The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-11-10
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

To WASH BLACK CALICO WITHOUT
FADING.-Put it to soak in weak srlds
made boiling hot; let it stand until cool
enough to handle, then wash and rinse i'll
the usual way For stiflening, use strong
coffee or old skim-milk
Il PERSISTENT adherence TO the follow
ing rule is said to be an ctlectual cure for
Stammcrlng: Keep the teeth close to-
gethcr, and before attempting TO speak in
spire deeply; then give time for quiet ut
terance, and after very slight practice the
hesitation will he relieved. No spasmodic
action of the lower jaw must be permitted
TO separate the teeth when speaking.
KEEPING GRAPEs.-I can keep grapes
until spring by wrapping each bunch in
paper and putting them in box away from
heat or damp-a dry room or loft is best.
Care must be taken that the punches be
fully ripe and sound before pulling. BY
these means we have the luxury of grapes
all winter.-(or. Gernnnto'rh Io<gr0Ph.
To KEEP EGGs FREsH.-Get a good
sweet wooden box, put about an inch of
salt on the bottom; take sweet grease of
any kind lard or drippngs, rub the eggs
all over with it and put them, the little
end down, in the salt; then spread laver
Of salt and then add more eggs. If they
are fresh when put down, they will keep
as long as you want them toll! YOU can
get more eggs next spring. We have used
this method in my father s,flmily for years
and one is never disappointed if they fol
low these simple directions.-H0usehW
4 CoRREsPoNDENT of the Counti.y Gen
HcmaH says he has found that for grape
vines laid down on the surface of the
ground a covering of an inch or two of
light loan soil is as good protection both
against mice and winter exposure as any
other. He has covered vines in this man
ncr for several winters, and has never had
any trouble from mice. The vines come
out fresh and strong in the spring. Care
must taken that there is no liability of
trouble from surface water during the y in
ter.
KEEP Coop SUPPLY or PoTAToEs-
We advise farmers to not sell themselves
short of potatoes this fall The crop is
very light Some sorts are rotting. and
there is no doubt but that both for seed
and family Use, they will be in demand
next May. 1t is better to sell from the
field for seventy-five cents, rather than
winter and then sell for a dollar the
shrinkagc and decay making that differ
encc; but we incline To the belief that
there will he a demand next spring that
Will pay for wintering part Of the crop
that any farmer may be fortunate enough
to llave.-UdtN and H0me.
y LAMP WICK, equally good with those
we buy, may be made out of canton fan
mel. Take a strip three times as wide as
you wish the wick To be, and as long as you
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that It will have three thicknesseS, and
basic or overcast ii up the side. Almost
every hOusckecper has bits of canton fan
mel which would be used for nothing else
and il saves quite little item of expense
to say nothingof the convenience of being
able To- make a new lamp-wick whenever
it is necdcd.-E.rch""ge.
AN English florist saws that olc of the
most important points in window garden
ing is ,rF,rjng. There should he plenty
OF cracks in the bottom of the pot so as TO
let the water pass off rapidly. and thus en-
sure perfect drainage This is one of the
few rules without IN exception as there is
not Il single plant suitable for window cul-
ture which will flourish if the water be
allowed To stagnate at the bottom of the
pot. Never allow any water to remain i'm
the saucer. When plants require watering,
give them plenty, but pour away any which
runs into the saucer.
RIPE FRUIT IN SITTING RooMs.-Wc
should he Chary of keeping ripe fruit in
our sitting rooms, and especially beware of
laying it about sick chamber for any
length of time. That complaint which
some people make, of faint sensation in
the presence of fruit, is not fincifl; they
may be really affected 10y it, for two CON
tincntal chemists have shown that from
the moment of plucking. apples, cherries,
currants, and other fruits are subject to i'll
ccSsant transformation At first they
absorb oxygen, thus robbing the air of its
vital element; then they evolve carbOnic-
acid, and this in far greater volume than
the purcr gas is absorbed, so that we have
poison given us, in the place of pure air,
with compound interest, warmth accelerat-
ing it.--Erchongc.