Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1907 — FOR THE HOUSEWIFE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

To Pasteurize Milk. Pasteurizing milk Is a very simple process, the operator to be careful of the temperature, however, which Is very Important When milk is boiled the natural flavor is destroyed, and some persons object to it. Milk Is also Injured to a certain extenf by boiling. To pasteurize milk procure long neck bottles, which must be scrupulously clean, pour in the milk and plug the tops with cotton wool, which excludes all germs. Place the bottles in a deep pan or other vessel and heat to a tem perature of 158 degrees, using a thermometer. If the temperature reaches 160 degrees the milk will have the odor of being boiled. Keep the milk heated for half an hour. The cotton stoppers need not be removed until the milk Is desired for use. The bottles containing the milk may be placed in a refrigerator or some cool receptacle. Milk so prepared can be kept for two o three days. To sterilize milk It must be boiled; hence pasteurization Is a dis ferent process.

Treatment For Sprain. Sprains occur most frequently at the wrist and ankle joint They should not be made light of, for if neglected their results may be permanent. Put the joint In such a position that it wIU have complete rest. Soak In water as hot as can t>e borne, gradually increasing the temperature for half an hour, then apply hot cloths for another half hour and Anally a moist bandage, keeping the part elevated. Massage is useful later, and when the swelling goes down the joint should be supported by either a rubber bandage, adhesive straps or a plaster of paris splint.

To Wash Fine Muslin. Dissolve some borax in tepid water, one tablespoonful to each gallon of water, and in this put the muslins. Leave them for naif an hour; lift them into a tub containing a strong lather of white curd soap and boiling water and rub them gently. When quite clean rinse, fold in a large white cloth or a sheet or tablecloth and pass twice through the wringer. If white, rinse In blue water; if cream, a bag of bran stirred into the water will give the desired tint. When almost dry iron with a warm, not very hot, iron. Aids the Laundress. Every housewife will appreciate the value and usefulness of the clothes drainer shown in the illustration below, the Invention of a Buffalo man.

This clothes drainer is placed in the wash boiler and the clothes put in in the usual manner. When time to re move them the handles of the drainer are .grasped and the drainer lifted from the wash boiler. The drainer Is then held over the top of the wash boiler a few moments to allow the dripping water to drop into the boiler. There Is absolutely no danger of scalding the hands, whi!s all the clothes In the boiler can be removed at one time.

Western Butter in Texas. Carloads of Imported butter come to Texas every week from the high priced lands of Illinois, Kansas and lowa. When will the cotton fanner and his children learn that the markets for good batter in this section demand butter and cream at such high prices that cotton growing Is pat to shame? It Is merely a matter of knowledge and skill.—Farm and Ranch.

care of Children's Hair. *" A thing mothers should work against Is the keeping of the hate dressed In one style too long. If parted, the part becomes toe wide. When the hair Is not parted at all It la difficult to find one. A little change In the style of dressing the hair will rest the nerves and improve the condition of the child.

CLOTHES DRAINER.