Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-02-25
Household Wrinkles.
SMOKE FOR WOUNDS.

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Whenever the skin is broken by cut,
a nail, or tear, there is no remedy
equal to smoke, especially smoke from
raw sugar. Take a few Goals on shovel
and put on enough sugar to throw up a
dense smoke (granulated sugar is use
less, as it will blaze); hold the wound in
the smoke and replenish coal and sugar
as needed. The pain will be gone in
from five to ten minutes, but keep up
the smoke for at least half an hour, and
up to two hours, if deep, dangerous
| wound. There will never be any pain
in it, and it will heal up rapidly and
easily. There will never be risk from
poisoning.
1t is wise, if the wound is in a con-
spicuous place, to wrap the flesh so the
smoke will only reach the desired Sec
ton, as the stain from it is difficult to
remove, and we usually pin up a paper
cone shape to place on the shovel, so as
to confine the smoke to small opening,
not letting it escape all over and blind
everybody around.
We have used this for thirty-five years
and have never known it to fail to give
immediate relief or to work thorough
cure if faithfully applied. The relief is
so quick that it is difficult to make the
patient keep the process up long enough
Even where the blood of the patient was
so bad that the tiniest scratch produced
an ugly fostering sore, rusty nail nearly
through the foot gave no trouble at all,
and the boy could use his foot the next
day as if it had never been hurt. In this
case we kept up the smoke for fully two
hours.
The little girl of four who rolled her
finger nails off in the mangle went to
sleep in short time and would never
admit having sore finger.
We always keep raw sugar on hand
and always keep it moist, but in an
emergency have known WOODEN rags to
do good service; anything which will
give a dense smoke, suppose, would
do, but the sugar seems to have special
| value.
PREPARING THE SUNDAY DINNER.
Many women who do their own work
find that the preparation of the Sunday
dinner prevents them from attending
church. l have solved this problem in
my own household to the satisfaction of
myself and family.
On Saturday | purchase roast OF
chicken which is large enough for two
meals. l cook it and serve it for dinner
Saturday, and then trim into shape what
is left, and lay it aside for dinner on Sun
day. Sunday heat it thoroughly and
serve again. always cook the potatoes
id a different way on Sunday, as this
helps to make the meat seem different.
l prepare the vegetables as much as
possible before going to church. If they
require long cooking, put them on to
cook while wash the breakfast dishes
and dress for church. l have my pota-
toes peeled, and leave them and the
salad in water. Soup is made the day
before and only needs heating. The des-
sert is always made on Saturday. Din
uer is ready within half an hour after
come from church.
In most families the Sunday roast does
duty also on Monday. In my family we
serve it for the second time on Sunday
instead of for the first, and the difference
allows me to 60 to church.
WASHING PINK GARMENTS.
am very fond of pink, and nearly all
summer dresses, shirt waist suits, ETC.,
are of that extremely perishable color.
My laundress takes great pride in having
my things look nice, and this Is her
method: She pours boiling water over a
piece of red cheesecloth, lets this stand
for few moments till the color is all
out of the cheesecloth, then pours the
dye into a bucket of cold water, and,
after washing and thoroughly rinsing
the garment, puts it into the dye-water
and allows it to remain for perhaps an
hour. Then wrings it slightly and hangs
it out to dry. No matter how old and
faded the material, this method gives 1t
perfectly even coloring.
CURE FOR BITING NAILS.
Here are two ways of curing a child of
the offensive habit of nail-biting. Either
put bitter preparation on the hands, or
try buying neat little manicure set for
the child. This latter way is preferable.
Let child once take real pride in nice
nails and the habits broken. 1t Is al
most always nervous habit, and scold-
ing or slapping the hands only aggra-
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