Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1891 — THE HOUSEHOLD. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE HOUSEHOLD.

A Cold Ilox In s W.ll. Our grandmothers thought it Impossible to make good butter during the hot weather of late summer, and found the cause of the failure In the baneful influence of the Dog Days, But it was proved long ago that good butter can be produced during this season. Keeping it good and solid seems to be the difficulty. Where a constant stream of cold spring

water can be made to flow through a trough arranged for the purpose, perfection is attained. Few can have this, and must substitute a trough through

| which water Is pumped daily. In hot • weather the water soon becomes warm ; and of little use. A Mr. B. has adopted ; a plan which secures an even tempora- | ture of about 60 degrees. His well Is an | ordinary dug one,several feet in diameter and walled up with stone. Butter,

cream, etc., arc placed in a box and lowered in it nearly to the water. The accompanying drawings give a pretty clear idea of the necessary apparatus.— [Rural New Yorker. Domestic Hints. TnE squaro after-dinner coffee cups are not as popular as they were. Zinc is best cleaned with hot soapy water, then polished with kerosene. Fairy lamps in crystal and metal combinations mako destrablo illuminations. Dainty invalid sets are provided with china trays, decorated with (lowers oi baby faces. Grape scissors are now quite generally used to manage the- large bunches ol this most healthful fruit. Inexpensive hangings may be made of pale lemon or amber-colored muslins with borders outlined with bright embroidery silks. Fob a simple tea, jam sandwiches, thin, dainty, and devoid of crust, piled lightly on a plate, with spread , napkin, are a relished sweet. A pleasant addition to tho bath Is tho extract of pine neoilos. Tills comes also in tho form of a soap pungent with the odor of the balsam forests. It Is said that milk Is mado especially nutritious if it is put In a jar and stood In a moderately hot oven for eight or ten hours. It is then called “baked milk,” and has become thick and creamy. To remove mildew from cloth: Put a teaspoonful of chlorido of lime into a quart of water, strain it twice, then dip the mildewed places in this weak solution; lay in the sun. If the mildew has not disappeared when dry, repeat. Oatmeal is particularly valuablo as a food. It contains more nitrogen than any other cereal, with a very largo percentage of starch and sugar. It contains more than 90 per cent, of nutriment. Tho coarsely ground meal is best Never wash raspberries unless It must be done, and then before they are hulled. Use a large bowl full of water and put a few berries in at a time; stir them a little with the hands until clean, then skim them out and hull them at once. Much handling injures fruit and takes away its freshness and flavor.

FLOOR ABOVE THE WELL.

WELL BOX AND WINDLASS.