The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-08-27
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Coffee boiled longer than one minute
is coffee spoiled.
Never put tea leaves on a light col
ored carpet; they will surely leave a
stain.
Boil clothespins in clean water once a
month, and they will be much more
durable.
In packing bottles or canned fruit for
moving, slip rubber baud over the
body of them.
Warm dishes for the table by immers-
ing them in hot water, not by standing
them on a hot stove.
To beat the whites of eggs stiff, with
ease, they should be cold, with very
small pinch of salt added.
Cut piece from the top of old kid
shoes and insert it inside the ironing
holder you are going to make.
Never slice apples for making pies;
quarter and core, and if an apple is
large cut each quarter in two pieces.
Open canned fruit an hour or two be-
fore it is needed for use. 1t is far richer
when the oxygen is thus restored to it.
Add two tablespoonfuls of kerosene
to the pail of water with which you
wash grained or other vanished furni-
ture.
Sift tablespoonful of pulverized sugar
over the top of two-crust pies before
baking, and see how delicious it makes
them. -
Mix stove backing with spirits of tur-
pentine. 1t will take off the rust, polish
easier, and stay glossy longer than when.
water is used.
When you are hurried and a postage
stamp will not stick, moisten it and rub
it on the flap of au envelope, and then
quickly put it in its place.
Make boiled starch with weak soap
suds made of white soap, instead of
with clear water, and you will have no
difficulty with its sticking.
Egg shells are somewhat porous, and.
like butter and cheese absorb unpleasant
odors. Therefore, eggs should be kept
in sweet, cool, clean place.
A small teaspoonful of powdered borax
added to a bowl of cold starch will give
more stiffness to linen than any of the
numerous things have tried.
All floor and whisk brooms should be
thoroughly wet in scalding hot brine be-
fore using them. 1t will eifectually pre-
vent the straws from breaking.
Add a tablespoonful of borax to pan
of hot soap-suds; put your table silver in
it, and let it stand two hours. Rinse it
with clear water, and polish with soft
cloth or chamois.
Beat an egg thoroughly in bowl and.
add one teacup of cold water to it. Use
enough of this to thoroughly moisten.
coffee when making 1t. Keep in a cold
place, and waste no more eggs by dry
ing.
After thoroughly sweeping a dingyI
carpet, wipe it with a damp cloth par
TALLY wrung out of mixture of water
and ox-gall in the proportion of two
tablespoonfuls Of the latter to a gallon of
lukeWarm water.
Do not wiring woolen underwear
through wrlnger. Use the hands and
shake it thoroughly before drying. When
perfectly dry fold it smooth, but do not
iron. See if the odor is not more agree
able than when hot sad-iron has passed
over them.
Granulated sugar is the purest brand /;
consequently the cheapest. Do not use
quite as much as of other kinds-one-half
inch less for cupful. Cake batter made
with granulated sugar requires longer
beating than usual, as the sugar is longer
in dissolving.
Save the small paper bags carefully
which groceries come in; they are useful
in many ways. Slip the hand in one
when you black the stove, and you will
not soil it. When flies abound, slip
them over the clean lamp-chimneys dur
the day. After fruit is canned draw
them over the can, and label them plainly
the action of the light causes more fruit
to spoil than any other one thing
American AgrieulturiSt.