Smyrna times., 1879-05-07
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Have plenty Of crash towels in the
kitchen: never let your white towels or
napkins be used there.
Never leave out yohr clothes line over
night; and see that YOUR clothes pins are
ali gather into basket.
Walls which have been used for medicine
should be put into cold ashes and water,
boiled, and suffered to cool before they are
riuscd.
a bit of singlass dissolved in gin. or
boiled in spirits Of wine, will make strong
cement for broken glass, china and sea
shells.
Court plaster is made OF thin silk, first
dipped in dissolved isinglass and dried,
then dipred several times in white Of an
egg and dried.
4 good houSekperer never allows her
carpet broom to he used for sweeping the
ontside stairs or yard; keep Il coarse broom
for this purpose.
A little salt sprinklcd in starch while it
is boiling. tends to prevent it from stick
ing; it is likewise good to stir it with
clean spermaceti candle.
Keep an old blanket anl sheet on rur
po>c for ironing; have rlcntv of holdc,e
always made that vour towels may not hp
burned our in such service.
Keep heavy stone on your rorl; keep
it down; in the summer this stone is an
excellent place to keep fresh meat on
when you are afraid Of il spelling.
When moasses is u>ed in cooking It ie an
Improvement to boil and skim II before
you use it. II takes out the unpleasant.
raw taste and makes it almost as good as
sugnr.
Glass vessels in a cylindrical form may
be cut in two by tying around them a
wor,ted thread. thorough V wet with spirits
Of turpentine and then setting fire to the
thread.
If you wish to clarity sugar and water
that II are about to boil, it is we'll to stir
in the white Of an egg while cold il put
in after II hollis the ecE i apt to get
hardened before it can do any good.
Soap your dirliest clothes and soak them
in warm water over night. Us. hard soaI
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wastes good deal in washing clothes.
In winter set the hau,l}r OF your rurui
as high rs possible Lei, re Won 60 to ted.
Except in very cold weather, this keeps
the handle from freezing. When it is ex.
;remely cold throw rag or blanket over
the pump.
Have all the good bits of vegetables and
mests collected after dinner and minced
before they are act away, that they may he
in readiness to make little savory mince
meat for supper or breakfast. Take the
skins off potatoes before they are cold.
Lime pulverized, sifted through coarse
muslin, and stirred up tOlerably thick in
white of eggs, makes strong cement for
glass and china. Plaster Of paris is still
better. particularly for mending broken
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stirred up by the spoonful, as it is wanted.
A few potatoes sliced, and boiling water
poured over them, make an excellent
! preparation for cleansing and stitfenlng old
rusty black silks. Green tea is also excel
lent for this purpose. 1t should be boiled
ia iron, nearly cupful to three quarts.
The silk should not be wrung, and should
be ironed damp.
The lemon syrup bought at stores can be
made at home much cheaper. Take a pound
of Havana sugar, hoil it in water down to a
quart, drop in the white of an egg to
clarity it, strain it, add one,quarter of an
ounce of tartaric or acid. If you do not
find it sour enough after it has stood two
or three days add more Of the acid. A few
drops of oil Of lemon improve it.