Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1907 — FOR THE HOUSEWIFE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

A Valuable Cleanser. It is not generally , known that soap bark Is a wonderful cleanser—so good that it’s well worth while mixing ready for use and putting away, always to have at hand. Buy 5 cents’ worth of soap bark at the druggist's, cover with a quart of cold water and boll till you have a mixture about tbe color of weak coffee, about one and a quarter pints. If you wish to keep it a long time, then boll to one pint, add one and a half gills of alcohol, bottle and keep on a cool shelf. If you merely wish to remove spots, rub off with a> piece of woolen rag. Shirts, coats or men’s garments can be put on a boat'd and scrubbed with a small scrubbing brush. It makes a soapy lather which can be wiped off with a cloth wet with clean warm water. Press when nearly dry.

Value of Cracked Ice.

Fever patients derive more comfort from cracked ice when the mouth is dry and hot than from drafts of water. A bit of ice laid on the tongue and left to dissolve slowly, trickling down the parched throat of itself without the effort of swallowing, is inexpressibly grateful. Cracked ice should be the instant resort in cases of hemorrhage from tho lungs. Ice is especially valuable when one has an Inflamed throat. Cases of tonsilitls and incipient’quinsy are relieved and indeed entirely cured by hdldiug cracked ice in the mouth for hours at a time.

Household Hints.

When placing jewelry in a jewel bag it is well to wrap each piece in tissue paper. This prevents scratching and dust from gathering. To set colors In new cotton fabrics dissolve one ounce of sugar of lead in eight quarts of water and soak the articles In it overnight. To remove tbe feathers from wild ducks dip them in boiling water, then wrap in a thick cloth. The feathers are steamed loose in a very few minutes and the “pins” will give’ little or no trouble. •

Handy Medicine Spoon.

The administering of medicine, especially liquid medicine, to children la a delicate operation, generally requiring the services of two persons. In most cases more of the medicine finds it way

to the floor than down the child’s throat. With the assistance, of the spoon herewith shown? tbe invention of a Virginia man, administering becomes easy.' The child may struggle and flgiit, but there is no possibility of the fluid spilling out over the edgds of the spoon. It is made in two parts, the lower part being similar to the ordinary spoon. Pivoted to the latter, adjacent to the bowl, is a cover which corresponds in shape to the bowl of the spoon. The cover is cut away at one end, leaving a small opening, while the other end la formed into a stem. The edges of the bowl of the spoon are grooved to receive a projection on the edge of the cover. When the two bowls are brought in contact there is thus no chance for any liquid in the spoon to escape except by means of the opening at the end. The spoon can also be placed on a flat surface without spilling tbe contents.

The Sandman.

Tm sorry, for the sandman, he has such a lot to do, For people all don’t go to bed at eight, like me and you.' Some children can stay up till nine—soma later still maybe— And once I a grownup man say he’d been up till three! It Seems to me they’re very mean, these folks that stay up late. To keep the sandman hanging round. He has to wait and wait So he can send them off to sleep whenthey’re at last in bed. I guess sometimes he almost goes to sleep himself Instead.

When I’m grown up I’ll never act so selfish and so cruel: To go to bed at nine o’clock will be my solemn rule. Til feel more easy In my mind, I’m very sure, for then It won’t be my fault If he’s kept up most all night, and when From waiting in a draft he gets rheumatics In his btfck Ha never will have cause to My. “ 'Twaa on account of Jack!” —Woman’s Homa Companion.

Keeping Olives. Olives opened for some special occasion when all are not required may be kept almost indefinitely if olive oil be poured into the bottle. The oil, being light, rises to tbe top of the liquid in which the olives were stored and thus keeps out the air. ; '

Watercress For the Blood. If you suffer from pimples eat liberally of watercress. There is no better blood purifier. Watercress is rich in iron and so is very good for those who are inclined to be anaemic. ji 4 _■ -

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