The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-06-20
Household Hints.

A farmers wifesays Havingused
several different recipes for making
hard soap, and having found one very
much superior to any other, | venture
to send 1t to you. Take / pounds of
lime, > pounds washing soda, gallons
soft water boil half an hour and settle
all night ; then pour of the liquid INTO
a brass or iron kettle, and put into it
half pound of rosin and three pounds of
grease; boil one hour and put into
your mould. 1t is ready for use when
cold, but improves with keeping in a
cool place. This recipe | have used
for a number of years, and it has never
failed to give perfect satisfaction. [
make it out of tallow, lard, grease arts
ing from meat boiling, drippings from
/ beef, mutton OF pork, and always have
Il good article. For toilet soap / use
/ perfectly pure, sweet lard or tallow and
white rosin, and give it little longer
/ time IN boiling, sometimes adding Il
little boraX, OF something healing to
4 the skin. OF course perfume and col
oring can be added also by those who
! like them, but ! prefer the pure article
This soap | prefer for my own use to
the finest articles that can be bought ::
not only because 1t Is an excellent and
beautiful soap, but also because [ know
what Is in it. "
HUsK MATs.-Whenw We consider. saws
! lady in the New Yorker. how much
dust and mud they save from the car
pets and floors, as well as much wear
and tear of those articles, it is rather
surprising that SO few house keepers
seem to know their value, but put down
ut the door instead an old piece of car
/ pet, or even sometimes an old coat or
pair OF pantalOons, which looks rather
shabby, to say the least, while husk
mats look well and answer the purpose
of cleaning feet much better To make
them, separate the corn husks from the
stem and assert them, throwing aside
any that are brittle or decayed Damp
en- them Il little by dipping into warm
water and wiring as dry as possible, if
/ they are to be braided immediately
Select about nine good-sized husks,
and tie a strong twine around them
about one inch from the butt ends,
which should be even. Separate them
/ below the Irvine into three equal parts.
/ and proceed to braid, adding Il hUsk or
two us each strand is Tapped over, leav-
I ing an inch or So projecting at the butt
end of each husk for the brush The
braid should be about one inch in
width. Sew the braids together on the
smooth side. with strong Irvine and
coarse needle, shaping them into OBJ
/ long, round or square mats. rs fancy
dictates. Some ladies prefer to dip the
husks into a red. blue or brown dye be
fore braiding, which makes them pref
tier of course. There should be one
of these mats outside and another in
side of the back door, as we'll as at the
front.
DRIED APPLE IEs.-lnexperienced
young housekeepers, writes Il CORE
spondent of Harper Bazaar, please let
me tell YOU how to .a,a them
First, look sale dried apples carefully
over and cut the quarters IN two. Then
give them a thorough washing through
three OF four waters of liberal quantity,
a little warm. SO as to dissolve thestick-
mess on the surface and put them
through quickly. or Won Will soak out
the Juice and delicious flavor Put
them in large quantity Of cold water
and set them on the top of the stove
where they will soak and steam slowly.
Do not stir them until they are per
tectlv soft. or they Will 20 to a mash
and burn on. Have a plenty of water,
and the steam will cook the top ones.
if once in Il while You press them down
into the water SO as to keep them thor
oughIy saturated. Wher done, pass
them through a sieve or colanler. often
wetting them up by pouring on more
water Don't he afraid OF iuice it Will
make them more like the green fruit.
The reason why dried-apple pies are
generally salvey and abominable, is,
that for half a dozen pies the cook
takes a quantity Of apples that il green.
would make dozen, After they have