Middletown transcript., 1910-09-24
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

ulase0 weekly pY ciockmaKefp re-
sponsibIe member Of the household
should be put in charge Of it. A clock
should be wound as far as possible al
one stated time and be regulated at fix.
ed period; II should be kept locked il
possible, so that mischievous persons may
not play with 1t, and its lace, hands, ETC.,
should occasionally be carefully busted.
A periodical oiling may also be necessary,
and for this purpose the best oil, purified
by lime-water, should be used. Let
this mixture stand for aIday or two and
then carefully pour off the oil without
disturbing the sediment. The oil should
be applied to the works with fine
camels hair brush.
When burning vegetable or other ref
use 10 stove or furnace, throw hand.
full Of salt into she fire and there will be
no unpleasant odor.
The globes on electric fixtures and lamps
should not be screwed too tight, as the
heat when the light is burning will ex-
pand the glass. Sufficient room should
be left for this expansion. When screwed
too tight the globe will crack or
break.
To remove ink stains from coIored
tablecloth dissolve q teaspoonful of OK.
alic acid in teacupful Of hot water. Rub
this solution well into the stain until it
disappears. II applied at once before
she ink has had time to dry in this will
quite remove it.
Never hang waist or jacket by the
loop at the neck. The proper thing Of
course is to use hanger which will keep
the garment in shape: bat instead Of this
the next best thing is to place loops in
the armholes and in hanging stretch the
garment from one hook to another.
In putting down q carpet, 1t is an ex-
cellsnt plan to slide a pair Of goIoshes
over the shoes: The rubber enables the
carpet to be drawn out and stretched by
simply walking or pushing the carpet
with the feet from the centre to the cor.
nners,
A bath Of kerosene will often give
new Tigor to the family clock when it
gets on one Of those tired streaks.
When knocking the crusts off tlice Of
Toast, try using wooden potato masher
md see how much easier and tttt the
work is done.
A tablespoonful OF strong coffrtlput in.
70 gravy Of melted butter, pepper and
lalt TO be poured over beef steak, imparts
/ delicious favor to it.
A tablespoonful OF vinegar put into |
amp or oil stove that smells or smokes,
will cause it to burn with clear light
md prevent it from smoking.
Enameled ware which has become dis.
,olored can be cleaned with q, paste made
II coarse salt aud vinegar.
Discolored cups and dishes used for
,aking can be made as new by rubbing
he brown stains with a flannel dipped
INTO whiting.
Many families will really suffer from
squeaking hinge for weeks, when one
publication Of machine oil or little heat
d lard will result in perfect silence.
Valuable lace should be wrapped in
'lue paper. White paper is often bleach.
d with chloride Of lime, which injurious
? affects any delicate fabric that lies
gsinst it any length OF tine.
To clean stained flower vases put a
tile vinegar in glass and then some
pap powder. Shake the glaes till the
aims are removed, then wash in warm
alter. The vinegar and soap powder
m be used for several glassts.
When there are moths in stuffed chairs
Dply oil of sassafras under the stufinR of
le seat and the moths will vanish.
A dying fire will revive quickly and
'kindIe within few moments if tea.
,oonful OF sugar is scattered over the
,als.
An easy way to clean silver is to melt
1Hn some mutton suet until it lie clear
I. Then heat it to the boiling point
I'd stir in enough emery powder to bring
to paste. When almost cold stir in
small quantity of parsfin and put in
ITS for use. Rub the articles to be
eaned with this and polish with cloth
yhtly dipped in whiting.
When house, cleaning tapestry chairs
ID sofas apply hot bran with piece of
Innel to the chairs, rubbing briskly.
Always buy q sheet which is little
ider than you require. As the sheet
ears You can cut it down the centre aud
W the selvedges togetheT-the extra
idth will be required for the hens at
9 sides.
Stove polish mixed with vineg :, and
th a little sugar added will have a
ilIiant and more lasting luster.
Rust will fly before piece Of brown
per moistsned with vinegar if a little
,ount Of elbow grease is ueed.
Sometimes when jam jars run short
g is at ones wits end to know what to
. to hold the jam which is 80 useful in
inter-. If wine bottles are procurablf,
ep piece of worsted in parafin and
round the neck. Set match to tbis
directly the fame is out. put the
tile into cold water. when the neck
4 fall off, leaving most upeful Jar.
most careful.
L is better to keep the gloves on the
nds, when cleaning, then dip q soft
Co of flannel 10 gasoline and gently
, the kid.
FOLD your lace together in regultr
gths and sew it in a sack of fine while a.
30, stitching il at the top, in the mid
and at the bottom. Dip the lace in T
i, roll il with the hands, not rubbing
roughly to clean it. When il is
en- out of the beer, press it between /