Stone And Earthenware Crocks

Before being used for any purpose should be put in a boiler full of cold water. Allow this to [ ] and then to cool with the jars in it. This process fills the pores of the jar and it can be used for various purposes as long as it lasts, otherwise the first contents will render it unfit to be used for anything else.

How To Clean Knives

Apply the bath brick or finely shaved common brick with the freshly cut half of an Irish potato. The juice of the potato will assist in polishing the steel. Use charcoal powder for polishing. This will not wear out the blades.

How To Remove Rust From Knives

Cover the knives with sweet oil, well rubbed on, and after two days take a lump of fresh lime and rub till all the rust disappears. It forms a sort of soap with the oil, which carries off all the rust.

Knife-Case

A flannel knife-case tacked to the inside of a cupboard door, to be so constructed that there will be a separate compartment for each knife or fork. The flannel is sure to absorb any moisture left on a knife by carelessness or by accident.

Fire And Water-Proof Cement

Mix finely sifted lime with the whites of eggs, (according to the quantity wished) until a paste is formed, add some iron filings. The paste should not be too thick. Apply this to the fractured edges, unite them. When dry they will be perfectly sound, fire and water-proof. Can be used on iron vessels.

How To Mend Cracks In A Stove

Take 3 teaspoonfuls salt and 1 pint wood ashes, mix to a stiff paste with water; fill the cracks with this paste while the stove is hot, and when it becomes dry it will be as hard as cement.

Scald the Brooms by dipping for a minute or two in boiling soap-suds. Do this once a week and it will keep them tough and flevible and prove a saving in both carpets and brooms.

Wings of Fowls, turkeys, geese, etc., should never be thrown away. They may be used to dust furniture, to clean the stove or hearth, and there is nothing better wherewith to spread on the paste when papering walls.

A High Stool is a necessary article in every kitchen. It can be used while washing dishes, ironing, preparing vegetables, etc. The fatigue saved while sitting at these occupations, is incalculable. The stool may be plain, or it may have a back and a rest for the feet, or a revolving top, but in any form it is invaluable.

Sliver Polish

½ pound of Paris white stirred into 1 pint of boiling water. When cold add 2 tablespoonfuls ammonia. Prepare a day before using and keep the bottle well corked. Shake thoroughly each time before applying. Apply the polish to the entire surface of the article to be cleaned. Let dry on, and then rub first with a soft cloth and afterward polish with a bit of chamois-skin.

Second

Rub the plate first with an old napkin moistened with sweet oil, then with calcined magnesia or whiting. Polish with chamois-skin.

How To Restore Blackened Silver Plate

When, from long neglect, plated ware becomes so blackened and stained that it cannot be restored by plate powder, take the following mixture: 1 part of sal-ammonia with 16 parts of vinegar. Rub the stains gently with this and they will disappear. Then wash well in soap and water. If necessary polish afterward with sweet oil and magnesia or whiting.

Kerosene will sometimes clean blackened silver almost instantly.

How To Keep A Copper Tea-Kettle Bright

Wash occasionally with a solution of salt and buttermilk. Rinse with clear water.