Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 297, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1912 — Helpful Hints. [ARTICLE]

Helpful Hints.

Beetles can be exterminated from any room if the place they infest is sprinkled with ground borax mixed with common brown sugar. When the flesh is bruised It should be bathed freely and at once with very hot water. This will prevent congestion and the ugly discoloration. To sweeten rancid butter, melt the butter, skim it, then place a piece of light brown toast in it, and in a few minutes the toast will have absorbed the unpleasant taste and smell. To prevent frying fish from becoming greasy and sodden, have the fat in which it Is to be fried almost boiling hot before putting the fish In the pan. A blue smoke will be rising from the fat when it is in the proper condition. Alum water is good to use for rinsing curtains and muslin hangings, children’s dresses and pinafores, in order to render them non-inflammable. Two ounces of alum should be dissolved in one gallon of water and be used in the rinsing process. 7