The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-10-29
Dots on Economy.

can pay easily Tor groceries aud meat
and buy in quanfics Instead ofsingle OF
by the pound. the amount saved is even
greater than On dry goods. After
housecleaning-spring and fall-buy a
stock of groceries that will keep for
half a year, thereby saving money and
the embarrassment OF having to borrow
when you suddenly find yourself out
at an inopporiu"e time. Eggs care.
fully packed tor winter use are We !
worth buying in the fall when they are
cheap. Butter, too, and coffee, tea
chocolate, sugar, spices, extracts, cur.
rants, raisin-. baking powder, soup
bluing. starch, canned fruits, dried
fruits, (Which are cheaper and much
more wholesome when we'll cooked)
rice, hominy, sage pearl barley, fariua,
split peas, beans. dried corn, molasses,
vinegar, oatmeal, corn.meal, graham
-four, buckwheat. and numerous ether
articles; these will, if we'll taken care
for, keep an indefinite time. Then too,
stove polish, securing brick, sil:er pol
ish, brooms, etc., can be added to the
list. A six months stock laid in at one
time will cost nearly ope-fourth less
than if bought in small quantities and
at various times. One must pay for
all the -four sacks, paper bags and box.
es that hold small amounts; even the
Irvine parcels are tied with comes out Of
somebody's pocket. Before you do it
however, unless you have large
store-room. light and dry, think twice.
1t should be supplied with all sorts of
mice and fly proof receptacles for hold
ing various things. Don't even attempt
to poke all these things away in corn.
ers and dark closets in the wrapping
papers. Destruction and dire disaster
would surely follow; for, let me tell
you, unless these things are we'll cared
for, there will be nothing saved. Can.
ned fruit, vinegar, eggs and bluing
should be put where they cannot freeze.
Dried fruits, raisins and currants. in
glass or stone to keep moist and away
from flies. An oil tin boiler is an
excellent thing to hold dried fruits,
They can be left in paper sacks, es.
pecially if they are examined occas-
ionally, and heated in the oven if there
is the smallest signs of worms. Be
careful you do not scorch them, they
are ruined if you do. Hominy, farina,
peas, ETC., empty out of the little paste
board boxes they come in, into an old
tin pail, or something you can cover
securely from the mice. Soap and
starch put into box; sugar into we'll
cleaned butter firkins covered; coffee
and tea to keep their strength better in
tin, air tight boxes or cans. The care
of clothing is fully az important an
item in the economical management of
household expenses. Careful folding
and busting after using garments is a
great saving in lustre and torn; also a
decided distinction made between those
you wish 70. best, and seconnd best is
another mode to prolong the beauty of
wearing apparel. If carelessly worn,
how quickly garment will, be fitted to
perhaps an ungainly form, baggy and
shiny. 1t is so with working aronnd
the kitchen in ones best dress. An
apron does not altogether save it. Two
minutes will change it for one you care
less for. Rugs spread over the carpet
in wiuter where they receive the most
wear, though not always artistic in APP
pearance, are certainly worthy and
simple means to make them last
longer. Crocheted tides or covers for
lounge or large covered chair in the
sitting room, answer an admirable pur-
pose in keeping clean. They wash
and wear well made of turkey-red oil
boiled cotton or fine seine Irvine, or a
strip of brown Turkish toweling pin
ned on with safety pins is pretty and
durable for covers A crumb cloth is
indispensable in a dining room. For
every day wear, dark blue, or red table
cloths with a small, white, fringed tea
cloth spread under the mats where the
meat, gravies, and vegetables are serv-
ed, make a table look neat; and a
spread thus protected (the tea cloth or
large napkin can be changed often as
twice week will do service for a
month. Silver wears better if kept
bright. Electro Silicon is one of the
best polishes made for that purpose.
Burning kettles and tins when cook
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