Magnet users cook book

TO IMPROVE PIE AND PASTRY. Where lard is used for shortening the use of a small amount of salt will insure better results. Salt improves . pie crust and pastry of all kinds. TO KEEP BUTTER HARD. Butter may be kept hard without ice by setting the dish in which it is contained in cold salt water. Do not allow the water to come above top of dish. Keep butter covered with cool damp cloth. : TO PRESERVE AND FATTEN OYSTERS. Oysters in the shell may be preserved and fattened by first washing and then sprinkling with salt and Indian’ meal. Place in bottom of a tub—deep part of shell underneath — —and cover with cold water. By changing the water every day or two and ~ IN USE SEVEN YEARS, MAGNET SATISFACTORY IN EVERY WAY apt Mrs. D. Rhodes, Lundbeck, Alta, says:—I have used the Magnet Cream Separator for the past seven years and have found it satisfac Ory in every way. 90 ae ere ABOUT THE. HOUSE-~ TO REMOVE IRON RUS7. Iron rust may be removed by using salt lemon juice. Place in the sun to bleach. If one application is not suffi- nt, use another and continue until the stain is removed. TO CLEAN BRASS AND COPPER. For cleaning brass and copper there nothing better than salt mixed with an equal amount of flour, and vinegar ugh to make a paste. Let this remain on for an hc tr or so, then rub off ith a soft cloth, afterwards washing and using a sof’ brush for places that ynnot be reached with a cloth. Polish with a soft, wry, clean cloth. TO REMOVE THE ODOR OF BURNED GREASE, When grease or k is spilled on a hot stove the odor arising from this may be removed by inkling with salt. TO PUT OUT FIRE. A bucketful of salt water should be kept on hand wr fear of fires—the more salt the better. This is usually very effective when fires first start. In case of threatened fire in the flues, dry salt thrown : nto the stove is often very effective. TO CLEAN SINKS AND DRAINS. Sinks and es can be kept clean m grease and disagreeable odors by pouring a quantity of hot salt brine ough them once or twice a week. - TO KEEP FIRE GOING, Sprinkle a little salt over the kitchen fire after it is made and it will keep going for hours without requiring attention. TO CLEAN BAMBOO FURNITURE. When bamboo furniture becomes ngy, wash with strong salt water. ~~ TO CLEANSE WHITE AND LIGHT-COLORED PLUMES. For plumes lat are only slightly soiled, gently rub them in a pan of equal parts of salt and flour. TO REMOVE GREASE, SOOT AND INK FROM CARPETS. Grease spots which occasionally get on carpets about the table may sometimes be removed by sponging off the spot with one part salt to four parts of alcohol. R ub the spot hard. For ink stains on the carpet, cover the spot at once with salt, remove it when it turns black and apply another layer. Repeat until the ‘salt no longer changes color. If soot falls on the carpet, cover thickly with dry salt, then sweep up roughly. — To freshen carpets, scatter salt over them before sweeping. : TO MAKE AN ORDINARY CANDLE SERVE AS AN ALL-NIGHT LAMP. To make an ordinary candle serve as an all-night lamp, pack sait und the wick as far up as the blackened part. In this way a mild, eady light may be obtained all night from even a small piece of candle. TO CLEAN MARBLE. Stains on marble may be removed by rubbing h salt or mixing» salt with an equal quantity of pumice stone and enough ew minutes. Then cleanse with salt water. TO REMOVE TEA STAINS FROM CHINA. Salt rubbed on cups will Po asin Blane almost any discoloration on china or crockery will respond P “MAGNET “BY-PASS” ENGINE GRINDS EIGHT TO TEN BAGS : PER HOUR oy TO REMOVE STAINS FROM SILVER AND GLASS. Egg stains on silver can be removed by rubbing with a little salt and a damp cloth, then wash in warm water and pure soap. A little salt added to the water in which glass is washed will remove discolorations and brighten the glass.