The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-12-20
MN rs TO HOuSEKEtPERS.

Use soap bark for cleaning woollen
dress goods.
Cream and acids do not curllc, while
milk and acids will.
Snow, sprink'cd over carpets and
brushed off before 1t has melted Is nu
excellent dust settler.
Half of tcaspoonful Of sugar scat
tered over a dying fire Is better thai
kerosene, and has no element of dan
ger.
Flour absorbs odors easily, and
should therefore not be kept where
onions, fish, cheese or other OdorouS
substances are.
Muslins, ginghams and callcoes
should be starchcd with starch in
which Il piece of alum as big as Il hick,
ory nut has been dissolved.
The best way to preserving silver or
naments is to wrap thep in silver
paper and lay them in tin box filled
with arrowroot- dry arrowroot, OF
course.
Tea Is much better when brewed In
n pot that has been heated thoroughly
than In n cold one. A cup of boiling
water used to rinse the pot is the best
method Of heating it.
Chldrens clothing should be as light
and warm as possible, with flannel or
wool next to the skin; either material
so worn will ward off dangerous chllls
and prevent colds.
In severe paroxysms Of coughing try
one or two tabcspoonfuls of pure
gls cerine, mixed with pure whiskcy or
hot, rich cream. 1t is said to give al-
most immediate relief.
a dainty little cracker is now served
with oysters on fashionable tables. 1t
Is in the shape of bluepoint oyster
shell, and is said to be specially nice
in quality as well as picturesque in
form.
Once Il month the wicSs Of lamps
should be removed, ana the burners
unscrewed and boiled in little water
In which common soda has been dis.
solved. This Will remove the coating
of grease and dust which forms on the
brass
Don't keep growing girl or boy
sitting wcarily i'll stiff position to
practice music for an hour or two ut n
time. Better fifteen minutes of good,
faithful practice twice II day than two
hours of duh, lstless, dragged-out
humping.
BY applying q little of the best car
rlagc oil varnlsh carefully with a
camcl's hair brush to the edges Of
broken china, the parts being neatly
joined together, the fracture will,
when thoroughly dry, be hardly per-
ccptiblc, and the china will stand fire
and water.
An egg cooks just under the boiling
point, and il Il custard boils 1t Is liable
to curdle. TO tell when 1t Is cooked
sufficiently, dip spoon into the hot
custard, and if Il coating remains upon
the spoon the custard should be taken
from the fire at once; but If the spoon
comes out clean let the custard cSoh
a minute moro, then test 1t again.
When the kitchen range is cleared
out' there will be found in the hue
Inder the oven n considerable quantity
of gray dust 1T Is not ashes exactly,
nor yet soot. but n smoke deposit, as
near akin to hmphlack as n coal fire
Is able To produce, soft, light, impai'
pab'e, finer than the finest flour. MOI
many among those who throw tAis in.
to the ash bin are probably aware that
this Is the best thing in the word fo:
polishing tinware, far SURPRISING all
the prepared powders and pastes sole
for that purpose. Apply it 10 The tin
with a damp cloth, and a few strokes
will produce such lustre as is on
new ware, or as the sngravfr puts up
on his zinc plates by the use OF char
coal.