Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1901 — ALL OVER THE HOUSE. The Value of an Onion Outside the Realm of Food. [ARTICLE]

ALL OVER THE HOUSE. The Value of an Onion Outside the Realm of Food.

The healing properties of she onion are by no means the least of its virtues. There is nothing to surpass its food effects in relieving catarrh. Peel and slice it, boil till tender, strain off the liquor, sweeten it with sugar candy and the result will proye the best cough mixture in the world. It should be taken in dessertspoonfuls when the cough is troublesome. The juice of a boiled onion with a few drops of vinegar will stop bleeding of the nose, and forms an efficacious soothing remedy for insect bites. Last, though not least, there is nothing better for the prompt relief and removal of corns. The onion, after soaking in vinegar for three to four hours, can be tied on to the painful part over night, and will so loosen the hard substance that it can easily bo removed with the hand. It has the same effect on old standing warts, and it is excellent as stickphast 6ince it has .been known to sectire broken metal of all kinds. The article which needs mending should first be thoroughly washed. with soda and water, then the onion juice may be painted on, with excellent and unfailing results. New Bureau Covers. One inch insertions in the new colored lace, yellow, blue, pink, though of rather crude shades, look pretty as a frame round plain transparent muslin slips for the toilet table. Crochet edgings, especially of Irish make, are now employed as borders to muslin covers, embroidered white or in natural colors. Darned net and guipure d’art are once more fashionable for the purpose, with the introduction of tinsel threads and dainty ribbon bows. The strongest i-lips are, perhaps, those consisting of a deep scroll border fashioned with coarse half inch braid and connected with crochet work instead of lace stitches. Crochet likewise replaces the narrow drawn work insertion, sewed along the central hand in linen. Through the openwork is threaded a dainty ribbon, tied at each of the four corners into a bow.' Tacked on to a cheery glazed lining these covers last clean a long time and wash beautifully. Any fancy is admissible for the covers, hence any odds and ends can he utilized and set off with fancy embroidery stitches, neither too light nor too heavy for the material.