The weekly Shasta courier. [volume] (Shasta, Calif.) 1872-190?, 1873-08-30
HOUSEHOLD.

10 Inc temptations oil the young heart IN
all their forms however transtory), to our
individual impressions, and to our own
4 opinions, the French consult illnesses of
relative situation, reciprocities of fortune
and position, and harmonies of family inter-
course. They seek to insure the future, in
some degree, in its social as well as its pecu-
MARY forms. They lay it down that passion
/ is no guide to permanent satisfaction, and
that other people than the two directly in
1 terested have, both in law and reason,
right of judgment in so grave a case. This
does not absolutely mean that pre-existing
! sympathies are considered to be unnecessary
for marriage in France I; but it does mean,
IN the distinctest language, that such SYM
pathies alone are not admitted there as q
sufficient motive for an association which is
to last till death. Sympathies wear out
sometimes; news one grow up from other
contacts; eternal attachments are very rare
between people who have not managed to
get married. and have not the aid of the
welded tie to hold them steadily together.
But the necessities of life never fade away;
they never weaken they remain in force
with pitlless persistence; and French
parents pay more attention to them than to
what may be only passing inclination in
Inelr sOnS anu daughters.
And it must be born in mind that this
view of marriage is not solely a development
of the national disposition toward prudence
1T is also, to some extent at all events, a
consequence of the legal enactments con-
tanned in the Code Napoleon. The law
forbids all marriages without either the con-
sent of the father and mother, or proof that
they are both dead. 1t is very troublesome
to get married in France. The operation
is surrounded by difficulties and formalties
which would make an Englishman stamp
with rage. 1t is true that if parents refuse
to allow their children to follow their own
wishes, the latter are permitted, provided
they have attained their majority, to go
through a process called "a respectful
summons to consent" after which, if the
parents persist in their rejection of the ap-
peal, marriage may be at last attained No
matter at what age men or women marry,
even if they are sixty, they must either
produce the written consent of their father
and mother, or show that they have applied
for it in due legal form and that it has been
denied them without sufficient cause, or
prove that they are orphans. The object
of this legislation is not only to prevent
bigamy (which, under such conditions, is
naturally rare in France), but even more to
maintain parental authority, and to insure
due subsection of children-Hmper's
Bazar.
, HOUSEKEEPING HINTs.-Never put a
particle of soap about your silver if you
would have it retain its original lustre
When it wants polish, take a piece of soft
, leather and whiting and rub hard. The
proprietor of one of the oldest silver estab-
shments in the city of Philadelphia, says
, that housekeepers ruin their silver by
washing it in soap suds, as it makes it look
! like pewter"
, Stove lustre. when mixed with turpentine
and applied in the usual manner, is blacker
more glossy, and more durable than when
: mixed with any other liquid. The turpen-
tine prevents rust, and when put on an old
, rusty stove, will make it look as we'll as
new.
; To extract ink from cotton, silk and wool
, en- goods, saturate the spots with spirits of
turpentine, and let it remain several hours
then rub it between the hands. 1t will
, crumble away, without injuring either the
color or the texture of the article.
, For THE LADIEs.-Save the tea leaves
for few days, then steep them in a tin pail
or pan for half an hour, strain through
sieve and use the tea to wash all vanished
paint. 1t requires very little elbow polish"
, as the tea acts as strong detergent, cleans
ing the paint of its impurities, and making
the varnish equal to new. 1t clears window
sashes and oilcloths, indeed any vanished
surface is improved by its application 1t
washes window panes and mirrors much
better than water, and is excellent for clean
ing black walnut picture and looking-gla
frames. 1t will not do to wash unvarnished
paint with it. Whiting is unequaled for
cleaning white paint Take a small GUAM
tity on damp flannel, rub lightly over the
surface, and you will be surprised at its
effect.
TOMATO FIGs.-Pour boiling water over
! the tomatoes in order to remove the skins;
: then weigh them and place them in a stone
. jar, with as much sugar as you have toma-
J toes, and let them stand two days; then
pour off the syrup and boil it and skim it
until no scum rises. Then pour it over the
tomatoes, and let them stand two DAYS. as
before, ard then boil and skim again. Alter
a third time they are fit to dry, if the
! weather is good; if not, let them stand in
! the syrup until drying weather. Then place
| VI ldi &c Caithcu pitteS UT ulSneS, ana put
them in the sun to dry, which will take
about week. after which pack them down
in small wooden boxes. with fine white
sugar between each layer Tomatoes pre-
pared in this manner will keep for years.
TOMATO PREsERvEs.-Take the round
yellow variety as soon as ripe, scald and
peel; then to seven pounds of tomatoes
add seven pounds of white sugar. and let
, them stand over night. Take the tomatoes
out of the sugar and boil the syrup, remov-
, ing the scum. Put in the tomatoes and
, boil gently fifteen or twenty minutes re-
move the fruit again and boil until the syrup
thiekens. On cooling put the fruit in jars
and pour the syrup over it, and add a few
slices of lemon to each jar, and you will
have something to please the taste of the
most fastidous.
BUTTERMLK MUFFINs-One quart of sour
buttermilk, one teacupful of sour cream,
, two eggs, one teasposntul of soda, little
salt. -four enough to make as thick as pound
cake. Bake in muffin rings placed upon
, tins in the oven, from twenty TO thirty
!, minutes, according to the temperature of
: the stove.
l. KEEPING HoNEY-A wholesale honey
dealer says honey will not candy if tea
, spoonful Of cream tartar, dissolved in water,
be mixed with gallon of honey when
scalding hot. Care must be taken not to
lscorch the honey.