The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-01-01
n.xrs 70 nousEk.EPraa.

Use soap bark Tor cleaning woollcr
Hress goods.
Cream and acids do not curtlle, while
milk and acids will.
Snow, sprinkled over carpets and
brushed of before Il has melted Is m
excellent dust settler.
MaR OF teusp1onful OF sugar scat
tered 5ver dying fire is better thn'
kerosene, and he's no element OF dan
ger.
Flour absorbs oders easily, mi
should therefore nos be Kept whert
pIhons, fish, cheese or other odorou'
substances nre.
Muslins, ginghams and calcocS
should be starched with starch In
pghich piece Of alum as big rs 4 nick.
oey nut has been dissolved.
The best way to preserving silver or
paments - to wrap thcW In silver
paper and lay them In tin box filled
with arrowroot- dry arrowrOot, o'
course.
Tea Is much better when brcwcd In
@ pot that has been heated tloNIghly
shan In a cold one. A cup of boiling
water used to rinse the pot Is tho best
method of heating 1t.
Childrens clothing should be as light
end warm as possible, with flannel Oi
wool next to the skin; either material
20 worn will ward of dangerous chills
and prevent colds.
In severe paOxysms OF coughing try
one or two tablcspoonfuls of pure
Slycerine, mixed with pure whskey OF
hot, rich cream. 1t Is said to give al
most immediate relief.
A dainty little cracker Is now served
with oysters on fashionable tables. j.
Is in the shape of blu"-pOint oyster
shell, and Is said to bc specially ME,
In quality as well as picturesque In
form.
Once n month the wtcks Of lamp
should be removed, and the burners
unscrowed and boiled in little waite
IN which common soda has been dis
solved. This will remove the coatn.
Of grease and dust which forms uD tn
brass.
Don't keep growing girl or bo.'
sitting wearily In stir position I
practice music for an hour or two III I.
time. Better fifteen minutes Of good
faithful practice twice Il day than tw'
hours of dull, listlcss, 1raggcd-ou'
humping.
BY applying little OF the best car
rlnge oil varnlsh carefully with :
camers hair brush to the edges VI
broken china, the parts being nntl,
joined together, the fracture VII
when thoroughly dry, be hardly per
ceptiblc, and the china will stalid nr'
and water
An egg cooks just under the boiiin
point, and If Il custard boils 1t is liahl.
to curdle. 70 tell whom 1t Is cooked
sufficiently, dip spoon into the ho'
custard, and If a coating remains up,h
the spoon the custard should hc tak,h
from the fire at once; but If the spcO"
comes out clean let the custarj c1,N
n minute more, then test It again.
When the kitchen range Is "clcare'
Dut' there will be found in the huf
nnder the oven II considerable Quantlt.
OF gray dust 1t Is not ashes cXactlI
nor yet SCOT. but smoke deposit. ~
near akin to mniphlack as n c"il fir.
Is able to produce, soft, light, impn,
pab'e, finer than the finest flour. Nu'
many among those who throw thls In
to the ash bin are probably awar. tina,
this Is the best thing In the word fG:
polishing tlnwarr far surpassiI all
the prepared powders ana pastcS sole
for that purpose. Apply 1t 10 the tin
with n damp cloth, and few strokes
will produce such hlstre as Is on
new ware, or as the engravtr puts up.
on his zinc plates by the use Of char
coal.