The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-10-11
FAMILY SCRAP BASKET.
An Interesting Compilation of Househ,s
Fact and Fancy.

An Interesting Compilation of HousehAId
Fact and Fancy.
1t is recommended to freshen salt fish
by soaking them in sour milk.
A salt ham should be soaked over
night in plenty of soft water previous
to boiling.
Eat only pure food, drink only pure
liquids. think only pure thoughts, and
keep your blood pure.
1t is said that kerosene will soften
boots and shoes that have been hard
ened by water, and make them pliable
as new.
Corks may be made air and water
tight by keeping them for five minutes
under melted paraffine. They must be
kept down with a wire screen.
The best whitewash for a cellar is
made of lime and water only. The adj
dition of other things hinders the pur-
pose of keeping the cellar pure and
healthful.
In picking cucumbers for putting
down in brine, it is best to leave a
small portion of the stem adhering to
prevent whitening and insure perfect
keeping.
To set delicate colors in embroidered
handkerchiefs, soak them ten minutes
previous to washing in a pail of tepid
water. in which desertspoonful of
turpentine has been well stirred.
lol I'D
roasted on an iron plate, sugar burned
on hot Goals. and vinegar boiled with
myrrh and sprinkled on the floor and
furniture of sick room are excellent
deodOrizers.
TO cleanse porcelain sauce-pans, fill
them half full of hot water and put in
the water tablespoonful of powdered
borax and let it boil If this does not
remove all the stains. scour well with
cloth rubbed with soap and borax.
Stains of vegetable colors, fruit, red
wine and red ink may be removed from
white goods by sulphur fumes or chic
rine water. On colored cottons and
woolens, wash with lukewarm soap lye
or ammonia Silk the same, but more
cautiously.
A hammock pillow is an addition
considered necessary to complete the
furniture of garden in city or country
during the summer. Filled with down,
hair, or the odorous twigs of the pine,
it is covered with the gay striped tick
ing used by the manufacturers of avn
ings.
Canaries are often famished for fresh
cool water. You see bits of sugar, and
sponge cake and cracker tucked all
about the wires, while the drinking
cup will be empty, or filled with dirty
water that no bird with respect for
itself will touch. Have bath tub, too,
that is large enough to spread it's wings
and splash.
A formula for cream candy: Beat
the whites of four eggs to stiff froth,
add one tablespoonful of cold water
and flavor to the taste. Stir together
little and then add confectionery
Cpulverized) sugar till stiff enough to
knead like bread. Then mold in shape
and add your nuts, either on top or
inside.
A glue which will resist the action
of water is made by boiling a pound of
glue in a sutficiency of skinned milk.
TO make a strong glue for inlaying
and veneering, take the best light
brown glue, free from clouds or
streaks, dissolve it in water, and to
every pint add one-half gill of the best
vinegar and one-half ounce of isinglass.
A new source of intoxication has
been discovered. 1t is simply dry tea,
eaten, of course, before it is stepped. 1t
produces an agreeable effect at first,
but indulgence finally causes sleepless-
ness, disorderly impulses and delirium.
Not a few persons have already been
found to have contracted this deadly
form of the tea habit.
The following is recommended by
TN English writer for cleaning zinc:
Clean off all old paint, and apply the
following mixture: In sixty parts of
water dissolve one part chloride of
copper, one part nitrate of copper. one
part sal-ammOniac, and one part n.y.
dro-chloric acid. Brush the zinc over
with this, which gives it deep black;
leave it to dry until next day, and it is
then ready for painting. The best
paint to use is prepared varnish paint
which can not be surpassed for tenacity
and durability.-G Good Housekeeping.
WHY FLOWERS SLEEP.
One of the Most Curious Phenomenons of
Plant Life.
That flowers sleep is evident to the
most casual observer. The beautiful
daisy opens at sunrise and closes at
sunset, whence its name-''days eye."
The morning-glory opens it's flower
with the day. The ''John-go-to-bed-
l.