Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1890 — Housekeepers Ought to Know. [ARTICLE]

Housekeepers Ought to Know.

That to have good coffee your coffeepot must be bright and clean inside. That ydu can sweep a rag carpet much cleaner sweeping crosswise of the width. •Th it in making up the unbleached muslin allow one inch to the yard for shrinkage. That if you fold yo-ur clothes as you take them from the line they will iron much easier. \ That your copper wash-boiler, if well rubbed with a cloth dipped in coal-oil, wijl be clean and bright. That to keep your bedding pure and wholesome open up your beds to air the first thing in the morning. That to wash smoothing-irons in dish-water, after washing yonr skillets, will make them smooth and prevent rusting.