Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-01-27
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.


. NEVER put canaries in q painted cage,
as they will pick the wires and thus i'm
bibe poison. Brass wire cages are more
cheerful than those made of wood and can
be easily kept clean.
Fec SOFT CAKEs.-Take two eggs, a
pint of sweet milk. add flour to make
very thin batter; have griddle very not;
butter we'll and turn on the batter, which
must be very thin, and they VIII bake ID
less than minute. If made right they
will be almost transparent. An eminent
physician says they can hurt no one.
Beat the yelks and whites OF the eggs sep
arately to a frOth.
WHEN your canary droops and seems
ill, particularly if he shows signs OF asth-
ma or a cold by wheeling sound, feed
him for a week on boiled bread and milk.
Mix bird-seed and fax-seed and give it.
Also strew red pepper plentitully on a
niece of salt pork and tie il up in the cage
within reach. Give it also little saffron
II its water now and then.-W0onsochet
(R. H. Patriot.
To PREVENT chatting use a lotion of
galum in water, applied with a rag before
retiring. 4 piece of alum as large as a
hazelnut, dissolved in half pint of
water, is sufficient 1t will quickly heal
excoriated skin and harden the unabraded
cuticle. The use of this for years with
the most beneficial results is sufficient au-
thority for a trial. 1t is good also for
tender feet and soft corns.
IF brooms are wet IN boiling suds once
a week they will become very tough, will
not cut the carpet, last much longer, and
always sweep like new broom. very
dusty carpet may be cleaned by setting
a pail of cold water out by the door; wet
the broom ia it, knock it to get out all the
drops, sweep a yard or so, then wash the
broom again as before, and sweep again,
being careful to shake all the drops off
the broom, and not sweep far at a time.
The water may need to be changed once
or twice if the carpet is very dusty. Snow
sprinkled over carpet and swept off be-
fore it has time to melt and dissolve is also
nice for renovating soiled carpet.
MOistened Indian meal is used with good
effect by some housekeepers.- Health Re
former.
WHEN one of b" father's' business
friends drives into the yard at about half
past eleven the good wife knows that he
will surely stay to dinner. Father is a
great story-teller, and he likes to get hold
Of new auditor How aptly comes a
frOwn of dismay and displeasure on the
smooth, fair face of his helpmeet. What
can be done? Work is going on accord
ing to the days plan in the kitchen; the
dinner was arranged for none but the
family; the children are coming home
from school and making a clatter; all is
hustle and confusion. She feels that the
best dishes must be used, and something
extra cooked for the inopportune guest.
Now, good woman, don't do it! Your
fine dinner, with its attendant irritation
and upsetting," will taste no better
than what you had prepared. Make no
difference in your plans, but seat your
visitor with smile and easy greeting at
your nospitable board, and he will feel
more comfortable and happy than though
you gave him a banquet. You save tenn
per and trouble, and gain the enjoyment
Of giving your friend real coy time.
A sensible person knows that farmers do
not have six courses upon their table
daily, and the wholesome, hearty fare,
with good nature and hospitable cordial
ity, will be tinctured with a sweet, do
mestic sense that is inevitably lost in
grand dinners. Smiles and neatness are
sauce for homely meals.-GOlden RuIe.