The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-07
HOUSEHOLD HINTS. T.n-,=

For odors on the hands, dash n little
SUGAR on the hot stove lid and hold the
hands over the smoke.
Brooms soaked in hot salt water for mn
hour, when new, wear better and not so
much inclined to break.
For IL cold in the head snuflinp dry
boraN us one would snuff will often rive
instant relief. y tablespoonful of borax
in pint OF not water snuffed when at
blood heat, is also good
One of the very latest cures for insom
MIA Is three teaspoonfuls of sugar in II
cup of boiling water Some people can't
take hot water ''straight,'' but can take
it with teaspoonful of milk or the
sugar.
Most fruit stians can be removed with
boiling water Hold the spot tightly
over bowl Or basin and pour the boil
ing hot water directly on the stain and it
will usually disappear, Soap, I've and
other cleansing fluids will generally
set the stain irreparably, so you must
look after your stains before the linen
goes To the laundry.
This is said to he an excellent remedy
FOR IL felon before the pus has formed.
Fill II glass with equal parts of salt and
crushed ice. Into this thrust the finger
with the felon on it and keep it there I'M
til nearly frozen. Withdraw. and when
sensation returns to it, do the same thing
again, four or five times in succession. 1t
is almost sure to destroy the felon in it's
incipicncy.
Most ink stains can be removed with
lemon juice. Apply directly to the stain
before putting water on it. Saturate
with the lemon juice and leave it to dry
Rinse in clear cold water, and apply the
lemon juice again, and repeat the opera
ton about three times. This will leave "A
yellow spot, which the direct application
of ammonia and then hot water and soap
will quite remove.
y mother should not live for her chill.
dren, but with them. She should keen
abreast of the time in reading and enter
into the better brain life of her little
ones, leading them up step by step in
stead of tagging behind them and consid-
cred by them to he more OF Il servant than
companion. Most men who have achieved
greatness in the eyes of the world give to
their mothers the credit for their start
and stimulus.
One careful 'house mother" who likes
TO garnish her meat dishes with bits of
green winter and summer, and who wants
1t and her salad seasonings perfectly
fresh, raises them herself in small boxes
and cans in the house in winter and has
bCti lOI bfltill III Jllc SitFucn III
summer. She has chervil and parsley
in one small box. She has tnrragon
plants IN another. and makes her own
tarragon vinegar, thinking nothing else
so fine for salads rs the tiny green leaves.
She has can of chi"es, Just pinch is so
much finer than onions, you know: IL bit
of thyme, sorrel and mint in cans finishes
her garden. She is never mt n loss for
seasoning for meats and soups and salads,
and Il meal ut her house is something to
look forward to, though she is most eco
nomical.
Housekeeping is not such n dreadful
task if the work is done Systematically
and properly. No kind of work is alto
gether agreeable; it all has spots that
we would rather avoid, and so it is with
the care of il house If one cannot afford
! we'll trained servants none at all is best.
| y poor servant is a torment and nui-
| sance, and few women have the patience
to take raw, unframed girl and make a
| good servant of her. 1t is much easier
to keep house if one has conveniences to
work with, and that young couple is SEN
| sible who begin furnishing by buying q
| good stove for the kitchen, and the
| necessary utensils for the kitchen and
| dining room, leaving the parlor to the
last. You can live com Portable without
chromos of fruit and flowers, and plaster
angels and things, but you can't live
without the real fruit, aud broilers and
| skillets.