Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-02
Household Hints.

TO prevent moths in carpets, wash
the floor, before laying them, with spir-
it's of turpentine or benzfne
WHITE clouds can be easily washed
by carefully basting them on to flannel
or cotton cloth, then squeezed thor
oughly. Rinse in lukewarm water,
shake carefully, and hang up to dry.
They can be cleansed by rubbing them
smartly in -four, and afterward shaken
or hung in brisk wind.
CUcUMBnRs in the early part of July
are luxury, and eaten in moderation
are not unwholesome. They should al
ways be picked early in the morning,
when the dew is on them. Gathered
later In the day, under broiling sun,
they are wholly unfit to eat. Ghis is,
no doubt, one reason why they are con-
sidered unwholesome by many per-
sons.
loo great care of the health at this
period of the year cannot be exercised.
Because few days are open. bright
and warm, all the windows of the house
should not be thrown open, the fires put
out, or hannels thrown aside. It is
better to cit on the safe side, and en-
dure the trihing discomfort, than by free
exposure to invite pneumonia and other
diseases common during the damp
weather Of a late spring.
BEETs are excellent prepared in the
following manner: A small teacupful of
vinegar Cf very strong reduce with wa
ter), tablespoonful of butter, the same
of white sugar, lite salt and pt PIPER,
teaspoonful of cornstarch dissolved
in water and added. Stir all together
until thickened by boiling; it should be
like thick cream when done. Have the
sliced beets in small saucepan on the
stove. Pour the dressing over, stirring
carefully. Send to table very hot, in a
covered dish.
HUNDREDS of children have fallen
victims to scarlet fever in this city dur
ing the past three months. Concerning
the treatment of this disease, an emil
nent physician says that he does not
fail in efecting cure more than once
in a hundred cases, by giving the pa
tient warm lemonade with gum arabic
dissolved in it. A cloth wrung out of
hot water and laid upon the stomach
slCrla renew ed as rapidly as it be-
comes cool. To this simple treatment
the most obstinate cases seldom TAIL to
succumb.
IT must be small yard that has not
room enough for one vine, and every
farmers family should have all the
grapes they can eat and some to give
away. Those who grow for market will
not look here for advice. The univer-
sal grape, corresponding in popularity
to. the Bartlett among pears, is the
Concord. Everyone can grow it, as
cutting of two or three buds is very
sure to make plant. Many others can
be raised in the same way, while some
must be started under glass. Buy only
one-year old vines. Cut back to two
or three buds, and let only one shoot
grow.
MANY persons are in the habit of
freshening mackerel or other salt fish,
and never dream that there is a right
ard wrong way to do it. Any person
who has seen the process of evaporating
going on at the salt-works, knows that
the salt falls to the bottom. Just so it
is in the pan where your mackerel or
whiteish lies soaking; and, as it lies
with the skin down, the salt will fall to
the skin and there remain, when, if
placed with the flesh side down, the
salt falls to the bottom of the pan, and
the fish comes out freshened as it should
be. In the other case it is nearly as
salt as when put in.