The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-03-06
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

AFTER taking up carpet, sprinkle
the floor With dilute cerbolic acid
before sweeping.
If You have been picking or handling
acid fruits, and have stained your hands,
wash them in clear water wipe them
lightly, and, while they are yet moist,
strike a match and shut your hands
around it so as to catch the smoke, and
the etain will disappear.
To Stop BLEEDINe.-It is said that
bleeding tfromsa wound on man orsbeast
may be stopped by q mixture of wheat
hour and common salt, in equal parts,
bound on with cloth. If the bleeding
be profuse, use a large quantity, say
from one to three pints. It may be left
on for hours, or even days, if ne oessary.
APPLE sSNow.-Ro eight tart ap-
pies and pulp them through q, seive
when cold, mix with it one-hnlf pound
of finely. sifted loaf sugar, and the thin
rind of q small lemon beat the whites
of three eggs, whisk all the ingredients
together to fine froth, and pile on a
glnss dish z A little sponge cake soaked
in fruit syrup and laid on the bottom Of
the dish is an Improvement.
CHARLOTTE Russo Line plain mold
with sponge cake cut to fit exactly, brush
over the inside, very. lightly, with the
white Of an egg, and putAit upon ice.
Beat up one pint of rich cream with one
ounce of isinglass previously dissolved
in sufficient water to cover it) Sweeteni
and flavor to suit the taste. Pour this
INTO tho mold, ,coYer it swithsa peice of
sponge cake cut exactly the size. Ice
it, and turn it out very carefully.
IoED CAKE Mix thoroughly one.half
pound of flour, one-halfs pound ground
rice, currants, one-quarter pound sugar,
one quarter ounce mace and 3clov es,
some mixed peel, q fewAbitter Salmonds
pounded some sweet almonds split,
one teaspoonful Of carbonate of soda,
melt one-half pound fresh butter in pint
of warm milk, and the yelks and whites
of four eggs beaten separately; put this
by degrees on the dry ingredients, beat
we'll !; put into a buttered mold, and
bike. s8.sa n-;,so .ae.t ar,
CHooohATE CREAM. -, Scrapo two
squares of chocolate and put them into
stewpan with two ounces of sugar,
pint of milk, and half pint of cream
let ity boil until aythird of it is con,
sumed, and when half cold beat up the
yelks of six eeggs with it Strain the
whole through seive,s and then put
the small cups or dishes in which the
cream is to be served into a pan CON,
tanning, enough boiling water to reach
above half fweY ZIP The cream. Cover!
the pan. and lay fire on the lid; boil it
till. done and serve cold. \ st '5''tt,.1 !.
ONIONS (To yPIoKIE). &C Choose small
button onions ;sas they are peeled throw
them into miikfand, water, drain them
from this when theYdare all done, put
them into u jar. r.andapour' n strong brine
OF sait and watew and a. small piece of
alum (boiling hot) over them, cover
nlose, and set them aside till the, next
Sdsy drain and dry ON a., cloth, pnt
then, into cold distilled vinegar wlthsa
& blatl Iants; Stngery se.ae
Who'll appar sHs o little mace, keep
always eoFerea with pinegar, cork the
jar close, and put IN dry, bold place.
REMEpE ron onous pirits9 Of tur-i
pentine is isasovereign IN y lSdy for crorl,,,
SaturateFa d piece of SaanHel with IT, and
place it on the throat }and chest, and
send for your family physician. IF the
case be very urgent, and the child in
great distress, and the distance to the
DOCTORS resid dence very great, drop three
drops OF the turpentine on, lump Of
sugar and giyesit Internally. Or q good
emetic Of blood d-root, or lobelia, or both
combined, should be given. 4, Every
family ahouldsk keep a bottle of spirits of
THE bloom, or glaze, or facing o.
green and black tea is generally arti
fioial. In the case of green tea it is or,
d1narily mixture OF Prussian blue,
tumeric, and sulphate of mime, or China
clay; and in that of black tea il, is not
n1nIirequently coating sof blnck lead.