Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1875 — HOUSEHOLD HINTS. [ARTICLE]

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

A mixture of ten parte lime and one part saltpeter is said to destroy currant worms without injuring the fruit—Scientific American. Vegetables should never be washed until immediately before prepared for the table. Lettuce is made almost worthless in flavor by dipping it in water some hours before it is served. Potatoes suffer even more than other vegetables through the washing process. They should not be put in water till just ready for boiling. Wakts are very troublesome and disfiguring. The following is a perfect cure, even of the largest, without leaving any scar. It is a Frenchman’s prescription, and has been tested by the writer: Take a small piece of raw beef, steep it all night in vinegar, cut as much from it as will cover the wart and tie it on it; or, if the excrescence is on the forehead, fasten it on with strips of sticking-plaster. It may be removed in the day and put on every night In one fortnight the wart will die and peel off. The same prescription will cure corns. — Household. Suet butter has not commended itself to the public taste or the public press. People have an old-time notion that butter should come from cows instead of oxen, and they set their faces and stomachs against the patent compound. Still, there is abundant evidence that large quantities are manufactured and gold, and of course eaten . There is a large factory in Hamilton, Canada, from which some 2,000 pounds per week of imitation butter are shipped to all parts of the world. Another and still larger establishment in Boston turns out a very great product. In many cases, it is said, this butter finds its way directly to the butter-producing districts of New York and New Jersey, and then it is sent to market as genuine spring butter. It is certain that immense quantities of the oleomargarin are sold by dealers as true butter, and that the profits of the trade are very large. It is also said that very many of the hotels and restaurants in the large cities deal out their suet frauds to their customers, and that the latter rarely discover the cheat.—Woonsocket (R. I.) Patriot.

Spatter-work pictures, usually delicate designs in white appearing upon a softly-shaded ground, are now very popular, and are, with a little practice, easily produced. Procure a sheet of fine uncalendered drawing paper, and arrange thereon a bouquet of pressed leaves, trailing vines, letters, or any design which it is desired to have appear in white. Fasten the articles by pins stuck into the smooth surface, which should be underneath the paper. Then slightly wet the bristles of a tooth or other brush in rubbed India ink, or in common black ink, and draw them across a stick in such a manner that the bristles will be bent and then quickly released. This will cause a fine spatter of ink upon the paper. Continue the spattering over all the leaves, pins and paper, allowing the center of the pattern to receive the most ink, the edges shading off. When done, remove the design, and the forms will be found reproduced with accuracy on the tinted ground. With a rustic wooden frame this forms a very cheap and pretty ornament. — Scientific American.