Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-10
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
Helpful Hints for the Housewife.
To RENovATE FEATHER BEDS.


Old feather beds may be renovated
by the careful housewife in the follow
ing manner: Put them on a clean gras:
plat during a heavy shower; let them
become thoroughly wetted; turn them
on both sides. When quite dry beat
them with RODS; this Will tighten the
feathers and make them more healthful
to sleep on. This process removes dust
and rejuvenates the feathers.
TO COOK POULTRY.
All kinds of poultry and meat can be
cooked quicker by adding to the water
IN which they are boiled a little vine
gar or 4 piece Of lemon. BY the use of
an acid there viii be a considerable
saving of fuel, as well as shortening of
time. Its action is beneficial on old,
tough meats, rendering them tender
and easy of digestion. Tainted meats
and fowls viii lose their bad taste and
oder if cooked in this way, and if not
used too freely no taste of it viii be ac-
quired.
HOW To KEEP HAMS.
Every season more or less hams are
destroyed by insects, or rendered too
unpalatable to be eaten by decent peO-
pie. By following this method the in
sect can be entirely kept at distance,
and 1t Is very simple, and within the
reach Of every farmer in the country.
After the meat has been well cured by
pickle and smoke, take some clean
ashes free from bits of coal; moisten
them with little water so that they
viii form paste, or else Just wet the
hams little, and rub on the dry
ashes. Rubbed in thoroughly, they
serve as a capital insect protector, and
the hams can be hung up in the smoke
house or wOod-chamber without any
danger of molestation.
CAUSE OF sTREAKINEss OF BUTTER.
One of my lady readers who 'has the
care Of the milk of fifteen cows" writes
to say that the streaked appearance of
butter Is caused by skimming the milk
when IN different conditions; that is if
some of the milk is skinned when it is
thick, and at other times when scarce
ly sour, or at any stage between these
two points, that the resulting butter
VIII be streaked. This may be one of
the causes, but it is not the only one,
Careful examination shows these
stTeaks TO be composed of casein, but
not In the form in which 1t exists in
buttermilk. Hence l am inclined to
think that the cause is 10 be found in
some peculiarly of the churning, which
separates the casein or cheese, from the
butter, SO that they afterwards become
mechanically mixed and cannot be sep
aIated.
yARNISH FOR LADIES' SHOES.
The Manufacturer and Builder gives
this receipt: Three pounds of rain
water are placed IN a pot over the fire,
and when well boiling, there are added
four ounces white pulyerized wax, one
ounce clear, transparent glue in small
pieces, two ounces pulverized gum Sem
egal, two ounces white soap, scraped
fine, two ounces brown pulyerized
sugar; the ingredients are placed In
one by one, and every time stirred up;
1t is well to take the pot from the fire
every time a substance Is added, to pre-
vent boiling over; when all is added.
the pot is removed from the fire; when
sufficiently cooled. three ounces alcohol
are added, and finally three ounces fine
Frankfort black, well incorporated by
continued stirring. This vaTnish is put
on the leather with a brush, and is very
valuable for boots and shoes, as it can
be afterwards polished with a large
brush ike ordinary shoe backing,
shows high polish and does not soil the
cInth;nr,