Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1906 — FOR THE HOUSEWIFE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

Uses For Common Salt. Put a pinch of salt in whites of eggs when beating them; also use it when whipping cream. Place salt in oven under baking tins in order to prevent scorching of their contents. Put salt in cold water when you wish to cool a dish. Put salt in whitewash to make it stick. Use salt for cleaning piano keys, knife handles and glass spotted by bard water. Salt dissolved in alcohol will remove grease stains from clothing. Use salt to remove ink stains from carpet when the ink is fresh. Rub salt on prints before washing to set their color. To make a candle burn all night put finely powdered salt on it until the salt reaches the black part of the wick. In this way a mild and steady light may be kept all through the night by a small piece of candle. The Home Doctor. Use Ipecacuanha as an enjetlc in sudden attacks of croup, bronchitis or whooping cough. Slight bleeding from the lungs may be treated by giving twenty drops of liquid extract of witch hazel every two hours. When anything gets into the eye it is a good plan to dip a clean feather in sweet almond oil, raise the lid and brush the feather across the eye surface toward the nose. A sore throat should never be neglected, especially in the time of epidemics. A cleansing gargle is made by dissolving a heaped saltspoonful of salt and carbonate of soda mixed in equal quantities in half a tumbler of water. Window Shade Holder. An inventor has devised an entirely new idea in window shade holders, an illustration of which is herewith shown. The advantage of the device is that it can be changed to fit any ordinary window frame without destroying its future usefulness in case of change of residence with change in size of window frame. The body of this holder is made of a bar divided in the center, the two parts being adjustably attached to a grooved hinge by means of thumbscrews passed through slots in the hinge plates. On one side of the slots are projecting teeth or a

SPRINGS INTO POSITION, roughened surface to prevent the bar from slipping by undue pressure. On the ends of the bars are pivoted metal heads, having roughened surfaces, which bear against the window frame when the holder is in place. Projecting from the ends of the bars are adjustable Journals, tb hold the shade roller, and they are held in place and regulated by thumbscrews. To put the holder in place in the window frame the bars are first adjusted so as to tighten it in the window frame. Then the heads are placed in the corners of the frame by holding the bar with both hands. By pressing upward the holder is immediately sprung firmly in place. Next the bearing Journals for the shade roller are adjusted to fit the roller without having to cut it off or in any way marring the roller. To Remove Worts. Potato water, the water in which potatoes are boiled, will remove warts, even the worst “seed warts” that ever come on the hands of children or grownups. Wash the hands two or three times a day in the potato water, using no soap or anything else, and let the water dry on the skin or bathe the spots affected every little while in the course of the day, keeping them constantly moistened with the potato water, and the warts will disappear in a short time. Dyeing the Carpet. Worn and faded brussels and velvet carpets may be made te look like new by redyeing. After the carpet has been cleaned and laid wipe it off with vinegar water and allow to dry. Prepare a good dye, selecting the predominant color In the carpet, and apply with a wide paint brush. All colors and shades will not absorb the dye alike, so that a design will remain and all worn places will be covered. For a Troublesome Cougk. For a troublesome cough the following recipe will prove effectual: Half a pint of strained honey, mixed cold with the juice of a lemon and a tablespoonful of sweet oil. Take a teaspoonful when the cough is troublesome. Choap Disinfectant. A very Reasonable but efficacious disinfectant is made by dissolving one pound of green copperas In one quart of water. Pour down the drains. The Pinensblen. If you are using bran to stuff a pincushion it Is a wise precaution to bake it first