Middletown transcript., 1910-07-30
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

iced tea.
Meat should generally cook 80 minutes
to the pound.
Rubbers can be frightened by the use
OF ammonia water.
a yeast cake can be kept fresh for .
week by burying it in -four.
If stoves are rubbed with kerosene be.
fore they are stored away they will not
rust.
House plants intended for winter bloom.
ing should not be allowed to flower during
the summer.
A nut pick on top Of the refrigerator
will be found just the thing to remove
paper tops from milk jars.
Place solid silver spoon in fruit jar
when it is filed with hot preserves, and
the jar will not break.
To make tough meat tender, cover Il
with boiling water and put it where il
will barely simmer for several hours.
When starching shirt fronts and collars,
if high gloss is desired, add a few
drops of turpentine to the starch.
Strong ammonia and water will revive
the luster Of the gold and silver riyeted
Egyptian scarfs that sometimes tarnish.
Any brickwork rinsed off with ammonia
and water and then carefully dried will
be wonderfully frightened by the process.
A cloth wrung out in hot water to
which has been added little turpentine
will restore the brightness of faded rugs.
1t is a dangerous thing to allow ashes to
accumulate in the cellar, as the house
will inevitably be musty in consequence.
In spite of its apparent warmth. In.
dian curry has very cooling effect,
and is excellent with rice and chicken in
When making aprons the pockets will
not tear if strip OF the straight goods is
stitched in between the pocket and the
apron.
Old perspiration stains may be eremoyed
by applying oxalic acid and water in solu.
ton of one part OF the acid to twenty of
water.
When a fruit jar covered sticks, stand
it on its head for few minutes in a pan
half full of hot water. 1t will come off
easily.
Clothes should always be thoroughly
aired and dried after being cleaned, or
they will become sour; and white goods
will turn yellow.
To preserve the favor of tender peas,
boil them for little while in the pods,
which may then be removed, and the
cooking completed.
To Whiten your hands, dissolve borax
in your washing water, rub pure lemon
juice in while still damp, and at night
apply good cold cream and sleep in a
pair of very loose chamois-leather gloves,
For the redness inside the nostrils apply
zinc and boracic ointment. Any chemist
will make you up email quantity.
If there is danger of color running in a
garment, soak it well in solution of turpen-
line and water for twelve hours. Half
pint of turpentine being used to three
gallons of water.
The old fashioned way for removing
lpots from vanished furniture was this:
Heat shovel pretty hot and hold it
,ver and about three inches above the
jpot. The heat will cause the defect to
disappear.
II the handle of table knife becomes
oose, make cement of one part sealing
wax and two parts rosin. Melt together
md, while warm, dip the handle of the
zuife into the mixture. Replace immedi-
ltely in the handle.
To purify rancid butter melt and skim
he butter and then put into it piece
If well toasted bread. In a minute or
wo the bread will have absorbed all of.
ensive taste and smell and the butter will
De perfectly sweet.
In order to make thoroughly satisfac.
ory curry, uncooked meat should be
lsed, but good results can be obtained by
he used of cold lamb, beef, game rabbit,
" chicken, provided that an extra supply
# stock or gravy is at hand.
In cleaning bric-a-brac, it is well to
lse soft bush, so as to get into all the
revices where the dust is apt to lodge.
rhe same plan should be followed with
ups. Otherwise it is quite impossible to
,et the china bright about the handles.
TIA paint brush is stiff from paint or
'arnish, do not throw it aside as useless.
instead, immerse it time and again in
,oiling vinegar and soon it will become
liable. Then wash it in warm soapsuds,
ince in tepid water and the brush is
eady to use.
In washing hosiery, first turn each
tocking inside out and shake thoroughly
o remove all dust. Then let them soak
or quarter of an hour in soapy water.
hen they should be rinsed in two
waters. If they are ironed see that the
ron is not too hot.
There are some practical makeshifts
or mucilage. White of egg will be
ound quite as good as mucilage for seal
ng letter. Another substitute is bit
( cold boiled potato rubbed over the pa
er, the paper than being held in place as
rmly as possible.
When making fritters, cook sections
{ orange in water and sugar until it be-
ins to thicken like syrup. Dip each
iece Of orange into delicate batter and
~ in boiling lard to a golden brown.
Just With powdered sugar and serve in
ing around orange marmalade-
To make French dressing take half
aaspoonful of salt, quarter teaspoonful
7hits peper. Put in a bowl and add
three to five tablespoonfuls of
"A Ruh nnEii tho salt ia dissoIved khen