Middletown transcript., 1904-11-19
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

i VIII not spHt furniture or Qellcate WOO
work.
Cut ront.d and found into one lor
strip old stockings can be utilized fe
carpet rags
Clean plaster ornaments by dippin
in cold starch, brushing the powder o
lightly when dry.
When the chimney takes fire, throv
on handful of sulphur or, lacking that
several handfuls of salt.
After silver has been polished if eacl
piece is well wrapped in tinfoil it will
keep free from tarnish if kept in DIR,
place.
A fine remedy for insomnia it to tax,
a sun bath once day-sit in the sun
shine apd toast the spine until you fee
as ii the vertebra would rattle.
Small bags of heavy unbleached muslin
made to fit the size of the steps and filled
with pieces of an old comfortable laid in
smoothly make admirable stair pads.
Equal parts of skinned milk and
water warmed will remove fly specks
from vanished woodwork or furniture,
especially chair or library tables, by rub
ing i'll a mixture of lamp-black and tur-
pentine.
To clean light wall paper try rubbing
the soiled spots with dry plaster of Paris.
When all traces of dirt are removed dust
the powder off with soft cloth.
To soften brushes that have become
hard, soak them "a hours in raw linseed
oil, and rinse them out in hot turps, re-
peating the process till clean, or wash
them in hot soda and water and soft
soap.
Few people except trained nurses know
that restless patient is made much more
comfortable if the corners of the under
sheet are carefully pinned to the under
side of the mattress with safety pins.
Draw the sheet tight and pin it securely.
1t will be relief to you and the suffering
patient.
An entire milk diet is an excellent
thing for the woman who is troubled with
insomnia. 1t is also good for the one who
is SO nervous that when she does sleep
she has the sensation of falling, and
wakes with terrific start. When these
conditions exist it is we'll to subsist on
milk alone for some time. A grown wo-
man should take pint of milk as meal,
but to keep up her strength she should
take four meals day instead of usual
three. People with weakened nerves re-
quire a larger quantity of water than
those whose. nerves and brains are strong.
When your sheets become worn near
the centre sew the outer edges together
and open in the centre -
!, A good furniture polish which will
remove white spots from vanished and
oiled woods and restore dulled surfaces |
to their original gloss, is made as follows: |
One cupful of cold drawn linseed oil one
cupful of powdered rottenstone, one-half |
cupful OF alcohol, one cupful of naptha,
one cupful OF turpentine, one cupful OF |
strong solution of oxalic acid, and one
cupful Of cold water with which has |
been slowly mixed two teaspoonfulls of |
sulphuric acid. Shake the ingredients
together and keep bottled and closely
corked until it is wanted. Apply the
with flannel cloth and rub
Rust may be removed from nickel
plating by covering the spots with mutt
ton tallow and letting it stand for several
days. If this treatment is followed by a
rubbing with powdered rottenstore and
then by thorough washing with strong
succeeded by clear water, and
final polishing with dry whiting, stub
BORN cases will yield. -
Whipped cream improves the eggnog
or an invalid unless cream is too rich for
! weak stomach. #
From very purely sanitary standpoint
here is no washboard equal to the one
made of glass especially if there is sick
less in the house. - -
Grease spots on wall paper will usually
'ield to an application of fuller's earth
made. into a thin paste with ammonia
rater, Leave it on the spot until the
'sste is. dry. a.
The breakfast rolls will have big
rown crust if they are brushed with milk +,
lst before they go into the oven. Brush
lg them with melted butter just before
hey come from the over will give them
risp crust.
Lace that has yellowed by contact with {
he neck the most stubborn of stains to ]
be perfectly cleansed by {
utting it in lukewarm suds made of /
'hite soap, changing the water at least t
llCC a ddl anu iCttAbS ~ cOnh lOE q hcck. {
his treatment will not. hurt the most I
elicate web, i
For sponging out bureau drawers or
deboards use tepid water containing
nall quantity of thymolin. :
The old idea of putting oilcloth under
ne washstand cover is now adopted for
ollies on highly polished tables.
Jars and bottles that smell of onions
i'll be quite sweet and odorless if left
ut Of doors filed with sand or garden
lold. -
Raisins for fruit cake are improved by
'oking. Let them soak slowly and
len simmer until the skin is tender. ~
A great convenience, at triffng cost,
hen building new house, is dumb
alter connecting the kitchen with the
3ors above.
If salt is sprinkled the range. be-
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