Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1906 — FOR THE HOUSEWIFE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

Witslilnir Fluid. One-half ounce of muriate of ammonia, one-half ounce of salts of tartar. one can of patent lye and six quarts of cold water. Dissolve and mix and pour Into bottles, glass jars or stone crocks and keep tightly corked. Cut half a cake of soap into a boiler three-quarters full of cold water and add half a cupful of the mlkture; soak the clothes overnight or twenty minutes tu cold water, wring out, place In a boiler and let It come to a boll and simmer for about twenty minutes, rinse thoroughly, blue, and they will be beautifully white. The suds may be used for flannels and colored pieces. Mustard Sauce. Au excellent sharp sauce to serve with fish or boiled beef is this of mustard: Add to one cup .of grated horseradish one cup of mustard, dry, a small bunch of any sweet herb, basil, thyme, savory or parsley chopped fine, a large oulon grated, a tablespoonful of salt and enough cold vinegar to make the right consistency. This Is best freshly made, but if it is to be kept for some time it should be cooked thoroughly, then bottled. Stained Marble. To remove stains from marble mix together one-half pound of soda, onehalf pound of soft soap and one pound of whiting. 801 l until they become as thick as paste and then let cool. Before it is quite cold spread It over a surface of the marble and leave it at least a whole day. Use soft water to wash It off and rub well with soft cloths. For black marble nothing is better than spirits of turpentine. Currant and Raspberry Shrub. Heat currants and raspberries until the juice runs, squeeze the fruit and to each quart of Juice allow two teacupfuls of sugar and stir until dissolved, then add the beaten whites of two eggs and pour into a tall pitcher half full of cracked Ice. Serve when perfectly cold. Bedstead Cabinet. One of the most useful articles recently patented Is a bedstead attachment. The complete apparatus can be easily attached to a bedstead for the purpose of holding articles of various kinds, so that any article desired will be in easy reach of an Invalid or other person occupying the bed. The articles are placed in a cabinet, which Is divided into a number of compartments by partitions. At one side of the cabinet is a pair of braces, made of

metal rods, the ends of the rods termiuatlug iu loops. Clamps are used to hold the cabiuet to the bed, oue eud of the clamp also terminating in a loop. Connecting the loops on the cabinet and those on the clamps Is a vertical rod. which serves as a binge. The cabinet can thus be swung around withiu convenient reach of the person upon the bed or when uot in use cau be swung to one side. The arms of the clamp, which pass about the bedpost, being resilient, the entire apparatus can be readily attached to any bed. Cat Gists, Cut glass may be made very brilliant by washing it in warm soapsuds and drying in sawdust, covering well with it When all moisture has been absorbed lift the dish and wipe with soft pieces of linen. Ordinary' glass may be made very brilliant by the same treatment. Bilk For Insomnia. Good pure milk is nutritious and flesh forming. Take a glasH of hot milk the last thlug at night if troubled with Insomnia or if you wish to gain flesh. Milk must always be taken slowly—sipped, in fact—and take quite ten minutes over a glass. To Hake Whitewash. To mix whitewash use two parts of lime slaked with three parts of water, making the mixture about the consistency of milk. A handful of salt added to the mixture will prevent the white rubbing off. Barn eg Dishes. When a baking dish gets burned in using it should pot be scraped. Simply put a little water and ashes in It, and the' burned surface will come off easily Without injuring the dish. Care of Vases. * When using valuable vases for table decoration fill with sand. This makes them stand firmly and they are less liable to be knocked over and broken. Charcoal a Dlslafectaat. Place a spall dish of charcoal where meat and perishable articles are kept, and it will keep them sweet and whole, some. It is a floe disinfectant.

ATTACHED TO THE BED.