APRIL 1, 1901.-
The Commoner.
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walnut, stirring well, and let cool;
then add three ounces of ammonia;
bottle arid keep well corked.
Reader. For the cure of dandruff,
and as a complexion beautifier, this is
claimed to he excellent: Glacial acetic
acid, one ounce; water, fifteen ounces;
apply to the scalp as a tonic, and it
will cure dandruff and darken gray
hair. Applied to the hands and face
it softens and whitens them. Glacial
acetic acid is .the strongest form of
vinegar, and if applied undiluted with
water, will blister the flesh instantly.
Housekeeper. For making "maple"
syrup without the maple, try this: Get
a dozen corn cobs, clean and fresh
shelled; chop them into pieces an
inch long, put into a preserving ket
tle with watdr enough to cover them,
and boil half an hour. Strain the
water off (there should be about one
quart of it) and to it add from two to
four pounds of granulated sugar, and
bring to a boil for a few minutes. It
is excellent. -
Nina. K. I think you can get the
desired information and addresses
from any book and newspaper dealer,
or from your public library. Nearly
all newspaper offices have a newspa
per directory in which papers and
periodicals are listed, and your home
editor might assist you.
J. S. would like the poem, "A
Whistling Reg'ment," author un
known. Howard L. There is a difference be
tween a "press correspondent" and a
reporter. A press correspondent
writes for out-of-town papers, prin
cipally, and instead of a salary re
ceives pay by the column, or for
whatever correspondence is accepted.
A reporter works on the local staff
of a newspaper and receives a fixed
salary for his time. The pre3s corre
spondent works little or much, as he
pleases, or as occasion demands; the
reporter has regular hours or assign
ments. I cannot tell which' you would
best succeed in,
DVW. E. For' oiling a" floor, if the"
floor is a hew one, one gallon of
boiled linseed oil will be sufficient
for a 14-foot square room. The oil
should be carefully heated and ap
plied to the boards quite hot, going
over it evenly with a brush. It will
take it about as long to dry as is re
quired for a painted floor. When the
first coat is dry, apply a second coat,
and when the second is about dry, go
over it with an old flannel cloth, and
rub well to give it a gloss. Use noth
ing but the oil. For an qld floor, scrub
the boards thoroughly clean, and as
soon as dry, put the warm oil on the
boards with a flannel cloth, instead of
a brush; apply it thinly and evenly,
and rub in well; give a second coat
the same way, and when about dry,
rub hard' with an old flannel for a
gloss. The old floor will be darker in
color than a new one. See answer to
Laura D. for your waxing trouble.
In waxing a floor, only a small space
should be done and done thoroughly
at a time.
Curo for Cuban Itch.
What some doctors are pleased to
call the Cuban itch, other doctors pro
nounce to be simply the same old
"seven-year'1 itch which so many of
our soldiers contractedand carried
home with them in the service of the
civil war. It is not hard to cure, but
the treatment must be persistent and
thorough. It is caused by an exceed
ingly small insect known as the itch
mite, or acarus scabies, which burrows
under the skin where there is warmth
and moisturj). The disgrace is not in
contracting the disease, but in keep
ing it, and allowing it to run. A tried
cure fpr it consists in, first, thorough
ly washing the whole body with a
strong suds made of tar (or carbol
ized) soap and water, rubbing the soap
on the flesh plentifully and washing
clean; then apply freely, rubbing it in
before a hot fire, an ointment made of
one dram of sulphur and one ounce of
vaseline or fresh lard, over the whole
body and limbs. The underclothing
worn night and day should be such as
may be washed in scalding hot water,
or boiled; wash all bedclothes, and
towels used in scalding hot" water.
Repeat the thorough washing and
greasing every forty-eight hours for
a week or more, using clean under
wear at every scrubbing, and if nec
essary, extending the treatment long
er. By. this treatment, the disease
can be cured in a few weeks at
farthest. Care must be taken while
using this ointment not to get wet or
take cold.
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If the sink is the old-fashioned sort,
with a closet built around the plumb
ing, tear away all the closet and ex
pose the plumbing as soon as you
can. The closet under the sink is a
veritable death-trap, where even the
most careful of housekeepers are often
tempted to toss unsightly cleaning
cloths in order to get them out of the
way. Paint the pipes white, or with
black enamel, giving them several
coats. With the plumbing thus ex
posed, it is often possible to mend
a leak by stuffing the holes with a
mixture of whiting and soap, which
Will last until the tardy plumber can
get around to mend it. On cold
nights, if danger of freezing threat
ens, paint the bare pipes with gly
cerine, which will save them. If the
pipes chance to freeze, cloths wrung
out of ""hot water may be wrapped
around them repeatedly, while salt is
poured down the drain. A frozen pire
will yield quickly to this treatment.
The trap, too, is much easier loos
GnGfi and cleaned from time to time,
when the plumbing is bare. Tho
closet is often but a breeding place
for the detestable roach, and other
damp-loving vermin.
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Among the most useful things, the
much-lauded goods box plays an im
portant part, and many conveniences
may be fashioned from them. One of
the most useful is the home-made
kitchen cabinet. Unless one is well
supplied with storage places for the
many necessary things about the
house, housekeeping is doubly hard,
and where usage is the most import
ant feature, many things may be
evolved from this source that will
greatly lessen the kitchen work, and
also increase the comfort of the wo
man who does it. A large dry goods
box may be sawn in two, and one part
set upon tho other, putting shelves in
each section, and thus making an ex
cellent storage place for cooking ves-
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sols, measuring cups, and pans and
packages from the grocer's. The
many things that are absolute neces
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A good clock, though a cheap one,
is a necessity in the kitchen, and
will save many steps during the day
for the cook. Other necessities are
the low rocker, a paper or a book
with which to fill in the occasional
spare moments which are always to
be found if one watches for them. A
small slate, with a pencil tied to it,
on which to write down the order for
groceries, as one thinks of it or finds
the supply, getting low, is another
necessity.
To Keop Milk Sweet.
Warm weather will soon be with
us, and many housekeepers will be
troubled by tho souring of the milk,
even when kept in the ice-chest. A
correspondent sends the following plan
which she has tried: Have a wooden
pail, or other vessel that will hold
enough water to come well up around
the vessel holding the milk: set this
in the cellar or other cool place; into
this vessel of water set the can or
bottle containing the day's supply of
milk as soon as it comes, taking care
that there Is not water enough to
float the milk around. It is well to
divide the supply of milk into two
portions, putting each portion into a
separate bottle or can, and thus dis
turb only what is to be used at once,
as disturbing it will cause it to sour.
Do not be afraid of keeping your milk
vessels too clean.
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