Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-03-05
HINTS TO HOUSEkEEPERS.

A LITTLE ammonia iii tepid water will
soften and cleanse the skin.
Hot fat or cutting bread will soon dull
the edge of the sharpest knife.
RED HOT iron passed over old putty
will soften it so it can be easily removed.
DooRPLATEs should be cleaned by rub
bing with cloth wet in ammonia and
water.
A DAMP cloth dipped in salt will
remove egg stains from silver, or tea
stains from china dishes.
A Observation-Disclosures says celery
wants to lie In cold water AN hour be-
fore it is chewed.
To brighten carpets wipe them with
warm water in which has been poured
few drops of ammonia.
A SINK or other house drain should be
thoroughly washed out with boiling
suds at every weekly wash day.
IF brooms are soaked in strong, hot
salt and water before using, the splints
will not break in sweeping.
THE pie crust of meat or chicke n pie
should always be perforated before bak-
ing, to allow the escape of nOxious gases
generated within.
A TABLESPOONFUL of ammonia in g.
gallon of warm water will often restore
colors in carpets; it will also re move
Whitewash from them.
If break fast bacon or ham is to be
served for breakfast, the fat that is
drawn out in cooking should be used
for frying its accompanying hominy or
Indian mush.
To clean so-called brass lamps rub the
lamp Thoroughly with mixture of Gro
Gus and sweet oil stand it aside to dry
When dry polish it with dry crocus and
chamois skin.
ALMONDS are blanched by pouring
water over them after they are shelled;
when they have remained for few mo-
ments in the water they can be rubbed
In d soft, dry towel and the skin will
slip of the kernels, leaving them white
and entire.
WILLOW chairs that have lost their
natural color can be restored by using a
solution of chlorine. Clean cane-seated
chairs with salt or ammonia and warm
water. Apply it with a nail brush,
scrubbing it well. rinse with cold water
and dry thoroughly. Wet the under
part of the seat, and when dry it will
become taut.
70 remove ink from paper, If not of
too long standing, wet a teaspoonful Of
chloride of lime with just sufficient water
to cover it. Pat mot ruby the spot gen.
thy for few moments, using soft cloth
wet with the mixture, and the ink will
slowly disappear. If one application is
not sufficient, try a second.
To cure hiccoughs, sit erect and in
fate the lungs fully. Then, retaining
the breath. bend forward slowly until
the chest meets the knees. After slow
~ rising again to the erect position,
slowly exhale the breath. Repeat this
process a second time, and the nerves
will be found to have received an ex-
cess Of energy that will enable them to
perform their natural functions.
A RETIRED plumber thus gives point
for the gratuitous relief of householders:
Just be ore retiring at night pour into
the clogged pipe enough liquid soda lye
to fill the trap Or bent part of the pipe.
Be sure that no water runs into it until
the next morning. During the night
the I've will convert all the otfal into SO t
soap, and the first current of water in
the morning will wash it away and clear
the pipe clean as new"
We know of one housekeeper, saws
the Ladies' Journal, whose husband had
constructed TOR her a special chair for
baking days. It was of such height
that she could sit at the table and mold
her bread or roll her dough with ease.
He likewise had foot-rest attached. so
that she might at the same time rest her
feet firmly. And, sitting on that chair,
she for years constructed all the bread
and pastry that the house needed. 1t
took her no longer, and was quite as
good as if she had stood up to make it,
and had wearied herself almost to
death in the operation.