Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-10-30
Helpful Hints for Housewives.

10 CLEAN WHITE PAINT L Sc POWDER
ed French chalk and hot water (Frencb
chalk is the common steatite, or soap
stone), without soap.
CLEANING GUTTA-PERCHA.-Th can be
done by using a mixture of soap and
powdered charcoal upon 1t.
INK FROM FLooRs.-Ink spots on floors
can be extracted by securing with sand,
wetted in oil of vitriol and water When
the ink is removed, rinse with strong peare
ash water.
APPLE CoBBLER.--Pare, core, and slice
twelve large tart apples. Add to them
the juice of two lemons and the grated
peal of one; sweeteu to taste stew very
slowly for TWO hours; turn into mould.
when cold, serve with cream.
HICKORY NUT CAKE Take one half cup
of butter, two cups of sugar, and four eggs
beaten separately, three cups of flour,
one-half cup OF sweet milk, two teaspoons
OF bak .ng- powder, two cups Of hickory
nut meats cut fine, one teaspoon extract of
vanilla.
HoMINY PUDDING.-Prepare as for bat
ter cakes, add one egg to each pint, some
whole cinnamon, sugar to suit the taste,
Ind few raisins, aud bake like rice pud-
ding. A little butter or chopped suet may
be added. Serve hot or cold, with or with
out sauce.
To WASH CALICo.-To prevent calico
from fading while washing, infuse three
gills of salt into four quarts of Water; put
phe calico in while hct and leave it till cold
In this wav the colors are rendered per
manent, and will not fade BY subsequent
washings.
1oMINY BREAKFAST CAKEs-Mash the
cold hominy with "a rolling pin, and add "a
little hOar aud milk batter, so as to make
the whole thick enough to form into little
cakes in the hand, or it may be put upon
the griddle with spoon. Bike bro wn,
eat hot, and declare you never ate anything
better of the batter cake kind.
To WASH SILK.-Half pint of gin,
four ounces of soap, and two ounces OF
honey well shaken. Wet sponge with
this mixture and rub the silk, which
should be spread upon the table. Then
wash it through two waters, in which put
three spoonfuls of OK gall, which will
brighten the colors and prevent their run
ming. Do not ring the silk, but hang it
up to dry, and when dry iron it. The
adv who furnishes this receipt says she
has washed a green silk dress by it and it
looks as good as new.
CRYsTALIzlNG GRASSES. - The long
feathery grasses are the best for this pur-
pose. They must be thol oughly dry
formed in the desired shape, and fastened
securely before being put in the bath. To
make the solution, take one pound of the
best alum, pound it quite fine, and dissolve
it in a quart Of clear water, over slow
fire, but do not let it bCil. Take a deep
lar and suspend the bouquet in it by a
string from stick laid across the jar,
when the solution is milk warm, pour it
over the grasses, cover it up, and set it
away for twenty four hours. Then take
them out carefully and let them hang
several hours in.the sun till all the water Is
drained away Then set them away and
do not move them for two or three days,
when they will be entirely dry. The So
luton may be heated over and used as be-
fore.
For blue crystals use a saturated solu-
ton of sulphats of copper IN hot water.
For yellow use the yellow prussiate of
potash. These crystaiized boquets should
be kept under glass shades, or their beau
ty will soon fade.