The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-21
HOUSE AND HOME.

Some very comfortable floor pillows
may be made from ecru colored duck.
circular piece IL cut, or two exactly the
same size. Then a straight piece long
enough TO go around the circular pieces
The piece designed for the top has disks
worked on Il, with dark red art silk The
disks may be interlaeed or they may be
put on haphazard. The stitch should be
the well-known feather stitch, which IS 50
very effective for doing many bits Of
fancy work.
These cushions are so simple anyone can
make them. And yet they are pretty. and
useful. stuffed with excelsior or hay, and
80 inexpensive. II is certainly a comfort
and a rest 70 the tired housewife as she
sits down. 10 have a cushion for a rest to
the tired feet, as she reads or sews- Try
floor cushion. and see for yourself how
comfortable 1t Is.
Box stools have become very fashionable.
To make one, get a small box. lid and ALL
fasten the LID on with strong leather
hinges. that may be cut from Old shoes
Get a roll OF the best cotton batting and
two or three yards of pretty cretonne
With some tacks. hammer and a modicum
of brains and you can make a very nice
box stool for about IS cents.
According TO a prominent New York
physician hot water viii cure dyspepsia
II taken before breakfast; wards of chills
when one comes in from the cold; stops
cold if taken early ia the stage; relieves
nervous headache: gives relief TO tired and
infiamed eyes; splendid for sprains and
bruises; viii often stop the flow of blood
from a wound. II is an excellent remedy
for sleeplessness. Causes wrinkles TO fee
ard backaches TO vanish.
Onions are almost the best nervine
known to medicine; are useful in cases
of nervous prostraton, and there is moth
ing else that Will so quickly relieve and
tone up a worn out system, says the Medi-
cal Times. Onions are useful in. all cases
Of coughs. colds and influenza. and IN
consumption, insomnia, hydrophobia,
scurvy, gravel, kidney and liver COM
plant. Eaten every other day they soon
have a clearing and whitening effect upon
the complexion.
To stain a floor properly requires pa
thence, but IL every detail is faithfully car
ried out ths result attained VIII be ample
payment for AL the hard work. First
wash the aoor thoroughly, then FL thu
cracks with putty. Scrape OF any spots
that may be on the floor. The stains can
be obtsined at such reasonable prices that
II Is cheaper 70 buy them ready mixed.
Now begin with fat brush and work it
always in accordance with the grain OF
the wood, painting a few boards at a time.
II takes about twenty-four hours for the
paint to dry. TWO coats OF paint should be
given. To keep the floor looking fresh and
clean It IS necessary to go over 1t At least
crce a week with flannel rag and crude
oil.
A hint that IS worth something 20 our
readers in the mountains is found in the
fad. now so popular in England. OF max
ing articles az furniture out ot animals.
The Prince OF Wales has a hall seat made
q an elephants head and forefeet. 9th
ers have tiger chairs. etc. The wild ant
mails Of our mountain regions would make
very unique and attractive pieces OF fur
niiure Of this kind.
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Mahogany-colored hair Is the latest fad,
and the transition period between dark
brown and this coveted shade Of red Is
very interesting 10 the keen observer.
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Watches have gradually diminished In
size until SOW The very latest bit Of enamel.
set round with diamonds. is 10 larger than
a mans signst ring.
,
MGn chains % gold. With diamonds and
rvoies set az intervals so that they are
open on both sides are one OF the latest
novelties n jewelry.
Here Is q quaint Scotch rhyme that s.
worked into the frisze In an Old English
dining roomt
Some hae meat they Gamma ca
That some wac eat. that want Il;
Bug We hae meat and we can eel.
Ard say the Lord - thaHkst."