Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-08-27

leather shoes.
Tomatoes eaten once or twice a day
will often rouse up a lazy liver
All frozen buildings are improved by
being served with whipped cream.
Use mmonia and water rather than
soap and water for washing marble.
Milk is good TO wash white paint:
cold tea equally good TO wash colored
paint.
Leftover biscuits are much better
cut in two and toasted h If merely
warmed over.
When cooking mackerel or other salt
fish, see that the skin side is placed up
permost.
To lengthen the life Of a tin wash
basin, paint II inside with any good
quality of paint.
Clean zinc with kerosene, rubbed on
with a soft cloth, and follow with boil
ing water.
A whisk broom that has outlived it's
usefulness, can be shortened and made
into a sink brush.
A few chopped almonds added to q
custard or bread pudding will greatly
improve its flavor.
A sprig Of mint in the water in
which potatoes of peas are boiled will
add a piquant flavor.
When boiling cabbage the odor will
be much less noticeable If the lid is
left off the pot.
To prevent green vegetables from
fading when they are boiled, put a
pinch Of soda in the water.
A cloth wrung out In ice water and
applied to the back of the head. will
often relieve insomnia.
Salts OF lemon will remove ink
stains from wooden floors. Use two
tablespoonfuls to a quart Of water.
Ice tea can be given q piquant favor
by the addition Of half q dozen cloves
TO a pitcher of tea.
Iron rust stains should be rubbed
with lemon and salt and held in the
steam or a rapidly boiling kettle.
To prevent or remove tan, put
enough b~enzoin in the bathing water
to give 1t a slightly milky appearance,
Slight iron scorches on linen will
often disappear II the piece is laid for
awhile in the bright sunshine.
An excellent way to clean steel
knives and forks is to cut a fair-sized
potato IN half and use with bathbrick.
Equal parts of salt and cooking soda
with a little water will greatly relieve
the pain Of insect stings and bites.
strange as ii may seem, a stomach
that can tolerate no other meat will
OFTEN easily digest fried breakfast ba-
con.
Keep a bowl Of cold water at hand
into which to dip the fingers frequent
ly when hulling or Gaping fruit for
preserving.
10 get rid Of rats, stuff their holes
with laundry soap which has beer lib
orally sprinkled with cayenne pepper
Cucumbers, after soaking in cold
water for an hour, should be drained
and shaken dry In a clean towel before
serving.
Soap that ome from the store moist
will be used up very fast. 1t is a good
plan TO put 1t on a shelf for a weeK
TO dry.
Alum used In rinsing water will pre-
vent green goods from fading, while
a handful Of salt in the water win hold
blue fast.
Vinegar, applied with a soft cloth,
will give a good polish to windows, but
the dust should first be wiped off with
a dry cloth.
When stitching a silk garment 1t will
be found more practical to use thread
in the bobbin to avoid having the gar
ment puCker.
An excellent way TO cook string
beans, instead of breaking them into
short pieces, Is to slit them lengthwise
with n sharp knife. 1t gives a better
flavor.
Caulifower should always be soaked
for a full hour before it is boiled, and
then should be boiled in water very
slightly salty for from 20 to 80 minutes.
Excellent butter may be made in a
small ice cream freezer, but care should
be taken that there is not a particle
of rust in the can, and it should be
polished until it shines.
A good way to bleach linen or lace
is TO put 1t into a bowl of soapy water
n set it out in the strong sunlight.
If it be exposed TO dirt and dust, place
a glass over the bowl.
To remove grass stains from child
ren'S clothes, rub the spots thoroughly
with a little fresh lard a short time
before washing. Then wash as usual
n the spots should come out.
When cold halibut is left from dinner.
cut it into pieces large enough for in
dividual plates, put them on salad
plates with slices OF tomato and green
! pepper and serve with ~mayonnaise.
Washing lamp chimneys by miners
ing them in water often makes them
brittle. A safer way to clean them is
10 hold them for a few minutes over a
steaming kettle, and Their polish briskly
with q soft cloth.
If a hardwood floor is sticky after
being treated with boiled oil and tur-
pentine, get a pail of strong cider vine
gar, wiring n cloth out of this and wipe
the floor with it. 1t will cause great
Improvement.
If ham that is to be boiled for break
fast is allowed to soak over night in
milk il will have a delicious sweet
flavor. If not too salty the milk need
not be thrown away, but may be thick
ened and used for gravy.
To prevent a steak from being tough,
place II in a pan in the refrigerator
with about ar ounce of olive oil, into
which has been stirred a hiatt table
spoonful of vinegar, and turn 1t over
several times at intervals.
TO clean white marble, wash il thor
oughly with soap and water, then brush
it over well, especially in the crevices,
with whiting, mixed with a little blue
as used for ceilings Allow 1t to dry
thoroughly and hen polish with a
clean, dry cloth.