Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-04-07
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.
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TO wrap cutlery in coarse brown
paper will keep it from rusting.
Lemons are improved by keeping
them in cold water until needed for
use.
Set a dish of water in the oven
when baking a cake and it will seldom
scorch.
Empty jars or bottles will not be-
come musty if very little salt is kept
in them.
A little freshly made tea and a pinch
OF nutmeg impart delicious flavor to
apple pies.
Old bedspreads make nice tab lepads
Trim them off to fit your table, then
bind them.
Ii you wish to cool hot dish in a
hurry place it in vessel full OF cold
salty water.
To remove ink stains from furniture
apply solution of nitre and water
with brush.
If your pie crust is tough use less
water-if the pies stick to the pans,
flour them we'll.
a spoonful of vinegar put into the
water in which meat or fowl is boiled
make them tender.
An old newspaper cleans and pol.
ishes looking glasses more eflectually
than linen or chamOis.
Put a very little sugar in the water
Tor basting meats of all kinds. 1t adds
flavor, especially to veal.
Don't put salt into coup until you
are done skimming it, as salt will
stop the rising of the scum.
II new tinware is rubbed over with
fresh lard and thoroughly heated in
the oven before it is used, it will never
rust.
When acid of any kind gets on
clothing. spirits of ammonia will kill
1t. Apply chloroform to restore the
color.
If n grease spot appears on the wall
paper it may be eradicated with a
piece of blotting paper and hot
flatiron.
The taste of fish may be entirely
removed from knives and forks by
rubbing them with fresh orange or
lemon peel.
Silverware may be kept bright by
the use OF water in which potatoes
have been boiled. Keep bottled for
the purpose.
To keep table salt dry, turn glass
upside down over each shaker between
meals. This forms a cover that OK
cludes all air.
A sponge may be cleaned by rub
bing half a fresh lemon thoroughly
into it, and rinsing several times in
lukcWarm water.
A tiny pinch of salt added to the
coffee pot before boiling water is
poured on will accentuate the deli.
cious flavor and aroma.
Tobacco pipes may be thoroughly
cleaned and made sweet by pouring
alcohol into the bowl and permitting
it to run out OF the stem.
To clean gold chains make a solu.
ton Of caustic potash and let the
chain remain in it until all the adher.
ing DIRT has been removed.
Put a layer Of brown paper under
the oil cloth on the kitchen table; it
will prevent the old cloth cracking
and make it wear twice as long.
When a baked potato is done, it
should be wrapped in a towel and
pressed until it bursts open. The po-
tatoes will always be mealy in this way.
A needle that is slightly rusty is
sometimes rendered workable by be-
ing laid on the carpet and rubbed
gently, but briskly, with the sole OF
the boot.
Keep a wire dishcloth to set in the
bottom of the kettle while cooking
anything that may stick or burn. It
will adapt itself to the shape of the
kettle. 1t must be kept clean and
dry.
A good cement for rubber boots is
mode by dissolving crude rubber in
bisulphuret OF carbon. making the
solution rather thin. Put the cement
upon the patch and the boot; heat
both and put them together.
The South Americans revel in the
old fashioned "boiled dinner" made
with fresh meat instead OF corned
beef, and they add at the last a few
bananas. This is said to make the
dish very appetizing. 1t is certainly
worth a trial.
Try this method of driving away
fleas - Sprinkle the bedding, mat
tresses. carpet, etc, with the following
preparation: Oil OF cloves, two and
one-half drams; csrbolic acid, one
half drams; cologne, three ounces; !;
diluted alcohol, two ounces.
10 Bore Holes In Glass.-Any hard
steel tool will cut glass with great ia.
cility when kept freely wet with cam
phor dissolved in turpentine. A drill
bow may be used, or even the hand
alone. A hole bored may be easily
enlarged by round file.
An Ironing Hint-When necessary
to iron a rough, dry garment at once
try this method. Dampen, roll tight,
wrap in a cloth, then in paper, and
put into the oven while the irons are
heating. Evaporation will cause it to
become thoroughly and evenly dam
pened. Do not have the oven too hot.
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