Middletown transcript., 1904-10-08

T. A clam shell is better and more con
g yenient for scraping pot or kettle thar
:, a knife.
h Keep bottle of salad oil well corked
in cold, dry place, and always in the
dark.
If ice is applied to burned finger until
it stops smarting the skin will dry and
leave no blister.
II stove polish is moistened with ben
zine, the backing will last much longer
and be brighter on the stove.
Fill used cans with cold water, but let
them soak away from the stove. as heat
makes them harder to clean.
Dissolve little fine white sugar in the
last rinsing washing fine lace, and do
not use starch.
To remove rusty screw. first apply
very hot iron to the head for a short
time, then Immediately use the screw
driver.
A very strong solution of alum and hot
water applied to furniture and creyices
IN the walls will destroy vermin of all
kinds.
| A crust of dry bread dropped into a
kettle of hot frying fat will keep it from
burning until the cook can give it some
thing else to do.
Keep a piece of newspaper scorching
on the stove while frying doughnuts, and
the paper smoke will drive away the un-
pleasant burned-la lard odor from the house.
Beeswax broken in pieces and put
within the folds of white woolens and |
silks, will overcome the tendency to yell
lowness that white fabrics have when
laid away for any length of lime.
If a three-foot piece of inch hose is
slipped tightly over the faucet of the
kitchen sink, it will prove invaluable in
filling boilers, tubs, teakettles, and other
large or cumbersome vessels, besides say-
ing steps and backaches.
On taking cake from the oven, set it
on cloth wrung as dry as possible from
lukewarm water. Let it stand on the ,
cloth about five minutes, and then it can
be easily removed from the tin without {
breaking or sticking.
When soft or rain water is not obtain.
able, one of the simplest methods of
softenlng hard water is to throw orange
peel into the toilet jug or the bath. Not
only will the peel have good influence Q
upon the skin, but it will perfume the
water deliciously. r
Linoleum will wear longer and look 9
better if it is given coat of varnish
three times year. Let the varnish get
very dry before walking on the floor. Z
on the floor. When cleaning, add lit =
tie kerosene to the water; it softens the -
dirt and hardens the linoleum. H.,
Line granite dish with tomatoes and h
place large bell pepper or red pepper p
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in the center. Cover thickly with bread W
crumbs, add salt and pepper, with small tt
Jumps of butter, and bake very gently. h
Canned tomatoes and generous dashes of a
red pepper may be substituted. hl
When buying lamp get one or two "
extra chimneys and burners; also yard VI
'r two of wicking. This practice saves
ieiays and annoyance, when one lives q q
ar from store and kerosene lamps are ~
he only kind used. If the lamps and 20 20
burners are all alike, but one kind of ~ ~
upply need be kept on hand. NJ n
To get rid of bedbugs, first close all P,l p,
freaks in the wall paper, then thoroughly sc az.
xamine and clean the bedding. The, de
Nth soft, small brush, which will mt
enetrate all creyices, go over the bed
tead, springs and woodwork, with a.
enerous coating of hard oil varnish. W IIe
Our hedbug troubles will be oyer. This eo, m
ame varnish is better for mending china bu
nd articles not frequently coming in pr!
ontact with water than any cement, sat .ai
aste, or china-mending material. orr
A sn,on rest ottochod 70 ho..l car
ew device, singular as it may seem. It nj,
made with piece of wire SO bent that VIII
will clasp the edge of kettle, and so sar
'apsd that spoon may be slipped into .no .ao
and removed again when needed for IN IN
irring. The device keeps the spoon his
ON slipping into the kettle, keeps the del
andie of the spoon cool, and the spoon OF
always instantly found, which is not int in;
e case when it is removed and laid in is.
~ convention place about the kitchen
hen not in any convenient place about J
e kitchen when not in service.
In making buttonholes, a strong foun. gru
tion is necessary. Leave at Iesst half s,i,
inch margin in the cloth, at the outer ing
d OF the buttonhole, so it will not tear b.
It. Cut to suit the size of the button. Doy
irn around it with coarse, thread pass at :
9 back and forth around the outer edpe wes
Veral times. Commence to work at the wor
ner end ,and buttonhole around the sides .fs pes
d outer edge with close, even stitches. Elw
hen opposite the starting point, take two the
en- stitches across the end, drawing the fell,
read tight. Turn the garment, finish P,,, Rn,,
on the wrong side with several dre,
tches across the end. Use as coarse also
read as the goods will allow, but do II
t take double thread. !ne
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Gan oe greatly I'M denl
wed in appearance by removing from reyo
} roller, stitching a new hem ON the ton
Ter end with long stitch on the sew. Core
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