The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-12-26
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

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If you are buying carpets for durability
choose small figures.
Lemon juice and glicerine will cleanse anc
soften the hands.
Lunar caustic, carefully applied so as no
to touch the skin, will destroy warts.
PASTE FOR CLEANING BRAss.-Rotten stone
two ounces; oxalic acid, half an ounce; sweet
oil, three quarters of an ounce; turpentine
enough to make paste. Apply it with 8
little water.
QUEENS On (FoR THE HAIR).-Oil of ben,
one pint; civet, three grains; Italian oil Of
jasmip, three fluid ounces; otto of roses,
three minims Ii otto OF roses is not to be
had, ten or twelve minims of common oil OF
roses may be substituted.
A PERMANENT BLUE.-Boil the cloth in q
brass kettle an hour, in solution containing
five parts of alum and three parts Of tartar
for every thirty-two parts of cloth. 1t is
then to be thrown into warm water, pre-
viously mixed with greater or less proper
ton Of chemic blue, according to the shade
the cloth is intended to receive in the desired
color.
To KEEP GREEN VEGETABLES. vege-
tables must be kept on damp stones, covered
with damp cloth. Beet-root, parsnips, car
rots and potatoes are best kept in dry sand
during the winter. Never wash them until
they are wanted for use. Onions should be
tied up in punches and hung up. Take and
bury parsley in jar during the winter, or
dry it by hanging it up in warm room.
LEMONADE BOTTLED. Dissolve half a
pound of loaf sugar in one quart of water,
and boil it over slow fire; two drachms CT
acetic acid; four ounces of tartaric acid; when
cold, add two pennyworth of essence of
lemon. Put one-sixth of the above into each
bottle filed with water, and add thirty grains
OF carbonate of soda; cork it Immediately,
and it will be fit for use.
FoRCEMEATs.-Takesi six ounces of bread.
crumbs, two ounces of lean ham, two ounces
Of butter, six ounces of finely shred beef
suet, little thyme, parsely, and mace, des-
tablespoonful OF salt, pinch of cayenne, and
the yolks of three eggs; we'll mix, and add
three tea-spoontuls of milk, and twelve drops
of essence of lemon, or a teaspoonful of
lemon pickle; mix again, and form into balls,
which are to be fried in lard, or used for
stuffing.
To PRESERVE STRAWBERRIES. - To two
pounds of fine large trawberries add two
pounds of powdered sugar, and put them in a
preserving kettle, over q slight fire, till the
sugar is melted; then boil them precisely
twenty minutes as fast as possible; have ready
q number OF small jars, and put the fruit in
boiling hot Cork and seal the jars imme-
diately, and keep them through the sum-
mer in cold, dry place. The jars must
be heated before the hot fruit is poured in,
otherwise they will break.
SCOTCH BROTH Take four pounds of NUT
ton-part of the leg is best-add one gallon
of water, one teacupful of pearl barley, two
carrots, sliced, two turnips, sliced, two
onions, cut small, three carrots. grated, the
white part of large cabbage, chopped very
small, and small quantity of parsley. Sea-
son with pepper and salt. Let this boil very
gently for three hours and half; and at the
dinner table it will most likely, by all who
are fond OF soups, be pronounced excellent.
STRAWBERRY JELLY.-Ex press the juice from
the fruit through cloth, strain it clear,
weigh, and stir to it an equal proportion of
the finest sugar dried and reduced to powder;
when this is dissolved, place the preserving
pan over very clear fire. and stir the jelly
often until it boils; clear it carefully from
scum, aud boil it fifteen to twenty-five minutes.
This receipt is for q moderate quantity of the
preserve; very AAall portion will require
much less time.
To VARNIsH DRAwINGs.-1. Boil some clear
parchment-cuttings in water, in glazed
earthen vessel, till they produce very clear
size; strain it and keep it till wanted, then
give the work two coats of the size, passing
the brush quickly over the work, so as not to
disturb the colors. 2. Or, mix one ounce of
Canada balsam and two ounces of spirits of
turpentine together, then sizs the print or
drawing with solution of isinglass in water,
and when dry apply the varnish with camel's
hair brush.
Fruit is preserved in Russia by the follow
ing process: Lime is Stacked in water in
which little creosote has been dissolved. 1t
is then allowed to fall to powder, which is
spread over the bottom of deadlock to about
one inch in thickness. sheet of paper is
laid above, and then the fruit. Over the
fruit is another sheet of paper, then more
lime and so on till the box is full, when
finely powdered charcoal is packed in the
corners, and the lid tightly closed Fruit
thus enclosed will, it is said, remain good for
a year.
BUN1oNs-The treatment consists in re-
all pressure from the part. The
formation of bunion may in the beginning
be prevented. but only in the beginning; for
when once actually formed, it is scarcely pos
sible ever to get rid of it, and it remains "a
plague. To prevent the formation of bun
ion it is necessary, whenever and wherever
shoe or boot pinches, to have it eased at once,
and so long as that part of the foot pinched
remains tender, not to put on the offending
shoe again When Dunion has once COM
pletely formed, if the person wish to have any
peace, and not to have it increase, he must
I'VE a last made to fit his foot and have his
shoe made upon it. Aud whenever the
bunion infames and is painful, it must be
bathed with warm water and poulticed at
night
When French army officer is convicted
of felony his epaulettes are torn of, his
sword is broken and private steps from the
ranks and kicks him. After that the civil
authorities take care of him.
In Canon City, Col, q man can't take a
couple Of broken chairs to the cabinet shop
for repairs without hearing such imputations