River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-23
ferred his hens TO the orchard, and kept them
there until the plums were ripe.


| HINTS AND HELPS.
| Fish will besr more seasoning than meat
Vinegar will clean the mica in the stove
| doors.
Tepid milk and water clean oil-cloth vVithout
soap.
To prevent food from seorching place a dis b
/ or water In the oven while baking
Spirits OF turpentne or a small quantity of
bar soap improves the lustre Of stove blacking.
Siolasses is also added 10 backing to make il
adhere better.
Hash, 10 be good-and it can be good must
not stew and simmer. and simmer and stew,
but be heated through as quickly as possible
and sent to the table at once
q Never serve potatoes, boiled or baked whole
in closely-covered dish They become sod
den and clammy. Cover with a fold ed napkin
that allows the steam TO escape, or absorbs the
moisture.
Keep goslings and young ducks away from the
ponds until they are fedged.
Wheat chat, wet and mixed with bran and a
little salt makes good feed for sheep.
To take iron stains out OF marble an equal
quantity of fresh spirit of vitriol and lemon
juice being mixed in bottle, shake wen, wet
the spots and in few minutes rub with soft
linen till they disappear.
To wash a fine cambric handkerchief, en-
5rOidered in cOlored siiks, so that the c0l0rs do
not run, the secret is to wash in a soap lather
very quickly, wiring thoroughly, and then iron,
so that II dries At once. There should be no
soaking. and the embroidered corner should be
kept out Of the water as much as possible A lit
tie alum in water will make the process more
Bar soap shoHld be cut into square pieces
and these should be put into a dry place, as
soap lasts better after dying
IL git frames, when new, are covered with
coat of yarnish, all specks can be washed of
with water without harm
To make good tea, Seald teapot well, add
one teaspoon tea, for each cup, pour on a little
boiling water, and steep five minutes, but
entreat you, II You desire good cup OF tea do
not let the tea boil. Boiling injnres tea.
Rancid butter may be recovered and sweeten-
ed by washing and kneading it well first in new
milk, and afterward in cold spring water, buty-
ric acid, on which the rancidity depends, being
freely soluble in new milk. The above recipe
has been found 20 answer perfectly.
Wooden hose should be soaked all night, and
washed in hot suds with beef's gall, tablespoon
ful TO half pail Of water. Iron the wrong
side.
II is said two parts tallow and one of resin,
melted together and applied to the soles OF new
boots OF shoes as much as the leather will absorb,
will double their wear.
Woodwork strongly imsregnated with tung-
state OF soda or silicate of soda-by treatment
in strong aqueous solution OF these salts-will
be found TO be quite uninflammable
Is instantly arrested by the application of equal
parts of common salt and bicarbonate Of soda,
well rubbed in on the place bitten stung.
standing antidote for poison by dew, poison
oak, ivy, etc, is to take handful of quicklime,
dissolve in water, let it stand half an hour then
paint the poisoned parts with it,. Three ar four
applications will never fail TO cure the most
aggravated cases.
TO prevent juicy pies from boiling over, some
housekeepers resort 10 this device. Cut vent
in the centre OF the upper crust and insert a
piece Of writing paper rolled up in the form
OF a cornucopia, into which the juice rises
during the process OF baking. In the case of
deep dish pies, insert small teacup in your
pie dish, and cut vent in the crust Much OF
the juice will be gathered under the cup
To eradicate grease. Take of soft soap and
fulleI's earth half pound each; beat well to-
getLer in mortar and form into cakes. The
spot, after being moistened with water. is rub
bed with the cake and allowed to dry, when il
is well rubbed with little warm water, and
rinsed or rubbed of clean.
In the case OF injuries by acids, such as
vitriol, Eitric acid, etc, the application OF an
alkali will neutrslize the acid Whstever may
De at hand, soda, limewater, a handful of com
mon earth, may be spread over the affected part
Water may be used freely before the alkali il
applied, because it reduces the acid by dilution