Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-01-17

small DruSh, using little plaster o.
Paris dry on the brush After brush
ing, rinse in some clean benzoline anC
dry in clean rags.
The annoyance OF I. rough griddle
when baking cakes may be overcome
by rubbing it with a slice Of raw tur
nip. Those who have used it say tha-
it makes the griddle smooth as glass
and cake baking, therefore, an easy
operation.
There is little doubt that in reality
a dinner Of good substantial dishes
with home made desserts. nuts. fruits
and ices with good talk, is enjoyed by
the majority of people far more thar
the most elaborate spread with French
entrees.
To remove ink stains from linen
rub a little chlorinated soda on the
spot, and then rinse or wash it out in
a few drops Of water, and all traces
Of ink will have disappeared. The
remedy must, however, be applied
While the ink stain is fresh. or it will
not be effective.
Nothing is better for cleaning
bronzes than water and ammonia. US
ing a stiff brush, like a nailbrush Do
not use any acid on any account. Dry
carefully with lockwood dust. after
rinsing thoroughly. Remove grease
with heat, but do not scratch the
bronze with knife. 1t is not a good
plan to wash bronzeS, as the polish
is very easily spoilt They should lie
carefully busted every day with a
soft cloth and feather brush, and
little sweet Oil may be rubbed on
occasionally.
To Wash Chamois Leather-Dissolve
little soda in warm water, and after
rubbing some soft soap we'll into the
leather, soak it for two hours, cover
ing up the pan. Move the leather
about and rub it gently; when it is
clean. rinse with a slight lather of
soap in a weak solution of soda and
warm water. 1t requires no other rims
ing than this, as it is the small GUAM
tity of pure soap adhering to the leath-
er that helps to soften it. Wiring
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quickly in the sun, or near a Dire.
Ii the skin is hard on the soles of
the feet or the heels it may be soft
ened by repeated soakings in hot
water and the wearing of soft stock
ings and shoes. To keep the feet in
good condition they must, of course
be washed every day in tepid water.
Then they should be gently massaged
and rubbed with good toilet water
The nails should be cut level with
the toes, but no shorter. Shoes too
short CT too tight and shoes too long
and too wide all produce corns. Hard
leather also rubs against and hardens
the skin. SO do ''darns'' of any di-
mansions in stockings. 1t is necessary
to wear smooth stockings and easy
fitting boots, with low heels, to obtain
and retain a well shaped foot.
Many housekeepers probably do not
know that it is not in the hottest
weather that food spoils the most
quickly. If the atmosphere is dry food
will keep much better than. in damp,
muggy weather, even with the mer-
curry showing much lower tempera-
ture. Have barrel half filled with
charcoal, and lay over the top a strip
of joist, to which meat hooks are at
tached. Put the barrel in as cool a
place as can be found, and hang from
the meat hook the meat to be pre-
served. Throw q piece of netting over
the barrel to keep insects out. The
charcoal will keep the atmosphere in
side the barrel dry and thus preserve
the meat. The charcoal should be
changed as often as once Il month,
and it can be used for lighting fires
or for broiling meat, as the use to
which it has been put does not hurt it
in the least. If the charcoal is hard
to procure, put the wood in the stove
and light it with some chips. When 1t
looks to be red hot, open the doors
and windows, take off the lids of the
stove and let it cool off. When it is
cold you can use it again.
The infallible remedy for moths,
whatever people may say, has to be
discovered; they are so slippery to
deal with that thing that answer in
one year, and in certain places, fail in
others. The Japanese paper is de-
cidedly effective though the smell is
most Objectionable. The great secret
with regard to these destructive pests
is to be on the lookout for them from
the beginning of the summer, for when
once they have touched a material at
all seriously it becomes next to i'm
possible to do anything with it. Every
article, to be kept safe, should be
thoroughly well examined, sprinkled
with pepper and hung out in the air;
then it must be brushed carefully all
over, folded and put away alone or
with Two or three others in new brown
paper, together with some bitter apple
(colocynth). That is by far the most
satisfactory way of treating house
hold goods, If personal experience be
any criterion. / do not believe in put
ting such things as will be touched
by moths away with other kind of
materials, and brown paper certainly
keeps them out If a cupboard is
kept for the purpose of storing the ar
IlCleS III qutSIIou, II 10 HoI away .
necessary to make actual parcels, but
the shelves should be scrubbed with
a solution Of vitriol: when dry spread
a sheet of paper upon them, large
enough TO completely cover the blan-
kets. etc, that are to be stored; fold
the flaps we'll over one another, pull
them up at the ends and tack them
down tightly with thread; the over