The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-09-13
Things Worth Knowing.

SOFT S0AP.-Dissolve one pound ofpot-
ash in two gallons of hot water; then
add two pounds Of clean melted grease
while stirring. Set aside, and IN few
days you will have excellent soap.
Good USE For SOAP-sUDs.-Save
your washing suds for the garden. IF
they are poured over the roots of the
plum trees they will kill the curculio;
if turned at the roots Of geraniums,
roses, etc, they will enhance their beau
ty tenfold.
OLD CHAIRs.-To restore the. elasticity
of cain chair bottoms turn the chair bot
tom upward, and with hot water and
sponge wash the cane; work it in well. so
that it will be well soaked let it dry in
the air and it will be as tight and firm
as new, provided none of the canes are
broken.
IRCNING.-To iron smoothly, purchase
few cents worth of beeswax, and rub
it over the leaves of a thin pamphlet
which have been heated by a hat-irOn
Keep it with the irOning-sheet and blan-
keJ, and when the haJ-irons are to be
! used, rub them over the waxed surface {:
| then wipe gently on a soft cloth. Shirt
! hosoms can be easily ironed in this man
ner.
] FRUIT STAINs.-To remove fruit stains
| let the spotted part of the cloth imbibe
/ Il little water without. dippiDgit, and hold
| the part over two or three lighted
| birthstone matches at a proper distance.
! The sulphurOus gas which is discharged
soon causes the spots to disappear. Or,
all bright cOlOred fruit stains can be re-
moved by scalding in clear, boiling water
before any soap is applied.
REMEDY FOR WHOOPING COUGH.--
Take half an ounce each of spirits o
hartshorn and oil of amber; mix then
we'll together; every night and morning
auOint well the palms OF the hands, li
of the stomach, soles of the feet, arm
pits, and the backbone. As long as the
ointment is being used do not allow the
parts Amounted to be washed, the back o
the hand may be washed, but not the
palm care must be taken afterward no
to take cold. This cannot injUre the
smallest infant. Keep the bottle wei
corked.
TOMATO CATsUP.-Cut one peck O
ripe tomatoes in halves, boil them in {
porcelain kettle until the pulp is all dis
solved, then strain them we'll through
hair sieve and set the liquor on to boil
adding one ounce of salt, one of mace
one tablespoonful OF black pepper, one
teaspoonful of red pepper, one table
spoonful of ground cloves, five of grOunC
mustard; let them all boil together for
five or six hours, and stir them most o.
the time. Let the mixture stand eight
or ten hours in a cool place, add one pint
of vinegar, and then bottle it; seal the
corks and keep in cool, dark place.
II.
of nice apple sauce (strained through 8
colander) put cup of white sugar, ia
blespoonful OF butter, a teaspOOnful Of
cinnamon, pinch of salt and little es
sence of lemon; beat the yOlk of fOul
eggs light, and add to the apple sauce
Fill the crusts and bake a light brown
no upper crust--then cover with a mer
ingue of the four whites beaten with foul
tablespoonfUls of powdered sugar. Sif
a little powered sugar over the top and
brown lightly. Peach pies made in the
same way are delicious.
TOMATO FIGs.--Take six pounds o
sugar TO one peck Cor sixteen pounds) o
the fruit scald and remove the skin o
the fruit in the usual way cook then
over a fire, their own juice being suffi
ciont without the addition of water
until the sugar penetraJes ana they art
clarified. They are then taken out
spread on dishes, fattened and dried il
the sun; q small quantity of the syrup
should be occasionally sprinkled ovel
them while drying; after which pacl
them down in boxes, treating eacl
LAYER with powdered sugar the svruI
| is afterward concentrated and bottled
tor use; they keep well from year t,
vear, and retain surprisingly thei
favor, which is nearly that of the Des
quality of fresh figs; the pear-shapeC
or single tomatoes answer the PurPos.
best, ordinary brown sugar may be used
a large portion of which is retained il
syrup.