The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-11-15
BITS FOR HOUSEKEEPERS.
Odd Items of Information Concern
ing Various Matters in the
Domestic Realm.

Nicl<el-plating must be kept quite
Try and polished. For this purpose
Use a chamois leather, which should
De wound around the nickel and
pulled to and fro. On no account use
sand, glass or emery paper. If it gets
very discolored clean with whiting
or prepared chalk, mixed to paste
with water to which little ammonia
has been added, says the Boston
Budget.
To remove varnish stains on cloFh
hrst moisten the spots with alcohol
two or three times, then rub with a
clean cloth, turning it as it gets dirty.
If the color is injured sponge after
wards with chloroform to restore it,
unless the color is blue, in which case
vinegar is used instead. Remember
that chloroform must be used very
carefully.
If one ounce of alum be added to
The water used for rinsing children's
frocks, pinafores or petticoats, they
will be rendered uninflammabl BILE.
If small box or jar, filled with
lime, be kept uncovered in cellar
Of pantry, the air will be found dry
and pure.
To prevent the irons from sticking
to starched linen add a pinch of salt
to the starch when mixing.
To preserve pears with ginger, cut
eight pounds of pears into small
! bits. Cut six lemons in the same
way and use the rinds of two. Mix
the pears, lemons and ginger, and add
eight pounds of sugar and cupful
of cold water. Boil two hours, or I'M
til the fruit is clear. Keep the pre-
serves in stone jars. This recipe has
been used in a family for several
years.
Bread griddle cakes serve not only
as means of disposing of leftovers,
but are delicious if we'll made. Soak
two cupfuls of bread crumbs in two
cupfuls of scalding milk over night,
having the milk scalding hot when it
is poured over the bread. In the
morning rub the crumbs through a
sieve or potato ricer. Add table,
spoonful of melted butter, the we'll
beaten yolks of two eggs, cupful
of flour, a half teaspoonful of salt
and two teaspoonfuls of baking pow
der. Add the stiffiy beaten whites
of the eggs and cold milk if the bat
ter needs thinning. Bake on mod
erately hot griddle.
Sour milk and soda for griGdle
cakes are liked by most housekeep-
efs better than sweet milk and lax
ing powder. For these, sift tea
spoonful of soda into two cupfuls of
flour and add half teaspoonful of
salt. Stir into the mixture 1N cup
fuls of sour milk and two well-beaten
eggs. Bake the same as before.
To give boards a beautiful appear
ance, after washing nicely with soda
and warm water and brush, wash
them with large sponge and clean
water. Each time take care to leave
no spot untouched, and clean straight
upand down, not crossing from board
to board; then dry with clean cloths
rubbed hard up and down the same
way. The floors should not be often
wetted, but very thoroughly when
done, and once week dry rubbed
with hot sand heavy brush the
right way of the boards. The sides
of stairs or passages on which are
carpets or floor cloths should be
washed with sponge instead of linen
or flannel, and the edges will not be
spoiled. Different sponges should be
kept for the above two uses; and
those and the brushes should be well
washed when done with and kept
in dry place.