Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1889 — HOUSEKEERS SHO'D KNOW. [ARTICLE]

HOUSEKEERS SHO'D KNOW.

That to have good coffee your coffee pot must be bright and clean inside. That you can «weep a rag carpet much cleaner by sweeping crossways of *he width. That in making up nnbleached muslin allow one inch to the yard for shrinkage. That if you fold your clothes as you take them from the line they will fold much easier. That your copper wash boiler, if well rubbed with a ciotli dipped in coal oil. will be clean and bright. That to keep your bedding pure and wholesome open your beds to air the first thing in the morning. That one part suet to two parts lard rendered together is much better for frying purposes than all lard. That if you want to keep house free of moths, never put down your carpets till the floor is perfectly c ry. That to wash smoothing irons in disnwater after washing y.mr skillets, will make them smooth and prevent rusting. Sandpaper applied to the yellow keys of the piam will restore the C3lor.

When troubled with neuralgio pains heat a flat-iron, put a double fold of flannel on the painful part, tflen move the iron to and fro on the flannel. Tne pain will cease ‘almost immediately. To remove egg stains from silver spoons, take a little common salt between the thumb and finger and rub the stain briskly. Then wash in hot suds.