The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-27
USEFUL HINTS.

SALT fish are quickest aud best fresh
ened by soaking In sour milk.
Fish may be scaled much easier by
just dipping into boiling water about "a
minute.
BLUE ointment and kerosene MIXED in
equal portions, and applied to bed
steads, is an unfailing bug remedy.
WHEN clothes have acquired an I'M
pleasant odor, by being from the air..
charcoal laid in the folds will soon re-
move it.
THE eruption caused by: contact with
poison ivy may often be quickly relieved
by thelocal application of "blue stone,
which is sulphate of copper. Z ieBb
To HARDEN your feet battle them fire.
quentlyy In water to which five or six
drops of fannie acid have been added.
A strong decoction of oak bark Is also
good to harden the feet. a
A CHARMING and inexpensive manner
of decorating panel on the wall, or HE
pier between two windows, is to cover.
the space to be ornamented with tulle, Z
the mesbes of which are as large as pos
sible. This at short distance does7not
hide the painting or the paper on the
wall, and it makes an excellent ground
work on which autumn leaves and ferns
can be pinned to form very ornamental
designs.
A SIMPLE insecticide can be made "a
follows: Place quantity Of water sufIi-
cient for use In kettle to boil put IN
all the alum it will dissolve; when boil
ing hot, with brush apply the solution
to all cracks, closets, bedsteads and 9TH
er places where insects are found. Ants,
d-bugs, cockroaches and creeping
things are killed by it, while there Is no
danger Of poisoning the family or injur-
ing the property.
UNDER no circumstances should
matches be allowed to "lie around
loose" on mantlepiece or shelf. What
are known as parlor matches light
readily, and are as much more danger
ous than the common matches as they
are more convenient. The general stock
should be kept in tin box, which is not
70 be opened or taken from except by
the master or mistress of the house.
For each room where matches are used
there should be metal match safe of
some kind, and the matches are to be
kept in that and nowhere else.
How TO DETECT ADULTERATED Cor
FER.-Ground coffee affords field for
adulteration, and for this purpose chic
DRY, carrots, caramel, date-seeds, ETC.,
are the substances most commonly used.
Take q little of the coffee and press it
between the fingers, or give it a squeeze
i'll the paper in which it is bought; If
genuine it will not form coherent mass,
as coffee grains are hard and do not
readily adhere to each other but if the
grains stick to each other and form a
sort of "cake, we may be pretty sure
of adulteration in the shape of chicory,
for the grains of chicory are softer and
more open, and adhere without difficulty
when squeezed. Again, if we place
few grains in saucer and moisten them
with little cold water. chicory will very
quickly become soft like breadcrum BIS,
while coffee will take a long time to
soften. A third test tako q wine-glass
or tumblerful of water and gently
drop pinch of ground coffee on the
surface of the water without stirring or
agitating genuine coffee will float for
some time, while chicory or any other
soft root will soon sink, and chicory or
caramel will cause yellowish or brown
ish color to diffuse rapidly through the
water, while pure coffee will give no
sensible tint under such circumstances
for considerable length of time. "Cof-
fee mixtures" or "coffee improvers'
should be avoided. They seldom con-
sist of anything but chicory and cara
mel. The Sdnitdridn.