
Ink stains on silver can be removed by
mixing a little chloride of lime to paste
with water and covering the spots with
IT. They will quickly disappear, and
the paste should be washed off and the
article wiped dry.
The chimney of lamp should never
be touched with water A few drops
of alcohol, or even paraffine oil. will re-
move the dimmed, smoky effect and
make the chimney as bright as posi-
BILE. when it is polished with soft fan
mel or chamios skin.
When oiled walnut furniture begins to
grow dingy it can be made TO look as
fresh as new by reoiling. Linseed, or
even olive OIL may be used, but pure,
good kerosene oil is much the best. Rub
it well in with a soft wooden rag and
polish with clean dry flannel
To clean hair brushes quickly and east
~ take Il dessertspoonful of hartshorn
to a quart of cold water in wash hand
basin. Dip in the hair of the brushes
and rub them together until clean. Then
rinse well with cold water. rub dry with
a towel and stand upright in an open
window.
Broken china may be mended by max
ing light paste OF the white of an egg
and -four. cleaning the broken edges
from dust, spreading them with the
paste and holding the parts together
while wet: wipe off all that oozes out
1t must be held or fastened in position
until dry. 4 coiOTlesS cement is made
ny dissolving a half ounce Of gum arabic
in a wineglass of boiling water. adding
plaster of paris to form thick paste.
Use at once, applying with thick
brush.