Middletown transcript., 1908-09-05
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW
Tincture OF arnica is the best appllca-
ton for sprains OF bruises.


ton for sprains OF bruises.
Do not sleep with the arms above the
head, which causes additional strain on
the circulation OF the blood toward the
| heart.
II fish bone lodges in the throat, eat
a marshmalIow; the bone becomes i'm
bedded IN the sticky substance, and is
safely carried down.
Sleeplessness is frequently due to want
| of food; glass Of warm milk and bit of
bread will often send the restless one to
sweet slumbers.
bilious attack may soon be overcome
by taking the juice of one or two lemons
in a goblet before retiring, and in the
morning before rising.
The tendency to hair growth ON the
face, which is fostered by the use OF
grease, may be checked by using some
spirits of camphor with it.
An "onion BREATH may be gotten rid
of by eating a small piece OF charcoal
after the meal. This is also an old-fash-
ioned remedy for purifying the blood.
Put the children out of doors to run
and play. Let them dig and delve in
mother earth and absorb the pure air
and bright sunshine, and they will defy
the doctors.
Women do not attach half enough i'm
portance to sleep as a beautiier One
cannot look well nor healthy nor at ones
best except when the body hss been re-
freshed by healthy sleep.
Keep the hair and scalp as clean as the
rest of the body. An egg shampoo is
very beneficial both to the hair and the
scalp, as the yolk contains iron and sui
phur, and these ingredients are excellent
for the scalp.
PimpIes and tiny boils or sores on the
skin are always due either to indigestion,
or to the system being out of order. The
only way to cure these is to find out what
causes them and remedy that, and your
skin will soon be as good as ever.
In baking potatoes put small pan of
water in the oven and you will find they
bake much quicker.
If the upper edge of the saucepan is
well buttered, milk or chocolate or any
thing of the kind will not boil over.
A mixture of kerosene and ammonia
cleans porcelain both does not injure
them, as gritty or acid substances do.
A pound of sal soda dissolved in boil
ing water should be poured in drain pipes
at frequent intervals. This dissolves the
grease and other impurities.
Bags of almond meal, oat meal and
orris root placed in the bath water few
minutes before ready to use, will soften
the water and have whitening aud soft
ening effect upon the skin.
White and colored kid gloves may be
nicely cleaned in fine cornmeal. Put the
gloves on the hands and rub them thor
oughly with the meal, as though you
were washing your hands. Undressed
kid may be cleaned perfectly in this way.
Pour cold water on grease that has
been spilled on the floor. The cold hard
ems the grease, and it can be scraped up
with a knife, where hot water would
simply drive it into the wood. Then
wash the spot with cold suds. Cold
water will also remove berry stains much
better than hot water.
After sweeping, dust the floor we'll,
never using water. With a soft cotton
cloth use parafiu oil sparingiy and rub
on the floor. This leaves a waxy, hard
surface and preserves the floor perfectly,
lasting weeks. This oil can be purchased
by the gallon cheaply in any paint shop,
and affords comfort to all good house
keepers.
All housekeepers know how pillow
case wears out in the center, leaving the
rest quite good. When they begin to
get thin in the centre rip the end, or cut
off seams if they are good length and use
what was side for centre. Darn broken
places, fer they will not show when in
bed; sew up end again and you will find
your cases will wear as long again.
Before wearing tan shoes, polish them
with good russett shoe polish. II this
! is done, spots can be cleaned off more
readily. Many of the. shoe-polishing
. stands turn your boots very dark. There
is one brand of polish, however, that ii
! applied by yourself will keep the shoes
! their natural color. One girl keeps her
! tan boots in good condition by rubbing
: them with slice of banana, and then
polishing with soft cloth.
Once a week, after the sink has been
left for the night, dampen it and put Q
thin coating OF potash over the surface
This will remove all yellow or dark stains,
but be careful not to allow the potash
to get on the hands, and remove it from
the sink before any one gets to it in the
morning, as the potash is poison. The
: same treatment would, of course, apply
to porcelain tubs also. Potash should be
used frequently in the drain pipes of sci
tubs, bath-tubs and set bowls. 1t cleanse:
them thoroughly, and often eats away
accumulations that in time would Gauss
q stoppage.
Colds taken in summer or early autumn
/ are apt to be very troublesome they are
! usually easily checked in the very be
1 ginning by inhalations of good eau,de
cologne, which acts as a germicide.
Patent leather shoes, should, in the
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