The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-11-30
HOUSEHOLD

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Hang up the brooms they win
last longer.
The best thingto clean tin-ware is
common soda; rub on briskly with n
damp cloth, after which wipe dry.
TO protect children's clothing from
fire; Add one ounce of alum to the
last water used in rinsing clothes.
This renders them uninfiammable.
A simple remedy for a disordered
stomach is salt and water. Allow a
teaspoonful of salt to a glass of wa
ter, and drink.
A little borax put in the water in
which scarlet napkins and red-bord-
cred towels ire to be washed will
prevent them from fading.
A peck of powdered charcoal in
shallow dishes in a cellar will absorb
much of the bad smell, and a bushel
of lime much of its dampness.
A tallow candle or piece of tallow
wrapped in tissue paper and laid
among furs or other garments will
prevent the ravages of moths.
Never treat superiors with servility
or interiors with arrogance. Speak
as kindly to a day laborer as to one
occupying a high position.-Good
Housekeeping.
Horse-radish cut in thin stripes
length-wise and q dozen or more OF
these stripes placed on the top of
each key of pickles will keep them
from becoming stale or mouldy.
To clean porcelain saucepans fiji
them half full of hot water, and put
in the water a tablespoonful pow
dered borax and let it boil. If this
doesnot remove all the stains scour
well with a cloth rubbed with soap
and borax.
Never hang a picture so that it
will be necessary to mount a step
ladder to view it. Hang it so that
the center will be about five feet and
q half from the floor, a little below
the line of vision of a person of ave
age height.
A physician in the American Mag
azine, illustrating the evil custom of
talking to an invalid about his
pains, says that nee he requested a
mother to mark a stroke upon a
paper each time that she asked q
sick daughter how she was. The
next day to her astonishment, she
made 100 strokes. A three-mOnths'
visit away from home was pre-
scribed.
KEEP THE CoFFE-PoT CLEAN.-NOt
even milk-pans require more scrupu-
lous care than the coffee-pot. 1t
may be rinsed after each time of
using. and yet be far from clean.
There is an oily property about
coffee which adheres in spite of rims
ing out, and the pot must be daily
washed mot rinsed) scalded and
dried.
Analysis of steamed and boiled
potatoes have been published which
seem to establish the fact that the
former are more nutritious than the
latter. In the process of boiling, the
vegetables give up considerable por-
tiOns of nutritious salt, while they
also take up more water than when
steamed, and become proportionally
weaker.
Here r a few points to be con-
sidered in cake-making. When you
paper a square tin, cover the ends
first, then lay in a strip to paper
the bottom and sides, as using only
n piece makes too many wrinkles.
For a round tin, cut out a circle and
slash down the sides. This will be
found to lie more smoothly than
folding. Always turn a cake out on
to a cloth, as it is liable to stick
when hot to a board or a plate.
Angel cake should be bakedin mod
crate oven and handled about like
sponge cake. When cake is mixed
run a knife around the edge of the
dish and mix in thoroughly all the
bits of dough. If they are scooped
into the baking tin without thorough
mixing, they will make heavystreak
in the cake. When making anything
with sour milk, add the soda last or
put it in last, so as to save all the
e~fervescence.