The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-02-26
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

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; 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 stain will disappear.
To Stop BLEEDING.-It is said that
bleeding from a wound on man or beast
may be stopped by mixture of wheat
flour and common salt, in equal parts,
bound on with a cloth. If the bleeding
be profuse, use a 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 a seive;
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 small lemon beat the whites
of three eggs, whisk all the ingredients
together to fine froth, and pile on
glass dish. 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 put it upon ice.
Beat up one pint of rich cream with one
ounce of isiuglass previously dissolved
in sufficient water to cover it). Sweeten
and flavor to suit the taste. Pour this
into the mold, cover it with peice of
sponge cake cut exactly the size. Ice
it, and turn it out very carefully.
ICED CAKE.-Mix thoroughly one-half
pound of flour, one-half pound ground
rice, currants, One-quarter pound sugar,
one quarter ounce mace and cloves,
some mixed peel, few bitter almonds
pounded, some sweet almonds split,
one teaspoonful of carbonste 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
bake.
CHOCOLATE CREAM. - Scrape two
squares of chocolate and put them into
stewpan with two ounces of sugarS a
pint of milk, and half pint of cream /;
let it boil until third of it is con-
sumed, and when half cold beat up the
yelks of six eggs with it strain the
whole through seiVe, and 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 the cream. Cover
the pan, and lay fire on the lid 4; boil 1t
till done, and serve cold.
Onions (To PICKLE).-Choose small
| button onions as they are peeled throw
them into milk and water, drain them
from this when they are all done, put
them into a jar and pour strong brine
| of salt and water and small piece of
| alum boiling hot) over them, cover
close, and set them aside till the next
| day; drain and dry on cloth, put
them into cold distilled vinegar with a
few blades of bruised ginger, some
whole pepper and a little mace, keep
always covered with vinegar, cork the
jar close, and put IN q dry, cold place.
REMEDY FOR CROUP.-Spirits of tur-
pentine is a sovereign remedy for Group.
Saturate piece of flannel with it, and
place it on the throat and chest, and
send for your family physician. II the
| 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
emetic of blood.root, or lobelia, or both
combined, should be given. Every
family should keep bottle of spirits OF
turpentine in the house.
THE bloom, or glaze, or facing OF
green and black tea is generally arti
fetal. In the case of green tea it is or
dinarily a mixture Of Prussian blue,
tumeric, and sui plate of mime, or China
clay and in that of black tea it is not
unfrequently a coating of black lead.
The tea prepared for the English mar,
ket is VIGOROUSLY 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
adulteration is easily discovered by
treating the tea with cold water, anG
then straining through muslin, and al
lowing the fine powder to subside.
To PRESERVE MILK-Provide bottles
which must be perfectly clean, sweet
and dry. Put the milk warm from the
COW into these bottles, and, as they are
filed, Immediately cork them up and
fBsten 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 colo
water. Heat the water, and as soon as
it begins to boil draw the fire and lei
the whole gradually cool. When quite
cool take out the bottles, pack then
away in sawdust and put them in COO
place, but where the milk will no.
freeze. Milk preserved in this way vii
keep perfectly sweet for years.
To CRYSTALLINE Flowers. --Copstruc
some baskets of fancy form with plia
BILE copper wire, and wrap them will
gauze into these tie to the bottom
violets, ferns, geranium leaves-in fact
any flowers bat fuil-blown rOses-anC
sink them in a solution of alum-ont
pound to a gallon of water-after the
solution has cooled. The colore will b.
preserved in their original beauty faster
than from hot solution. When yoI
have light covering of crystals tina
completely cover the articles remove
the basket carefully and allow it to dril
for twelve hours. These baskets max,
a beautiful parlor ornament, and for ;
long time preserve the freshness of thu
flowers.
! HANGING BASKETS charming an(
inexpensive home adornment may b.
made by using a basket constructed il
the manner given above or by procuring
d small wire basket and lining it will
colored tissue-paper, of various colors
nicely fringed take a twe-pound Oys
ter can, put a sweet potato in it, and I'll
it with water place the can in tn,
center of the basket, and procure from
any florist some gay southern moss anC
place in the edge of the basket. In {
short time the sweet-potato will senC
out q number of vines, which may b.
guided by strings around pictur,
frames, twiuing through mantel orna
ments over the cloak, adding beaut,
and cheerfulness to the room. 1t can b,
placed in any part of the room, as it il
not necessary that the sun should slime
on it, and the vine will growall winter il
water.
CURE FOR DRUNKENNESS. There is
curious prescription in England for the
cure of drunkenness, by which thou
sands are said to have been assisted IL
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