Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1896 — What Can be Done With Salt. [ARTICLE]

What Can be Done With Salt.

Salt cleaDses the palate ami furretl tongue, and a gargle of gait and water is often efficacious. 4 pinch ot salt on the tongue, followed ten minutes aiterward by a drink of cold water, often cures a sick headache. Salt hardens gums, makes teeth white and sweetens tin breath. Cut flowers may be kept fresh by adding salt to tLe water Weak ankles should bo rubbed with solution of salt, water and alcohol. Rose col Is, hay fever and kindred affections mav he much relieved b’ using tine dry salt, like sunff. L)yspecsia, heart burn and indigestion are relieved by a cup of hot water in which a spoonful of salt has bee s melted Salt aud water will sometimes revive an uiicoußcouß person when hurt, if Draudy or other remedies are uot al Hand. Hemorrhage from tooth pulling is stopped Infilling the mouth with salt and water. Weak and tired eves are refreshed by bathing with warm water and salt. Rublic speakers a d many|no*6d singerb use a wash of salt and water before and after using the voice, as it strengthens the organs .>f the tliroßt. Salt rubbed into the scalp or occasion-* ally added to the water in washing prevents the hair falling out.— Feathers uncurled by damp weather are quickly diied by shaking over n fire in which salt has been thrown. ‘ialt always should be eaten with nute. and a dessert fruit salt used should be specially made. If twenty pounds of salt and ten pounds of nitrate of ammonia be dissolved in several gallons of water and bottled, many fires mav be prevented. By splashing and spraying the burning articles the fire is soon extinguished. An ins combustible coating is immediates ly formed. Add salt to the water in which black and white cotton goods are washed. Flatirons may be made snnoth if rubbed over salt. Copper and glass mav be quickly cleansed by dipping -half a lemon in fine salt, then rubbing it over stained objects. Lemons ind salt also remove stains from the fingers. Do not use soap afterward. If n small teaspoouful of salt be added to a quart of milk it will be preserved pure and sweet for several days. A pinch of salt adde' 1 to mustard prevents it souring. A smouldering or dull fire mav be cleared for broiling by a handful of salt.

Salt thrown on any burning sub* stance will stop the smoke and blaze. Bread insufficiently salted becomes acid, dry and crumbles. Bread made with salt water is said to be good in Bcme cases of consumption. When cabbages, onions or strong smelling vegetables have bien boiled in pans, to pres vent odors clinging to them place some salt on the stove and turn the pans bottom up over the salt. In a f<>w minutes the pans will smell sweet. All salads should be soaked in salt and water to destroy animalcules or small worms. Make a strong brine, ana water garden walks to kill weeds. A modera'e quantity of salt stimulates tlinir growth. Salt and camphor in cold »aterisan excellent disinfectant in bedrooms. Housemaids sho’d oour salt water, after using it, down the drain pipes. Sewer gas is counteracted by a handful of fait placed in toilet room basins. Water for laying dust is more effective when salt is added. Sea water is generally used in English const towus for this purpose. Rattan, bamboo and basket work furniture may be thoroughly cleaned by scrubbing with brush and salt water. Japanese and plain straw matting -hould be washed with salt and water and rubbed dry. This keeps them soft and prevents brittle cracKing where traffic is heavier. Brooms soaked in hot salt water wear better and donot reak. Bedroom floors mav be kept cool and very fresh in summer if wiped daily with a cloth wrung out of strong salt water. - All microbes, moths and pests are thus destroyed. Black spots on dishes and discolorations on teas cups are removed by damp salt Philadelphia Ledger.