Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-16
HINTS TO HOUSEkEEPERS.

HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS.
To whiten yellow piano keys, rub
them with sand paper, and finish with a
piece of channels.
A STRIP of flannel or a napkin wrung
out of hot water and applied round the
neck of child that has Group will usual
ly bring relief in ten minutes.
SPRUCE pillows which have lost their
fragrance may be renewed, it is said. by
subiecting them for a short time to
steam; and drying them thoroughly.
RATTAN chairs that have become dis
colored may be made very pretty by a
coating of black or golden brown paint
and finished with handsome cushion
ONE Of the best things to cleanse the
seal p thoroughly is to dissolve one-half
teaspoonful of borax in a quart of
water and apply it, rubbing it in well.
Rinse thoroughly in clear water.
TAKE black court plaster, moisten
enough to make it stick, and mend the
small cracks and holes in your silk UNI
with warm iron over thin paper.
BENz1NE is one of the best articles for
cleaning all fabrics, but it must be used
WILL ICbu CaICt do IL 10 IIlOOU lIIlIJlII
BILE. Where spots occur from discolor-
alton, it is often difficult to restore
them. Slightly moistening with ammo
MIA water will sometimes have the de-
sired effect
NAPKINS and tablecloths, if mended
carefully when they commence to show
tiny breaks, will last much longer.
Traycloths, made of butchers or monte
linen, will save the table cloths greatly,
and they can be made at home very
easily, and either fringed or hem
stitched.
IF you have painting and calcimining
to be done, the spring is decidedly your
best time. Hard-fnished walls may be
washed with soap suds and wiped dry.
A bit of pumice stone will remove stains
from them. White paint may be
washed with ammonia water or with
whiting and water, which is not so try
ing to the hands as the ammonia.
IT often happens eggs get frozen and
burst before being gathered. If kept
frozen till used, they can then be taken
into a warm room and scalding water
poured over them, then left to cool,
when the egg will be found uninjured
for use. They will then beat as nicely
as if they had never been chilled.
They should be used at once after being
thawed
A FINE furniture polish is made by the
use of the following recipe: Alcohol,
half pint; resin, half an ounce; gum
shellac, half an ounce; a few drops of
analine brown. Let stand over night
and add three gills of raw linseed oil
and half pint of spirits of turpentine
Shake we'll before using; Put on with
cotton flannel, and rub dry with another
cloth.
DRESSES that are entirely good often
have the under part of the sleeves worn
out, and it seems too bad to patch them,
so the best thing is to take out the
sleeves and make new unders. Many
ladies, in buying dresses for themselves
or children, get enough extra for a new
pair of sleeves and to allow for mend
ing. A three-cornered tear in a dress
can be neatly darned with silk, or ravel-
ings of the same color, if small piece
of the goods is placed under the tear.
If the coffee is not ground home
when needed it must positively be kept
In tight can. Beat an egg thoroughly,
and add to it one teacupful of cold wa
ter. Wet the coffee thoroughly with a
few tablespoonful of this mixture, and
add it to the boiling water ten or twelve
minutes before needed The water
should have Just come to the boiling
point; continued boiling Injuries it's fla
vor. After adding the coffee draw the
pot near the edge of the stove, where it
will be six or eight minutes in coming
to the boiling point. AS soon as it
reaches this point remove it to the
back of the range.
FRUIT stains may be removed from
linen by washing in very hot water,
with little soda. If they are very OBJ
stinate stretch the stained part over a
cup of boiling water until thoroughly
saturated with steam, and while SO hold
ing it with one hand, rub salts of lemon
into it with the other until the stain
disappears; then leave it soaking in the
hot water for time, which will usually
permanently efface all trace Of it. In
case this should fail, there is left, as a
last resort, dipping the cloth in weak
solution of chloride of lime which has
been strained through muslin. The
danger in this lies not SO much in the
strength of the solution as in the length
of time the material is left in it, and af-
ter using the stained part should be
washed thoroughly in cold water.