Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-07-24
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

To CLEAN WHITE OR LIGHT GLOVES
Put them on the hand and thoroughly rub
with white bread. This will clean them
nicely.
To REMOVE IRON RUsT-Take the juice
of a lemon and drop on the spots and lay
the articles out in the sun, when the rust
will soon disappear
To REMOVE FRECKLEs.
nitre, moistened with water and applied
to the face night and morning, will soon
remove freckles without injury to the
skin.
JUMBLEs.-One-half pound butter, one
half pound sugar, three-fourths pound
flour, three eggs; flavor with rose-water
and nutmeg. After the ingredients are
mixed take out little on a well-sugared
board and cover with sugar Cut in short
strips, and cross on a well-buttered tin
EGG CAKE-Two cups of sugar, one
egg, piece of butter the size of large egg,
one cup Of sour milk, one teaspoonful of
soda, little salt and nutmeg, one tea
spoonful of lemon, three cups of flour
beat the White of egg separately, the sugar
and yelk and butter together; bake in a
thoroughly heated oven.
TOMATO PREsERvEs.-Take the round
yellow variety as soon as ripe, scald and
peel then to seven pounds of tomatoes
add seven pounds of white sugar, and let
them stand over night. Take the tomatoes
out of the sugar and boil the syrup, remov-
ing the scum Put in the tomatoes and
boil gently fifteen or twenty minutes; re-
move the fruit again, and boil until the
syrup thickens. On cooling put the fruit
into jars and pour the syrup over it, and
add a few slices of lemon to each jar and
you will then have something to please
the taste of the most fastidious.
TENDER Footed HoRsEs.-An old man
who has had much experience in handling
and dealing in horses for more than half
a century, said to me recently that he had
never known horse to get tender footed
that was kept loose in a shed and yard, or
in box stall That turning round and
treading with their forward feet in the
manure kept them constantly moist and
soft. His theory appeared perfectly
reasonable to me. | have no box stalls,
but [ use shavings for bedding, and every
morning with large shovel | move the
wet shavings under the horse forward, in
front of and under his forward feet, and
then the last thing at night cover these
with dry shavings for him TO lie on. He
also remarked that he had never known a
tlat-toOted horse but what was a great
worker.-COr Journal Of tile Farm.
For THE LADIEs.-Save the tea leaves
for few days, then steep them in a tin
pail or pan forhalf an hour, strain through
sieve and use the tea 10 wash all var
nished paint. 1t requires very little eel
bow polish" as the tea acts as a strong de-
tergent, cleansing the paint from all its
impurities, and making the varnish equal
to new. 1t cleans window sashes and oil
cloths, indeed any vanished surface Is
improved by application. 1t washes win
dow-panes and mirrors much better than
water, and is excellent for cleaning black
walnut picture and loolling-glass frames.
1t will not do TO wash unvarnished paint
with it. Whiting is unequaled for clean
ing white paint. Take small quantity
on damp flannel, rub lightly over the
surface, and you will be surprised at its
effects.
LOCATION OF BUuDINGs.-The point
which determines a mans comforts or his
misery may often center in the position of
his dwelling Of almost equal importance
to a farmer is the relative position of his
barn and stables. Buildings generally
last lifetime, and therefore the selection
of their sites should be matter of ma
ture deliberation and study. The health
ness of a site first; then its convenience :;
and then its picturesqueness and the beau
ty of it's surroundings should be consider
ed. An elevated site with ground gradu-
ally sloping in all directions is the most
desirable. 1t should be sufficiently dis
tant from the road to afford privacy and
freedom from dust and noise; also that
room for intervening shade and ornamen-
tai trees may be secured, together with
that most pleasing and grateful of all
household accessories, green, smooth
shaven lawn. The out-buildings should
then be placed so that the milk-pail can
easily be carried to the dairy, that the
horse-stable may be within hearing dis
lance, that the dairy may be convenient of
access, that the lanes separating the build
ings may not be cut up into mud in sprin g
or fall, or drifted full Of snow in winter
In short, a man should not blindly copy
his neighbor's plan without considering
its adaptability to his own surroundings
and the configuratlOn Of his own ground.
N. Y. Tribune.