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The Commoner.
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family to use, strong, alkaline soaps
for the toilet. After the nightly wash
ingwhich even working men and
boys will And a good course to take,
ho sure to dry the hands carefully,
and rub with a little corn meal mois
tened with vinegar, which will not
only kill the alkali of the soap, but
will heal the skin of chaps and rough
ness. After this, some emollient
cream should be used. A very good
cream for family purposes, may be
made from mutton tallow, camphor,
and a few drops of carbolic acid, from
a recipe I recently gave you. For the
finer creams, the average woman can
buy them as cheaply as she can make
them, and often far more satisfactory
than if made by herself, with "guess
work" measurements, if her druggist
is conscientious. Druggists, however,
are apt to put benzoin into any sort
of cream, as it preserves the oils,
which would otherwise spoil, and ben
zoin is very drying to the skin, and
will cause wrinkles where it is much
used.
A Handy Closet
One can not have too many closets
in a housey-especially in rooms that
are in constant use, and in which
must be kept many articles that, while
not to be done without, are in no
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL
Few People Know How Useful It Is in
Preserving Health and Beauty
Costs Nothing to Try
Nearly everybody knows that char
coal is the safest and most efficient
disinfectant and purifier in nature,
but few realize its value when taken
into the human system for the same
cleansing purpose.
Charcoal is a remedy that the more
you take of it the better; it is not a
drug at all, but simply absorbs the
gases and impurities always pres
ent in the stomach and intestines
and carries them out of the system.
Charcoal sweetens the breath after
smoking, drinking or after eating
onions and other odorous vegetables.
Charcoal effectually clears and im
proves the complexion, it whitens the
teeth and further acts as a natural
and eminently safe cathartic.
It absorbs the injurious gases which
collect in the stomach and bowels; it
disinfects the mouth and throat 'from
the poison of catarrh.
All druggists sell charcoal in one
form or another but probably the best
charcoal and the most for the money
is in Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges; they
are composed of the finest powdered
Willow charcoal, and other harmless
antiseptics in tablet form or rather
in the form of large, pleasant tasting
lozenges, the charcoal being mixed
with honey.
The daily use of these lozenges will
soon tell in a much improved condi
tion of the general health, better com
plexion, sweeter breath and purer
blood, and the beauty of it is, that no
possible harm can result from their
continued use, but, on the contrary,
great benefit.
. A Buffalo physician, in speaking of
the benefits tf charcoal, says: "I ad
vise Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges to
all patients suffering from gas in
stomach and bowels, and to clear the
complexion and purify the breath,
mouth and throat; I also believe the
liver is greatly benefited by the daily
use of them ; they cost but twenty-five
cents a box at drug stores, and al
though in some sense a patent prepar
ation, yet I believe I get more and bet
ter charcoal in Stuart's Charcoal Loz
enges than in any of the ordinary
charcoal tablets."
Send your name and address today
for a free trial -package and -see" for
yourself. F. A. Stuart-Co., 56 Stuart
Bldg., Marshall, Mich.
wise ornamental if left "just setting
around." Such a closet as we de
scribe below can be either incorporat
ed in the new building, or may be
added at small expense for material
to the waste corners of the old one.
In many rooms there are corners that
are really useless, because of a door
opening against them, and the closet
described will in no wise interfere
with the opening of the door.
The closet is a sort of throe-cornered
cupboard, and, according to the
size of the corner, may be either shal
low, or of some depth, and is useful
in any room, but especially so in
the kitchen and hall. The front may
be plain or as fancy as one wishes,
but a pleasing-grained wood, well
oiled and varnished, is ornamental.
The door should be made in two parts
one above and one below, like the
old-fashioned "kitchen cupboard," and
in the upper one may be set a looking-glass,
large or small, as desired.
If the cupboard is wide, two doors
are better than one. In this upper
portion shelves are arranged to ac
commodate lamps, bottles, many harm
less toilet accessories, and other con
veniences variously used in the differ
ent rooms but always gravitating to
the kitchen. A use will be found for
every shelf by the various members
of the family. The lower half should
be shelved for larger things, such
as bundles of clean old clothes,
brushes, boxes, etc., and at one end.
of the shelves a circular piece should
be cut from each shelf to admit of
the umbrellas, and like articles being
put out of the way, with a small pan
below in which the points of the art
icles may rest. Under this should
be a drawer, divided in two, if the
size will admit of it, and in this
should be kept rubbers, overshoes,
slippers, house shoes ready for wear
at any time.
Such a closet will never be empty,
and will be found very handy.
Hot Water for Baby
The Medical Magazine tells us that,
in cases where there is non-assimilation
of food, accompanied by vomit
ing, purging and even convulsions,
physicians recommend giving a child
all the hot (not so hot as to burn)
water it will take through a nursing
bottle. In one case, where no kind
of nourishment could be retained and
medicine had apparently no effect,
the hot water treatment was tried.
The first bottleful was immediately
vomited up, but the second was re
tained, and a peaceful sleep followed,
the condition of the bowels greatly
improved and the vomiting gradually
ceased. At the end of twenty-four
hours a teaspoonful each of sweet
cream, lime-water and boiled water
was given every hour; then a prepar
ation of egg and water, and finally
the usual condensed milk. For colic
in -young children, a bottle of hot
water is often a quick cure. Care
must be taken not to have the water
too hot, but it must be quite warm.
For Disinfecting Rooms
One of our readers asks how to use
formaldehyde for disinfecting pur
noaoo cinnt ttp.alf h Maeazine cives
the following directions: "Formalde
hyde and permanganate of potash are
employed. The only apparatus need
ed is a tin pail with a flaring top;
the tin pail should be set in a wooden
one. Cracks about doors and windows
should be closed in the usual way,
by pasting paper- over them. For
each thousand cubic feet of airspace
to be disinfected, put into the tin pail
three and one-half ounces of per
manganate of potash 1n crystal form.
Pour over this one pint of forty per
cent solution of formaldehyde. Take
care not to inhale the gases, and leave
the room immediately, closing the
door tightly.' The gas produced in this
way will destroy- the most resistant
organisms, even when covered with
several thicknesses of cloth. The air
should bo rendered moist by the
evaporation of water. The Maino
board of health recommends twice the
amount of chemicals given above.
The wood work, floors and other sim
ilar parts should be washed with a
solution of bichloride of mercury.
Query Box
"Farm Reador" It Is claimed that
one cake of good, fresh yeast to each
five gallons of cider will bring the
desired sharp taste.
Mrs. J. B. I can not give addresses
here. You should have sent stamped
envelope (addressed) for reply, which
can be furnished you.
"Charity" Wishes to know what is
the cause of liquid soot, and how to
prevent it from running down the
pipes, making walls unsightly.
"Charity" I think your druggist can
tell you best about medicated gloves.
(2) Any large dealer in paints can
furnish you a reliable polish for the
piano better and cheaper, probably,
than you can make it.
Josiah J. Send to the Secretary
of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, for
monthly list of publications. From it
select what you want. The bulletins
are free; a postal card will bring
them.
"Querist." For twenty-flve yards of
carpet, one yard wide, get ten pounds
of chain. One pound of rags to the
yard is the usual amount. The flnor
tho rags aro cut, the loss weight It
will take, and tho thinner tho carpoL
C. Z. For tho collar that has been
floodod, try (lumping fresh unslackcd
llmo around In plnccs. Tho lime, as
it slacks, will absorb the moisture,
and if It gets too wot, tako out and
replace with fresh until the dampness
is absorbed. This will sweeten tho
atmosphere.
H. J. Recommends putting Blacked
lime in the boans and peas to dostroy
tho woavilH. If plenty of slacked llmo
Is scattered among tho potatoes when
put in tho collar, thoy will not rot.
Cover tho floor with llmo boforo put
ting them In.
Henry D. Rheumatism, neuralgia,
headache, and various other aches
and pains aro said to bo much re
lieved, if not cured, by tho "drink"
habit, if the "drink" is plenty of pure
water. Physicians assure us that
much sickness is brought about by
lack of moisture in the system; that
tho human body is about 70 per cent
water, and much wator Is necossary
for tho normnl working of tho various
organs of tho body. Try tho water
drinking for a mouth, drinking liber
ally. Every day, every hour; not
"every now and then."
A. R. For tho heartburn, let all
greasy, highly-seasoned foods and
sweets alone, eating only plainly
coolced foods. After meals, tako a
teaspoonful of powdered charcoal,
plenty of out-door exercise, and think
cheerful thoughts.
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