Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-10-19
FAMILY SCRAP BASKET.


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An Interesting Computation af HsnssA sia
Pact and fancy.
II Is recommended To freshen salt hsh
BY soaking them in sour milk.
A salt ham should be soaked over
night in pls,..y at soft water previous
10 boiling.
Eat only pure food. drink only pure
liquids think only pure thoughts. and
keep your blood pure.
II is said that kerosene will soften
boots and shoes that have been hard
ened by water. aud make them pliable
as new.
Corks may be made air and water
tight by keeping them for tive minutes
under melted parafiine. They must be
Kept down with wire screen.
The best whitewash for cellar Is
made of lime and water only. The ad-
ditiou Of other things hiuders the pur-
pose OF Keeping the cellar pure and
healthful.
In picking cucumbers for putting
down Ia brine. II is best TO leave
small portion OF the stem adhering to
prevent withering aud insure perfect
keeping.
To set delicate colors In embroidered
handkerchiefs. soak them ten minutes
previous 10 washing in a pail Of tspid
water. In which desertspoouful of
turpentine has been we'll stirred.
Coffee pounded In mortar and
roasted on an iron plate. sugar burned
on hot Goals. and vinegar boiled with
myrrh and sprinklcd on the floor and
. furniture OF sick room are excellent
deodorizers
10 cleanse porcelain snuce-paus, fill
{ them half full OF hot water and put IN
the water tablespoonful of powdered
: borax and let IL boil, II this does not
: remove all the stains. scour well with
a cloth rubbed with soap and borax.
, Stains OF vegetable colors. fruit. red
e wine aud red ink may be removed from
I white goods by sulphur fumes or chlo-
rine water. On colored cottons and
r woolens. wash with lnkewarm soap lye
4 or ammonia. Silk the same. but more
n cautiously.
A hammock pillow 10 IA addition
o considered necessary 10 complete the
1 furniture OF gardsn in city or country
Q turing the summer. killed with down.
d hair. or the odorous twigs Of the pine.
il is covered with the gay striped tick
Il ing used by the manufacturers Of avn
n ,ngs.
= Canaries are often famished for fresh
N cool water. You see bits of sugar. and
A. sponge cake and cracker tucked all
- about the wires. while the drinking
m sup will be empty, or filled with dirty
Y water that no bird with respect foi
NJ itself will touch. Have bath tub. too
4 that is large enough tospread Its wings
IN aud splash.
N A formula for cream candy: Bea
:. the whites OF four eggs TO stiif froth
T. add one tablespoonful Of cold wate
~ aud flavor 10 the taste. Stir togethe
Of little and then add confectioner.
Of (pulverized) sugar till stiff enough u
knead like bread. Then mold in shap
aud add your nuts, either on top o
inside.
"a A glue which will resist the actio
H. OF water Is made by boiling a pound G
glue In sufiieiency Of Skinned milk
,d foamake IA strong glue for inlayin
- aud veneering. taxe the best ltgh
Il. brown glue, free from CLOUDS 0
streals. dissolve IL In water. and !
-. every pint add one-hali gill OF the bes
nd vinegar and one-half ounce Of isinglasi
n A new source Of intoxication ha
been discovered. II Is simply dry Tea
or eaten. OF course. before IL Is sieeped.
ba produces an agreeable effect at iirs
ha but indulgence finally causes sleeples
ness. disorderly impulses and deliriun
bo NozA fexUnmg1ona hase already bee
---se.ss.a tosgave contracted this dead
=, form Of the tea habit.
- The following Is recommended !
IN English writer for cleaning zin
., Clean OF all old paint, and apply II
a following mixture; In sixty parts
40 water dissolve one part chloride
d, copper. one part nitrate of copper. os
y. part sal-ammnniac. and ona part h
y, dro-chloric aeid. Brush the zinc os,
with this, which gives IL n deep blae
ho leave IL Ia dry until next day. and II
=, then ready for painting. The be
q, paint 10 Use is prepared yarnish pal
- which can not be surpassed for tenaci
a, aud durability. Good Housekeepiu