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


the floor with very dilute carbolic acid
before sweeping.
IL 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 q match and shut your hands
around it so as to catch the smoke, and
the stain will disappear.
To Stop BLEEDING.- 1T is said that
bleeding from wound on man or beast
may be stopped by mixture of wheat
flour aud common salt, in equal parts,
bound on with cloth. If the bleeding
be profuse, use large quantity, say
from one to three pints. 1t may be left
on for hours, or even days, if necessary.
APPLE SNow.-Roast eight tart ap-
pies and pulp them through seiye
take one-ha1f pound of the pulp, and,
when cold, mix with it one-hnlf pound
of finely sifted loaf sugar, and the thin
rind of a small lemon beat the whites
of three eggs, whisk all the ingredients
together to a fine froth, and pile on
glues dish. A little sponge cake soaked
in fruit syrup and laid on the bottom of
the dish is an Improvement.
CHARLOTTE Russo. Lime plain mold
with sponge cake cut 10 fit exactly, brush
over the inside, very lightly, with the
whitc Of an egg, and put it upon ice.
Beat up one pint of rich cream with one
ounce of isiuglass previously dissolved
III sufficient wafer to cover it). Sweeten
and flavor to suit tho taste. Pour this
into tho mold, cover it with peice of
sponge cake cut exactly tho size. Ice
it, and turn it out very carefully.
ICED CAKE Mix thoroughly one. half
pound Of flour, onc-half pound ground
rice, currants, onc-quartcr pound sugar,
one quarter ounce mace and cloves,
some mixed peel, few bitter almonds
pounded, somc sweet almonds split,
ono tcaspoonful of carbonate of soda,
melt ono.half pound fresh butter in pint
of warm milk, and The yelks aud Writes
of four eggs beaten separately put this
by degrees on the dry ingredients, beat
we'll; put into buttcred mold, and
bake.
CHOCOLATE CREAM. - Scrapo two
squares OF chocolate and put them into
a stewpan with two ounces of sugar, Il
pint Of milk, and half pint Of cream
lot it boil until third of it il con.
sumed, and when half cold beat up the
yelks Of Fix eggs with it strain tho
whole through aeive, aud then put
the small cups or dishes in which the
cream is to be served into pan con
tanning enough boiling water to reach
above half way up tho cream. Cover
the pan, and lay fire on the lid F.; boil it
till done, and serve cold.
onions Gro PICKLE). Choose small
button onions as they nre peeled throw
them into milk and water, drain them
from this when they are aIl done, put
them into a jar and pour II strong brine
OF salt and water and a small piece of
alum Cooling hot) over them, cover
CLOSE, and set them aside till the ncxt
day; drain and dry on q cloth, pnt
them into cold distilled vinegar with Il
few: blades Of hsi%isevs hprsi,sevs ssinser, coraes
whole -peppnr Ma little mace, keep
always covered with vinegar, cork the
jar close, and put IN dry, cold place.
REMEDY FOR CnoUHs pirits of tur-
pentine is sovereign y, 6, .sdy for Group.
Sat,,rate piece of hann lei with it, and
place it on the throat and chest, and
case be very urgent, and the child in
great distress, and the distance to the
doctors residence very great, drop three
drops Of the turpentine on lump of
sugar and give it Internally. Or good
emetc Of blood root, or 1obelia, or both
combined, should be riven. Every
family should keep bottle of spirits of
turpentine in the house.
The bloom, or glaze, or facing O
green and black ten is generally nrti
fetal. In the case of green tea it is or
dlnarlly mixture of Prussian blue.
tnmeric, and sulphate of mime, or China
clay and in that of black tea il is not
nnfrpnI1pnf1u ~f
The tea prepared for the English mar
ket is notoriously subject to these adul-
terations; and it seems that this arises
entirely from our own fancy, and not
from any desire on the part of the
Chinese to pursue such a practice. The
adulteratlonE is easily discovered by
treating the tea with cold water, and
then straining through muslin, and al
lowing the fine powder to subside
To PRESERVE EM1nK.-Provide bottles.
which must be perfectly clean, sweet
and dry. Put the milk warm from the
COZ into these bottles, and, as they are
tihed, Immediately cork them up and
fastcn the cork with wire. Then spread
little straw on the bottom of boiler.
on which place the bottles, with straw
between them. Fill it up with cold
water. Heat the water, and as soon as
il begins to boil draw tho fire and let
tho whole gradually cool. When quite
cool take out the bottles, pack them
away in sawdust and put them in a cool
place, but where the milk will not
freeze. Milk preserved in this way will
keep perfectly sweet for years.
To CRYSTALLINE F1owERs. Construct
some baskets of fancy form with plia-
bic copper wire, and wrap thnrn .uilh