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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1886)
THE WEST SHORE, 00 WHAT. EVERY, ONE SHOULD KNOW. Mending China. China may bo mended by a paste made of the white of egg, mixed with flour. The article bo mended will not hold water, but for vases, lamp shados and similar purposes answers a good purpose, and is handy. , Cleaning Chimneys. To clean a chimney place a piece of zino on the live coals in the stove. The vaixir produced by the zino will carry off the soot by chomicnl decomposition. Those who have tried the process claim that it will work every time. To Remove Scratches in Furniture. One can re move scratches from furniture, if not too deep, by rub bing with oil or camphorated oil. Mix one teasixxinful of spirits of camphor with two of oil. Common kerosene takes out scratches, but smells unpleasantly for a littlo while afterward. Care op Brooms. A large picture ring screwed into the top of the handle is the nicest thing made by which to hang up a broom. A strong screw, with a small head, should be placed in the wall at a proper height to receive it If brooms are wet in boiling suds once a week they will become very tough, will not cut a carpet, will hist much longer and always sweep like a now broom. How to Fit Keys Into Locks. "When it is not con venient to take locks apart in the event of keys being lost, stolen or missing, when you wish to fit a new key, take a lighted match or candle and smoke the new key in the flame, introduce it carefully into the koyholo, press it firmly against the opposing wards of the lock, withdraw it, and the indentations in the smoked part of tho key will show you exactly whore to file. Treatment of Wet Booth. When boots are wet through do not dry them by the fire. As soon as tlioy are taken off fill them quite full with dry oats. This grain will rapidly absorb every vestigo of damp from the wet leather. As it takes up the moisture it swells and fills the boot like a tightly fitting last, keening its form good and drying the leather without hardening it Iu the morning shake out the oats and hang them in a bag uear the fire to dry, ready for use on another occasion. Remedy Fon Biliousness. If the victim of this diseased condition will exorcise duo caro they need not ransack creation for "anti-bilious pills." The bile dims not belong in the stomach, but roaches there in coiwe. quence of improper food, too much of tho oily, as butter, pork, lard, eta The bile is Nature's grand cathartic medicine, passing from the liver in a direction to indicate that it is to pass on into the bowels, there to perform its important mission. When the liver is overtaxed by too much labor, or by the presence of too much creasy food, digestion is impaired and tho whole system become out of order. If one would avoid biliousness let him fast passing over one or more meals, as soon as tlio " mouth tastes bad," the tongue is coated, the appetite lings -the best possible evidence that too much food lias Wn taken thus allowing Nature to rally, the accumulated food to pass off and the system be relieved In nine caws out of ton this fasting will remove the difficulty, save a fit of sickness and cheat the doctor! Any quack nostrum that will do as much as fasting would yield a fortune to the inventor. Many of them, however, if not most, increase disease rather than improve health. Ways to Relieve Choking. 1. Do not lose an in stant Force the mouth open with the handle of a knife t of a long spoon; push the thumb and fingers deep down into the throat beyond the root of the tongue and feol for 'tho -foreign body. -If tho obstruction cannot 1m grasped, a hair-pin bent into a h.x.k and guided by tho left hand will often bring it out If this fails, get some one to prow, nwst the front of the c!u:.,t or uippoit it against tho edge of a table, and strike several hard, quick blows with tho open hand on tho back, between tho shoulder blades. Further treatment iniiHt be applied by n phyBioian, who should have Wen immediately sent for. 2. lo prevent choking, break an og into a cup and g've it to tho person choking, to swallow. The white of the egg seems to catch around tho obstacle and remove it If ono egg doeH nit answer the purpono, try another. Tho white is all that is necessary. !t. A smart blow with tho flat of tho hand on the back, junt below the neck, will often relieve the windpipe. If it docs not, semi for the doctor at once. 4. Foreign Unties lodged in tho throat can bo removed by forcibly blowing into tlio ear. Tim plan is bo easily tried and bo harmless that wo suggest its une. ' Ways to Rki.ikvr Coi.d Fkkt.-1. People who write or sow all day, or rather those who take but little oxer, cise, may warm their cold feet without giiug to tho lire. All that is nocoHHary is to stand oroet and very gradually to lift one's self up upon the tips of his too, no as to nut all the tendons of tho foot at full strain. This is not to hop or jump up and down, but simply to rise tho slower the bettor upon tiptoe, and to remain standing on tho points of tho toes as long as xmihlo, then gradually coining to tho natural Mwition. texat this several times, nnd by tho amount of work the tips of the Un are made to do, m sustaining the body's weight a sufllciout and lively circulation is set up. F.ven the half-frozen car driver can carry this plan out It is ono rule of tho "Hwedish movement" system, and as motion warmth is much bettor than tiro warming, persons who sulTer with cold foot nt night can try this plan just before retiring to rest 2. A very valuable recipe for a fixit-bath for any ono troubled with cold feet: One xmiid prickly asfi hark, a quarter of a xiund of white mustard and a quar. tor of a pound of pepper. 11 it in one gallon of water, strain and bottle and keep cool. Use a teuoiipful of this with two quarts of water for a foot-bath at bodtimn. Usks ok Ammonia. Tor washing paint, put a table. Hxxiuful of spirits of ammonia in a qu irt of iimd rately hot water, dip in a flannel cloth, and with till simply wipe olT tlio wi tod work; no scrubbing will bi necessary, For taking gr.aesp U from any fabric, ute the am 'noma nn'irly pure, then lay white blotting paper ov.-r tlio so it and iron ,t lightly. Iu wadiing lacni, put ab hi' Uclo drops in a pint of warm suds. To clean silver, tint tw.i toaspoonful of ammonia iu n quart of h it sn ip ud, put in your silverware and wash it, using an old nail brush or teoth brush for the purpose For cleaning hair brushes, otc, simply shako the brushes up and down in a mixture of ono teaxpxniful of ammonia to ono pint of hot water; when they are denoted, riuso them lit cold water, ami stand them in the win I or in a hot n-.n to dry. For washing linger nrirk fr im looking glasses or windows, put a few drops of ammonia on a moist rag, and make quick work of it. If you wish your house plants to flourish, put a few drops of tho spirits in every pint of water used in watering. A teasHinfu in a basiu if cold water adds much to the rtfrmhing effect of a Imtli. Nothing it better than ammonia for cleaning the hair. In every case rhino off ammonia with clear water. Liquid ammonia i tho most xiwerful ami useful agent for cleaning silk stuff and hats, and for neutralizing tho jffecU of acids. In this hitter case it is often enough to .iHcMio spots to tho vMr of ammonia, whii h makes them disappear entirely.
