The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-07-13
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS

| lpi- aNlOSS Nut hbtN.
10 paper a wall that has been white
washed, rub the wallis down first with
a cloth wet In strong vinegar or sal
aratus.
The seeds Of dates may be removed
and replaced by freshly roasted pea
nuts, shelled and skinned. The date
should then he busted With pulycrized
sngar.
10 cut fresh bread SO that II may be
! presentable when served heat elho
blade of the bread knife by laying
first one side and then the other aY>oss
| the hot stove.
| In hand sewing, II the work Is stiff
and hard, rubbing soap on ones
needles and fingers WITH be found help
| ful. A thin-edged piece of white soap
is much better than chulk for making
fine lines on cloth to cut by.
In putting away woolhens for c1rc
season, there should always be kept
! out an extra blanket for each bed, and
| some flannel for each person in case
! of cold, rainy weather or Illness.
Fine lace, II 1t is torn, should be
! mended before sending 10 be cleaned
! " You do not know the lace stitch
! simply darn with very fine thread Ia
neshes about the same as those in the
lace
A few drops of ammonia added to
! peroxide of hydrogen Is what gives the
golden color to the hair. Without the
ammonia one or two applications Of
the bleach. to brown hair imports q
reddish bronze tint to It,
If You want To test your water pipes
to see If there is any trace of lead in
the water you are using, put a few
| drops OF the ttucture of cochincal In
n dish of the water If there is q trace
of lead the water will turn blue.
When elrthen pudding and pie
I dishes get brown and unSiGhtly from
! the Juices and grease of many bakings
scour them with ashes from the crate,
mixed wirh a little good soap. They
will come out as fresh as new.
! Dark stains may be removed from
! silver by rubbing them With soft
| linen cloth dipped in suiphuric acid,
! then Frightening With some good sil-
| yer powder. The use Of a brush should
be avoided as much as possible in
| cleaning silver. only soft cloth and
chamOis skin being employed, as these
| do not wear the silver as a brush does.
With cake or bread In the oven
don't slam the oven door or walk hcav-
| lily about the kitchen while ii is bak-
ing. 4 fne cake will he irretrievably
ruined by a slight iar AZ n certain
stage of its baking, and one Of the
most prolific sources Of bad bread is
an utter ignorance Of how TO handle
| it when IL Is IN the oven
! Ink spots on marble may be re
I moved with a paste made by dissolv-
ing an ounce of oxalic acid and a half
an ounce of butter of antimony IN a
| pint Of rain water. and adding suf-
| ticient flour to form thin paste. Ap-
| ply to the stains with a brush. allow
! 1t to remain three or four days and
| then wash 1t off. Make q second ap-
! plication, If necessary.
If any housewife discovers that the
| milk has turned q little, and there
| Is no opportunity TO obtain more be-
fore the meal. stir tiny bit of soda
| In it, and II will answer every pup
! pose. Now don't go trying Ia sweeten
| ''cElbber" that way and think uhaf ii
can he made TO serve as cream for the
! coffee for you can't make II do any
| such thing.
A stopper for Il bottle of acid or any
substance that will naturally call for
| glass stopper, because of the danger
| that the cork one would be eaten up
| by the contents of the bottle, can be
made by sleeping 1t in vaselDe. L,
will then be impervious to acids OF
any kind. and no action of chemicals
! will decay 1t. 1t will, In fact be as
| good for all purposes as a glass stop
| per.
Oil in q lamp should not be allowed
| to get down to less than one-half the
depth of the reservoir, The wick
| should be soft and completely fill the
space for II. but without crowdlng. \
lamp should be neither suddenly cool
! cd nor exposed to the draught II
! CXtinguiShing the flame the wick
| should first be turned far down and
then sharp, quick puff blown across
and not straight down upon the fame
For black kid gloves that look shah
! by and white where the colorlng has
| worn off. rub them with a little liquid
| shoe polish. 1t viii not rub off OF
! your clothing after il Is dry. and may
| be renewed as often as you like. II
| perfectly new black gloves pull at The
| seams, touch the spots with a tiny
bit Of black paint such as comes in tht
! little tubes. Part of the outfit of 4
! colora Of oil paint tubes for that pur
! pose.
II You have had your hands for q
| long time in the ''suds-" or have beer
! scrubbng and securing until il seems
as though Your skin is on fire from
! the irritation of soap and water, rinst
| your hands in cleaT water and theL
| wash them in good vinegar on squeezt
| lemon juice on Them and work IL wei
! into the flesh. This treatment ofteI
| does wonders, but it is we'll 10 remem
! ber That it is often the case that &
! remedy that will work well on some
! skins is an irlitant to others.
a hammock will often prove a boor
! TO n sick person who has grown weary
! of the bed. 1t can be strung across :
/ room from door frame TO the win
! dow casing, and may be even huns
! right over the bed where the patien
! can slip into ii at will. There arr
light cotton hammocks that are very
! Snft as cilly D..