Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-12-06
HOUSEHOLD.
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Chicago boasts Of the most econoz
mic young lady in the west. Whsh
she WISHES her face shealways lauSns
s ms not to have so faucl acc 10
wash.
In Michigan one farmer in eachone
hundred raised only five bushels "
wheat this year per acre, while tWo
in each one hundred raised over
thirty bushels per acre.
CRACKER PuDntNG.-Split a dozen
crackers in halves, lay the surface
placing over with raisins,
the halves together again w
tie up closely in a cloth, and Dol,
about twenty minutes in milk anu
water: r with a rich sauce.
Pork oAKE.-one pound Of fat salt
pork chopped fine, X cups OF boiling
water poured over the pork, TWO
pounds of raisins, currants and CIT,
ron. two cups of sugar, eight cups OF
-four, one tablespoonful soda, anu
cloves and cinnamon to taste.
For WASHING RED TABLE LINEN
Use tepid water, with a niue
powdered borax, which serves to set
the color; wash the linen separately
and quickly, using very little soap
rinse in tepid water containing q lit-
tie boiled starch; hang to dry IN u
shade, and iron when almost dry.
The skin of a boiled egg is'the most
efficacious remedy thatcan beapplied
TO a boil. Peel it carefully, cut a
little hole in the center, for the head
of the boil, wet and apply TO the
part affected. 1t will draw OF the
matter and relieve the soreness IN a
few hours.
A patent nutmeg crater and an
ounce of nutmegs will keep a restless
child busy and happy half q day
turning the tiny crank, While the
grated spice, carefully preserved rom
the air in a tin box, is a real help
when one is hurried with cooking.
Since the hustle has been discarded
sashes have taken its place. The
draperies are drawn up on the sides,
but behind the hips rather than upon
them. and there are but few loops IN
the back, the requisite fullness beng
given by a sash of soft quality and
tied in long floating loops and ends.
When the figure is slim the sash IS
tied in smooth foldsaroundthe waist
of n basque that has fullness on the
shoulders and is shirred to the waist,
but with those who T too stout to
look well in shirred waists the basque
is smooth and the sash is tied and
set on behind.
Set a pitcher of water in the apart
ment, and in a few hours it will
have absorbed nearly all h erespired
gases in the room, the air of which
will have become purer, but the wa
ter utterly filthy. The colder the wa
ter the greater the capacity to con-
tain these gases. At the ordinary
temperature a pail of water will abb
sorb a pint of carbonic acid gas and
several pints of amonia. The capac-
ity is nearly doubled by reducing thu
water to the temperature of ice.
Hence the water kept in a room ioi
a while is unfit for use.
Thirty yards of cotton cloth may
be bleached in fifteen minutes by ons
large spoonful of sal soda and one
pound of chloride of lime dissolved
in soft water; after taking out the
cloth rinse in cold soft water SO that
il may not rot. The color of French
linen may be preserved by a bath in
strong tea OF commonhay. Calicoes
with pink or green eolors will be
frightened if vinegar is put in the
rinsing water, while soda is used for
purple and blue. Ifit is desired to
set colors previous to washing put a
spoonful OF OK gall to a gallon OF wa
ter and soak the fabrics in the liquid.
Colored napkins are put III I've before
washing to set she color. The color
of black is treshened if it is put in a
pail of water containing a teacupful
oflyc.-Good Housekeeping.