New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-08-28
HOUSE AND FARM
Useful information.

! Useful Information.
a good way to test the purity Of milk !:
Dip we'll polished knitting needle into
the fluid; if the milk is pure some ofit
will adhere to the needle, bur if water
has been added it will not.
Silk stockings should be washed in
cold water, with soap, nrinsed in cold wa
tor, laid flat on a fine towel, rolled tight.
y until dry, aud rubbed with a piece of
flannel to restore the gloss.
tits estimated that there is invested in
the dairy industry in this country, a total
capital Of $1,450,0oO,Ooo. YOfthat amount
$3.50, 100000 i, in cows, $9o0OOo,0o0 in
land needed for their support, and~$1O0,
100000, in teams, dairy implements
etc.
Cutters cement, for fastening the.
blades Of dinner knives IN their ivory
handles, consists of resin,. four parts;
beeswax, one part; brick dust. one part.
Fill the hole in the handles with the ce-
mont, heat the tang Of the blade, and
press in.
Slices Of a inicy lemon are used with
brisk rubbing by the Indian jewellers
for cleaning silver. The article is then
covered with the slices Tor few hours,
swilled in water, stirred IN hot soapsuds,
and brushed, washed and dried mo waste
of silver results from this treatment.
The practice Of pressing on the edge of
razor in stropping soon rounds it, the
pressure should be directed to the back
which should never be raised from the
strop. Ifyou shave from heel to point OF
the razor, strop it from point to heel, but
it you begin with the point in shaving,
then strop it from heel to point.
Dingy dresses can be bleached and
made into something @serviceable and
( pretty, Let them be washed and boiled in,
/ hot suds until all the color posslblesis.ex
tracted, then finish the job by scalding in
I've and washing in suds and laying cut
on the first young grass. Good prints,
and otner articles of dress are frequently
cast aside because they are faded, but
they may be made to render good service
by this mode of bleaching.
To clean off the ugly scratches left on
paint by lighting matches upon it, cut
sour orange or lemon Ii halt; apply the
cut half to the marks, rubbing3for mo-
ment quite hard; then wash them off with
clean rag, dipped first in water to nois-
ten it, and then in whitening Rub well
with this rag, dry thoroughly, and nine
times out Of ten the ugly marks will van
ish. OF course, sometimes they are
burned in so deeply that they cannot be
eradicated VIA ast{1Ea
To Make Good Coffee. French cooks are
famous for the excellence # their coffee.
which they make SO strong that one part
of the liquor requires the addition Of two
parts to reduce 1t to. the proper strength.
This addition is made with hot milk.
The large proportion Of hot milk, in ,the
place of SO much warm water, gives the
coffee a richness like that made by the
addition OF cream in the ordinary way.
BY this means any housekeeper5 DESTROYS
of making good coffee can have il with
out cream.
Every piece Of horse radish grows; if
we take a piece Of root aboutEan inch in
length, about the size OF large bean, and
put it an inch below the surface of the
prepared ground, a short piece will come
TO the surface and form a crown, and an
other portion will descend and probably
work to form a root; but instead of that,
if we make a hole a foot or so deep in the
ground with a dibble and let the little
pieces OF root drop TO tie bottom, clean
straight sprout will come uplto the sur
face and this will in time nGake as clean
and thrifty a market piece as could be
desired. es4,s 3s