Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-11-16
HINTS TO HoUSEKEEpERS.
0da Bits OF Information to Keep
Handy for Everyday
Reference.

In peeling peaches the pretty color
under the skin, which is usually lost
In the process, may be preserved by
scalding the fruit. If the peaches are
to be eaten raw, however, the plunge
should be a quick one. The skin will
come off without difficulty If peaches
or tomatoes are to be scalded in this
way; a wire basket is best for the
purpose, as it will enable the bath to
be given more speedily, says Boston
Budget.
Huckleberries are delightful addi-
ton to molasses ginger cake as well
as to soda biscuit.
To make the nut fudge, boil to-
gether three cupfuls of granulated
sugar, one cupful of milk or cream,
and one tablespoonful of butter for
ten minutes. Take from the fire, add
one cupful of chopped nuts and stir
rapidly for few minutes. Pour into
buttered pans and mark in squares.
Pineapple extract is delightful
substitute for wine or brandy, and
other favorings in pudding sauces.
To remove grease spots from floor
boards, take quarter of pound
each of fuller's earth and pearlash
and boil in quart of soft water.
While hot lay the mixture on the
creased parts, allowing it to remain
on them ten to twelve hours, after
which it may be secured off with sand
and water. A floor much spotted with
grease should be completely washed
over with the mixture the day before
1t is secured.
A tablespoonful of paraffin added
to each gallon of water in which
clothes are to be boiled helps to
whiten them. especially if they are
yellow from lying by.
Dents in fine furniture may be
removed in the following manner:
Lay a number of layers of moistened
brown paper over the dent, and put n
warm iron over them. The steam
will gradually cause the wood to swell
and to fill up the dent. 1t sometimes
takes patience. but slight dents which
are considerable mar to furniture
may be raised in this way.
1t is not necessary that any special
tool be invented for Dreaming butter
and sugar. Heat the bowl in which
the work is to be done by putting
boiling water in it just long enough
to warm the bowl, but not long
enough to make it hot on the outside.
Beat the butter in this warm bowl
with wooden spoon. 1t will be re-
duced to q cream in moment or two,
and then stir in the sugar, and the
two will form IN even cream. The
secret is not in acquiring a new tool,
but in learning how to use the old
ones.
The simplest way of renovating an
old carpet is to beat it free from
dust, and then wash it on dry, clean
floor. 1t requires a strong worker to
accomplish this successfully, but the
result will be found very satisfactory.
Purchase n ball of carpet soap or Of
ordinary oxgall soap. Take two old
towels, one dry and one wet, and q
pail of warm water. Wiring out q
towel in the warm water; dampen
the carpet with it, but do not make
it too wet. Put the soap over the
damp surface and scrub it with stiff
scrubbing brush until thick lather
covers the carpet. Wash off this
lather and dry the carpet with the
dry towel. Each section of the car
pet must be cleaned in this way and
dried as thoroughly as the worker
can dry them with old towels. Let
the carpet dry on the floor. Remove
all grease marks Mt first before clean.
ing q carpet in this way.