The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-02-04

news OF THE Farm.
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womanly Wisdom.

A cheap economy can give to us
hut a dear experience.
The greatest blessing in the world
Is a cheerful, sunny heart.
To mend granite kettle. put a
rivet in the hole and pound it flat.
After peeling apples drop them
into cold water. This will prevent
their becoming discolored
For a sauerkraut weight take a
gallon Jug. ill 1t with dry sand,
cork tight and you will have a
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
children 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 wash-rags of the
smaller pieces. Attach a piece of
tape to hang them UP by.
When bathing a baby or invalid
it is well to have the towels heat
ed. They dry the skin more quick
ly without the moist, sticky feeling
that sometimes follows bath
When folks are sick, an old-fash-
Toned candle is nice thing to have
in the room. 1t gives a nice, soft
light, and will not smoke as lamp
does when turned down.
Put a stick OF wood between the
lower part of the boiler and the wall
when you hang 1t up, and any water
+, that is left win drain out nicely.
This is Dads idea. and he knows.
In freezing weather it is imposs-
ible to clean windows with water,
but they may be made shining thus:
Make thick solution of securing
soap and water. Rub it over the
panes evenly, and when it is dry rub
it off with dry cloth.
When putting braid ON the bot
tom of dress, first stitch 1t double,
then hem 1t on to the facing by the
edges with the folded side project
ing Just a fraction below the skirt;
and it will look and wear better
than when put on with a 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 buttered baking
dish, turn cupful of white sauce
mixed with grated cheese over it,
cover the top with buttered bread
crumbs, and bake until the top is
delicate brown.
To make good tea Fill the tea
kettle with freshly drawn cold wat
or, bring it quickly to bubbling
boil. Put teaspoonful of tea (for
each cup desired) into a porcelain
pot which has been warmed Pour
the hard boiling water over the tea
leaves and let it 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.
To can beef Cook until tender
so that the fibers will break apart.
Season and cut into small pieces;
boil the gravy until so thick it will
Jelly when cold. Discard all pieces
of gristle and with a wooden mash
er press the meat, "a little at a
time, firmly into hot jars. Then
pour in enough gravy 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 filled within an inch
of the top; and see that there are
no air spaces between the pieces.
Then fill the jars to overlooking