The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-12-05
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
CARBOLIC ACID.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
CARBOLIC ACID.
Carbolic acid is said to be Il SOW
ereign remedy for mosquitoes anc
flies. A few drops evaporated in @
room, or poured upon the clothes
will keep the winged pests at com
Portable distance.
BLOSSOMS.
If the blossoms of Towering
plants are cut of 81 soon as they
fade, it will greatly extend the sea.
son of Their blooming. The plant
exEausts Itself more in maturing the
seed than in all the previous growth
LAMPS.
Lamp cbimneys are most apt tC
crack after being washed. They are
less apt to break If moistened witt
the breath and polished with Il white
cloth or paper, aud afterward with 4
chamois skin, which gives them II
clear brilliancy.
MINCE Pr.
One cup OF r~aisins, one cup Of
c%urraIts, n cup of strip, one of
sugar, three iourths of u cup Of vim.
egar, h teaspoonful OF cinnamon,
three cups Of water. Boil all to-
geSEer, and when cool add three soda
crackers rolled fine. This will make
three pies.
CARPETS.
Brilliant red carpets as we'll as
green ones are often found to contain
arsenic. Lead III various forms, il
also used in the glazing Of some
cuffs and collars made of paper.
When the hands and neck porspire,
or any abrasion of the skin occurs,
the lead is absorbed, and poisoning
results.
CHEEsE.
Boil two chickens till tender, take
out all the bones, and chop the meat
fine, season to your taste with salt,
pepper, and butter, pour in enough
OF the liquid they were boiled in to
make it moist, put into whatever
mold you may wish, and when
cold turn out and cut into slices. It
is excellent.
BEAN SOUP.
Wash the beans and boil them with
salt pork. When soft, take them
out, and pass through the colander.
Then put them back into the same
water they were boiled in, with four
lard-bailed eggs cut in quarters,
md q lemon sliced, and a little pep
per, If you like it. Boil again, and
serve. This soup is very nice.
CREAM PIES.
-Four eggs, one cup of -four, one
oF sugar, beat together, thinned
a little milk; bring one quart of
milk almost to a boil, add II little
salt, cool, and add extract of lemon. ..
Make q nice crust and bike tho up
per and under crusts separate; and
when baked place the cream pics be-
ween.
DRIED FRUIT.
Place your fruit in IL steamer over ,
pot OF boiling water, covered !
When thoroughly heated, !
10 them Immediately in a clean lin ,
or cotton bag, and hang them up. a
his method is preferable to heating !,
an oven, as thai is apt to render "
hem hard, even if you are 50 foriu- .
ate as not to burn them. This will :
eep worms from your fruit. o
BED BUGS.
An exchange gives the following
a sure way to drive bed bugs from r.
ID beds: Take green tomato vines, Il
ut them in a basin or tray, pound c.
lem to pieces as fine rs possible, Il
en- stain the bedstead which they 81
habit with the juice, fill the Ii
evices with pieces of vines, and d
Y leaves under the ends of the 70
lts. II this is practiced twice a q
ar, not a bug will remain in the va
dstead. ",
TOOTH WASH. w
Dissolve two ounces Ct borax in Su
rec plnts OF water; before quite e'
ADD one teaspoonful Of tinctur- "
mJfln and n tablespoonful of Ia
'lri ; OF cnmphor; bottle for use. IN
wine 3lassIuI Of the solution add.
10 a half pint of tepid water Is OF
hcient for each application. This pil
lut on applied regularly preserves We
d beauties the teeth, arrests de d,
y and induces a healthy action Of n.
g gums. Tax
c,,o,p, ,,,s pr
Roll six crackers fine and put
IN in Il four-quart pail or kettle, tex
Ii over them three-fourths of Il loo
It of vinegar, two cups of molas- al
and u quart of water. Boil ON thl
stove half an hour, adding more tot
Ell, If necessary, to make quite he
Add salt, raisins and all kinds van
pices, and make short crusts for chu
pies. Bake about twenty min Of {
or until the crusts is done. A AM
sugar NAV be added before fine mo-