Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1889 — SUGGESTIONS OF VALUE. [ARTICLE]

SUGGESTIONS OF VALUE.

Whiting,dry or wet,will give to glass a fine polish To arrest hiccough close both ears with the fingers with pressure while a few swallows of liquid are taken. Coughs may be much alleviated and dry throats cured by glycerine and lemon juice taken at night. The glycerine should be diluted. A little borax put in the water in which scarlet napkins and red-bordered towel s are to be washed, will prevent them from fading. A small box filled with lime and placed on a shelf in the pantry or closet ~ I absorb dampness and keep the air in the closet dry and sweet. Paint on windows can. it is said, be removed by melting some soda in very hot water and washing them with it, using a soft flannel. Peaches to be kept any time should be spread out on sliel ves in a cool dry cellar, looked over arefully every day and all the specked ones used first. The skin may be removed from peaches quickly and without any waste by putting a few at a time in a wire basket and dipping them in boiling wate’- for a couple of minutes. Strong salt and water and diluted camphorated alcohol given alternately and' in quauti ties to merely keep the mouth and throa wet, are recommended for diphtheria patient.'-. e gaigle of sulphur and v ate»- has also| proved of val tie in the treatment of diphtheria. in eases of sickness sand bags a i e preferred to hot water rubber bags, as they can be more easilj adjusted to different parts of the body. These granular heaters are also to be chosen rather than soapstone or bottles for keeping the feet at normal temperature in zero weather.

It* you have trouble to et your last year’s catsup bottles perfectly clean, after washing them thoroughly in suds and rinsing in clean water, chop a potato quite line, mix it with a little warm water, put this in the bottle and shake it well; it will surely remove any for eign substance. Tough meat can be made wonderfully tender when put to boil oy adding a tablespoonfull of good vinegar. This is also good, for a tough fowl of any kind, and tough steak can be very much im proved, after pounding, to salt and roll in flour and fry in very hot butter or lard. Flour is excellent for stop - ping the irritation caused by the. stings of insects! Dry bluing also will allay the pain from the sharp sting of wasps and hornets. A very homely remedy and a very efficacious one for the swelling and inflamation of a sting is to apply a plantain leaf that has been bruised and moistened so as to extract its juice.