Middletown transcript., 1903-08-29
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

Porcelain baking dishes which have
become burned or stained should be
soaked in strong borax water.
A tablespoon OF lemon juice added to
the water in which rice is boiling is said
to aid in making the rice winter and
keeping the grains separate.
1t is said that great comfort to the feet
is secured by weekly sponging the inside
of ones shoes with a solution of equal
parts of ammonia and water.
To freshen bedrooms add little tur-
pentine to the water used for scrubbing
the floor. 1t gives the room delightfully."-
fresh smell. Another very good plan is
to add little disinfectant to the water.
To repair curtain when ironing and
a hole is discovered in it take piece of
the best part of an old curtain a little
larger than the hole and dip the edges in
cold starch. Then place it over the hole
and afterwards iron over it.
-Four tablespoonfuls of turpentine, four
of sweet oil, one of lemon juice and ten
drops of ammonia make fine dressing
to restore the polish of old mahogany. 1t
should be shaken thoroughly before us
ing and applied with soft cloth.
Half lemon dipped in salt will clean
copper beautifully, and the best part of
it is that lemon from which the juice
has been squeezed does just as well as
freshly cut one. After rubbing with the
lemon and salt, rinse the copper in clean,
hot water aad dry polish with soft, clean
cloth.
Either sand or flour will extinguish
burning oil. II is therefore a good plan
to have one or the other of these ready
to hand in any house where oil lamps
are much used. On no account must
water be used in case of burning oil, as
it only serves to spread the flames and
may easily cause disastrous fire.
To preserve orange peel weigh the
oranges and allow pound of sugar to
each pound of fruit. Peel carefully and
cut the rind into slender strips. Boil,
changing the water twice, until very ten
der. Squeeze the strained orange juice
upon the sugar, let this heat to boil,
drain the orange strips and drop into this
syrup, Boil for twenty minutes and take
from the fire.
Children's white dresses often get badly
stained with fruit in the summer time.
The worst stains may be removed in the
following manner: Dissolve large but
not heaping tablespoonful of chloride of
lime in an eight-quart pail of water. Soak |
the garment in the solution, squeezing 1t
occasionally. In twenty-four hours or
less, according to the extent of the stain,
the garment will be quite clean.
Sunshine and air do more to frighten |
away the demon of colds, in whatever
form, than do any number of doctors or |
medicines. People who sleep with their
open are far wiser than those
who hermetically seal themselves against
any fresh air until they arise. And don't
yourself to never be in draft
'or minute, for it is sure to be unayoid-
lble at times, and then if you are not
lsed to it You will catch cold.
For the immediate application to
ourn or scald perhaps there is nothing
more efiicacious than simple -four. 1t
hould be applied Immediately and
pread thickly over the affected surface,
he part being wrapped afterward in cot
on wool, kept in place by bandage or
trips of old linen: II the burn or the
cald be merely superficial, this remedy
will be found most excellent, but where
he deeper tissues are involved other
emedies are to be recommended.