Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-24
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
ITeIpfaI Hints for the Housewife.
POTATO SOUP.

stir in one pint Of mix. Let it boil up
and it 10 done. If thickened with one
or two soda crackers, it tastes very
much like oyster soup.
BOILED CHICKEN.
Plain, artless boiling is apt to produce
a yellowish, Shiny looking chicken.s Be-
fore cooking the bird should always be
well washed in tepid water and lemon
juice, and to insure whiteness, delicacy,
and succulenee, should be boiled in q
paste made of flour andwates, and after
being put in the boiling water, should
b. allowed to simmer slowly. This
method is very effectual In preserving
all the juices Of the fowl, and the re.
suit is far more toothsome and nour-
ishing morsel than the luckless bird
which has been "galloped to death" in
plain boiling water. Mutton is also
better for being boiled in paste.
70 STOP THE RAvAGEs OF MOTHS.
Camphor will not stop the ravages of
moths in carpets, after they have COM
menced eating. Then they pay no re-
gard to the presence of camphor, cedar,
or tobacco. A good way to conquer
them Is to, take a coarse crash towel
and wiring it out of clean water. Spread
1t smoothly on the carpet, then iron it
dry with good hot iron, repeating the
operation on all suspected places, and
those least used. 1t does not injure
the pile or che color of the carpet in the
least, ds it is not necessary to press
Lard, heat and steam being the agents,
and they do the work etfectually on
worms and eggs. Then, the camphor
will doubtless prevent future depreda-
tons of the miller.
LEMON TART.
To the grated rind and the Juice of
one lemon add a teacupfGl of sugar;
stir into teacupful of warm water one
teaspoonful of corn-starch and two
finely powdered Boston crackers, and
add to the lemon and sugar; whip to a
froth the white of one and the yolks of
two eggs. Add these to the foregoing,
stirring briskly, and pour into a plate
lined with a light crust. While the
above is baking In a moderately heated
oven, whip the remaining white of egg
to froth and stir in three teaspoons
full of powdered sugar. When the tart
is done, remove from the oven and
spread the beaten white over the top;
then return to the oven and allow to
brown slightly.
FROSTED FEET.
A poultice of grated raw potato and
fish oil, and an onion chopped fine and
applied to the parts, are recommended
as never-failing remedies. Ruth Nor
man says in the Country Gentleman
that she cured her feet which had
troubled her very much for several
winters, with cantharides cerate. This
was six years ago, and she has never
been troubled since. She has given it
to several persons, and has never known
it to fail to cure. Two or three appli-
cations are generally sufficient. To
make it, rub into simple cerate as much
Of the tincture of cantharides as it will
hold. Any druggist can prepare it for
you. Rub little on the feet before
going TO bed, after bathing them in
warm water.
A SURE CURE FOR BoILs.
DR.. Simon, a physician of Lorraine,
states that as soon as the characteristic
eliminating point of boil makes its
he puts in a saucer Thin
blefull of camphorated alcohol, and,
dipping the ends of his middle-fngers
with the liquid, rubs the infamed sur
face, especially the central portion, re-
peatlng the operation eight or ten
times, continuing the rubbing at each
time for about half a minute. He then
allows the surface to dry, placing a
slight coating OF camphorated olive oil
over the intiamed surface He states
that four such applications viii, in al
most all cases, cause boils to dry up
and disappear. The application should
be made at morning, noon and in the
evening. He AYERS that the same treat
ment will cure whitlows, and all inju-
ries of the tips of the fingers. AS soon
as pain and redness appear, the fingers
should be soaked for ten minutes in
sweet oil. The relief is
said to be immediate, and three appl-
cations are generally enough to effect
cure.
TO DESTROY BUGS, ANTS, ETC.
No insect which crawls can live I'M
der the application of hot alum water.
1t will destroy red and black ants,
spiders, chintz bugs, and
all the myriads of crawling pests which
infest our houses during the heated
term. Take two pounds of alum and
dissolve it In three or four quarts of
hoilInCr rvofa,.. 1a4 - g4o,,J -, Al, ,4o,-s
until the alum is all melted; then apply
it with a brush while nearly boiling
hot, to every joint and crevice in your
closets, bedsteads, pantry shelves, and
the like. Brush the crevices in the
floor of the skirting or mop boards, if
you suspect that they harbOr vermin.
If in whitewashing a ceiling, plenty
Of alum is added to the lime, it Will also
serve to keep insects at a distance.
Cockroachesl will flee the paint which
has been washed in cool alum water
Sugar barrels and boxes can be freed
from ants by drawing a wide chalk
mark Just around the edge of the top
of them. The mark must be unbroken,
or they viii creep over it, but a con-
tinuous chalk mark, half an inch in
width, will set their depredations at
naught.
Powdered alum or borax will keep
the chintz bug at a respectable dis
lance, and travellers should always carry
a bundle of it in their handbags to
scatter over and under their pillows in
hotels, etc. While staying at hotel
in Denver, Col, with party, most of
whom complained sadly of the nightly
attacks of these disgusting insects, 1
was able to keep them entirely at bay
by its use, and l distributed the con-
tents of my bundle among the party,
not only to their great relief, but to the
utter discontinue of the bugs, who
were forced to seek new pastures.