The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-08-14

pIVdCu VI USWueSS, wipe Tue leather
with a damp cloth to clean, then ap-
ply varnish made of the whites of
eggs.
If salad dressing curdles, plunge
the bowl quickly in a dish of cold
water and stir briskly with an egg
beaten, and it will soon be smooth
To keep flies out Of a room, put a
few drops of oil of lavendar on a
sponge placed in a saucer Of hot wa
ter. These will give a scent like vio-
lets, which flies dislike. If you do not
wish to try 1t in the house. put the
sponge on table in the porch IL
the flies are troublesome there.
A little kerosene added to water
when wiping up hardwood floors will
make them look like new.
Curtain rods may be passed
through the lacing of curtain far
more easily and with much less risk
of damage to the muslin or lace If
the finger of an old kid glove is slip
ped over the end of the rod which
enters the lacing first.
To keep butter hard in hot weather,
invert large crock of earthenware
"a flower-pot will do) about the size
Of the dish containing the butter.
The porousness of the earthenware
will keep the butter cool, and all the
more If the pot be wrapped in a wet
cloth with little water in the dish
with the butter. This makes the
butter look fine, not all grease.
To remove grass stains, use alco-
hol. Soak stained portions in alco-
hol and rub.
To remove paint stains, use vase
line and benzine. Soften with vase
line and then rub with benzine.
Stick cinnamon placed inside a pi-
ano or organ will keep away moths.
A generous pinch Of soda added to
meat or vegetables while boiling will
make them more tender.
A teaspoonful of sugar added to
vegetables when cooking will greatly
add to their flavor.
Add little very cold water to the
whites of eggs before whipping and
you will be surprised how they in
crease.
A very satisfactory way of press
ing skirts is to place two sheets OF
newspaper over the right side Of the
pleat and run moderately hot iron
over it. This method Is much easier
than the damp cloth and the results
are better.
Hang scorched garment in the
sun SO that the sun shines directly
on the scorched part. The scorch
will be gone in fifteen minutes.
To polish silverware (nnless it IL
oxidized), put 1t in sour milk and lei
it stay for twenty minutes. Remove
and rinse in hot water.
Rub the skin of potatoes with q
bacon rind or a little butter before
putting them in the oven and they
will bake in half the usual time and
the shells will not be hard and brit
tie.
Oil of peppermint dropped in rat
holes will entirely rid a house OF
rats.
II saucepans be burnt, rub with q
damp cloth, dipped in fine ashes; or q
damp cloth dipped in coarse salt will
have the same effect.
Common salt is one of the best
agents for cleansing sink fixtures
and marble washstands.
If small box of sand and brick.
uubL 10 hept IL tue hlLCueu u6uQy
much time and trouble will be saved
Wet one end of cork and dip In
the brickdust, then rub on any staine
on knives, forks and spoons as you
are washing them and thus the stain
will be removed. The article &C
treated will seldom need any polish
To remove rust from steel. cover
with sweet oil, leave on two or three
days, then dust quickly with powder.
ed unslacked lime: rub we'll and rust
will disappear.
>. vaseline rubbed into wet leather
, will prevent hardening and cracking
Of the leather.
Air-slacked lime placed in q cellar
will prevent musty smell and damp.
mess.
Poke-root boiled and the water Civ.
en- to poultry will cure cholera.
A teaspoonful Of grated horseradisf
will keep milk sweet for many days
II A fourth Of teaspoonful Of mus,
tard seed tied In q white cloth and
, placed on top Of fruit before lid II
|put on will keep It from molding.
A few grains Of rice in the sal
J shaker will prevent the salt from
drawing dampness.
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