The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-01-07

Hints To llO1se wives.

11lutS I'D k2Ousc WIVES
Az aSeeneral rule, II il most c con ON
cal to buy the best articles. The price i.
Of course, dwoys little higher; but goo
articles spend Best. TITS sacrifice {
money to buy poor flour, meal, suga,
molasses, butter, cheese, lard, &c, to sa
nothing of the injurious effect upon tn
health.
Refined sugar usually contains most o
the sscchariue substance, therefore, thert
is probably more economy 10 using loaf
crushed and graduated sugars than W
should ct first suppose.
Butter that is made in September auC
October is best fur winter use. lar,
should be hard and white, aud that whicl
is taken from hog not over year ole
is best. -A7J
Rich cheese feels soft under the pres
sure Of the finger. That which is very
strong 10 neither good nor healthy. IL
keep one that is cut, tie i. up in a bag
that will not admit flies, and hang it in a
cool dry place. If mould appears on it,
wipe it off with dry cloth.
Flour and meal Of all kinds should be
kept 10 cool. dry place.
The best rice is large, end has clear,
fresh hook Old rice sometimes has Il
little black insect inside the kernels
To select nutmcgs, prick them with a
pin. If they arc good, the oil will iu-
staDtly spread around the runcturc.
Keep coffee BY itself, as lis odor affects
other articles, Keep tea in . close chest
or canister.
Oranges aud lemons keep best wrapped
close in soft paper, and laid in drawer
oflinen.
When acask Of molasscs is bought, draw
off few quarts, else fermentation pro
duced by moving it will burst the cask.
Bread and cake should be kept in tin
or stone jar.
Solt,soap shou'd be kept in Il dry place
iu The cellar, and should not be used till
three mouths old Bar soap should be
cut into pieces of a convenient size, and
laid where it will become dry It is well
to keep it several weeks before usirg it,
US it spends fast when it is new.
SALUrlNa CoLcRED SoLDIrRs -
There is negro recruiting oifcr in Cedar
street, at the door of which stands negro
sentinel with his muskct \ number of
persons standing around yesterday took
considerable interest in noting the con
due of white officers who passed by. The
sentinel saluted every officer that came
along, and received the usual recognition
At last General Granger was espied riding
up the street, accompanied by dy,and
he Immediately became the focus Of ali
eyes. What would be DO: Would he
return the salutation Of the sentinel Of
African lineage He did Returning
shortly after, BY himself the sentinel sa.
luted him the second time. The Gene
raj paused, put him through a brief les
son in the manual, and when he brought
him to "present arms" saluted him and
departed Union.
RAW HIDE How few persons know
the value of raw hides. II seems almost
strange to see them sell all their ''dca
con- skins for the small sum Of about
thirty or forty cents Fake strip Of
well tanned raw hide an inch wide. and
horse can hardly break it by pulling
back-two Of them he cannot break any
way. Cut Ito narrow strips aud shave
the hair off with sharp knife, to use for
bag strings, the strings will Outlast twn
sets of bags. Farmers know how per.
picking it is to lend bags and have them
returned minus strings. It will ,utla,t
hoop iron (common) in any shape, and is
stronger. 1t is good to wrap around d
broken thill-better thnn iron Two sets
of raw hide halters will last a mans life
time-if he don't live too lon. IL some
places the Spapiards use raw hide loa
chains to work their cattle with. cut into
narrow strips aud twisted together, haw
ser fashion. 1t can be tanned 50 that il
will be soft and pliabIc like harucsa
leather
AT THEIR OLD GAME.-Bv'uro and
after the election of 1860 the demo
cratic journals labored as hard as they
could to convince the people Of the
south that it would BE- impossibla fir
them to live in safety under Republican
administration; and there can bo 10
doubt that such representations were
hugely instrumental in exciting the slave
States to the point Of rebellion. Now we
find the same class of journals assuring
the South that to accept the Presidents
offer of amnesty will be degradation and
a disgace; and Of course the intention of
those who make such assertions can only
be to protract the war
STAMP DUTIES ON MONEY RECEIPTS
The Commissioner of Revenue believes
that tho sratn,,n VI, IL lnuinn ,tA,n., L..