Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-03-25

warm put in the furs few moments,
then air them and dip into strong vine
gar; then slick them off and hang UP
to dry. Hides should always be well
handled. The dye can be made strong
er and brushed on if not dark enough.
1 give this just as it was written to me.
LACE WoRK.-Wash blonde lace can
be made into tides and toilet cushion
covers at little expense and they are
very handsome. Three-eighths of a
yard of lace, at thirty-seven and o half
cents a yard, will make three tides,
or two tides and one toilette cover.
Linen floss A No. l, one skein, and a
yard and half of imitation Cluny edg-
ing, at eighteen cents per yard, com
plete the needed material. Darn the
lace in scroll patterns, diamonds and
the like, marking it off into space of
three inches, by running the floss
through the meshes of the lace in lines
Of three rows of floss. Sew the edging
all around it, and the tidy or toilet
cover is completed with little expendi-
ture Of either time or money. One
advantage is that they will wash and
iron as. good as new
For CLEANING SILVER WARE.-Wa later
IN which potatoes have been boiled
exercises remarkable cleaning inhu-
ence upon silver ware of all kinds,
especially spoons that have become
blackened by eggs. Even delicately
chased and engraved articles can, it is
said, be made bright by this method,
even better than by the use of the ordi-
nary polishing powder, which is apt to
settle in the depressions, requiring par
ticular care in it's removal.
DESTROYING WORMS IN FLOWER Pors.
"A thin layer of sharp silver sand not
only looks nice spread over the earth in
pots of plants, but is also a specific
against worms in the soil.
REMEDY FOR SORE THRoAT-Take
one large red pepper, such as are grown
for family use steep it in half a pint
of water. after which strain in a quart
OF molasses, adding little vinegar !;
boil all together to a thin syrup ; use
this whenever the throat feels dry or
disagreeable if it should be in the
dead of night, it will soothe the throat
(and not irritate) and warm itup well. If
sharper than can be borne in the mouth,
put it back near the palate with a spoon
and swallow apply outwardly a thin
slice of salt pork, warming it up well in
little vinegar andpepper apply as hot
as can be borne on the throat fasten
the bandage that holds the pork over
the head to draw the inflammation up,
not about the neck, as most people do,
SOFT Soap AND VINEGAR FOR THE
HANDs.-A correspondent says " Our
men in the shop use soft soap to re-
move the grease and dirt from their
hands when they quit work This, they
find, causes cracks to come but if they
dip them i'll vinegar just after washing
with soft soap, their hands will remain
soft and smooth, and any cracks on the
hands will Immediately heal up" In
the ordinary careless manufacture of
soft soap, there is apt to be sometimes
an excess of alkali or I've above that
necessary for complete saponifcation.
This has a caustic action on the skin.
making it rough and otherwise injuring
it. After using soap of this kind, wash
ing III vinegar removes the excess of
alkali from the hands. Vinegar, being
an acid, combines with the alkali, form
ing neutral and soluble salt.
INDELIBLE INKS. cheapest ma
terial for marking linen, is coal tar. di-
luted with benzine to the proper con-
sistency. Another inexpensive pre-
scrlption is t, place iron or old nails in
strong vinegar let them stand many
days, and filter the liquid. Another
way is to take equal quantities of YER
million and copperas, and rub them up
with oil varnish, The first and last
preparations have to be used with a fine
brush the second with common pen.
CURING BEEF AND HAM.-Fore every one
hundred pounds of beef, seven pounds
of salt two ounces of saltpetre one
and half pounds of brown sugar four
gallons of water The hams and beef
for drying may be taken out after four
weeks. To keep the meat after warm
weather, the pickle will have to be
boiled ...-
CLEANING LACE.-Point, or any kind
of fine lace, may be cleaned easily by
soaking it in preparation of sapoline
and warm water. If this is not procur-
able, ammonia may be used with al
most equal effect. Let it soak till fit to
rinse In pure warm water then lay it
on the ironing board, over clean linen,
and iron lightly on the wrong side with
cool iron. Afterward pin the lace on
the linen-covered board, inserting a pin
in every open loop to keep the pattern
clear.
STAINS FROM L1NEN.-To restore linen
that has long been stained, rub the
stains on each side with wet brown soap.
Mix some starch to thick paste with
cold water, and spread it over the
soaped places then expose the linen
to the sun and air, and if the stains
have not disappeared in three or four
days, rub off the mixture and repeat the
process with fresh soap and starch.
Afterward dry it, and wet it with cold
water and put it into the wash.
Profitable Tree Planting.
1t has been feared that Peruvian
bark, from which the various prepare