The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-08-28
Valuable MINIS and Recipes.

tered toast, and serve.
TEA CAKE One cup white sugar,
nalf a cup butter, one cup sweet milk,
one egg, one-haif teaspoonful soda, one
of cream tatar. and -four enough to make
it like soft gingerbread. Flavor with the |
Juice of a small lemon. This makes q
sood-szed, loaf
FILTER FOR CIsrERN " ArER -Perfor
ate the bottom Of wooden box with
number of small holes; place inside
price Of flannel covered with coarsely
powdered charcoal, over this coarse riv
er sand, and on this small pieces of sand
stone.
DANDRUFF.-Some one asks, what
| will remove and prevent dandruf from
coming in lady's head ? A friend of
mine says she takes little borax added
to pint Of water, and washes her head
occasionally with it. | often add little
borax or cooking soda to the rain water
when I wash my hair brushes. Ii
cleanses them ely-RUTR, an Coun-
try Gentlemen.
To CLEAN Swans DowN.--Take out
the lining and wash the collar In warm
water with soap, handling it as any de-
licate fabric; rinse in warm water
thoroughly and hang it out doors to dry,
giving it occasionally gentle shake
while drying. Another way is to use
white hard soap suds; lay a part Of the
collar on one hand and dip the water
over with the other, passing the hand
very gently over the far one toay each
tine II Then perfectly dry shake well,
to separate any portions Of the down that
may cling together
How TO PREPARE CoFFEE.-Freach
cooks say good coffee capnot be made by
boiling; it must be leached; the aroma
and flavor Of the coffee goes off in the
st ca N if it is boiled The ground coffee
must be put in vessel that is like fine
sieve in the bottom, pour boiling water
on ttlis and as soou as it passes through
it is fit foe use aud If not used i'm
me&ia.ely should be placed where
1t will SIMPLY keep hot and bot
boil We give this not Cor the beneit Of
bygsensts, for they will not use coffee;
but to those who still feel they must
take coffee, we would say, If you must
have it make it ID the best way.-Journ-
al Of Health.
BLs.ls CHING DEsCoLoRssD Flannel
1t is found by Prof Artus that fan
eel which had become yellow by lying
for soace time, when treated with a solu-
ton Of one half pound OF Marseiiles soap
in fifty pounds CT soft water with the
Additions Of one-third of an ounce Of
ammonia. and subsequently, r;nsed, is
! much i,3proved IN appearance. The
bleaching Is more quickly accom- plished
by soaking the article an hour In Gil
ate solution Of acid suphite of soda,
then stirrieg In dilute hydrochloric acid
! CITY parts water to one Of acid, cover
ing the vessels and allowing it to remain
! d quarter OF an hour, add afterward
tfsoroughIy riese the articles.
Fire anG " ater- Proof Paint Slack
81 one lime by patting into tub, covered
60 keep IN the steam; when Stacked pass
the powder through fine sieve. and to
every SIX quarts add quart Of rock salt
and gaaEon of water; then boil and
skim CT ,ae7 to every Eve gallons Of the
LIQUID a. q pulverIZ4d a!um one pound,
pulverize,.l eopperas half pound and
stir slowly, add powdered potash three
quarters of pQuud, then very fine sand
or hickory asl. YES four pounds; then use
any coloring 10 after desired, and apply
with brush. Il Aooks better theu any
ordinary paint, ud is durable as slate:
viii stop small il AXIS In roofs, prevent
"a oss from growing thereon. makes it
incombustible, and re ndsss brick imper-
yiouS to water.
Facts Worth Rememl Ncrlng FOR re-
moving grease spots fro u any fabric,
use ammonia nearly pure. tllan.lay white
blotting paper over the 50. 1t, and iron
tightly.
In removing ink spots fron delicate
colors, when oxaIic acid or ca 'on de OF
lime cannot De used without il jun to /
the color. a concentrated solution of So
dunn pyrophosphate Is recommended
To Clean Cashmere II the ordinary |,
soap Is employed, the valuable sba Wis
and fabrics of cashmere will be injure
or spoiled by the a!kali l; contains. and
it will leave them, at any rate, much
less pliable and veIvety than they are
when cleaned after the manner Of the
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