The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-17
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

l. WIN llHSctu gum anu ulOlutu iutO VI
It namentation for furniture. Whel
vanished, it is handsome and NOR
h durable than carved wood.
!. Turpentine in small quantities ma,
g be used with advantage in the laundry
n but rosin, which is usually found il
soap, is injurious, discoloring som
goods and shrinking woolens.
When a knob comes off a door han
; die, you can fasten it on again by fill.
= ing the cavity in the knob with sui
: phur, then heat the iron end of tho
handle which goes in the knob just
: hot enough to melt the sulphur, put
the knob in and let it cool. 1t will be
firmly fixed in place,
A novel way of mending a wooden
dress, in which a round hole has been
torn, and whore only a patch could
remedy matters, is as follows: The
frayed portions around the tear were
carefully smoothed, and a piece of the
material. moistened with very thin
mucilage, was placed under the hole.
A heavy weight was put upon it until
it was dry, when it was only possible
to discover the mended place by care
full observation.
A solution of oXalic acid has been
used for removing ink stains from
cotton, linen, or the fingers, but it is
attended with the danger Of injuring
textiles and the skin. A much safer
and better treatment of ink or rust
stains consists in the application of
two parts of powdered cream of tar
tar and one part of finely powdered
oxalic acid. Shake up the ingredients
well together and apply the powder
with a dry rag to the dampened stain.
When the spot has disappeared the
part should be very well washed.
To boil rice properly you must first
wash out all the dried starch from
among the grains, not by soaking it in
a bowl of water as is usually done, but
by letting water run over and through
it, in a seive. To half q pint of rice
put Il pint of cold water and a heaped
t%easpoonful of salt into the saucepan.
The moment it begins so boil take the
lid off the saucepan; let it boil very
fast but do not stir it. When holes be-
gin to appear in the top it is done.
Turn out in a buttered dish and keep
hot in the oven. Every grain should
be distinct by this process.
After tea has been stepped in boiling
water over five-sixths of the valuable
constituents are extracted. at the
end of ten minutes the leaves are al
most entirely exhausted. Prolonged
infusion gives no additional strength
to the liquid, but it does cause the loss,
by voiatilization, of the flavoring prin-
ciples. Hard waters are to be pre-
ferred to soft waters in the teapot, as
the hard waters dissolve less of the
tannin out of the leaves. The bearing
of these laboratory results on the art
Of making a good cup of tea is OBJ
yious.
A seryiceable article of q mothers
nursury outfit is an apron made of q
straight piece of goods-muslin. oino-
ham, or any suitable material that is
on both Substituted upward at
he bottom to the depth of about ten
inches, and stitched vertically at inter-
yals, so that pockets are formed, into
which scissors, thimble. cotton, or
whatever one has in hand can be drop
BED at a moments notice, when it is
necessary suddenly to cast ones work
side. This will not only prevent
dangerous plaYthings from falling into ]
hands, but save the trouble of {
ollecting scattered work materials. I
Cut a piece of pasteboard eight I
inches square and four triangular S
'ieces, one side of each being eight
nches long. Cut also the same num- c
er of pieces of thin cardboard. Cover
he ~pasteboard neatly with olive satin. c
the cardboard with bright rose 7
olor, and sew together. Take a strip G
f olive satin. one and one-half yards t
ing and three inches wide, and one b
f pink /; sew on each edge, trim and e
hirr- Sew one edge Of the puff to v
he edge of the square board and the a
triangular pieces paint or en-
a little spray of flowers or an Fl
litial, and bows of ribbon at the cor e
ers. +
To make q very handsome cover for ii
parlor or library table procure Il sufii- a
emily large square of dark felt, and s.
order it with old gold plush half the "
idth of the material, which will be 2
bout eleven inches. Cut large leaves g
ON three sides of o%live-green plush
nd apply upon the old gold plush, ar Il
them without much apparent W
lethod, to look as if carelessly scat Il
red upon the fabric. Sew the leaves is
4 with common sewing-silk in but a
stitch. The long nap of the O.
laterial will readily lend itself to the q
)ncealment of the stitches used in APP W
lying. No fringe will be neces- re
Try, but three plush balls can r.
, added to each corner of the
9th. II,
1t is not sufficiently known that ST
hen coffee beans are placed upon hot sc
,als or on a hot plate the flavor aris- fo
G is one of the most effective, and at di
Ie same time agreeable disinfectants. h,
no heat is disposable, ever the &c
Reading of ground coffee on the OBJ fir
ct to be disinfected, even if it be a re
.daver, is most satisfactory. Some bl
urnals announce this as a newly dis flu
'vered fact, but it appears by inves-
cation that it was well known by as
rises and housewives forty years ago, al
lille some members of the medical M
ofession became only convinced of CT