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the beet whiting to be had. Have ready
some clean warm water and piece of flan
nel; dip the latter into the water and
squeeze nearly dry; then take as much
whiting as will adhere to it, and apply it
to the painted surface, when a little rub
bing will instantly remove all dirt and
grease. After this, wash well in clean wa
ter and wipe dry. This will not injure
the most delicate colors, and is much less
labor than the usual way with soap.
Mbs. C. H.
For “Domestic Keys.”
A SMALL OFFERING.
A simple way to clean brass is to wash
it thoroughly in hot water and wipe it dry.
Then rub it with a soft cloth and lemon
juic3. When it looks clean, rinse it in
hot water, and, lastly, polish it with cha
mois skin.
Clean willow chairs with salt water.
Darn thin places in blankets just as you
would in stockings. w
Lemons will keep fresh a long time if
placed in water. But this is not the time
of year when lemons should be kept.
They should be given freely to children
who crave acids, and the temptation to
eat unripe fruit will be removed. Nature
has placed lemon trees in those parts of
the world where biliousness is most com
mon. This is a valuable hint, and lemon
juice is better than blue pills.
Roman Cure for Malaria.—Cut up
a lemon, both rind and pulp,
put it in a pint of water,
and boil down until it tastes very sour.
Dose, one teaspoonful before each meal.
This remedy has cured stubborn cases
where quinine had no effect.
Remove spots from varnished furniture
with kerosene oil, applied with soft flan
nel cloth. I removed an unsightly white
spot from a mahogany etagere in a few
minutes in this way. The spot was near
ly as large as a silver half dollar.
Fob “Domestic Key’s.”
LITTLE HELPS.
Keep the kerosene can well corked.
The oil evaporates, and it never gives a
clear light if exposed to the air. If a
lamp is kept filled, and the wick well
trimmed, there is no danger of an explo
sion.
Use a clam shell to scrape pots and
frying-pans.
Ten ordinary size eggs weigh a pound.
Two teacupfuls of butter, well packed,
weigh a pound.
If you are going to fry cold potatoes,
sprinkle a little flour over them after
slicing; they will brown more quickly and
be improved in taste.
If the chimney catches fire, throw a
double handful of salt on the fire below.
Never use soap in washing mirrors or
windows —it makes the glass streaked;
instead, use water and household ammonia.
Never wash a window glass when the sun
is shining on it, and never let the sun
shine on a mirror.
An oyster shell kept in the teakettle will
prevent the crust that otherwise invariably
forms. The shell should be changed fre
quently.
Wash the mica in stove doors with dilu
ted vinegar.
Pieces of stale bread may be utilized;
cut them into small squares or triangles,
put them in a biscuit pan, and brown
slowly in the stove. Then put them in an
air-tight bread-box and use them as an
addition to thin soups. Drop them in the
tureen just as the soup is ready to be
served.
In cooking or heating over anything
that requires to be boiled very quickly,
never leave the spoon in it, because much
of the heat will pass off through the
spoon.
Table silver not in constant use should
be kept from the air by being tied up in
brown paper. Cotton flannel or tissue
paper may be used if you can afford it, but
it really is no better than ordinary wrap
ping paper.
Add a little cologne to the water used
to bathe the face and hands of the sick.
If dishes, that have become yellow from
setting on the stove and getting over
heated, are soaked in strong borax water,
the color will be partly restored.
Cabbage have a disagreeable odor when
ccoking; to prevent it, put the cabbage in
an abundance of salted, boiling water;
cook rapidly for half a hour, or until
Under. Drain off the water and have it
emptied immediately.
For “Domestic Keys.”
A BUNCH OF GOLDEN KEYS.
A sure cure for bone felon, is to grind
sassafras bark in a coffee mill—or other
wise—to a powder, make into a paste with
water, and apply to the affected part. It
is only necessary to keep the paste moist.
Twenty-four hours before killing a tur
key, give the fowl a spoonful of the best
vinegar; the meat will be whiter, tenderer
and sweeter.
To remove taste of new wood in water
buckets, <fcc., put in a solution of hoi wa
ter and sodh. Let stand until cold.
To freshen salt fish, place in cold water,
with the skin side up; otherwise the salt
would settle on the skin, instead of bottom
of pan as it should.
J. G. R.
For “Domestic Keys.”
ODDS AND ENDS.
The housekeeper who has a regular
time for attending to each domestic duty,
will find the household machinery always
moving easily and pleasantly. This is a
master-key.
Clear, black coffee, diluted with water,
and a little ammonia added, will clean
black clothes nicely, and restore their
freshness.
In cooking vegetables, those from which
the water is to be drained, like potatoes ,
and onions, should be boiled in well-salt
ed water —a tablespoonful of salt to every
three quarts of water. On the other hand,
if the water is to be retained, as in peas,
the salt should not be added until the
vegetables are nearly done. Consult your
own taste as to the quantity of salt used.
Any gravy or sauce that requires flour
as a thickening should be cooked slowly,
ten or fifteen minutes, to destroy the raw
taste. The same rule holds good in pud
dings, where cornstarch is used. After it
becomes thick, cook it fifteen or twenty
minutes for the same reason.
Salt will curdle fresh milk. In making
milk porridge, or gravies where milk is
used, add the salt after the dish is done.
Add a tablespoonful of turpentine to
the pot of water in which your white
clothes are boiled ; it will keep them beau
tifully white.
If you use cooked starch, just before
taking it from the fire add a little salt,
kerosene, or gum arabic; it will be much
improved, and the starched clothes will
not stick to the iron.
If your irons get rough or rusty, let
them get hot, then rub them with a paper
or cloth sprinkled with salt, then with a
lump of beeswax tied up in a cloth, and
they will become as clean and smooth as
glass.
Cold rain water and soap will remove
machine grease from any cloth that can be
washed.
Utilize cold, fried eggs by dipping them
in fritter batter and re-frying.
To give a pine floor the color of oak,
wash it with a solution of one pound of
copperas in one gallon of strong lye.
Broken and crooked tacks are better
than shot to clean bottles.
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