HOW TO BE A WEATHER PROPHET.

Cromwell Argus, Volume XXVII, Issue 1374, 27 August 1895, Page 6

HOW TO BE A WEATHER PROPHET.

Kbfise Rules Will Help Ton to Prognoeticate Without a Barometer. A red sunset with a purplish ting* pmgurs fair weather. A red sunrise Eeans wet. A yellow or coppery sunset dicatea rain, and a gray sunrise bejbokens a fair day. A rainbow in the tnoming heralds wet. These are embodied in some quaint verses used much fa the past: Evening red and morning gray will set the traveler on his way; Eat evening gray and morning red will bring down rain upon his head. Another is: 4 rainbow in the morning Is the shepherd’s warning; A rainbow at night is the shepherd’s delight. How to Make Sweet Potato Waffles. Take two tablespoonfule of mashed gweet potatoes, one spoonfnl of butter, one of sugar, one pint ef milk and four tablespoonfuls of wheat flour; mix all together and bake in waffle irons. B#w to Ui« » Bound Japanese Basket. The little Japanese baskets selling for three or five cents can be used as Eitoh receivers. Puta medicine glass one, trim the basket with ribbons and ng it on the chandelier for burnt matches. Crochet a cover of knitting Bilk with strings, draw it over the basket, pat two or three tassels at the bottom, and yon have a string holder. Or press the bottom out, put a hall of blue cord in with some squeezing and pushing, put a hand of bine ribbon around tile basket* with strings to .hang it up by its and a long loop opposite, cm which is a tiny pair of cheap scissors. ■ Fill one of these baskets tightly with bn jr combings, ©over with muslin, then with silk and lace, mad trim on the outside, and you have a first rate pincushion, line another loosely with silk, ending In a frill around the opening, fora jewel ease. Lastly, trim with lace and ribbon, and fill losely with vhlte curled horsehair, and yon have made a hairpin holder. How to Moke m Glove Cleaning liquid. Have a druggist put up one quart of deodorized benzine, one dram of ralphnrio ether, one of chloroform and two of Perfume with cologne water. - ' Hew to Ban tor MmuuSib. People who rub their arms or legs for rheumatism should remember that the secret of the benefit derived from massage is that the operator always rubs up —that is, in the direction of the heart, j The reason is found in the fact that the valves of the veins and capillaries all open toward the heart, and that rubbing in that direction assists their action. Enbbing down—that is, away from the heart—does harm, for it clogs these veins, etc., and Impedes their circulation. EovtoDm Very targe Hole* In Stocking*. Baste a piece of coarse net the,right color over the hole. Trim it close to the edges of the hole and darn as usual. Haw to Make n Useful Kitchen Table. Set a packing box on its side, with the open mid front. Cover the sides and top with oilcloth, letting it hang in a sort of curtain over the front. A piece of tin or zinc nailed over part of the top will give a place to set hot kettles. The fiuted metal from an old washboard will do nicely. Behind the oilcloth curtain inay be stowed kindling wood or any rough kitchen belongings, or it may be used for a pot closet. i -- ~ How to Bemore Ink Simla* from Silver. Ink stains on silver inkstands are removed by rubbing on them chloride of lima made into paste vrith water. How to Make a Wall Decoration of a Palm Deaf Fan. , Cover its right side with bright, coarse, yellow worsted and silver tinsel, alternating them, and letting them begin at the edge and converge at the handle. • Then buttonhole the edge with worsted, wtgd the handle with it, twist tinsel faose]y around, and finish with a big yellow bow where the handle joins the f(yp. How to Fatten Poultry. Crash and soak their corn in water. This will help digestion and make the food go further. How to Treat aa Abrasion of tbe Skin. Lay on it lint or linen wet with cold water and cover with oil silk, or cover the braise with goldbeaters’ skin. If an extensive wound, apply on lint or linen 7 a mixture composed of one part carbolic acid to twenty-eight parts best olive oil. Still another way is to apply dry lint, letting the blood soak in it It will form a scab and gradually come off. How to Preserve Gilt Frame* from File*. Boil three or four onions in a pint of water and brush the frames over with the liquid. How to Hake a Pretty Damp Shade. Over a wire frame put three layers of crape tissue paper, each a shade darker than the other, the darkest on top. Draw the paper in around the neck and fasten with a wire concealed by a ribbon tied in a bow at one side. Smooth out the fewer edges of the paper to give the appearance of frills. How to Clean Swamdown. Wash it in soap and water, shake out, End when the down is somewhat raised shake it before the lire to dry. How to Prepare Tracing Paper. Bub the paper with a mixture composed of equal parts o1! nutoil and oil of turpentine, rubbing wheat flour on afterward to dry it as much as possible. Then hang It out on the line, if th* weather is fair, tor twenty-four hours to complete the drying process. How to Make a Card Receiver. Gild a small flower basket, line with silk and tie a bow of ribbon on the handle. How to ReatßHatoh Stain* from Mar MB)) Bub tbom zflth sulphide of iron. - The number of trashy yellow backs tluit find their way to our book stalls is to be deplored, and if their enormous sale is an evidence of popular taste, then we can only say racial deterioration must soon become evident. Books teeming with Moody deeds, in which the reader is made (o revel with vice in a sensual sty, and giving accounts of villains who perished on the scaffold are not books to elevate and expand youthful minds. Rather they poison it, and the market requires cleansing. We I Western Star) have been informed that a party of co-operative laborers up Gatlins way spent their evenings discussing who was the greatest (!) bushranger in Australia, and the result of the discussion was an order to the bookseller’s for a history of the men and their deeds, So long as men “ improve ” themselves in this direction, co-operative works will always he wanted in Kcw Zealand, I