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water, that the steel blades are apt to come
out of the handles. When this happens,
fill the hollow in the handle with rosin,
warm the part to be adjusted, and press it
slowly but firmly into the handle. Hold
it until it gets quite cold.
If you should get fruit stains on your ta
ble linen, pour boiling hot water on the
soiled spot until it disappears. Pour the
water through the stain to prevent it from
spreading. Remove tea stains in the same
way.
,TO CLEAN GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHES.
Pour a quart of water over five cents
worth of soap bark, let it boil very gently
for two hours, and then strain it through
cheese cloth. Lay the garment to be
cleaned on a smooth board, and sponge it
thoroughly, rubbing any especially soiled
spot. Then sponge it ofi with clean, cold
water; wipe off all the excess of moisture
you can, and press it well. Before being
wet with the soap bark, the garment
should be brushed free from dust. This
quantity of soap bark will clean a whole
suit. Miss L.
For “Domestic Keys.”
BUTTER MAKING.
In order to make good butter one must
take extra pains to keep the pans, pails,
etc., clean and sweet. Strain the milk
through a cloth. Rinse the cloth thor
oughly every time; by having two each
week, and then put through the wash,
they can be kept clean and white. Cool
the milk as quickly as possible, either in
pans or cans, and do not let stand more
than twenty-four hours. After skimming,
stir the cream thoroughly. Churn twice a
week, and your butter will be sweet. Af
ter taking butter out of.the churn give it a
good washing, and then salt at the rate of
three-fourths of a cup < f salt for every five
pounds of butter. Work just enough to
mix in the salt. Let stand a few hours,
and then slightly work again. If in hot
weather, let stand until morning, and
work just enough to get the buttermilk
out; but if you work too much it will be
like salve. A great many do not work
butter enough, and some work it too much.
My mother always said to work until it
snaps, and she was considered good au
thority as she has taken the premium on
butter several times.
If you wish to pack your butter, be sure
and have the jars clean and sweet. A
very good way to sweeten jars is to bury
in the ground for a few days. Sprinkle a
little salt in the bottom of jar, and pack
the butter solid. When nearly full, cut
out a round cloth, place over the top, and
cover with salt. If your cows make white
butter, use butter color; it will keep just
as well, and look so much nicer. To those
who have failed in making good butter,
try my way and I think you will succeed.
Mrs. R. A. O.
For “Domestic Keys.”
A WORD TO THE WISE.
Mix the stove polish with soapsuds: it
will last longer.
What is worth doing at all is worth
doing well.”
Rub the copper kettle with salt and
vinegar to make it look new.
“Cleanliness is akin to godliness.'’
Never drink water that has been in a
sleeping apartment all night. It absorbs
all the foul odors.
“Eat the simplest food, drink the pure cold
water;
Then you will be well, or at least you oughter.”
Damp coffee grounds are excellent to
scatter on the carpet for sweeping. Damp
salt is also good .
“A servant with this clause,
Makes drudgery divine;
Who sweeps the floor as for thy law,
Makes that and the action fine.”
A little kerosene on cotton flannel cloth
will make your lamp chimneys shine, if
applied to the dry glass.
“ Let your light shine before men .”
Any woman can soon make a good cook
book by saving the recipes found in pa
pers, pasting in an old book, and index
ing.
•• Civilized men cannot live without
cooks.”
Never put away a garment that is torn
or untidy. It may be wanted in a hurry
and it will then be “ too late to mend.”
Have a weekly “ mend ” as well as a week
ly wash.
“A stitch in time saves nine.” It is
astonishing how soon the whole conscience
begins to ravel if a single stitch drops;
one single sin indulged in makes a
hole you could put your head through.”
For “Domestic Keys.”
THE KEY TO HAPPINESS IN
MARRIED LIFE.
Into the routine of every day life there
is almost always some little feeling of un
happiness in the heart of husband or wife,
and often both. The wife is more likely
to fael the shadow, for, while her hands
have been busy, her thoughts have had
full play, and she is prone to fall into the
habit of contrasting her married life as she
now finds it to what it might have been,
had she married some one else, or not
married at all. The husband will proba
bly think he has the greater share of an
noyances, and this is very trying to the
wife.
But, if they will use the key of For
bearance, the door to happiness will open.
Many of men’s peculiarities are very
trying to a woman. To scatter their be
’ longings broadcast over the hpuse, to leave
1 their newspapers on the lounge, or their
’ overshoes in a prominent place in the sit
ting room are among men’s peculiarities.
What do wives do who have these hus
bands ? I fear that not a few “nag” them;
this makes each uncomfortable and shat
ters a sweet chord of wedded life.
I do not think a wife should submit un
complainingly to everything. In many
cases it is her duty to exert her influence
against what she sees is a disadvantage to
her husband. But she should do this
gently, and only in his presence—choosing
a time when his mind is not full of busi
ness. If he takes her advice in ill part,
she should not give him a sharp retort,
which always leaves a scar behind.
A wife, to be happy, must retain the
love of her husband, and love takes wings
when the weapon of sarcasm is used.
This weapon may bring satisfaction at the
time, but it leaves a wound which does
not always heal.
A soft answer is the key to use in check
ing a quarrel. Even the most intolerent
husband will not try to push back the bolt
if it was the soft answer key which was
used to move it.
A woman should not take offence too
easily. Often words which she resents
were not ill meant by her husband. A
man who loves his wife will usually
try to break himself of peculiarities that
are distasteful to her, but he will not do it
while she is continually harpirg on the
subject.
To harmless traits let the wife shut her
eyes, for she cannot expect her husband to
resemble her in every thought and feeling.
He will have his preferences and his dis
likes, and she should not expect him al
ways to conform them to hers. L a t her
take this comfort; that when she can’t
agree with her husband, she can disagree,
■ and there will be enough points of sympa
thy left between the two to form a camp
ground for happiness.
Let all wives who find fault with their
husbands, stop and consider; perhaps they
will see faults of their own which are try
ing to husbands.
And now, you readers of Woman’s
Work who are wives, let me ask you al
ways to use the key of Forbearance, the
soft answer ke' r , and you will find happi
' ness in the married state.
Lena Thatcher.
For “Domestic Keys.”
YEAST AND BREAD.
Salt Raising Yeast.—One cup fresh
milk and one-half cup hot water. Let
these come to a boil, add one-third tea
spoon salt, and corn meal to make a stiff
batter. Set in a vessel of warm water, and
in a warm place over night. In the morn
ing allow the batter to become thoroughly
, warmed, and add one-half cup warm wa
ter, with sifted flour to make a moderately
stiff batter; beat well, and keep in a warm
place to rise.
Salt Raising Bread.—After sifting
flour, add one-third teaspoon salt, one ta
blespoon white sugar, one-half tablespoon
butter, three-fourths cup lai-d, mix these
: well in part of sifted flour, and add one
pint sweet milk, one pint water, each
scalding hot. Stir until sufficiently cooled
for adding the yeast. Add more flour to
make a stiff dough, kneading until it does
not stick to hands or kneading bowl.
Make into loaves, place in greased pans to
rise, and grease well with lard, on top and
. between loaves. Keep in a warm place to
rise (from one to one and a half hours), un
til top of loaves begin to crack. Bake in
a moderately hot oven for one hour This
is also good if made into rolls.
Hints on Bread Making.—Too much
salt makes bread heavy. Too long in the
oven makes bread yellow. Do not in
crease the heat after bread has been put to
bake.
Bread made with scalding milk and
water retains its moisture and freshness
WOMAN’S WORK.
longer than when made with lukewarm
liquids.
Bread cracks around the edges because
it is not allowed to rise long enough.
If yeast is slow about rising, stir in a
1 spoonful of flour—beating well.
Ida Hood.
Knoxville, Tenn.
For “Domestic Keys.”
FILLING FRUIT JARS.
My experience for twenty years in keep
ing fruit jars from cracking when filled, is
as followsßinse the jars with clean,
cold water, then dip a towel in cold water,
double it three or four times, lay it smooth
ly in a dripping pan, and set your cold
, jars on this to fill them. Notone jar has
cracked for me in using this method.
Mrs. H.
i
For “Domestic Keys.”
A SUMMER DRINK.
I have a small key to offer to the many
readers of our helpful and best of choice
papers, dear Woman’s Work. A recipe
for making a reliable and excellent sum
mer drink, which is not only cooling and
temperate, but cleanses and purifies the
blood, keeping the complexion soft and
clear. It can be made up at a very small
expense, and is therefore in the reach of
everybody.
Take a good handful of each of the fol
lowing roots; Yellow Burdock, Sarsapa-j
rilla and Dandelion ; then a handful each
of leaves of Wintergreen, Princess Pine,
and Sweet Fern, and a tablespoonful of
Anise seed. Put these all together in a
large porcelain kettle and cover with cold
water. Let them boil for an hour, strain
in a large jar, (about three and a half gal
lons in size.) Then again cover the roots
with cold water, boil, and wash them thor
oughly, so as to get out all the juice they
contain. After this is done, fill up the jar
with lukewarm water and sweeten with
sugar to taste; put in one tablespoonful of
ginger, dissolve one ordinary size yeast
cake, which add; let it stand and work
about two days. Next, the preparation is
ready for bottling, for which purpose use
a good, strong bottle. Then sei in the cel
lar or any cool place for several days, and
it will be tit to drink. It can be taken at
any time during the day when you are
thirsty and warm, and tastes both grateful
and refreshing. Dixie.
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