The Red Cloud chief., 1879-12-11
Miscellaneous.

i ilttlc cream. SEASON..
miscellaneous.
To Clean Black Cashmere: Wash
wafer; rinse in hluing water-yery blue
and iron while damp. II will look
equal To new.
A bit If glue, dissolved in sweet,
skinned milk and water, will restore
old Grape. Use a sponge and m"i>tcn
thoroughly; press, with warm iron. wet
cloth and soft brush, same ~ You do
y~elyctS.
To Shrink Flannel: Put the new
flannel into clean cold water, and keep
il for a fortnight, changing the water
six or seven times. then wash well IN
warm water and soap la get rid of the
oily matter. The flannel will neither
get hard nor shrink after that.
A good composition for rendering
boots proof against snow and wet, can
Ice made IF n part mutton tall"w AMI
two parts bccSwaN. melted together. IL
should he applied Ia the leather AT night.
and then wipe off the boots with a bit Of
colored flannel the next morning OF
course it will he more difficult To- make
boots thus treated take a good polish,
hut after a few times they will he ~ >uS-
ceptible of a brilliant polish A. ever
To Cure Hams: Cover the bottom
of the caSk or barrel with coarse salt
put i'm the hams with the skin side down
and sprinkle over fine salt. Place in an
other laVcr Of hams and ~ on until al
are in. Make i brine according to the
following proportions: Nine pounds Of
salt. four pounds Of brown sugar, three
ounces of Saltpcter and one ounce If
Saleratus Ia six gallons Of water. Boil.
skim, and when cold pour into the ca>k
until the hams are entirely covered. Let
remain in this pickle three months.
TO Cleanse CalicoeS, French Lawns,
MuslinS and CambricS: Mix i've cupfulS
IF wheat bran in cold water till a smooth
paste: then stir it into one quart If soft,
boilin" water. Let ii boil half an hour,
then strain and add to it four or five
more quarts of soft war; water or
enough to wash "A dress in. Use no soap.
for the bran answers all the cleansing
purposes of soap. The water should
not he much more than milk warm and
perfectly clean. Add a tablespoonful of
salt if there Is black in the dresses or
any color that may run Rinse thor
oughly in only water. No starch is
needed. but if one thinks il desirable
Use 4 little white glue-water, not hot.
Whether to soak the clothes over
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ton with Housewives. Where pure els
tern water can he had il i doubtless an
advantage, but 10 soak clothes in hard
water sets the stains rather than re-
moves them, and river water. unless
filtered when drawn off in quantities. -
4 rule, contains So much mud that il i
apt Ia streak the clothes soaked in il for
any considerable time. Wringers are a
blessed invention on the whole. although
hard on buttons. But iiannelS should
not be passed through them. Is they rub
the wool up into little hard maps.
Clothes should. If possible, be dried in
the sun and in the open air. and "never
Yet did housewife notably greet with a
smile a rainy washing day" But when
Monday Is rainy. it Is not always con-
venlent 20 postpone the weekly wash.
In that case. sheets and any other large
white pieces which are not to be starched
may be hung out in the rain, which will
bleach rather than injure them. Ii pos-
Sible, hang the smaller pieces in an I'M
used room up stairs, when the rest may
usually he disposed of by hanging II
night on lines stretched across the kitch-
en-. where the heat of the fire viii dry
them before morning. Blankets ought
never to be washed in rainy weather.
Select a bright summer day for the work.
and let il be done and through with.
Have two people To wiring them. and
stretch and pull them carefully when
putting on the lines. Then pull and
fold them dry. and put under press in
stead of ironing.