Middletown transcript., 1907-12-21
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

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Outside leaves oI lettuce, if boiled,
drained and chopped, and served on
toast, like apinacfs are delicious.
Brass or copper may be easily cleaned
BY rubbing sitf vet, soapy rag dipped
in powdered bath.brick. Polish after
wards with a soft dry cloth newspaper.
When bei ing bacon or ham add little
vinegar a.d two Or three cloves to the
water. and leave lie bacon in until the
water is cold. The flavor is delicious.
Greasy water should never be thrown
down the sink. Put it in the garden.
There is no better manure, and flowers
especially roees-bloom splendidly if a
little is occasionally poured round the
roots.
When using beef or mutton dripping
instead Of butter for pastry, try beating
ID to a cream with a squeeze Of lemon
juice This will take away the taste that
some people object to in dripping made
pastry, and make ii beautifully light and
crisp.
To remove ink stains from colored cloth
dissolve teaspoonful OF oxalic acid in a
teacupfuI of hot water. Rub this solu-
tion we'll into the stain until it disappears.
If applied at once, before the ink has had
time to dry in, this will quite remove it.
A torn place in yoile or other thin
material is best mended with piece of
court-plaster. Get it as near the same
color as possible, dampen it, lay under
the torn place, and press under a weight
till dry. If neatly done it will scarcely
show at all.
Just little forefhought and labor will
insure having kitchen knives in their
right places and preventing their edges
from becoming needlessly nicked and
dulled. First, you must have board
from eight to ten inches long (she length
depends upon the length Of the kniyes),
about six inches wide and three-quarters
OF an inch thick at one end screw on a
strip as long as the board is broad, about
an inch and half wide and half an inch
thick. At the other end there should be
a strip Of the same dimensions, save that
itishould be about two and half inches
wide. In the second strip saw a sufficient
number OF slits for the blades of the
knives to rest IN, the handles to rest on
the narrow strip. Staining the wood will
improve its appearance.
"A very strong cement for crockery and
glass ia made by stirring the white of an
egg to stiff paste with pulverized lime
and little grated cheese.
Ii there is no shoe polish available, an
excellent spbstitaae Is made by mixing
black ink with The well-beaten white Of
an egg.
After grinding pepper or other spices in
the coffee mill il can be thoroughly
cleaned BY looseniBg the screw and run
ming cupfnl of corn meal through it.
To clean silver. take very warm lard,
rub all over the silver and then dust all
oyer with common baking soda. Set it
aside for an houror until you get ready
to clean. Then take tissue paper and
rub thoroughly all over, and your silver
will look like new This is very simple
way, and very easy.
When one is cooking with enamel ware
stew kettles, etc, and does not like to
have them all smoked up, just grease
them on the outside thoroughly before
putting on the steve. When through
cooking with then, rub off with paper
fany kind) and wash in the usual way,
and they would fook bright and new.
The grease prevents the smoke from stick
ing fast.
Did you know That there is much virtue
in lemon tor headache :? Try this and
note result Lay upon napkin sliced
lemon, place across forehead and tie
firmly around the head II possible, lie
down and be quiet. If the lemon is very
juicy, it may irritate very tender skin
if SO, remove lemon for few moments
and then apply again. This is especially
good for nervous headache.
For celery and apple salad, pare and
dice three tart, well-favored apples,
Wash the white, tender portions of q
bunch Of celery clean, then cut into half
inch lengths. Mix the celery and apples
together and heap mound fashion in the
centre Of salad bowl. Dress with salad
dressing and garnish with fringed celery.
Serve without delay, as apples turn dark
when exposed to the air for any length oI
time.