green, let them cook with the cover off.
Boquet of herbs consists of a few sprigs of parsley,
a piece of thyme, a clove of garlic, a bay leaf, and a
few peppercorns all tied together, ready to be dropped
into whatever they are to flavor.
FOR SWEETEXIXG CISTERX WATER.
Mrs. E. D. Cady.
Use one-half pound each of alumn and borax. Dis-
solve alum in a gallon of water and put in cistern. The
next day put in dissolved borax.
CARPET WASH.
Mrs. S..S. Hallam.
One cake ivory soap, five cents worth of ammonia,
five cents worth of ether. Dissolve soap in one quart of
soft water and while hot remove from stove and add
ammonia and ether and one quart of soft water. Let
stand over night and is ready for use.
CLEAXSIXG FLUID (FIXE).
Six drachms alcohol, two ammonia, one of oil of
sassafras, one of chloroform, three-fourths drachm of
pulverized borax. Mix and shake, then add one quart
of deodorized gasoline.
WASHING MADE EASY.
Mrs. Melville Brewer.
Eight ounces sal soda, six ounces borax, two and a
half pounds laundry soap, ten quarts rain water. Shave
soap, add to water, with sal soda and borax. Heat
until thoroughly dissolved — about an hour. Use half
cup to each pail of water to soak clothes over night,
add one cup to boil in. The mixture may be used only
to boil the clothes, washing in usual way. It is ex-
cellent to whiten them and for washing flannels.
WASHIXG FLUID.
Mrs. Chas. Cable, Berwick.
Ten cents worth of lump ammonia, five cents of salts
of tartar, one can of Lewis Lye dissolved together in
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one gallon of water. Use one cup of this fluid to a
tub of water. Soak clothes over night, in morning
wring, put in boiler with one-half cup of fluid. Bring
to a boil. Suds and rinse well.
TO WASH BLANKETS.
One ounce pulverized borax, one-half pint soft soap.
Put in cold soft water ; soak over night. Rinse in two
waters in morning, squeeze but not wring and hang
up without wringing. For one blanket. Makes them
soft and is easily done.
The best disinfectants are pure air and sunshine.
Use whitewash freely.
Fresh lard will remove tar, grass and machine oil
stains.
White lead is the best cement for mending china or
glass. Put away three or four months before using.
Remove ink spots and iron rust with lemon and salt.
Sweet milk will take out ink if applied at once.
Mildew may be removed by boiling garment in
strong borax water.
Keep coarse sink brushes for cleaning pots, pans
and vegetables.
HOSPITAL DRESSING FOR BURNS.
Mrs. Helen C. Smith.
One pint sweet oil and six fluid ounces of lime water
shake well. Put in a few drops of Bergamot and
you have a splendid hair dressing.
To remove cream spots from embroidered center-
piece or doilies, dampen the spot with household am-
onia, then lay a fresh piece of blotting paper over it
and iron lightly.
Remove coffee and tea stains from linen by rubbing
a little borax and soak for half and hour in cold water,
then hold over the mouth of a deep dish and pour
boiling water over the spot.
The coffee and tea pots should be filled with cold
water and a tablespoonful of soda and boiled for two
hours once a week.
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green, let them cook with the cover off.
Boquet of herbs consists of a few sprigs of parsley, a piece of thyme, a clove of garlic, a bay leaf, and a few peppercorns all tied together, ready to be dropped into whatever they are to flavor.
FOR SWEETENING CISTERN WATER. Mrs. E. D. Cady.
Use one-half pound each of alumn and borax. Dissolve alum in a gallon of water and put in cistern. The next day put in dissolved borax.
CARPET WASH. Mrs. S..S. Hallam.
One cake ivory soap, five cents worth of ammonia, five cents worth of ether. Dissolve soap in one quart of soft water and while hot remove from stove and add ammonia and ether and one quart of soft water. Let stand over night and is ready for use.
CLEANSING FLUID (FINE).
Six drachms alcohol, two ammonia, one of oil of sassafras, one of chloroform, three-fourths drachm of pulverized borax. Mix and shake, then add one quart of deodorized gasoline.
WASHING MADE EASY. Mrs. Melville Brewer.
Eight ounces sal soda, six ounces borax, two and a half pounds laundry soap, ten quarts rain water. Shave soap, add to water, with sal soda and borax. Heat until thoroughly dissolved — about an hour. Use half cup to each pail of water to soak clothes over night, add one cup to boil in. The mixture may be used only to boil the clothes, washing in usual way. It is excellent to whiten them and for washing flannels.
WASHING FLUID. Mrs. Chas. Cable, Berwick.
Ten cents worth of lump ammonia, five cents of salts of tartar, one can of Lewis Lye dissolved together in
one gallon of water. Use one cup of this fluid to a tub of water. Soak clothes over night, in morning wring, put in boiler with one-half cup of fluid. Bring to a boil. Suds and rinse well.
TO WASH BLANKETS.
One ounce pulverized borax, one-half pint soft soap. Put in cold soft water ; soak over night. Rinse in two waters in morning, squeeze but not wring and hang up without wringing. For one blanket. Makes them soft and is easily done.
The best disinfectants are pure air and sunshine.
Use whitewash freely.
Fresh lard will remove tar, grass and machine oil stains.
White lead is the best cement for mending china or glass. Put away three or four months before using.
Remove ink spots and iron rust with lemon and salt. Sweet milk will take out ink if applied at once.
Mildew may be removed by boiling garment in strong borax water.
Keep coarse sink brushes for cleaning pots, pans and vegetables.
HOSPITAL DRESSING FOR BURNS. Mrs. Helen C. Smith.
One pint sweet oil and six fluid ounces of lime water shake well. Put in a few drops of Bergamot and you have a splendid hair dressing.
To remove cream spots from embroidered centerpiece or doilies, dampen the spot with household amonia, then lay a fresh piece of blotting paper over it and iron lightly.
Remove coffee and tea stains from linen by rubbing a little borax and soak for half and hour in cold water, then hold over the mouth of a deep dish and pour boiling water over the spot.
The coffee and tea pots should be filled with cold water and a tablespoonful of soda and boiled for two hours once a week.
TO KEEP GAME FRESH.