The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-02-25
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

and soft flannel.
AFTER taking up q carpet, sprinkle
the floor with very dilute carbolic acid
before sweeping.
IF You have been picking or handling
acid fruits, and have stained your hands,
wash them in clear water vine them
lightly, aud, while they are yet moist,
strike a match and shut your hands
around it 30 as to catch the smoke, and
tho stain will disappear.
To STop BLREDiNG.-It is said that
bleeding from q wound on man or beast
may be stopped by a mixture OF wheat
Hour and common salt, in equal parts,
bound on with n cloth. II the bleeding
be profuse, use a large quantity, say
from one to three pints. 1t may be left
on for hours, or ever days, if necessary.
APPLE Snow. Roast eight tart ap-
pies and pnlp them through a seiye
take one.half pound of the pulp, and,
when cold, mix with it one-half pound
Of finely.sifted loaf sugar, and the thin
rind Of a small lemon beat the whites
OF three eggs, whiBk all tho ingredients
together to a fine froth, and pile on a
glass dish. A little sponge cake soaked
in fruit syrup and laid on the bottom Of
the dish is an Improvement.
CHARLOTTE Russo Lime a plain mold
with sponge cake cut to fit exactly, brush
oyer the inside, very lightly, with the
white Of an egg, and put it upon ice.
Beat up one pint Of rich cream with one
ounce Of isinglasB previously dissolved
in sufficient water to cover it,, Sweeten
and flavor to suit tho taste. Pour this
into tho mold, cover il with a peice Of
sponge cake cut exactly tho size. Ice
it, and turn it out very carefully.
ICED CAKE.-Mix thoroughly one,half
pound Of -four, one-half pound ground
rice, %cnrrants, ono-quarter pound sugar,
one quarter ounce mace and cloves,
some mixed peel, Il few bitter almonds
pounded, some sweet almonds split,
n %teaspoonful of carbonate of soda,
melt ono.half pound fresh butter in pint
of warm milk, and the yelks and whites
OF four eggs beaten separately (; put this
by degrees on tho dry ingredients, beat
we'll (; put into II buttered mold, and
bake.
CHOCOLATE CREAM. -- Scrape two
squares of chocolate and put them into
q Btewpan with two ounces OF sugar, a
pint of milk, aud half n pint of cream
lot it boil until u third of it is con.
simed, and when halls cold beat up the
yelks Of six eggs with it strain the
whole through Il seive, and then put
the small cups or dishes in which the
cream il to be served into q pan CON
tanning enough boiling water to reach
above half way up the cream. Cover
the pun, and lay fire on tho lid boil it
till done, and serve cold.
Onions Gro PIcKLE) Choose small
button onions ; as they arc peeled throw
them into milk and water, drain them
from this when they are all done, put
them into n jar and pour q strong brine
Of salt and water and n small piece of
alum (boiling hot) over them, cover
close, and set them asido TIL the next
day /; drain and dry on n cloth, put
them into cold distilled vinegar with II
few blades of bruised ginger, some
whole pepper and II little mace, keep
always covered with vinegar, cork the
jar close, and put IN II dry, cold place.
REMEDY o CRoUr. Spirits of tnr-
pcntlne IL II sovereign remedy for Group.
Saturate n pieco Of flannel with il, and
place it on the throat and chest, and
send for your family physician. II the
case be very urgent, and the child III
great distress, and tho distance to the
DOCTORS residence very great, drop three
drops of the tprpeutine on q lump Of
sugar and give it internally. Or u good
nmetIc of blood.root, or lobelia, or both
combined, should be given. Every
should keep n bottle of spirits of
iurpentine in the house.
The bloom, or glaze, or facing of
and black ten is generally arti-
In the case OF green tea it is or
a mixture OF Prussian blue,
Imeric, and sulphato OF mime, or China
lay !; md in that of black tea it is not
Inirequently a coating OF black lead.
tea prepared for the English mar
.et is notorlously subject to these adul.
orations and it seems that this arises
from our own fancy, and not
rom any desire on The part of the
Jhineso to pursue such a practice. The
'duiteration is easily discovered by
reatiDg the tea with cold water, and
hen strnining through muslin, and oil.
tho fine powder to suOside.
70 PRESERVE MILK.-Provide bottles,
which must be perfectly clean, sweet
md dry. Put tho milk warm from the
into these bottles, and, az they arc
He'd, immediately cork them up and
Asten tho cork with wire. Then spread
little straw OH the bottom of n boiler,
~ which place the bottles, with straw
between them. Fill it up with cold
water. Hoat the water, and rs soon us
/ begins to boil draw the fire and let
he whole gradually cool. When quite
'ool take out the bottles, pack thom
way in sawdust and put them in n cool
,lacs, but where tho milk will not
Milk preserved in this way will
,eep perfectly sweet for years.
TO CRysrALLlzE FLowERs. Construct
ono baskets of fancy form with plia-
dc copper wire, aud wrap them with
/; into these tie to the bottom
ferns, ~geranium leaves-in fact,
my flowers but full-blown roses-and
ink them III n solution of alnm-one
pound to n gallon of water-after the
solution has cooled. The colors will be
preserved in their original beauty faster
han from a hot solution. When you
lave n light covering of crystals that
'ompletelyi cover the articles remove
he basket carefully and allow it to drip
or twelve hours, These baskets make
beautiful parlor ornament, and for n
ong time preserve the freshness of the
HASaING-B AsKErs.-A charming and
responsive home adofnment may be
ladc by using n basket constructed in
ho manner given above or by procuring ,
small wire basket and lining it with