The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-24
Wrinkles For Housewives

80 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 sub
jected. Why, for instance, need any
one be inconTenienced by damp cup
boards when we read that a bowl of
| quickiime placed therein willie speedily
absorb the moisture.
Flies are familiar nuisance; but
we are told Of foreign remedy in lau-
rel oil, which, better than glass fy-
catchers and others, viii not only rid
US OF these pests, but preserves look
1ng-glasses and picture-frames when
coated with it.
1t Is not frequenters of restaurants
ly who wonder why the simple pre-
sutton OF throwing red pepper pods
OF few pieces of charcoal into the
pan-said to prevent odors from boil
| ing ham, cabbage, ctc.-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 pune
ture. 1t 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 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 Yellow
ish straw-color tint we should buy it;
but if it is white, with a blush east, or |
with black specks, we should refuse it. |
A deal of breakage among glass and |
crockery can be prevented by the SIM
pie preeaution of placing lamp-chim-
neys, tumb blers and such articles in a
pot filled 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 all 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 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 solution of :
oxalic acid in water; nor does every
know that spots are cas-
ly cleaned from vanished furniture :
BY rubbing it with spirit of camphor.
Marks on tables, caused by leaving
lot jugs or plates there, will disappear q
lndcr the soothing influence of lamp
1il. well rubbed in with soft cloth, fin |
shing with a little spirit of wine or I
,au-de-Cologne, rubbed dry with an a
)ther cloth. /
1t is worth while keeping a supply of e
in the household, in case we
wish TO remove inger-marks from e
,aint or require to cleanse brushes or
,reasy pans. A teaspoonfui in a basin |
# warm water will make hair brushes |
beautifully white; but care must be 5
AIKEN not 10 let tho backs of the
ruShes dip below the surface. Rinse Il
hem with clean warm water and put v
a sunny window TO dry Chambers b
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