Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-09-26
DOMESTIC SCIENCE.

FRESH meat, after beginning to sour,
will sweeten if placed out Of doors in
the cool air overnight
KEROSENE will soften boots or shoes
which have been hardened by water,
and render them as pliable as new.
BLUE ointment and kerosene mixed
in equal proportions, and applied to
bead-steads, is an unfailing bed-bug
remedy.
BOILED starch is much improved by
the addition Of little sperm, or little
salt, or both, or little gum arabic dis
solved.
SALT will curdle new milk; hence in
preparing milk porridge. gravies, etc,
the salt should not be added until the
dish Is prepared.
PEOPLE snore because they lie with
their heads thrown back, and there is
consequently a dropping of the under
jaw. To break the habit, sleep with
the mouth closed and the chin low.
Persons may outgrow disease and be-
come healthy by proper attention to
the laws of their physical constitutions.
BY moderate and daily exercise men
may become strong in limb and
muscle.
RELATIVE to changing the clothing,
We consider it hazardous to lessen is
amount after dressing in the morning,
unless active exercise is taken immedi-
ately. No under garments should be
changed for lighter ones during the
day, ordinarily. The best, safest and
most convenient time for lessening the
clothing is in the morning, when we
first dress for the day.
RoACHEs.- Patience and perseverance,
are required to get rid of this yermin,
when 1t once takes up its abode in a
house. Insect powder and borax are
specific poisons to drive them away.
Paris green, deadly poison also to
human beings. will kill them when
sprinkled on their bodies.
EGG OINTMENT oil obtained
from the yolks of eggs is credited with
wonderful healing properties in cases
of bruises, cuts and the like, by some
of the eastern nations. The eggs are
first boiled hard, when the yolk is
| easily removed. Crushed and care
! fully stirred over a hot fire, the oil
separates when it is ready for use. The
eggs of water fowls have the most oil,
but that obtained from the eggs of the
common guinea hen is considered best.
BEANS EoR WINTER USE gather
them the same as though / was cooking
them.-Spread out on a cloth, and dry
in the shade, where the wind can blow
on them. They are better if the bean is
large in the pod.-Soak the night be-
fore cooking them. Put on quite early
in the morning, for it takes longer to
cook them than fresh beans; try them,
sister, and see if they are not good. |
will close by asking some one to tell
me how to put up pickles like we buy?
BLACK SILK-How TO CLEAN.-The
durability of black silks leads us to the
necessity of their frequent cleaning,
and an excellent way to do this is as
follows: Peel about two potatoes, slice
them thin, and pour one pint of boiling
water on them. Leave it standing four
hours. When ready for immediate
use, put IN about a quarter of a teacup-
full Of alcohol. Sponge the silk we'll on
the wrong side, rubbing any shiny spots
with care.-Then roll it tightly around
a thick pole. This renews its freshness
and cleans it well. Do not use an iron.
CLEANING A BRUSSELS CARPET.-As the
season is now approaching when car
pets must be handled, the following will
prove of interest to the numerous
readers of the BaHim0reun: First have
the carpet we'll shaken, then tack it
down i'll the room where it is to remain;
sweep it as Thoroughly as possible; take
a pail of hot water, put in two table
spoonfuls of pulverized borax; wash
the carpet all over the surface, using a
flannel cloth. For grease spots or very
dirty places, use a scrubbing brush
freely, and a very little soap, taking
care to rinse the soap off we'll after
scrubbing; change the water quite
often; rub the carpet we'll with dry
cloth after washing, and open doors
and windows so as to dry the carpet as
quickly as possible.
USES OF STALE BREAD.-lIake Dressiqq
for M9at-Crumb it fine; turn hot broth
over it; season, add butter and we'll
beaten egg, or more, according to
quantity. Moke Bread Pudding-S Soak
two hours in sweet milk, then beat
eggs, sugar and spices, and bake. I
sometimes add fruit. Make Biscuit
Soak over night in sour milk; mash
fine with the hand; mix in your bis
cult for breakfast, adding salt, lard and
soda. They are better than without
the stale bread. Make Pancakes or Gems
Soak over night in sour milk, add
we'll beaten eggs, corn meal, or
graham flour, to make a batter; add
soda and salt, and bake on a griddle, or
in gem-pans, Crum fine and put them
in the next omelet you make Toast
your bread. Set pan of milk on the
stove, but do not remove the cream
from it; add butter and salt; dip the
bread in this, and send to the table for
supper or tea.
PRESERVING FRESH GRAPES. fol-
lowing method, among many that have
been recommended for keeping grapes.
has proved highly successful with those
who have adopted it. Cut the fruit,
WR9sR FULLY jJlIlllXXly iOf Shelves Or tables, in
cool, dry room, for q few days, two to
six according to the weather, the object
being to dry up the seams little.
Cut clean, dry rye straw in straw
cutter about an inch long, and cover
literally the bottom Of a suitable tight
iointed box or other vessel, on which
place layer Of fruit, not too deeply;
then cover with straw literally, and
lay fruit on it again; and so proceed
with the packing of straw and fruit al
ternately. This done they require only
a cool place, with as little moisture as