The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-09-20
DOMESTIC.
Housekeeping Hints.

Keep acid away from marble-top tables.
Ii knives are secured little every day,
they are easily kept bright and always set
off a table.
Mustard pots should be attended to every
time they are used, if you want them to
look inviting.
Salt cellars should be emptied every
evening, otherwise the salt will bake and
render it very difficult using.
A piece Of vegetable charcoal laid on
burn soothes the pain, and, if kept applied
for an hour, cures it completely. r1
Don't waste the soap suds, but apply it
to the garden, vines, bushes, evergreens, or
lawn. It is far too valuable to be turned
out at the back door. si
A sharpener of carving knife made 0
emory we find to be better than steel or
any other sharpener; but it will break if
it falls from the table to the floor,
Keep sweet oil in cool place, if you
wish it to retain its sweetness for any
length Of time in warm weather. The oil
should be supplied to the castor daily, and
all returned to the bottle that is not used.
A great deal Of gas can be saved in the
course Of year by always turning it down
when you leave the apartment, for how
ever. short time, Get into the habit of
doing so, and YOU will not think it any
trouble.
no mala eto1o hrood f.os,, ~ 10 1o,f
into clean fin and oovnr I'LL, v ~ ~ 'o-
clnda ali wafer and cot ;nto stoa,,o w. ~
Kettle Of boiling water for ha,f an ho ~
then remove from the tin ands;t will loo,
like fresh bread and he really almost en,aI
to new loaf
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s,a taJ .aa =, SIS. a ao a s'.,', Spreau
Ja', oa.,11 oo,l1, ~ 4 %no oom eVory
,at, eoPo Iay - Wv lbs a.,a
oe,E,s Soms ~ ood, @ae ou. oa'I s usou
i ~ many Do q uo'io'''o iono'y "o"'ii''
"ys'orios'
"A remedy Tor the stings OF wasps, bees,
etc, That often proves ehectual, Is SIMPLY
10 hoio q chest Key OF any hoiloW Key over
the place stung, press It hard INTO the flesh
ior minute or so. ana when taken OH, the
poison VIII be on the surface, OF the flesh
and do no harm. A thimbe with tight
top will do, but not quite as well.
Coon Soups.-Concerninp these The
qeymantowa Teleoraoh has the following.
Souns when nronerIv made are vn,v
xholesome. and nm almost indspensibIa a,,-
nendaoe to a great dinner. mi how Jaw
cooks know how TO make il wholesome and
r,aGlablcY' M nrenare rood SOM reonires
sso.e skill and labor lhao almost anv nthcr
pyi,seioal dish. and few Gwen learn and
those Who know how seldom po to the
trouble of making Il right. In majority
of familiec-,ve are SAFE in saving nine o,,t
OF ten---really good soup Is never eaten, or
soup that IS, is very indigestible. They
think that to be good 1t must be very yell
low, and made SO by half an inch in depth
ofgrease on the top. Now, the truth is,
there should be no grease, If possible, about
soup. 1t should be made OF lean meat boil
cd, or rather snninered, for long time
say half dozen hours-then strained and
boiled again. a little Drowned flour, pre-
= pared as the Germans do for their burnt
meal soup, gives 1t dark color. Above
all things keep away grease from soup,
commonly known rs "iat," II you want the
soup 10 digest IN the next SIX or eight
hours.
A knuckle OF veal boiled In gallon OF
water down to Jelly, can, when cold, be
cut INTO pieces and used as "stock" for
soup Tor several days, each time adding as
Shuch % inc STOCK as VIII make suiiicient
soup ior Ihe meal. 10 TINS vegetables OF
ID a..an4aao si', ns Ss an. ~ uI ~
matoes also asnaraa,,s and meas with bar ar
lev rico &e. trhe older the stock gets the
hst,er H. sn,, a,ravs nrnv;d;ug that t'i ;s
well bo;ied liz vagetshlas tboropabl ,1 done
and the whole nreserved sand in warm
weather "''o'0 pe'''' ~ ''0''' - 80 =
a ;.
LOVE IN THE REPRESENTATIVES. IS
place where ns love e more en nearly Fly So
pleme . any Maere s,se, h;ared inqo ors
' mm.i thau aaunhora eisa I refsr to tho
Nearly s1iaii ,i,tymhe ~. elso ela ~ ,o ~ 'e
nousslio .anio rbara o lou n I; - nee,lS
l,uV ~ s of loye i; I hoa,an thon any.
"t s,.o ps' ir y, = tha hr@ht snnt Of ny.
Wnefs eise WI W.T. .a ato epos =. t na
,n 1ia n;s v,st dsrL with dssoist;an ON on
so hn''a al t,avo;l;,ls i, ro;n
until now: while there have been outward
conflicts innumerable; while the world has
been full of confusion, and crying, and
MISERY. there have been in all lands houses
with families secluded in them. And that
which the State lacked. and business
lacked. and all men outside of the house
hold lacked. the household has possessed.
Eounx. Justice. forgiveness, have tiourished
IA the household. EBeecser. as
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