The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-12-24
stm IS TO H0usEKELPgRs.

Use soaa bar: for cleaning woollen
ircss ED0AS.
Cream ard aclls do not curtllc, while
milk and acids will.
Snow sprinkled over carpets and
brushed of before 1t has urlted is ap
excellent dust settler
Half Of tcaspoonrul Of sugar scat
tered over dying fire Is better thai
Kerosene, and has no element of dan
ger
Flour absorbs odors easily, and
should therefore not be kept where
onions fish, cheese ur other UdOrOus
substances are.
Muallns, gnghams and callcoes
should be stHrCheI with starch in
which Il piece OF alum as big as II nick.
ory nut has boon dissolved.
The best way to preserving silver or.
namcnts is to wrap thcW in silver
paper and lay them in tin box filed
with arrowrOot dry arrowroOt, o.
course.
Tea IL much better when brcwed in
n pot that has been heated thoroughly
than in cold one. A cup Of boiling
water used to rinse The pot Is the best
method of heating it.
Chlldren's clothing should he as light
ana warm aS possible, with flannel or
wool next TO the skin; either material
so worn will ward Off dangerous chills
ana prevent colds.
In severe paroXysms OF coughing try
one or two tabicSpOonfuls of pure
glJ cerne, mixed with pure whlskey or
hot, rich cream. 1t is said to give al
most immediate relief.
u dainty little cracker is now served
with oysters on fashionable tables. II
Is in the shape of blue point oyster
she'll and is said to be specially nice
in quality as well as picturesque In
form.
Once Il month the wiclls of lamps
should be removed, and the burners
unscrcwcd aud boiled in a little water
IN which common soda has been dis
solved This viii remove the coating
Of grease and dust which forms on tho
brass.
Don't keep growing girl or boy
sitting wCIrly In Il stiff position to
practice music FOR IN hour or two at u
time. Better fifteen minutes of good,
faithful practice twice Il day than two
hours OF dun, lisGcss, dragged-out
humping.
by applying n little of the best car
rlage OIL yHrnlsh carefully with Il
camers hair brush to the edges OF
broken china, the parts being neatly
joined together, the fracture Will
when thoroughly dry, be hardly per-
ccptiblc, and the china will stand fire
and water
An cgg cooks just under the boiling
point, and il a custdrd boils it is liable
to curdle 70 tell when 1t is cooked
sufficiently. Dip spoon into the hot
custurd, ana If Il coating remains upon
The spoon the custard should be taken
from the fire at once; but II the spoon
comes out clean let the custard co>s
4 minute more, then test It again.
When the Kitchen range is cleared
out' there will be found in the hue
Inder the oven considerable quantity
of gray dust 1t Is net ashes exactly,
near akin TO MnIphtaCk as n cr1l fire
is able to produce, soft, light, impair
pab'e, finer than the finest ilolT. Not
many among those who throw t5is in.
to the ash Lin are probably aware thas
this Is the best thing in the wOI u for
polishing tinwarc, far surpasslrg all
the prepared powders and pnstes sole
for that purpose. Apply it 30 The tin
with damp cloth, and few strokes
will produce such Il luStre as Is on
new ware or as the SngravFr puts up
on his zinc piates by the use Of char
coal.