Middletown transcript., 1906-08-25
USEFUL THINGS 10 KNOW
Wash tile bread box ont weekly and
air it before placing bread IN it again.

Wash tile bread box ont weekly AM
air ii before placing bread IN it again.
A spoonful Of water added 10 an egl
before beating ii makes it more frothy.
Paint win stick to tinwear if the surface
Is scratched with piece OF rough pulnict
stone or coarse sandpaper and thin coal
of sheIiac yarnisli supplied before the
paint is put on.
In making custard pie do not beat the
eggs more than just enough to have them
mix with the milk then be careful not
to bake too long.
Grease marks on pages Of books MAY
be removed by sponging them with ben
zine, placing between two sheets of blot
ting paper and pressing with hot iron.
To keep marmaiade alright beat well
the white ..of an egg, with it brush over
white paper and cover the marmalade pot
with the paper while the preserve is still
hot.
A pan or bucket in which holes have
been worn may be made available for
! carrying water for flowers if small pieces
Of cloth are pulled through the holes as
far as they will go,
In warm weather meats may be fresh-
, ened by washing in cod soda water be-
fore cooking. though washing of meat is
detrimental to it's quality and should only
be done when necessity demands it.
The most desirable fruits for Jelly max.
ing after cHTrants are crab apples, apples
ounces. grapes, blsekberries, saspberries
and peaches. If the fruit is used before
1t is fully ripe it makes clearer jelly and
q gentle simnering with no stirring will
make il Of finer grain.
Hold piece OF ice to burned finger
until the smarting ceases, and no blister
will form on the skin.
Ricarbonatp OF soda Ordinary baking
sodal is a safe and effectual remedy for
burns or scalds. Make into paste and
apply TO the raw surface, keeping in place
by thin cotton or linen bands. Renew
from time to time until the skin Isl
healed.
The white OF egg is good for slight
burns. Never use flour or cotton batting,
as their tendency is to stick to the raw
surface.
One of tie most soothing applications
for fire hHrn is raw potato, scraped or
grated, and bound like ponltioe on the
injured surface.
Lime water mixed with linseed or table |
oil makes good dressing on absorbent
cotton, or use earbolic solution, using
two parts Of hot las can be borne) boiled
water to one part of carboIic solution.
Baking coda is good for an aching
tooth for bathing surface which is
broken out with hives or prickly heat !; |
to take internally for sour stomach.
When children swallow hurtful things.
if it causes choking and symptoms Of suf-
location. either turn the child upside |
down and strike quickly between the
shoulders or run the finger back into the
throat to hook it out, or last of all, push
it down.
When things with sharp edges, like bits
of glass, are swallowed, feed on potatoes
in every form for two or three days, until
the fragments appear. Use with this diet
frequent injection in the bowels.
With hurtful liquids, use an emetic a
teaspoonful OF mustard mixed with one
half cupful of warm water, swallowed at
once. Then cup after cupful of lukewarm
water must be given, pressing the finger
down the throat to encourage vomiting
II II does not come in Is minutes, repeat.
After vomiting is induced give castor oil.
To extract live insects from the ear
a month; the pour in sweet oil, glycerine
or salt water. Sometimes the insect will
crawl out if the ear is turned to bright
light.
A piano when new should be tuned once
longer an instrument remains untuned.
thelower its pitch becomes it is a com
mon error to think piano ehould remain
in tune at least year +
An excellent polish for furniture NAV
be made with equal parts of turpentine,
inseed oil and vinegar. Spar yarnish is
The liqyid to use on all furniture for ont.
,f-door use, as it is both weather-proof &
ind lasting Is
DO away with tedious peeling by put
ing the peaches into dishpan or other
aree receptacle. Pour over them enongh
boiling water to cover. Place something
,ver this to prevent steam from escaping
ind let stand until nearly cool. Nov
with the fingers, remove the skin, which.
Without the least trouble, will come most
'eadily, leaving the fruit beautifully
Imooth and unmarried.
To dry patent leather or other shoes
leat pan Of bran in the oven until quite
warm, pour this into the shoes, filing to !,
he top, wipe the outside with a dry cloth
md rub into the leather vaseline or sweet
IL and let stand until dry.
The ingredients for the fly paper are
Melted resin and heavy paper. Melt the t
esin, then add lard enough to make ii /
ticky after cooling. Spread evenly !
fith knife on tough paper and lay two i
heess together. When needed, to use. Ir
lnll apart as yousdo the prepared tangle-
GOT paper. t
Il hooks and eyes have rusted white 9
Gods put the garment into water in +
shich has been dissolved little cream Of 9
artar and boil for few minntes. !
The difficulty in cleaning globes ID
argely due to the ornamental rouehne,s ! =
I the glass, and il is often hard 10 clean
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