Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1885-12-31
JOB UOEtK,
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.


The latest China sets are all Of oval
or oblong shapes.
Mortar and paint may be removed
from window glass with hot sharp
vinegar.
A good way TO clean an iron sink Is
to rub we'll with q cloth wet in kerr
osene oil.
Glaze tho bottom crust OF fruit pies
with white Of an egg and they will
not get soggy,
10 keep tinware nice and bright
scour II every two or three weeks with
finely sifted coal ashes.
Goods that have been injured by
whitewash may DO restored by wash
ing Immediately in strong vinegar.
Polished floors and bright, warm
rugs give oheerfulness to an apart
ment and add perfect sense of clean
illness.
Strong brine may be used TO adj
vantage in washing bedstoads. Hot
alum water is also recommended for
this purpose.
To bake pies to u lino brown, dip
clean white cloth in fresh cream and
brush lightly over tho top crust be-
for placing in tho oven.
To keep new iron pot from rust
ing, each time You put II away, after
using IL, give II good rub over with
little grceso that has no salt in L.
BY rubbing with q damp flannel
dipped In the best whiting, tho brown
disooloration may DO taken off cups
in which custards have boon baked.
Boxes for holding slippers or odds
and ends may bo arnamented with
thin cheese cloth, covered with wool.
on lace the shade of the beudoir cur
tains. ~
Colored cheese cloths produce
charming draperlcs at very small
cost, Whom tho edges Of curtains
are finished with fluffy tassels q pretty
effect Is produced.
Carpets should bo thoroughly
beaten on the wrong side first, and
then on tho right side, 30 as TO leave
II fresh. Spots may DO removed by
the uso of OK gall or ammonia and
water
Sardinos should not be served In
the original tin boxes. Lay them
carefully into n maiolica or porcelain
sardino dish and garnish with ondIye
leaves or the small heart leaves of
lettuce.
Tho rug system OF floor covering Is
strongly recommended rs more
healthy, cleanly ana easily managed
than carpets OF course tho floors
must be IN good condition, aud neatly
and nrtistcally painted.
Halt tcaspoonttl each Of sugar
and cream OF tartar, with littlo
iavoring stirred into u third OF tum.
bier OF water, with half toaspoonful
of soda added Just before drinking,
viii frequently correct aoidity Of tho
stomach,
bath bags" nro late Paris fancy.
They consist of bag containing
half a pound of bran, some meal and
little powdered soap. Tn wettng
and pressing, lather Is produced,
and tho bag becomes soft pad for
rubbing purposes.
IL Is said that lump Of bread about
the size OF n French billiard ball. tied
up In linen bag and inserted in the
pot which bols vegetables will alb
sorb tho gases which oitentlmes send
such an insupportablo odor TO tho
regions above.
At present low bookcases are very
much used, They are very conyonl-
| ont; tho top may DO used for display
ing bric'a- brac on n level with tho oyo
The cases are made OF hard wood.
such ms oak, cedar, mahogany, etc.
[The Painter.
Writing upon tho subject of fish, an
authority says 10 Is often spoiled by
tEo mode in which 10 il served. Carr
nishng hot fish with cold parsley r.
abominablc, and equally bad Is slicoN1
lemon on every fish. A really fine
fish is never improved by sauce or
"Hxiugs.n
1t Is frequent complaint that corn
Is cooked too long. IL should be pop
ped into pot OF boiling water-no
salt and lott there Tor ton minutes,
the water being kept at full boil.
napkin till needed. Longer boiling
hardens the milk in tho kernel and
renders 1t much less digostible.
A specially az ono OF the New Eng,
land seaside resorts last summer was
''dcyled sardines, Tho recipe for
them rs thus given; Take eight or ten
sardines, drain them from the Oil and
then cover thoroughly with French
mustard and cayenne Then broil or
fry them lightly in butter or oil, and
serve on thin strips Of slightly buttered
tonst.
Put the white Of an egg into two
tablespoonfuls Of cold waiter, cut IL
few times with knife, lot IL stand
for half an hour, and then add little
milk. Persons with very weak diges-
tionS can take this with benefit; with
out the milk, it can generally DO
taken when the stomach rejects all
else. A spoonful Of liquor with sugar
and nutmeg viii mako very palata.
Bile drink.
IL is stated by d,ctctic publication
that baked milk possesses extraorsu
binary properties OF nouriek4snn ut -
consumptives and invahds "A
This is the way TO prepare
quart Of good milk into j.
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