Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-10-07
To Polish or Glux. Linen.

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To Polish or Glaze Linen.
After the linen has .been carefully
starched, have ready at hand a basin,
Of cold water, c~leail-covered ironing
board. a piece OF soft rag. and a we'll
heated polishing iron. To polish col
lars, take one at "a time. place it fiat
on the board. dip the clean rag into
the cold water. and then lightly wet
the surface of the collar. On 10 nc
count must 1t be made too wet, Or 1t
will blister, and be careful that no
drops of water fall ON it. Hold the col
lar in position with the left hand, and
run the polishing iron up aud down 1t
with the right. AT first the linen will
have a streaky appearance. but the
smoothing must be continued until the
surface is CLOSED all over. Different
kinds of glazes are to be had for polish
ing linen, which are used instead Of the
polishing iron. hut they do not give
such a high gloss. aud are sometimes
injurious to the linen.
Small Kitchens.
by all means have Il small Kitchen"
writes Mrs. S. Z. Rorer in reply to an
inquiry in the Ladies' Home Journal.
"a large kitchen with a cellar door at
one side, a table at another, a range at
another, and the sink Mt still another,
requires too much walking. Time is
consumed in going from one place to
another, rather than with actual work
Have your range placed in a light and
convenient part Of the kitchen. In front
have a good-sized table, containing
drawers and spaces underneath for
keeping utensils, portion of the toy
covered with zinc and the other half
left plain. Have underneath the tor
a baking board which you can easily
pull out. The sink should be near nj
hand. The pantry may be on the othel
side of the kitchen, and he sufficiently
large to hold u barrel Of flour, a small;
pastry table and a convenient arrange
ment for Shelves"
Take Care of Old Newspapers.
Old newspapers form IN import.
ant part in domestic economy. and are
useful for polishing window glasses
for the cleaning of lamp chimneys. fol-
testing and cleaning flatirons. and for
a dozen other things. You will also
need heaps of them when you come
to pack away the winter clothing. The
clothes moth, like other evil-loers, has
n IN 0yvo,,S;o,, IN ,,,,s~%orses tel, ~
lent mothproof bag may be made of
two t~hicknesses of newspaper. with the
edges folded as ii for an inch-wide
hem, and securely pasted.
Cleaning Gas. Decanters.
For cleaning d%iscolored glass ocean.
tiers, should the better known remedies
of shot, sand, cinders, and so forth, fail
of their purpose. fill the bottles with
chopped potato skins, cork them closely
and leave untouched for several days
until the skins have fermented. Then
empty and rinse out with much cold
water, to which has been added a small
proportion Of liquid ammonia.
Effect of olive OIL ON Flies.
If you trace a circle on a piece OF
wood with olive oil, flies will never
ross ii. Those which pass over .
plate covered with this oil fall asphyx.
lated. They never approach meat
which has been rubbed with olive oil
Hints.
Breakfast bacon is said to be almost
a cure for dyspepsia, and Is n Of the
best things a dyspeptic can eat.
For stings and poisons a strong solu.
ton of saleratus and water, immediate
ly and frequently applied. give relief
and sure cure.
We hope that mothers will remember
that good brandy is q cure for summer
complaint; in bad cases q t%easpoonfu.
three or four times a day.
Oil stains may be removed from wall
paper by applying, for four hours, pow.
dered pipe clay mixed with water tc
the thickness of cream.
For earaclle roast n small onion until
soft, dip it in sweet oil and insert ir
the ear When the pain is relieved take
ont the onion and put raw cotton in.
To cure a felon take lump Of com.
mon rock salt, dry it in the oven, pull
verize 1t. moisten with %turpentine:
spread on a cloth and wrap the finger
in 1t.
A flannel cloth, wet in hot brandy. OF
better, camphor aud brandy. mixed anG
heated, will relieve the pain of bowels
II frequently laid over the stomach and
bowels.
All sorts.
Don't sit down and wait for youi
fortune to turn up.
If you do a thing you IRE ashamed
of you can always depend upon its be
ing found out.
Seymour Keyser. postmaster nj Man.