Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1880 — HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY. [ARTICLE]

HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY.

THINGS TO REMEMBER. That fish may be scaled much easier by dipping in boiling water about a minute. That fish may as well be scaled if desired before packing down in salt, though in that case do not scald them. Salt fish are quickest and best freshened by soakiDg in sour milk. That milk which is turned or changed may be sweetened and rendered fit for use again by ttirring in a little soda. That salt will curdle new milk; hence, in preparing milk porridge, gravies, etc,, the salt should not be added until the dish is prepared. That fresh meat after beginning to sour, will sweeten if placed cut of doors in the cool over night. That clear boiling water will remove tea stains and many fruit stains. Pour the water through the stain and thus prevent its spreading over the fabric. That ripe tomatoes will remove ink and other stains from white cloth; also from the hands

That a teaspoonful of turpentine boiled with your white clothes will aid the whitening process. That boiled starch is much improved by the. addition of a little sperm, or a little salt, or both, or a little gum nrabic dissolved. That beeswax and salt will make your rusty flat irons as clean as gin s. Tie a lump of wax in a rag and keep for that purpose. When the irons are hot, rub them first with the wax rag, aud then scour with a paper or cloth sprinkled with salt. That blue ointment and kerosene mixed in equal proportions, and applied to bedsteads, is an unfailing bedbug remedy, and that a coat of whitewash is ditto for tho walls of a log house. That kerosene will soften boots or shoes which liavo been hardened by water and render (hem as pliable as new.

That kerosene will make tin kettles bright as new. Saturate a woolen rag and rub with it. It will also remove stains from the clean varnished furniture. That cool rain water and soda will remove machine grease from washable fabrics. Every one ot these receipts is unfailing. Out out this slip and place it in a book for reference.