The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-13
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To freshen salt fish, soak them II
sour milk.
Cinders make very hot fire and
one particularly good for ironing days
A pinch of soda on hot stove drives
away disagreeable odors.
Hot water and hay is the right mix.
ture for sweetening iron and wooden
ware.
Little sticks put upon dying fYy
will rekindle 1t, but large sticks will
put the fire out.
Put a handful OF salt in the last
rinse-water for clothes that might pcs
sibly streak In the drying.
Steel knives won't rust II you dip
them in strong soda water, then wipe
them dry and roll In flannel.
A bamboo frieze In bedroom where
the floor Is covered with mating Is an
artistic and inexpensive touch.
Milk keeps from souring longer in a
shallow pan than In a milk pitcher.
Deep pans make an equal amount OF
cream.
Rub together one tablespoonful OF
butter and three of -four; roll this into
the upper crust of pies. 1t will mako
the crust haky and tender.
Housekeepers who like to have their
dishes artistic as we'll as appetizing
serve lettuce salad In scooped-out Gu
cumber shells and celery within red to-
mato shells.
Clothing that has become spotted and
whose color has been destroyed BY
acids may have the color restored by
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chloroform.
A raw egg swallowed Immediately
will generally carry a fish bone down
which cannot be removed from the
throat by utmost exertion and has got
ten out Of reach Of the saving finger.
A few drops Of the tincture of ben
zoin put into the water in which the
face is bathed will prevent that shiny
appearance OF the skin with which so
many people are affected, especially In
warm weather.
Some people suffer very much from
their eyes when peeling onions. 1t is
said that II knitting needle Ia held
between the teeth during the operation
this discomfort will cease or be very
much reduced.
Tumblers that have been used for
milk should never be put into hot wat
er until they have first been rinsed In
cold water. The heat drives the milk
in and gives cloudy appearance to the
glass which cannot be removed.
When clothing become wrinkled
from packing or from any cause the
wrinkles may be removed by hanging
the garments over night in a heated
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clothes horse as smoothly as possible.
Cans Of potted meats or fish may be
kept some time after they are opened
and partly used IL they are covered
with little melted butter or lard and
kept In cool place. This makes the
contents air-tight and Is easily re-
moved when needed.
German country women boil in milk
the yarn for their home-knit stockings.
so they will not "crock." II black un-
derwear, equestrian tights, or stock
ings that stain are treated in like
manner the result will be found very
satisfactory.
1t Is said that water bugs dislike the
cucumber, and II the peelings from
cucumbers are kept In water and at
night scattered around the pipes and
the places where the bugs are seen
after two or three nights the bugs will
disappear. The plan is worth testing.
Flies dislike the oil from bay leaves.
1t Is not an expensive drug, and IL a
very little is kept in dish on the win
dow ledge, or II the doors and window
castings are coated with any color OF
paint to which per cent Of oil Of bay
has been added. insects will shun them.