The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-06-30
USEFUL HINTS.

STARCH paste, IA little thicker than for
clothes, is the best for fastening paper
loosened from the walls.
WHEN YOU begin cleaning house take
the upper rooms first. Take things
easy-a room day. The work will last
longer, to be sure, and so will you
In frying cakes when you take them
out OF the tat lay them on a clean piece
OF coarse brown paper. The paper will
absorb much OF the lard.
To HANG BRooMs.-A large picture
ring screwed into the top OF the handle,
is the incest thing made by which to
hang up broom. A strong screw with
a small head should he placed in the
wall at a proper height to receive it.
To Remove STAINs.-A little salera-
of linen, will remove stains from cups
and other articles of table ware. 1t will
Also remove spots from marbleized oil
cloths, and many stains from tinware.
For pin-cushions in daily use the
hem stitched and fringed doyleys Of
monte cloth, either white or gray, en-
broidered in outline stitch in English
silks are used; the designs are usually
humorous, and, if original, so much the
better. The desirability of such covers
lies, of course, in the fact that they can
often be washed.
HAVE You A ScRAP-BOoK EVERY
farmer should keep book in which to
paste agricultural scraps. Every one in
reading paper will see a number of
things he will wish to remember. lie
will IS
which he will desire to test, or hints
which he will desire to be governed by
in future operations, and yet, after read
ing the paper he will throw it down and
probably never see it again. In such
case all the valuable articles will be lost.
To prevent such loss, every reader
should clip from the papers such articles
as he desires TO preserve and remember,
and paste them IN a scrap-bOok. SUCH
a book at the end of year or two will
be very interesting and valuable.
CoUNTERPANE and SLAMS IN CRAZY
STITCH. work in "Crazy stitch" the
stitches must be an inch in length and
of different colors, no two stitches of the
same shade being allowed to touch. Use
as many needles al you have colors, do
not fasten your stitches, but leave half
inch ends To each thread on the under
side where they must be touched with
thick gum to secure them. 1t is not
absolutely necessary that your pillow
covers and sheet overlay should be made
of new material. The corners of linen
sheets, that have become worn in the
middle, will last very long time, as
they do not need frequent washing. If
you like colors on your bed you can
make border of colored stripes edged
with lace and put in around the center
of linen, taking off the border when the
center is washed.
CLEANING BLACK SILK.-The Partisan
method of cleaning black silk is great
improvement over any other known. 1t
is as follows The silk must be thor
oughly brushed and wiped with cloth,
then laid fat on a board or table, and
well sponged with hot coffee, thoroughly
freed from sediments by being strained
through muslin. The silk is sponged
on the side intended tc show it is
allowed to become partially dry, and
then ironed on the wrong side. The
coffee removes every particle of grease,
and restores the brilliancy of silk with
ont imparting to it either the shiny APP
pearance or crackly or paper stiffness
obtained by beer, or indeed any other
liquid. The silk really appears thick
ened by the process, and this good eff
feet is permanent. Our readers who
will experiment on an apron or a cravat
will never again try any other method.