The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-06
OLD SCRAPS.


To boil potatoes successfully: When
the skin breaks, pour off the water and
let them finish cooking in their own
steam.
Steel. knives may be saved from rust
ing by being rubbed with mutton tallow,
wrapped in paper, and put into baize-
lined chest.
CELLARS thoroughly treated with
whitewash made yellow with copperas
will not be considered desirable habita-
tions for rats and mice.
Ir is said two parts tallow and one of
resin, melted together and applied to the
soles of new boots or shoes, as much as
the leather will absorb, will double their
wear.
CHAPPISG of the hands, which is one
of the most disagreeable Inconvenience
Of coldssyeathaE. can. be easily prevented
hy fuhling siie hS with powdered
starch
WOODWORK strongly impregnated with
tungstate of soda or silicate of soda-by
treatment In strong aqueous solution of
these salts-will be found TO be quite
uninfammable.
To brown sugar for sauce or puddings.
put the sugar in perfectly dry sauce
pan. If the pan Is the least bit wet, the
sugar Will burn and you will spoil yOm
saucepan.
HoUsEKEEPERs viii find that zines may
be scourged with great economy of time
and strength by using either glycerine
or creosote mixed with a little diluted
sulphuric acid.
GLUE frequently cracks because of the
dryncss of the air in rooms warmed by
stoves. An Austrian paper recommends
the addition of little chloride of calcium
to glue TO prevent this.
WHEN washing fine laces do not use
starch at all; in the last water in which
they are rinsed put a little fine white
sugar, dissolve it thoroughly, and the
result viii be pleasing.
BRUSH silk with piece of cotton velvet
rolled up tight. For washing, pour a
pint of boiling water on a tablespoonful
of alcohol Let it stand till tepid, and
sponge the goods with it.
SILK neckties can be washed in rain
water, to one pint of which add tea
spoonful of white honey and one of
hartshorn. Do not squeeze but let them
drip. and when nearly dry press between
folds of cloth
A CERTAIN cure for a felon is to wind a
cloth loosely about the finger, leaving
the end free Pour In common gun
powder till the afflicted part is entirely
covered. Keep the whole wet with strong
spirits of camphor.
AFTER buttering your cake-tins scatter
n little flour over them and the cake is
absolutely certain not to stick to the tin.
If your oven IS likely TO bake hard at the
bottom put paper in the bottom of the |
tin. Butter it well first
NOTHING is better to clean silver with |
than alcohol and ammonia; after rubbing /
with this take little whitening or a soft
cloth and polish in this way; even frosted
silver, which is so difficult to clean, may
be easily made clear and bright.
WHEN water has once been made to
boil, the fire may be very much lessened,
rs but little heat is required TO keep it at
n boiling point There is no advantage
whatever In making water boil furiously;
the heat will escape IN steam, without
raising the heat of the water
To fix pencil marks so they will not
rub out, take well skinned milk and
dilute with an equal bulk of water
Wash the pencil marks whether writing
or drawing) with the liquid, using a soft
fiat camel-hair brush, and avoiding all
rubbing. Place it upon flat board to
dry.