Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1878 — About the House. [ARTICLE]

About the House.

To Preserve the Hair. —Wash it in cold sage tea. Liniment. —A good liniment for cuts, bruises, etc., can be made by soaking common Mayweed leaves in alcohol. Powdered borax or alum is recommended as an insecticide. A pound of alum, dissolved in two quarts of boiling water, and applied with a brush when quite warm, will drive away nearly all kinds of vermin. Mixed Coffees.—Experience proves that two kinds of coffee mixed make a better beverage than any one quality alonA Thus Java one-half and Mocha one-half mixed make a superior coffee to either singly.— Exchange. Okra and Tomatoes.—Peel and slice six ripe tomatoes; take the same amount of tender-sliced okra and one sliced green pepper; stew in porcelain for twenty or thirty minutes. Season with butter and salt and serve.

Summer Squash.—When young and tender, do not peel or take out the seeds, but boil in as little water as possible, from one-half to three-quarters of an hour; drain, mash and set on the back of the range to dry out for ten or fifteen minutes, stirring often; season with pepper, salt, butter or cream. If the squash be old, peel and remove the seeds before boiling. To Keep Cut Roses Fresh.—Roses, camellias, and all hard-wooded flowers, such as are used for head-dresses, button-hole bouquets, etc., may be kept fresh and their beauty preserved by the following plan: Cut stems off at right angles, and apply hoc cealing-wax to the end of the stalk immediately; this prevents the sap from flowing downward, thereby preserving the flower. Peach-stains.—l believe the only thing that will remove peach-stains from white goods is Java water. Get, say, 10 cents worth, lay your garment on a crockery plate or dish and pour the Java water on it. You must watch it, for it only takes a few minutes to draw the stain out. Wash out immediately in clean water, for if it stands too long it will injure the goods.

It is a bad plan to “ make up” the beds immediately after breakfast. The sleeping apartments in a house should be thoroughly aired every day. Beds should be opened every morning to the sun and to the atmosphere. Do not be in too much haste to get the chambers in order. Several hours should be de voted to their ventilation after the night. Let the sheets and blankets be spread over separate chairs, the mattresses lifted apart, and the pure morning air be allowed to get into every nook and cranny es the room before the beds are made. Better endure a little untidiness than loss of health. A tree resembling the cedar, but with foliage so full of combustible oil that it goes off like a flash on the application of match, is one of the wonders of Nevada. Within five minutes a beautiful green tree, with spreading branches, is changed into a charred and blackened trunk.