New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-01-26
Wonanly Wisdom.

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A cheap economy can give to US but
dear experience.
The greatest blessing in the world is
cheerful, sunny heart.
To mend a granite kettle, put
rlvet in the hole and pound it fat.
After peeling apples drop them into
cold water. This will prevent their
becoming discolored.
For a sauerkraut weight take a
gallon jug, fill it with dry sand,. cork
| tight and you will have weight for
life.
My kitchen stove is kept bright and
clean by rubbing it briskly after each
meal with old newspapers. This saves
many polishings.
Don't be too much impressed with
what Everybody says" Sometimes
this "everybody' is nothing more
than some neighborhood gossip.
Do not keep the baby and other
Cchildren in room where any one is
smoking. The fumes of tobacco are
bad for the eyes, and injurious when
| breathed.
Cut up the old, worn bedspread into
bath towels. Hem as usual. Make
bibs or washrags of the smaller pieces.
Attach piece of tape to hang them up
by.
When bathing a baby or invalid it
is well to have the towels heated.
They dry the skin more quickly with
out the moist, sticky feeling that
sometimes follows bath.
| When folks are sick, an old
fashioned candle is a nice thing to
have in the room. It gives nice,
soft light, and will not smoke as a
lamp does when turned down.
Put stick Of wood between the
lower part of the boiler and the wall
when you hang it up, and any water
that is left will drain out nicely. This
is Dads idea, and he knows.
In freezing weather it is impossible
to clean windows with water, but they
may be made shining thus: Make a
thick solution of securing soap and
water. Rub it over the panes evenly,
and when it is dry rub it off with a
dry cloth.
! When putting braid on the bottom
of a dress, first stitch it double, then
hem it on to the facing by the edges
with the folded side projecting just a
fraction below the skirt; and it will
! look and wear better than when put on
with single edge below the skirt.
! TO bake cabbage so that every one
in the family will like it: First cook
it tender in sailed water, changing the
water twice. Then chop it, put it into
a buttered baking dish, turn a cupful
OF white sauce mixed with grated
cheese over it, cover the top with
| buttered bread-crumbs, and bake I'M
til the top is a delicate brown.
To make good tea: Fill the teakettle
with freshly-drawn cold water, bring
| it quickly to bubbling boil. Put a
/ teaspoonful Of tea (for each cup de-
i sired) into a porcelain pot which has
been warmed. Pour the hard boiling
water over the tea leaves and let il
steep for three or four minutes,-no
longer; then pour off the tea into
another heated china pot. Do not
use the tea leaves again.
I To can beef: Cook until tender SO
that the fbers will break apart. Sea-
son and cut into small pieces; boil the
gravy until so thick it will jelly when
cold. Discard all pieces of gristle
and with wooden masher press the
meat, a little at a time, firmly into
hot jars. Then pour in enough gravy
4 to fill all the places around it.-not
enough to float the meat, but to cover
/ it. Then add more meat and gravy
till the jars are filed within an inch Of
4 the top; and see that there are no air
i spaces between the pieces. Then fl
the jars to oVerfoWing with boiling
4 melted suet, and seal, using new
4Irubbers with tested jars.
From February Farm Journal