The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-25

breakinto il or get it sticky. Work about
20 minutes; put in a bowl, cover closely
and put in a warm place. Mix about
noon for evening baking. An hoar be-
fore baking work as before, make into a
loaf or rolls, let rise and bake.-Grdnge
Bulletin.
VENTILATIoN.-As houses are gener-
ally made, it is better to draw down the
Upper sash of q window, for the reason
that the warmest air, particularly dur
ing the winter, collects near the ceiling,
and injuriois matters are carried up
into it from the floor. Drawing down
the sash will afford a double meaus OF
ventilation; permitting the warm and
noxious air at the top to escape, and the
outer air to enter at the bottom of the
sash through the lower one. When the
weather is cold, it is not necessary the
upper sash be lowered much an inch or
two would be sufficient for a room of the
average size-that is fourteen or fifteen
feet square. A room which is used for
the general assembling of the family,
what is called a li~ving-room, should not
be less than that in dimensions.
WASHING FLtID.-Dissolve in a gal
Ion of hot water one pound of concen-
trated lye, one-half ounce salts tartar,
one-half ounce liquid ammonia; when
cool, bottle for use. Soak the clothes
over night; wiring out and add a cup of
the fluid to boiler of water; put in the
clothes ard boil one hour rub them as
much as is necessary. and rinse well in
two waters, with a little bluing in the
last. But little rubbing is necessary,
and this method will certainly save
clothes, time and labor. Lace curtains
may be washed in the same way. Starch
them and press out all that is possible in
a towel; pin sheets on the carpet;
spread out the curtains carefully, shap-
ing every scallop on the sheets; pin
them in place and leave them until dry.
INCORPORATION to put upon the meat
will prevent the bacon bug which pro-
duces shippers from laying its eggs in
the meat, and covering with canvass is
troublesome. The best hams are these
which hang in the smoke-house just as
they are cured till wanted for the table.
They must have air, and therefore to
wrap them up in cloth and paint it works
injury to the quality and flavor of the
meat. The right plan is to keep the
bugs from the meat, not the meat from
the bugs. Knowing the habits of the
insects enables us to do this pretty effec-
tually, as it hybernates in the soil of the
smoke-house floor in winter, comes oui
a full-grown bug in March end April
lays its eggs in the bacon, which hatch
the shippers that we find in summer an6
fall, and then goes out and dies. Better
remove the dirt of the floors and replen
ish with fresh soil and lime before spring
work begins to push and the lug awakel
from its winter sleep.
EVERY good housewife knows thai
an iron kettle used for heating water
/, that holds lime in solution, will in s
J short time become coated with that sub
stance. This being a poor conductor o
| heat, it will of course take a lOngertim'
to heat the water than when the kettle
: was new. Copper or tin vessels do no
!. become coated with lime. The reason j
y that iron has an affinity for lime, Will
Q the other metals have not. But thi
affinity can be overcome by coating tn,
inner surface of the vessel with a; CON
q pound of tanDic acid and iron which j
8 insoluble in water, and will not precip.
tate lime. This is easily done. Take
new tea-kettle and put a handful of ne
bark into it, fill it with water and kee
it boiling for two or three hours, film
@ it from time to time as the water boll
/ away. The iron will get q jet blac
e coat of tannate of iron and will be proc
n against lime. Care must be taken tbs
r the kettle does o boil dry and becom
heated to redness. A heat a little belo
that point will destroy the coating.
the lime can be fully removed from a
e old tea-kettle it can be coated in til
q same manner as a new one, but will n
p quire a longer time, and perhaps it wi
+. be necessary to repeat the boiling two {
three times.-EndidnG Former.