Middletown transcript., 1907-11-02
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

Remove fiower-pot stains from window
sIlis by rubbing with fine wood ashes and
rinse with clean water.
A banana should be quite ripe when
eaten. Preferably il should be oyerrine
and beginning to show black on tbe little
skin. ''e
| Try line sandpaper on ivory-handled
knives that have yellowed with ana
Neither ivory nor W. o1en handles should
ever be allowed to go into water. Thew
should be washed in the hand and i'm.
mediately dried.
| Some housekeepeFs keep In their kiteh.
ems strips of clean white muslin an inch
or SO wide and long enough to 20 around
the pie tins and fasten. These they place
about the edges Of all juicy pies to keen
i them from running oyer.
Another preventive for running over ia
the use OF rather deep pie tins that have
broad edge at the top. With these thu
bottom crust should be slightly moistened
with water and the two crusts pinched
tightly together below the top of the
tin, leaving the crusts a quarter of an inch
at the top, free from each other. Then
Tree the bottom crust from the side of the
tin all around the edge and press the two
forward, separating them at the very edge.
Alter some practise in this way the edge
OF the pie can be made quite decorative,
and there will be less danger of losing the
juice, In any case, generous ventilations
must be left. in the upper crust.
Marble statuary that has beconas. -
can be cleaned by first rsmoN
and then washing it with
solution Of by ydrochIoric acid.
10 improve the flavor of an app
sprinkle the fruit with lemon juice
it is filed into the crust and cover it
tiny pieces of butter. Then add tie
sugar and nutmeg or cinnamon. Children
always, and sometimes those OF larger
growth, prefer a sprinkling of czraway
seed for favoring.
Ii people ate more fiuit they would
take less medicine and bare better health.
There is an old sayiug that fruit is golden
In the morning and leaden at night. AS
a matter of fact, it may be gold at both
times, but then it should be eaten on an
empty stomach and not as dessert, when
the appetite is satisfied aud digestion ia
already sufficiently taxed. Fruit taken
in the morning before the fast of the
night has been broken is refreshing, and
it serves as a stimulus to the digestive
organs. A ripe apple or an orange may
be taken at this time with good effect.
Fruit, to be really valuable as an article
OF diet should be ripe, sound, and in
every way of good quality, and, if posi-.
BILE, it should be eaten raw. Instead Of
eating great deal Of meal for breakfast,
most people would do far better if they
took some grapes, pears, or apples-fresh
fruit as long as it is to be had, and after
that they can fall back on stewed prunes,
figs, etc. If only fruit of some sort
formed an important item in their break
fast, women would feel brighter and
stronger, and would have far better com.
plexions than is the rule at present
To clean a steel knife cut an Irish pota-
to in half, dip one Of the pieces in the
brickdust which is generally used for
cleaning knives. Rub the blade of the
knife and the stain will Immediately dis
appear.
To keep meat without smoking use one
pint of salt, three tablespoonfuls of brown
sugar, two tablespoonfuls of black pepper,
one tablespoonful Of cayenne pepper, for
one joint OF meat weighing Is pounds.
Mix well and rub into the meat after the
animal heat is out. Wrap in brown
paper, sew up in muslin sacks and hang
joint-end down.
To clean clothes-line first roll it in
ball, then take scrub brush, soap and
water, and scrub the outside of the ball
roll up that which has been scrubbed ia
new ball, and continue scrubbing and
rolling until all has been cleaned. Then
rinse it thoroughly. This is very good
way to avoid those troublesome knots. I.
To restore the color to gilt frames, wash
them with warm water in which an onion
has been boiled. Dry quickly wish soft
cloth.
A cold biscuit broken in halves and
rubbed on patent leather shoes will give
them shine liketnew.
Those annoying stains or rings that re-
main in watersbitchers after water has
been1eft standing ia them, can be easily
removed by the use Of potato Feelings
and a little vinegar.
To disinfect room, burn sulphur,
coffee or potato parings Paper burnt in
the sick room several times daily will
eradicate all scent or smell.
Mildew, il not of too long standing, can
be removed by the use Of raw tomato
and salt Rub the stains with tomato,
sprinkle thickly with salt and lay in the
sun. It may be necessary TO repeat the
process two or three times.
To free room Of hedbugs close the
room tightly and burn sulphur Here is
another remedy which has never failed
Put three ounces Of corrosive suhlimate
in one-quart Of alcohol, then with a
leather put in every cresiee in the room.
To clean . carpet without taking up