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Cooks in clover

1889

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Presented as published in 1889. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Flowers grow particularly well in the kitchen, where the heat is even, the air moistened by the steam, and the sun seldom shut out. If applied immediately, powdered starch will ab- sorb most of the fruit stains from table linen. A little borax in the water will prevent red and . blue bordered table linen and towels from running. < A little kerosene on a flannel answers nicely to rub tip furniture. To take out an old window pane, heat a poker, run it slowly along the old putty and soften it loose. When lamps cease to give a good light, boil the burners half an hour, using a good teaspoon of washing soda, rinse and dry. * For removing all stains except hot grease from j clothing, take four tablespoons of bay rum, one I teaspoon of saltpetre, and one quart of rain water. I Apply with a sponge or brush. ) I To destroy moth, take one pound of alum, dis- solved in one quart of water; apply, while warm, \ with a small brush, wherever the moths are. Cucumber peelings, laid around the infested places over night, is said to be an effective remedy for ex- terminating roaches, three or four nights being sufficient to remove all traces of them. For cleansing carpets, cut very fine one bar of white Ivory soap, and boil it in one gallon of soft water, untildissolved; then add four ounces of pul: verized Fuller's earth, stirring until melted; then stir in slowly nine gallons of cold water and half a ;pint of alcohol. ••^JMEJMOR/\NDA.^- •>-^t^T H K^5^.- p til tic lli.lt§iil BiikJ®^^^^^^^ ^vvj^ % \^d^ ^o^^M PASSAIC, N. J. SllIJPLUS, DIRECTORS. EDO KIP, PuEs., JOHN A. WILLETT, Vice-Pres., A. N. ACKERMAN, CHAS. M. HOAVE, M. E. WORTHEN, THOS. M. MOORE, D. CARLISLE, FRANK M. SWAN, ROBERT U. KENT, Casiiiek. ICOMPAN Y. $100,000. I 12,500. ; McRsy kmi on Ils;:sii and Isisrsst IWmi DIRECTORS. )C". M. HOWE, Pres., } R. D. KENT, Vice-Pres., {EDO KIP, JOHN A. WILLETT, M. E. WORTHEN, PETER REID, F. W. SOULE, D. CARLISLE, SEc'y., F. A. SOULE, Treas., JOHN J. BOW^S, G. B. WATERHOUSE, ^. Z. VAN HOUTEN, A. N. ACKERMAN, FRANK M. SWAN. T. M. MOORE, Att'y. OKKICE HOURS, Daily, 11a. m. to 1 v. m. Saturdays, 7 to 9 p. m. Wednesdays, 7 to S i'. M. OUR NUMBER IS 300 MAIN AVENUE, NEAR DEPOT. AND WE HAVE :W0 ARTICLES IN THE Line that you need unci cannot live without. Among this number we would mention our That are always FRE.SH and PUKE, anJ i^ure to trive entire satisfaction. Yon will lind our *^FI.OUH, BUTTKH, CHEESE AKD EGGS^ The very test the Market Affords. We have the Ijest ussortment of CANNED GOODS in the City FRVJ\TS> ^v^o 3f:rr\^s> Kept in their season. This being so I cannot do better than to buy of The " COOKS IN CLOVER " have well and ably provided for the comfort of the " inner man," in this choice collection of tried and tested recipes. But the " outer man" can only be said to be well taken care of when suitably provided with artistic and durable footwear. A well shaped foot in a neat fitting, handsome boot or shoe, "is a thing of beauty"; and no lady or gentleman can lie said to Xte well dressed who fails to pay careful attention to this important part of the outer garb. KIKVIT ^ HAHTLKT, For the past three years we have supplied the people of Passaic and vicinity with FASHIONABLE .uid DURABLE FOOTWEAR of EVERY KIND, that has stood the test of time and use.