Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1907 — FOR THE HOUSEWIFE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

Contagious Diseases. Pocket handkerchiefs should not be used in the sickroom for wiping the mouth and nose of the patient. Use in stead small soft pieces of cheesecloth or clean linen or cotton rags and after once using for a discharge from mouth or nose immediately burn. Japanese paper napkins can also be employed. Other bodily discharges should be received at once in vessels containing a strong disinfectant, then thrown Into the closet In cities where sewers exist follow by flushing and a disinfecting solution. A §tock solution Is chlorate of lime, four ounces of lime in a gallon of water. Use at least a quart each time. In the country all discharges that cannot be burned should be buried in the soil at least a hundred feet from a well and never under any circumstances in a running stream oi In a vault. The Finger Nails. A nailbrush should be medium, brlt ties neither too s.tiff nor too soft. If It is used every time the hands are washed, there will be no need for the usual digging under the nails with a sharp Instrument. A blunt pointed orange wood stick is the best, but a bit of soft old linen used on one band with the nails of the qsher should be sufficient. It is the use of hard steel points on the nails under and around them that makes them all the harder to keep clean because they are roughened. As little polishing powder should be used as possible. It has the effect of making the nails thin and brittle. To Clean Covert Cloth. Sponge it with the invaluable mix-ture-equal parts of alcohol and ether, adding a tablespoonful of household ammouia to the quart of the compound. Shake hard before using and keep tightly corked. Or you may lay the coat out at length on a table and with a clean complexion brush rub into it all the fuller’s earth it will hold. Cover thickly with the powder and put the coat away out of the dust for a week. Then brush aud shake. Buckwheat flour and salt heated is a good dry cleanser. Adjustable Measure. A liquid measuring vessel which can be used for measuring correctly any quantity desired is shown below, the invention of an Arizona man. Ordinarily when measuring pint or quart at one operation it Is necessary to use

a separate measure for a pint and a separate measure for a quart With the use of the vessel shown here only the one utensil is required for measuring either quantity. The upper portion of the vessel is in one section, while the lower portion is collapsible. The vessel can he made to hold various quantities by adjusting the bottom portion, the sections being held in position by a locking mechanism on the handle. The contents will of course vary according to the adjustment made in the collapsible portion. Care of Bird Cages. To prevent insects from infesting bird cages great cleanliness is necessary. An occasional scrubbing with household ammonia and water will purify the cages wonderfully. But to do this one must have another cage in which the bird may he kept till the washed one Is dry again. It is a good plan to keep a small bag of powdered sulphur hanging lu the cage. This will not harm the bird and will keep off the vermin that are apt to be troublesome In cages, even when one is careful as regards cleanliness. Washing Powder For the Hands. A simple washing powder for the hands is ui«de by mixing an ounce of marshmallow root powdered, the same of bicarbonate of soda and six ounces of ground barley meal. No soap Is needed with this washing powder, and It agrees with most skins. Use For Waste Celery. When using celery save the bleached leaves, the roots scraped clean and the outside stalks. Spread these on a clean tin and set In u warm oven. When dry they may be powdered and packed In a glass Jar to be used to flavor soups or sauces.

MEASURES ANY QUANTITY