The Republican journal., 1897-11-18
Household Hints.

Rain water is the best and purest water
for bathing delicate compilations.
Stockings when taken off should not be
thrown on the floor, but hung up.
A little bag of quicklime put among
steel articles will prevent their rusting.
Mice abhor camphor, and will not visit
drawers or closets in which it is kept.
A little kerosene put on the dust cloth
will brighten furniture wonderfully and
prevent the dust from flying from one
piece to the other.
Two parts of crude oil and one part of
turpentine remove white spots from furni-
ture and make as good polish as one can
desire to have.
Equal parts of milk and water applied
with a small sponge will make the leaves
of a palm or rubber plant look like wax
and prevent them turning brown.
small dish of fine charcoal kept upon
{. shelf of a dark closet or in the refriger-
ator, and renewed every week, will absorb
all odors and help to keep things fresh
and sweet.
1t is we'll to soak under fannels that
have become hard from much perspiration
in a weak solution of soda and water for
half an hour before washing them in the
regular manner.
All fruit looks nicer on delicate, light
china. A few leaves in the fruit dish add
wonderfully to the effect upon the eyes,
and the eyes coax the appetite when
nothing else will.
Scraps of soap may be placed in a
double boiler, allowed to become soft,
and then moulded into any desired shape.
If it does not melt readily, pour little
water ON it while heating.
Marble statuary may be cleaned by
solution made by boiling one fourth
pound pearlash for two hours in two
quarts of water, lay it on the marble for
twenty four hours; then wash it off.
The white of a raw egg is the most
satisfactory of pastes, and is better than
any prepared mucilage or paste one can
buy. Papers to be put over tumblers of
jelly and jam will hold very securely and
be air tight if dipped in the white of an
egg.
Bedrooms should be we'll ventilated and
carefully aired every morning after they
are vacated. Canopies are graceful and
stately looking accessories to bed, but
heavy draperies should be avoided in the
sick room, and windows should be kept
open little the night through. No one
can keep a clear healthy complexion by
breathing impure air.
A soft cloth wet with milk and rubbed
over boots and shoes three or four times
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the leather and help to keep it soft and
thus make it last longer.
A practical housewife recommends
keeping attic windows closed instead of
open. A garnet freely aired will attract
and harbor moths; in the moth season,
therefore, the windows should be kept
closed. There will be no musty smell in
a roo m so hot and dry.
A wash that will remove the oily APP
pearance of the skin consists of a tea
spoonful of tincture of benzoin added to
fifteen teaspoonfuls of soft water, shak-
ing thoroughly. Put this on the face
with small sponge or bit of old linen
rag, and let it dry on. 1t leaves a dainty
fragrance much resembling mignonette
or heliotrope.
Spectacles and eye glasses should be
kept perfectly clean and clear, otherwise
the eyes will be strained and INJURED A
famous optician says glasses and spectacles
should be placed in a washbowl and soak
ed in warm water. Then they should
be washed with soap and rubbed with a
soft nail brush Polish them with tooth
powder and give them a final rub with
tissue paper. A few drops of ammonia
may be added to the water in which the
glasses are soaked.
Fly specks may be removed from pic
ture frames in the following way: Put a
little spirits of wine in saucer, add a
few drops of sal ammoniac, shake or stir
the mixture well, then apply with small,
soft camel S hair brush; five minutes later
rinse with a larger brush dipped in soft
water Let the frames dry without wip-
ing, in an airy place or near the fire, to
avoid staining the gliding When clean
ing bronze statuettes, chandeliers and
lamps with this preparation, rinse off
with lukewarm water, then polish the
bronze softly with leather or an old silk
rag.