Jasper Republican, Volume 2, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1876 — HOUSEHOLD HINTS. [ARTICLE]

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

ill, particularly if he shows signs of asthhim for a week on boiled bread and milk, piece of salt pork and tie it up in the cage within reach. Give ft also a little saffron in its water now and then.—Wooneoeket] (Ji. I.) Patriot. To prevent chafing use a lotion of alum in water, applied with a rag before retiring. A piece of alum as large as a hazelnut, dissolved in a half pint of water, is sufficient. It will quickly heal excoriated skin and harden the unabraded cuticle. The .use of this for years with the most beneficial results is sufficient authority for a trial. It is good also for tender feet and soft corns.

If brooms are wet in boiling suds once a week they will become very tough, will not cut the carpet, last much longer, and always sweep like a new broom. A very dusty carpet may be cleaned by setting a pail of cold water out by the door; wet the broom in it, knock it to get out all the drops, sweep a yard or so, then wash the broom again as before, and sweep again, being careful to shake all the drops off the broom, and not sweep far at a time. The water may need to be changed once or twice if the carpet is very dusty. Snow sprinkled over a carpet and swept off before it has time to. melt and dissolve is also nice for renovating a soiled carpet. Moistened Indian meal is used with good effect by some housekeepers.— Health Reformer. When one of "father’s” business friends drives into the yard at about half, past eleven the good wife knows that he will surely stay to dinner. Father is a great story-teller, and he likes to get hold of a new auditor. How aptly comes a frown of dismay and displeasure on the smooth, fair face of his helpmeet. What can be done? Work is going on according to the day’s plan in the kitchen; the dinner was arranged for none but the family; the children are coming home from school and making a clatter; all is bustle and confusion. She feels that the best dishes must be used, and something extra cooked for the inopportune guest. Now, good woman, don’t do it! Your fine dinner, with its attendant irritation and " upsetting,” will taste no better than what you had prepared. Make no difference in your plans, but seat your visitor with a smile and easy greeting at your hospitable board, and he will feel more comfortat >le and happy than though you gave him a banquet. You save temper and trouble, and gain the enjoyment of giving your friend a real cozy time. A sensible person knows that farmers do not have six courses upon their table daily, and the' wholesome, hearty fare, with good nature and hospitable cordiality, will be tinctured with a sweet, domestic sense that is inevitably lost in grand dinners. Smiles and neatness are sauce for homely meals.— Golden Rule.