Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1891 — Useful Knowledge. [ARTICLE]

Useful Knowledge.

A bit of soda dropped in the cavity of an aching tooth will afford relief. Hang a small bag of charcoal in the rain water barrel to purify the water. Carpets will look much ter sweeping if wiped off with a datap cloth. Salt and vinegar brighten brasses as well as any more modern and expensive portions. Egg shells crashed and shaken in glass bottles half-filled with water will clean them quickly. To polish nickel-plated goods after becoming black and not worn, use rouge or whiting on a rag with a little oil. Where a daily bath of water is not well borne or not obtainable, a good sharp rubbing with a dry towel is next best If the gums, as frequently happens after illness, become very sore a gargle of myrrh in a little water is to be commended, and as this has a good, wholesome odor one need not mind using it. Moths or any summer flying insects may be enticed to destruction by a bright tin-pan half filled with kerosene s<*t in a dark corner of the room. Attracted by the brigfc, 'nn, the moth will «aae* his death hi} osene.