Manuscript Cookbook 230

69 To Clean silver Wash thoroughly - then rub with a woolen cloth wet with ammonia & whiting & polish in the [chosed?] & filigree parts with a tooth brush It is nice to clean windows or glass ware -

To color light blue use bluing - set the color with salt in water - Pink by using rose aniline set color with alum in water

Cut the top an inch thick from a carrot put it in a deep plate of water - it will throw out pretty foliage

70 Moth exterminator Disolve camphor gum in Spirits of Turpentine make it stong & apply with a brush to carpets or furniture -

Currant worms Mix an ounce of powdered hellebore with 2 gallons of water. Drench the bushes by means of a Hand pump or syringe - also a solution of saltpeter or [coppers?] - especially the latter. a teaspoonful of water - apply as suggested for hellebore

Bottomless boxes with - netting tops keep off bugs from vines & pressed into the earth keep cut worms away [?]

71 Things worth knowing - Lemon juice will whiten frosting cranberry or strawberry juice will color pink. grated rind of orange yellow.

Common salt will brighten silver spoons tarnished by eggs

Soda for removing spots from [paint?] Laundry starch for [?] in [books?]

To rid the house of mosquitoes burn Dalmatian insect powder it has the same effect on - flies also.

To brighten tin teakettle - Saturate a woolen rag with kerosene oil & rub with it,

Salt & the whites of eggs makes them beat quick & cools & freshens them

Things Worth Knowing [Column One] Beeswax and salt will make your rusty flat irons as clean and smooth as glasss. Tie a lump of wax in a rag and keep it for that purpose. When the Irons are hot rub them, first with the wax rag, and then scour them with a paper or cloth sprinkled with salt.

When soaking salt fish before cooking add a little vinegar to the water; it improves the fish.

Steel knives which are not in general use may be kept from rusting if they are dipped in a strong solution of soda; one part water to four of soda; then wipe dry, roll in flannel and keep in a dry place.

Fish may be scalded much easier by dipping into boiling water about a minute.

For "greasing" the griddle, cut a white turnip into halves and rub the griddle with it. It causes no smoke, smell, taste, or adhesions, and is better than butter or grease.

The value of crushed ice as a dressing for burns and scalds, first pointed out by Sir James Earle, is confirmed by Dr. Richardson. The ice, after being reduced by crushing or scraping, is mixed with fresh lard into a paste, which is placed in a thin cambric bag and laid upon the burn. This is said to banish all pain until the mixture has so far melted that a fresh dressing is neccessary.

Flowers may be kept very fresh over night if they are excluded entirely from the air. To do this wet them thoroughly, put in a damp box and cover with wet raw cotton or wet newspaper, and place in a cool spot.

Milk which is slightly turned or changed may be sweetened and rendered fit for use again by stirring in a little soda.

Stale buns may be made to taste as nicely as when fresh if they are dipped a moment or so in cold water, then put in a hot oven for five or ten minutes. They will turn out as light and crisp as when first baked.

To scour knives easily, mix a small quantity of baking soda with your brick-dust, and see if your knives will not polish better.

Kerosene will soften boots or shoes which have been hardened by water, and render them as pliable as new. Kerosene will make tin tea-kettles as bright as new. Saturate a woolen rag and rub with it. It will also remove stains from clean varnished furniture.

{Column Two} When one has had a fever and hair is falling off, take a teacup of [tea?] steep in a quart of soft water, [straining?] off into a tight bottle. Sponge the [text obscured by folding] with the tea frequently, wetting [text obscured by folding] roots of the hair.

The Scientific American says that if a [bot-?] tle of the oil of pennyroyal is left un corked in a room at night, not a mosquito, or any other blood-sucker will be found there in the morning. Mix potash with powdered meal and throw it into the rat-holes of a cellar and the rats will depart. If a rat or mouse gets into your pantry, stuff in its hole a rag saturated with a solution of cayenne pepper and no rat or mouse will touch the rag for the purpose of opening a communication with a depot of supplies.

Salt will curdle new milk, hence, in preparing milk porridge, gravies, etc., the salt should not be added until the dish is prepared.

To clean stained woodwork, which is also varnished, an old housewife reccommends the saving of tea leaves from the teapot for a few days. Drain them, and when you have a sufficient quantity put them in clean soft water; let them simmer for half an hour. When they are almost cold strain them out, and, dripping a flannel cloth in the water, wipe of the paint, drying it with another flannel cloth. One cup of leaves to one quart of water is the due allowance.

Hartshorn applied to the stings of poisonous insects will allay the pain and stop the swelling or apply oil of sassafras, which is better. Bee stings should also be treated in this way.

A party of young men who were singing "We won't go home till morning" never reached the e until late in the afternoon, and then they had to pay $5 and costs. - Philadelphia Call.

{Column One} HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS - Clean piano keys with a soft rag dipped in alcohol.

- Hold a hot shovel over furniture to remove white spots.

- Salt dissolved in alcohol will remove grease spots from cloth.

- Eggs stains on silver can be taken off with table salt and a wet rag.

- When dress silk becomes wet, pat it between the hands to dry quickly.

- Leather chair seats may be revived by rubbing them with well-beaten white of egg.

- White and pale shades of paint may be beautifully cleaned by using whiting in the water.

- It is said that cranberries put in a water tight keg and sunk underwater will keep sound all winter.

- To extract ink from wood, scour with sand wet with water and ammonia. Then rinse with strong saleratus water.

- To polish nickel-plated goods after becoming black and not worn use rouge or whiting on a rag with a little oil.

- To give a good oak color to a pine floor wash in a solution of pound of copperas dissolved in one gallon of strong lye.

- Mildew can be removed by soaking in butter-milk, or putting lemon juice and salt upon it, and exposing it to the hot sun.

- Take a bucket of fresh water into your bedroom every night and let it remain uncovered. It will absorb all poisonous gases.

- To darken light mahogany and cherry, bichromate of potash dissolved in water is excellent, and gives it the appearance of age.

- Paint stains taht are dry and old may be removed from cotton or woolen goods with chloroform. First cover the spot with olive oil or butter.

{Column Two} THE DOMESTIC DOCTOR - Rubbing a bruise in sweet-oil and then in spirits of turpentine will usually prevent the unsightly black-and-blue spots.

- It is now the rule, according to "medical authority," not to abstain from drinking water, but to take three and a half pints daily.

- For a cold on the chest a flannel rag wrung out in boiling water and sprinkled with turpentine, laid on the chest, gives the greatest relief.

- A hornet's nest which has been deserted by the hornets, bound on the throat with a piece of flannel, will cure the most malignant sore throat.

- When hoarse, speak as little as possible until the hoarseness is recovered from, else the voice may be permanently lost, or difficulties of the throat may be produced.

- Never stand still in cold weather, especially after having taken a slight degree of exercise, and always avoid standing on ice or snow, where the person is exposed to the cold wind.

Honey can be extended so as to be a great improvement on griddle cakes and the like. Use three and one-half pounds of granualted sugar with sufficient water to make of the consistence of honey, and when it boils add one pound of honey in the comb, then strain.