The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-02-13
rsEErL pOMEsTIC HINTS.


Weigh and measure all purchases when
they are brought home.
Raisins should not be bought in large guam
titles, as they are Injured by time.
A few drops of ammonia in water will
thoroughly cleanse the dirtiest brush or comb.
Candles improve by being kept three or
four months, and are better, therefore, if
bought by the box.
To test nutmegs prick them with pin; if
they are good the oil win at once spread
round the punctum.
Reaches are fond of flour paste, and il ten
cents worth of PHOSPHORUS is stirred into it
with a stick, they will die while eating it.
MoIasses should be kept in a cellar. New
er keep pickles in glazed ware, as the vinegar
forms a poisonous compound with the glaz-
ing
Cheese soft between the fingers is richest
and best, and should be kept in box in a
cool, dry place Wipe of the mould with
dry cloth.
Common house flies may be destroyed by
feeding them with ground black pepper and
sugar. as much as will lie on dime, moist
ened with two teaspoonsful Of cream or rich
milk. They eat il, seek the air and die out
of doors.
CIinkers which not infrequently break the
CRATE of a stove may be removed from these
and range backs by throwing half dozen
oyster shells irto the fire when the coal is
all aglow and covering them with fresh coal.
When all are red hot the clinkers become
doughy, and are easily taken out.
Cover shelves with paper or bits Of oil
cloth There is a peculiar kind of moth that
infests furniture alike in winter and sum-
mer. Ordinary remedies onot disturb them.
Whisl and beat the furniture with the hand
frequently, as they do not like to be disturbed.
To make cloth waterproof, take of pow
dered alum and of sugar of lead each one
ounce, and stir them into gallon of rain
water, and when the mixture IS clear, pour
of the upper liquor. Choose Scotch trocel
or any light closely woven cloth, and put it
into this liquor twenty four hours then dry
and press it. The cloth will be unhurt in
color or texture and will turn any amount
OF rain to which the bearer is likely to be ex-
posed.
One great addition TO work and consuming
of time in a house is bare flooring. | mean
unpainted flooring which is always an ex-
travagant arrangement IN many public in
stitutions, where there is plenty of help, i
have noticed that every exposed plank Of
floor and stairway was painted. Every
house keeper can apply one Of Lucases' gloss
paints for herself and thus save much un-
necessary scrubbing Two hundred and six
teen and two seventeen are warm. cheerful
colors. y othng more than mOpping out is
then neeessary-a child can do this. The
French understand the folly of bare unpaint-
ed flooring.
y bottle Of ammonia or hartsbOTne III
house is nearly as useful as soap, while its
cheapness puts it within reach of all. Puts
teaspoonful Of ammonia in quart of warm
soapsuds dip in flannel cloth, and wipe
off fly-specks. and dust, and see how much
labor it will save. twill cleanse and bright
en- silver wonderfully in pint Of suds mix
a teaspoonful Of the spirits, dip in your sill
Yer spoons forks, etc. rub with brush and
polish with a chamois skin. In washing
windows it Is useful. 1t will take out grease
spots from every fabric put on the ammonia
nearly clear, lay blotting paper on the place,
and press q hot flat-iron on it for few mo-
ments. If you want house plants to be flour
ishing or bloom, mix few drops in the water
you pour over them, doing SO only once in
five or six DAYS