Middletown transcript., 1906-06-23
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

Onions should be used freely when pos
sible for their purifying effect upon the
blood. Young Spring onions are inyalu-
able
Cheese and dates combine well, OF
cheese and ripe olives or apples and
ground nuts and cheese for sandwich
filing.
Grease marks on the leather suit case
can be effectually removed by the appli.
cation Of the white of an egg beaten
rather stiffy.
A shabby black bedstead will look
greatly improved If rubbed with cloth
dipped in paraffin. THIS will both clean
and freshen it.
When scalding milk, if you do not wish
tie cream to rise on it, pour into jug as
soon as scalded, and stand the jug in a
bowl Of cold water.
New bread generally is difficult to cut
neatly. Dip the knife in hot water first
and you will be surprised how neatly you
can cut your bread.
1t cannot be said too forcibly nor too
often that in every kind Of cleaning the
first thing is to brash or wipe away every
particle OF loose dirt.
Coffee and tea stains, if rubbed with
butter and afterward washed in hot soap
suds, will come out, leaving the table
linen quite white and fresh.
Apples alone with olive oil, or apples
and celery with equal parts of olive oil
and cream mixed, form light, nourish-
ing and easily digested meal.
When using valuable vases for table
decoration fill with sand. This makes
them stand firmly and they are far less
liable 10 be knocked over and broken.
To clean zinc dip piece of cotton rag
in paraffin, and rub the zinc with it until
all the dirt is removed. Well rinse with
clean water and dry with clean towel.
Lemon sirup, made by baking lemon
twenty minutes and then squeezing the
juice upon half cupful Of sugar, is ex-
ceIlent for hoarseness and to break up a
cold,
Once in two or three years hardwood
ought to be we'll washed in borax soap
suds, then rubbed dry lightly oiled and
rubbed with leather polishers until the
surface burns the hand.
A splendid laxative sirup may be made
as follows: Put a half pound of raisins,
prunes and figs to soak in three pints of
cold water. Bottle the sirup after two
days, and take tablespoonful night and
morning.
To boil eggs for an invalid, bring a
saucepan of water to boil, then take the
pan off the fire and place the egg in il
for FIVE minutes. This will cook the egg
thoroughly without making the white
haru ana lndlgestlble.
To remove ink sprinkle the stain with
lemon juice and expose to the air and
sun. Hold over basin of boiling water
and pour a stream Of boiling water
through. Hthis remedy fails try rubbing
the stain with little borax leave it on
for half an hour, then rinse thoroughly.
Raisins are extremely nourishing, es-
pecially the sun-dried malaga, which are
full of grape sugar. That they should be
thoroughly nastieated goes without say
ing, A nutritious and palatable mixture
for sandwices may bemade from blanched
almonds and raisins that have been put
through the mincing machine.
Ice cream soda makes very bad stain.
Fry this remedy: Sponge the stained
parts with gasoline or chlorofofm, plac-
ng pad of absorbent cotton or bIotting
paper under hespots. When dry sponge
With tepid water and rub with flannel
,loth until dry. This work must be done
lway from fire or artificial light.
When pimples form open them with
inc needle and apply hydrozone, which
viii combine chemically with the poison
,us deposits. Zinc ointment is also very
lealing. Blackheads may be cured by
Tipping linen cloth in little diluted
AeohoI and rubbing lightly over the sur
ace. Careful regard for the general
lealth is most essential.
Pimples can be cured by taking care of
he health, building up the system gener-
lily and being faithful to certain local |
reatment. Open the postules with fine
leedle and then apply hydrozone, which
will combine chemically with the poison
us deposits and heal the eruption at
nee. Keep the finger nails away from
hese bothers, for trey will only prove ir-
itating
Any woman who is afflicted with black
eads and pihples must call halt on the /
let question, avoidingall pastries and
Iigtly spiced, indigestibIe dishes. She
lust drink three or four pints of water
day, eat a great deal Of fruit. and see to
that the intestinal tracts are kept active
nd healthy. At night bathe the face
nth complexion brush, pure soap and
arm water.
To destroy the sooty smell sometimes
oticed in room where an open fireplace
I CRATE has been closed for the Summer,
lake a fire OF packed newspapers and |
round coffee. The coffee should be
'esly sprinkled among and over thenews-
apers before they are lighted. The heat
xtracts the aroma and disinfecting quail
les Of the coffee, which purifies the
,om, while the warmth engendered is
cry feeting. +
The habit OF mouth breathing Is not
My most unbecoming, but Is also detri-
lental to the health. BY overcoming
Ie troabIe during waking hours you will
,oner acquire the habitof sleeping with
ie mouth closed. Try deep breathing