Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1882 — HOUSEHOLD HINTS. [ARTICLE]

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Cool rain water anil: soda will remove machine grease from washable goods. Fish may be scale&much easier tfy dipping them in boinng water Mor a minute. , * A teaspoonful of turpentine "bolted with white clothes will aid the -whitening process. Ripe tomatoes will remove ini?and other stains from white cloth; also from the hands. Laiftpwick dipped in hot vinegar before rising is sala to prevent offensive smells from lamps. Silicate of soda (soluble glass) is used in Germany for coating eggs in order to preserve them. Kerosene will soften boots or shoes hardened by water, and render them as pliable as when new. Tortoise shell and horn combs are preserved from cracking by being occasionally rubbed with oil.

Boiled starch is improved by the addition of a little spermaceti, or salt, or both, or gum arable dissolved. If a shirt bosom or any other article has been scorched in ironing, lay it where bright sun will fall directly on it; it will take it entirely out. Kerosene will make t’n kettles as bright as new; saturate a woolen rag and rub with it; it will also remove stains from varnished furniture. Boiling water will remove tea stains and many fruit stains; pour the water through the stain, and thus prevent it from spreading through the fabric. For iron rust take dry cream of tartar and rub on with the finger while the cloth is wet. Hang or place where the sun will shine directly upon it. Should the rust not come out with the first application, repeat. Ham ToAST.—Mince finely a quarter of a pound of cooked ham with an anchovy boned and hashed, add a little cayenne and pounded mace, and add just sufficient milk to keep it moist ; make it quite hot and serve on small rounds of toast or fried bread. WhiTE Wine Jelly.—Pour one {>int of oold water on six sheets of singlass; let it stand until dissolved. Then pour a pint of boiling water on it, ana add the juice and grated rind of one lemon, one pint of sugar and one wine glass of white wine. Let it stand until it hardens. » Bbeaking glass.—'To break glass any required shape, make a notch with a file on the edge of the glass; draw your figure, starting from the notch; make a small rod of iron redhot and drag it along the lines; a crack will follow the iron, and the , glass can easily be broken. To Keep Pineapple.— Pare and cut out the eyes of a ripe pineapple; strip all the pulp from the core with a silver fork; to a pint of this add a pound of granulated sugar; stir occasionally until the sugar is dissolved; put in glass fruit-cans and turn down the covers as closely as possible, This will keep a long time.

Strawberry Ice.— To one quart of double cream add two ponnds of picked strawberries, pressed through a wire sieve; one pound of puiverized sugar and, if desired to heighten the color, a few drops of prepared cochineal. Mix these ingredients, freeze and work the composition until the ice is of sufficient body, then mould to any desired form. Simple pure white lead ground in oil, aod used very thick, is an excellent cement for mending broken crockery ware; but it takes a very ong time to harden sufflcently. The aest plan is to place the mended ob- . ect in some storeroom, and not to ook after it for several weeks, or even months. After that time it will be so firmly united that, if ever again broken, it will not pa t on the line of the former fracture. It resists moisture and a heat not exceeding that of boiling water. The Michigan Horticultural Society gives the following from W. K. Gibson about his successful treatment of house-plants: “To make good winter-bloomers, set young plants in the open ground in spring, and do not allow them to bloom through the season. Pinch in strong shoots so as to dwarf them. Pot them when the plants are dry, or before a rain. Place a shelf, with brackets, under a common window, or, if in a bay window, turn the carpet back and place zinc or oilcloth so as to allow frequent showering. If there is no other way, take the'plants to the kitchen every few days for a bath. Geraniums, oxalis and Chinese primroses make good bloomers.” An excellent Mixture to remove grease-spots, from boys and mens clothing particularly, is made of four parts of alcohol to one part of ammonia. Apply the liquid to the grease»spot. and then rub diligently with a sponge and clear water. The ch&nistry of the operation seems to be that the alcohol and ether dissolve the grease, and the ammonia forms a soap with it which is washed out with the water. The result is much more satisfactory than when something is used which only teems to spread the spot and make it fainter, but does not actually remove it. If oil is spilled on a carpet and you immediately scatter corn'meal over it, the oil will be absorbed by it. Oil may also be removed from carpets upon which you do not dare put ether or ammonia by laying thick blotting paper over it, and pressing a hot flatiron on it. Repeat the operation several times, using a clean paper each time.