NEWSPAPERS DOMESTICALLY CONSIDERED.

Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1744, 5 August 1874, Page 3

NEWSPAPERS DOMESTICALLY CONSIDERED.

Too low an estimate is apt to foe set on the domestic value of newspapers. After reading them, and putting*' ourselves, through their agency, in mental corresf p6ndence"with the world;'they are thrown aside and forgotten. But to suppose their usefulness bounded by their news columns and the waste-bag is a thriftless mistake; In the first place, there are household recipes, to be found in stray corners, often excellent;, and deserving,a^ refuge on the fly-leaf of the ' famVly 1 cook-book. Then ■cqme the ; pretty verses jv the drqll/stprjesi .th^brief bipgraphies' and ; reminiscence? ■^]uchi'pas't;e'd>in i 'a r 'scra|»-.ibpolc, are a soured of' never-ending pleasur^,^'i^t; |,6^ly to ' those who do not care for richer in'iiallec? tual food but to those who have only odd minutes: for reading. Notwithstanding we knowffrpm;experience v * that; these are not to b'e'despised. They* may riot be as comfortable as your blankets, but cer^ tainly they keep you oufepf the cold. Tw6 thicknesses of paper arebetter than a pair of blankets, and in the case of person^ who dislike the weight of many bedl clothes, they are invaluablar A spread made of a double layer of papers between a covering of calico or chintz, is desirable in every household. The papers should be tacked together with thread, and also basted to the covering to keep them from slipping. •- An objec#on;has been' made on account of the rustling, but if soft papers be chosen the; noise wilLnot be annoying, especially should the spread be laid bet--jweena blanket >and a counterpane. As a protection to plants: against cold^ both in and out of doors, nothing is better. If newspapers are pinned up over night at a window between pots and glass, the flowers I will nbtloniy >notl bfe frozen, but will not even get chilled, as they are so liable to be at this season. In the same way, if taken to cover garden-beds on the frosty nights of «arly autumn, they will allow the plants to remain safely outdoors some time later than is common. One of the oddest services to put our journals to is the keeping of ice in summer. An ingenious housekeeper recently discovered that her daily lump of ice would last nearly, twice as long r wb.ea wrapped in newspapers-'and placed in'ariy Kind of covered box, as when trusted solely to a refrigerateri This'4s'' very convenient, since it i» possible to hav« .the.best, and "cheapest refrigerators 5 constantly ,#£ Jjand. To polish all kinds of glass, except table glass, after washing, no cloth, or flannel is half as good as a newspaper; and for a baker'.s ;dozen of other uses, quite foreign to its Jprimal purpose, it'is without a rival. —Scribner's Monthly. - J j