Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1908 — FOR THE HOUSEWIFE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

Horn* Hints. Marble should be washed with ammonia and water rather than with soap and water. / Remove grass stains by saturating the spots with alcohol; then wash in clear water. All embroideries and colored garments should be ironed on the wrong side whenever possible. ' The bureau drawer may be made to open noiselessly and easily by rubbing It with common soap.

Tea and Ceffee Btains. If a cup of coffee or tea is spilled on a light cloth Buit run at once for the talcum powder and cover the stain generously while still wet, rubbing the powder In well vfith the fingers. Hang tbe garment in the closet while still wet and clogged with the powder, leave undisturbed for forty-eight hours, shake out the powder and the cloth will be found without discoloration.

Poison Antidote. When poison has been accidentally swallowed no emetic Is better than mustard. Mix three teaspoonfuls with a cup of warm water and swallow. At once the stimulative action upon the stomach causes that organ to reject all its contents, the poisonous Ingredients with the rest. It is one of the quickest of all emetics and the most harmless.

Stocking Economy. When buying boys’ stockings -purchase as long as can be bad. Before wearing sew a neat tuck around the ankle. When the stocking is worn at the knee let out the tuck and the worn part will be raised so as to be covered by the trousers, and the stocking will be as good as new. I have found this a great saving In the buying of stockings. Interchangeable Barrel Lid. A barrel Is often a very useful thing around a house or a store as a receptacle for accumulations of different kinds. Unfortunately the lid of a barrel Is generally destroyed in the operation of opening. Among the recent inventions Is one of an interchangeable lid for barrels. The novelty of the in-

vention lies in the means of securing the lid to the barrel so that it may be always in place and easily raised when desired. The fastening consists of a loop of stout wire fitting over the top of the barrel and having the lid secured by a hingelike device. The top is held in place by means of a tightening screw turned by the fingers. Whitening Fine Linens. Fine linen, such as infants’ clothing, pocket handkerchiefs, etc., that has become yellow may be whitened by boiling in strong suds made with yellow soap and milk and water—half milk and half water. Boil for half an hour, wash in ordinary hot suds, rinse in clear hot water, then in cold blue water. Sewing Machine Cushion. Take a piece of felt or heavy flannel or a piece of a man’s old pants about six inches wide and sew on the iron arm on the top of the sewing machine. In this keep enough pins and needles for sewing purposes, and you have no pin trays or pincushions in the way or on the floor. Minister Accused as Fraud. At Springfield, 0., Wednesday, Rev. W. G. Whitaker, of Exeter, Neb., accused of using the malls to defraud, was bound to the federal grand Jury In the sum of $1,500. Though he had $1,700 on bis person, be refused to give bond and was taken to North Carolina, where the alleged crime was committed.

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