Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1892 — THINGS WORTH KNOWING. [ARTICLE]

THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

To make shoes last twice as long rub waym castor oil on them when they arb new aud several times afterward. Ten drops of carbolic acid melted into tallow and applied at night is a cure for chapped lips and hands. To remove moth patches put one table spoonful of the flour of sulphur in a pint of rum. Apply it to the patches once a dary und in two or three weeks they will disappear. Stains from nitrate of silver may easily be removed from the hands by a solution of chloride of lime/ Fruit stains may bo removed by holding the hands over a' burning match or sulphur set on fire. Scrape a cake of brown Windsor soap to a powder, add one ounce each ofeau de cologn and lemon juice. Mix well and form into cakes. This removes tan, prevents chapping and makes the skin white and soft. Leanness is generally caused by the lack of power in the digestive organs to assimilate tfie fat producing elements of the food. First restore digestion, take plenty of sleep, drink all the water the stomach will bear in the morning on_rising, take moderate exercise in the open air, eat oatmeal, cracked wheat, graham mush, baked sweet apples, roasted and broiled beef, bathe daily and cultivate jolly people.