The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-07-16

neuseheid Hints.
Silt little -four over suet whe it is
being chopped and it will prevent the
pieces from adhering together.
II tablespoonful Of vinegar is added
to the water in which tough meats or
fowls are boiled it will tend to make
them tender.
A paste made of melted india rubber
mixed with shellac varnish is the best
thing to use for fastening leather trim
mings on wood.
If strip of webbing two inches wide
is sewed tightly on the under side Of
rug, close to the edge, it will prevent the
edges from curling.
A few drops Of tincture OF benzoin in a
bowl Of water is an admirable tonic for
the face. The benzoin yhitens the skin
and prevents 1t from wrinkling.
Cream or milk that has turned but is
not soured may be made sweet by stir
ring into II one teaspoonful of carbonate
OF magnesia to each quart Of milk.
Yellow stains left on white cloth by
sewing machine oil can be removed by
rubbing the spots with cloth wet with
ammonia before washing with soap.
Chemists say it takes more than twice
as much sugar to sweeten preserves and
sauces il put in when they begin to cook
than II does If the sugar is added after
the cooking is done.
Before commencing to seed raisins
after the stems are removed cover the
fruit with very hot water and let it stand
few moments. Drain the water Off and
the seeds may then be removed quite
easily.
1t is said a large bowl OF water placed
as near as possible to the head of sick
person will induce sleep and healthy
people will often sleep better II shallow
vessels filled with water are placed about
the room.
In canning fruit use the extra juice
that cannot be put into the jars to make
a jelly. Add enough dissolved gelatine
TO the juice to make it mold when cold;
serve it with whipped cream and you
have delicious dessert.
In washing chamois skins use tepid
water, in which little ammonia has
been added. Rinse them thoroughly,
stretch and put them in the shade to
dry. When partly dry stretch the skin
again and the skia will be soft and like
new when done.
When you spill ink upon the carpet or
upon wooden tablecloth Immediately
sprinkle over it thick layer of common
salt. and when this has absorbed all the
ink that it can, CAREFUL scrape it off and
apply some more, and keep at it until the
stain has disappeared.
To remove an odor from barrel half
I'll it with cold water. Heat half doz-
en- stones the size OF the palm of the
hand until they are red hot and throw
them into the water and let the water re-
main in the barrel until cold; then rinse
the barrel with clean cold water.
Carefully save the water that melts
fiom the ice for summer toilet purposes,
as no more luxurious article could be
found for that purpose. 1t is a pure, soft
water with sufficient chemicals to rem
der it perfect bleacher OF the human
skin, and once tried, it will be used in
preference to any other.
ii cloth is wet in vinegar and then
wrung out as dry as possible with the
hands and wrapped around cheese and
then the whole put in large paper bag
and kept in cool place the cheese will
retain the moisture and freshness of a
new-cut cheese, and will not mold.
II oil is spilled upon carpet, immedi-
ately scatter corn meal over it, and the
oil will be absorbed. Oil that has soak
ed into carpet may be taken out by
laying thick piece of blotting paper
over it and pressing witha hot fatiron;
repeat the operation, using fresh piece
OF paper each time.
II new butter is covered with brine it
will keep sweet year or more. The best
way is to make the butter into small rolls
and wrap each one in muslin cloth. Put
the rolls in large crock. and pour over
them brine strong enough to bear up
an egg, in which has been boiled
quarter of pound of graduated sugar
and q teaspoonful of saltpeter to three
gallons of brine. The brine should be-
como cold before being strained over the
butter. A weight should be put on the
top to keep the butter under the brine.
An elegant top buggy can be had M.