The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-29
Wrinkles For Housewives.

So much information about every
thing is now SO easily obtainable that
there is little excuse Tor enduring many
Of the small domestic worries to which
housekeepers and others are often SUBJ
jected. Why, for instance, need any
one b inconvenienced by damp cup
boards when we read that a bowl of
quicklfme placed therein will speedily
absorb the moisture.
Flies are familiar nuisance; but
We are told Of foreign remedy in lau-
rel oil, which, better than glass fly
catchers and others, will not only rid
% Of these pests, but preserves look
ing.glasses and picture-frames when
coated with it.
It il not frequenters of restaurants
only who wonder why the simple pre-
caution Of throwing red pepper pods
or q few pieces of charcoal into the
pan-said to prevent odors from bOil-
ing ham, cabbage, etc.-is not oftener
Observed. Cooks are further reminded
that in roasting meat. salt should not
be- put upon the joint before it is put in
the oven, as salt extracts the juice;
and that lime water will improve the
condition of old potatoes in boiling.
Economy in housekeeping would be
facilitated by the better observance of
what are known in common parlance
as wrinkles. For example, why
purchase inferior nutmegs when their
quality can be tested by pricking them
with pin? If they are good the oil
will instantly spread around the punc-
ture. It is worth recollecting that bar
soap should be cut into square pieces
and put in dry place, as it lasts bet
ter after shrinking. If we wish to keep
lemons fresh for some time we have
only to place them in a jar of water
and change it every morning. In Sc
lecting -four we are advised to look to
the color. If it is white, with q yellow
ish straw-color tint. we should buy it;
but it it is white, with a blush cast, or
with black specks, we should refuse it.
A deal Of breakage among glass and
crockery can be prevcr led by the sim
pie precaution Of placing lamp-chim-
neys, tum blers and such articles in
pot filed with cold water, to which
some common table-salt has been
added. Boil the water well, and then
allow it to cool slowly. When the ar
ticles are taken out and washed, they
will resist any sudden changes of tenn
perature.
Grape may be renovated by thor
oughly brushing ali dust from the ma
terial. sprinkling with alcohol and
rolling in newspaper, commencing
with the paper and Grape together. SO
that the paper may be between every
portion Of the material. Allow it to
remain so until dry.
A better plan for removing grease
spots than by applying a hot iron is to
rub in some spirit of wine with the
hand until the grease is brought to
powder, and there will be no trace of
it Every school-boy is not aware that
ink spots can be removed from the
leaves of books by using q solution Of
oxalic acid in water; nor does every
housemaid know that ''spots" are cas-
ily cleaned from vanished furniture
BY rubbing it with spirit of camphor.
Marks on tables, caused by leaving
hot jugs or plates there. will disappear
under the soothing influence of lamp
oil, well rubbed in with soft cloth. fin
ishine with little spirit of wine or
eau-de- Cologne. rubbed dry with an
other cloth.
1t is worth while keeping supply Of
ammonia in the household, in case we
wish to remove finger-marks from
paint or require TO cleanse brushes or
greasy pans. A teaspoonful in basin
Of warm water will make hair brushes
beautifully white; but care must be
taken not to let the backs OF the
brushes dip below the surface. Rinse
them with clean warm water and put
in sunny window to dry.-Chamoers'
Journal.