Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-29


the weight. The water should not
be over five TO ten per cent, ana the
milk fat should exceed eighty per
cent Of the whole AS 70 detection,
the first method will cause a little
trouble. the appliances required be-
ing spirit lamp Tor Bunsen gas
burner), glass test tubes and glass
tube thermometer !. The melting
point OF milk fat Il. e, pure butter)
is about 96. 5 degrees Fair, but beef
and other animal fats require much
higher temperature TO melt them, SO
that we have here fairly reliable
method OF finding out whether
any lard gripping, or other
fat has been added 10
the butter Again, pure butter melts
easily in either at sixty-fye degrees,
f., but beef or mutton fat with diff
fculty. and leaving a curdy residne.
2. Melt a little Of the butter In
narrow test tube. II any water or
salts are present they will sink to
the bottom, the butter fat Boating
upon the top, 5. The addition OF
weak solution Of iodine will reveal
the presence Of any starch BY giving
a blue color. 4. Van LoOkeren gives
the following easy method; Thor
oughly melt in an iron teaspoon a
small quantity Of butter, and pour a
drop OF it into boiling water con
tanned in watch-glass. Upon the
water surface q thin film Of salt viii
form, which. II the butter BE- gen
uine. will break up into numerous
small fat globules that tend 10 collect
rapidly at the sides OF the glass.
Should the butter be adulterated
with margarine, etc, the fat film
will break up into only few large
drops, which will remain distributed
over the entire surface Of the water.
Home HintA
To keep Japanese mattings fresh
and clean, rub them once a week with
cloth dampened in salt and water.
A few Jumps Of beeswaN wrapped
each in bit OF old linen and put in
the folds OF white satin gown will
keep il from turning yellow.
Never pull OF your gloves by the
I finger tips. but By the wrists, turn
ing them thus inside out; let them
air for few minutes before turning
them again. and do not roll them up
into a wad; let them lie At full
length in the gloyc-bOx.
Linoleum should never D. scrubbed
with soap and water, for this re-
moves the pattern Il should b.
rubbed with q wet fannel 70 remove
the dirt, and then polished with sour
milk and water A good method OF
keeping linoleum in order and re.
storing II TO It's original brightness
is to rub II with a piece % flannel
dipped Ia mixture q linseed oil
and turpentiue
For IA real out-and-out lrOllC there
is nothing like the old-iashioned
pulled tatIy. Put one cup Of sugar
two OF mOlasses. and table spoonful
each OF butter and giycerino in 4
porcelain saucepan. ana boil fast
twenty-five minutes. Put few dropl
in cold water. and II IL becomes brit
tie remove at once from the fire. stil
in half teaspooniul OF cream Of tar
tar and pour into buttered pans
When half cool butter your hand, and
pull the mass into sticks.
A coy bed room In remodclot
house glows In furnishings Of REQ
that are somewhat unusual IN,
walls have a dado or wainrcotlug %
glazed red tiles. with covering o
India red mating above Il. Across
one corner there Is large fire plac,
set with tiles OF rcd. and at its sid,
quaint settee with red cushions
The furniture is Of mahogany with
trimmings Of brass. At the window,
are frilled muslin curtains. with in
side hangIngs OF red damask.