832. Kitchen-Paper.—Whited-brown and common writing is much used: it should be bought by the ream or half-ream, which will be much cheaper than by the quire. White paper only should be used for singeing, and for covering meat, pastry, &c.
833. Economy in Tinder.—The very high price of paper, at present, renders the saving of even the smallest quantity of linen or cotton rags of consequence, as they sell very dear. Trifling as it may be thought, yet it will be found that a considerable quantity of rags may be saved in a family, by using as tinder for lighting matches, the contents of the common snuffers, collected in the course of the evening.
834. To prevent Accidents, from leaving a poker in the fire.—The following invention is equally simple and secure:—Immediately above that square part of the poker, by blacksmiths called "the bit," let a small cross of iron, about an inch and a half each way, be welded in.
The good consequences of this simple contrivance will be—
1st. If the poker, by the fire giving way, should slip out, it will probably catch on the edge of the fender.
2d. If it should not, it cannot injure the hearth or carpet, as the hot part of the poker will be borne up some inches.
3d. The poker cannot be run into the fire further than the bit, which, in regard to a polished poker, is also of some consequence.