Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1881 — ODD SCRAPS. [ARTICLE]

ODD SCRAPS.

Castor oil will soften leather. To whiten ivory—boil in lime water. Kerosene will make the tin tea-kettle as new. Saturate a woolen rag, and rub with it. It will also remove stains from clean varnished ftfrnßtfre.

Td make macaroni tender, put it in cold water and bring it to a boiL It will then be much more tender than if put into hot water or stewed in milk.

Blue ointment and kerosene, mixed in equal proportions, and applied to bedsteads, is an unfailing bug remedy; and a coat of whitewash is ditto for wooden walls.

SteAk should be broiled without salt. Salt draws the juices in cooking; it is desirable to keep these if possible. Cook over a hot fire, ttirnihg frequently. Salt and pepper to taste. Ydt’ tan get A bottle or a barrel of oil off of Any catpet or woolen stliff by applying dry buckwheat plentifully and faithfully. Never put water or liquid of any kind to such a grease spot.

Hiccough effects some people very persistently, and where a simpler remedy does not check it, a half teaspoonful of nitre in a half tumbler of water is recommended as an instantaUediis remedy. If you Wish td do awfty with the use of grease dn the griddle tor baking cakes, haVe the ordinary Iron griddle ground smooth on a grindstone And rubbed off with a piece of fine sand-paper wrapped round a block of wood. This is much better than a soapstone griddle. When turnips placed in the cellar begin to sprout yiey are Usually thrown away, but A bUsliel td tiifnips Will furnish a fathily with Saiid al) Winter, and a vtery g’dd'd ode if ptoperly prepared. Place the bushel of turnips in a dark, warm cellar to Sprout, and when the sprouts are three or four inches long cut them off; pick the leaves from the stems and pour on hot water a moment; then plunge them into cold water; place the sprouts in the colander to drain off all the water, and send to table with a plain dressing or bacon dressing pouted Over them— Eree Dress-.