The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-02

may be cleansed with soap or peurlash ;
these will not iniure or discolor them.
To KEEp KNIVES FROM RusTISo. -ScOur
them ON IL board, crOsswise, with some
dry brick, after having wiped them per-
fectly dry, and put them away without
wiping of the brick.dust,
Dover CAKE.-Onec cup of sugar, one
half cup each Of butter and milk, two
cups flour, two eggs, one teaspooniul
cream tartar, one-half tcaspoonful soda,
and salt and spice to suit the taste
To WHrrES STRAW HATS. - Scrape
stick sulphur with knife, mix the pow
der to u mush with water, plaster it
thichly over the straw, aud place il the
hot sun several hours brush of when
dry.
CLEANSING rISwARE. The best thing
i0r cleaning tinware is common soda.
Dampen cloth and dip in soda and rub
Ito Sre briskly, after which wipe dry.
Any bluckened ware can be made to look
rs well as new.
RrBBoSs RENEWED, Wash in cool suds
made Of soap, and iron when damp.
Cover the ribbon with n clean cloth, and
pass the iron over that II you wish to
stiiIcn the ribbon, dipit, while drying,
into gum arabic water.
NARROWING GRASS LAND causes n
good many weed seeds to terminate,
and when the land is plowed next spring
tie plants will he DESTROYED. In some
eases, especially on light land, this is n
better plan than fall blowing.
To CLEANSE TIE INSIDE or JAMS. -Fill
them with hot water and stir in spoon.
full or more Of pearlnsl ; empty them in
nm hour, and il not perfectly clean, fiji
again and let them stnnd n few hours.
For large vessels lyc may be used.
GERMAN PUFrs.- Melt quarter Of a
pound Of butter, and mix it well with
half pound Of flour; add one quart #
milk eight eggs well beaten, some grated
nutmeg and some cinnamon. Beat the
ingredients well together, and bake the
mixture in cups. Fill your cups but
half full, as the pun rises very high.
As Ant TRAr.-Procure q largc sponge.
wash it well and press it dry, which will
leave the cells quite open. Then sprin-
klc over II some fine white sugar and
place it near where the ants are most
Troublesome. They will soon collect upon
the sponge and take mp their abode in
the cells. II is then only necessary to
din thc sponge In scilding water, which
will wnsL them out dead. Put on more
sugar and set the trap for a new haul.
A Day SEPTEMBER affords au excellent
opportunity for digging bitches IN low
lind, and for cleaning ont and deepen.
Ing those already cut. II is also a CAPT.
tai time to throw up muck. and get it
ready for hauling in the winter. ANY
Of our readers who have some land they
think too low to drain, if they will com.
mcncc at the stream, and dig ditch
through their land, mdkiag Die rdter
folor Them, they will probably be aston.
ishel at the result G
Cons IEUsRs.-Tha lfusks Of corn are
very well worth the trouble of Swing
When dried and torn into strips they
make excellent mattresses, clean and
sweet, and very soft and elastic. Plated
into q rope aud iwohndGronnd n central
point, they make serviccable door.mnts,
the manufacture Of which will furnish
pleasing and useful iircside employment
for many a stormy day when outside work
is impossible, or for the long evenings
Of winter. They arc worth saving for
thnge t,,ltDosng alone.
KEEP THE TEAMS AT WoRK.-This is
our own rule. We must aim to distri.
butte the work so us not TO he crowded
too much Mt any one time. II is not al.
wayEbe5t to do work at what may be
absolutely the best time, but to do it
when yomcln bessailord the tme-pro-
yided always that it is never done too
late. Any thing that we have time to
do now that will lessen work in the
spring should be done, even though We
gain nothing except being so much
ahead with our work.
BRuryRs on FunSFrURE. Wet the part
in warm water double a piece Of brown
paper five or six times. soak in the warm
wat r. aud lay it on the place apply on
that warm, but not hot flnt-iron till the
moisture i loyaporited. II the bruise
be- not conc, repeat the process. After
two OF three applications the dent or
bruise will be raised 10 the surface. II
the briise De small, merely soak 1t with
warm voter, aud hold rcd-hot iron
near the surface. keeping the surface
continually wet-thc bruises will soon
disappear
Clover WITH ConS.--A. g.. Kirk, Of
Dickinson Co., Kansas, saws lie saw in
Columbus county, Ohio, last April, o
fine stand o. clover in a corn stubblc,
and on inruiry found the owner Of
thc land was IN the habit Of sowing
clover seed when he worked the corn
q the last time, for the purpose of sup
plying manure for the crop OF oats, or
barley. or wheat, which was 10 follow.
This farmer evidently was one OF the
progressive sort, who believes it putting
all lie can on tho land. We have done
the same, pasturing the clover with
sheep, md Ind good crop Of wheat
after it.
BEE SrrSGs. "A lady once beingaskod
what she thought a good remedy for
bee stings, said TINT shr had never found
ANYTHING better than to keep away from
thl bees. This remedy, however, is not
always Rttainahlc by those whose work
ciII them into garden md field, or by
those whose greatest pleasure is found
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