Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-07-31
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

For inflamed eyes, bumped heads
and sprained ankles, use abandantly
water as hot as it can be borne.
People are said to have incurred
lead poisoning from merely biting silk
sewing-thread or passing it through
their mouths.
FOR white spots left upon polished
furniture by scalding water, tea or cof-
tee, rub hard with kerosene, then polish
with dry, soft flannel
DO not think to save time working
late into the night; you can not, for you
viii be too tired in the morning to work,
and the time you saved is lost in sleep.
Cookies: One cup each of lard and
sour milk, two cups of sugar, one tea
spoonful of soda, flavor with lemon. add
hour to knead we'll, and bake in quick
oVen--Boston Budget
If tablespoonful of kerosene is
put into four quarts of tepid water, and
this used in washing windows and mir
rors, instead of pure water, there will
remain upon the cleaned surface pol
ish no amount of mere friction can
give.
-Saturate unglaZed paper with a So
luton of one ounce acetate of lead in
eight ounces of rain-water, let it par
TALLY dry, and then suspend in a room
suspected of containing sewer-gas- Its
presence in a quantity soon blackens the
test-paper.
Sour Milk Cheese: Take thick sour
milk, put it in kettle or tin pan; add
salt enough to make it taste quite salty;
set on back of stove until it grows thick.
(Some milk is too poor to thicken.)
After it is thick add little butter and
strain thoroughly, and mold; cups are
nice. Boston Globe.
To clean and restore the elasticity
Of cane chair bottoms, coaches, ETC.,
turn up the chair bottom, ETC., and with
the hot water and a sponge wash the
cane-work well, SO that it may be well
soaked: should it be dirty you must add
soap: let dry in the air, and you will
find it as tight and firm as when new,
provided the cane is not broken.
"A delightful strip, it is said, can be
made from watermelons by chopping
them, pressing out the juice, and boil
ing for several hours The red coloring
matter then coagulates, rises to the
surface, and is SKINNED off, when the
juice remains as clear as distilled water
and of pale amber color. Boiled
little longer, it thickens into rich,
fruity-favored strip, perfectly clear
and the color of ounce or apple jelly
Popular Gardening.
-Epicurian Pork; Cut slices Of
''streaked" salt pork, let stand over
night in enough water, sweetened with
molasses, to cover it, and sprinkled on
top with black pepper and powdered
sage. Next morning, cut thin and fine
a tablespoonful of onion, and fry to a
golden brown in teaspoonful of butter.
Then dip the slices of pork in meal, so
that both sides will be thickly coated,
and fry to light brown. This is really
appetizing for breakfast-Good House
keeping.
Grape Juice: Select not-too-ripe
grapes, and put them into an agate pre-
serving kettle with one pint of water to
every three quarts of fruit, and slowly
bring to a scald, stirring them occasion
ally. Then dip out into a cheese-cloth
bag and drain over night. Strain the
expressed juice through another bag,
and add sugar to suit the taste; then
bring to a boil, skimming frequently.
and seal in heated glass cans, like fruit.
This is pure, unfermented wine, suita-
BILE for communion wine. 1t is also rec
commended by medical men as an inval-
liable and stimulating tonic. Other fruit
juices, for fiavoring and beverages, can
be preserved in the same way.