Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-02-04
FARM AND FIRESIDE.


HOUSEHOLD HINTs.-If you are buying
carpets for durability, choose small figures.
Benzine and common clay will clean
marble.
If your fat-irons are rough, rub them
with fine salt, and it will. make them
smooth.
Castor-oil is an excellent thing to soften
leather.
To clean brown porcelain kettle, boil
peeled potatoes in it. The porcelain viii
be rendered nearly white as when new.
To ascertain whether a bed be damp or
not, after the bed is warmed put q glass
globe in between the sheets, and if the bed
be damp, in a few minutes drops of wet
will appear on the inside of the glass.
A strong solution OF carbolic acid and
water, poured into holes, kills all the ants
it touches, and the survivors Immediately
take themselves off.
A small piece of paper or linen, mois-
tened with the spirits of tn:pentine, and
put into bureau OF wardrobe for single
day, two OF three times, is said to be a suf-
deient preserva ton against moths.
Legion juice and gycerine will remove
tan and freckles.
Lemaa juice and glycerine will clean
and soften the hands.
To obMiate offensive perspiration, wash
your feet with soap and diluted spirits of
ammonia.
The juice Of ripe tomatoes will remove
the stain of walnuts from the hands with
out injury to the skin.
CARE OF CANARY BIRDs.-I will give
you few hints how to keep the canary in
health. To begin with it's food Which
should be simply canary seed, mixed with
about one fourth rape seed, give OCCASION
ally a slice of sweet apple or a little bit OF
boiled carrot, by way of a treat, fresh
chickweed, groundsel, or watercress; and,
above all, give 1T plenty of clean wafer
canaries are such bath-loving little Jirds.
In their Rative, wild state, they are always
fitting in and out of water and it is cru
ell to deprive them of such wholesome
pleasure. And when they are moulting,
do not forget to leave an iron nail in their
bath. Be also very parter'1' about
keeping the cage clean, with .,.5 .sy of fine
sharp sand in it. Do not leave it in q cold
roonl in winter-time; and, above all, do
not hang your pets cage by a draughty
windoW, for there is nothing more likely to
make them sickly and i'll. Canaries are such
tender, warmth-lovimg little birds thatthey
soon cease singing, and die, if these simple
directions are not well attended to. A ia
PANIED OIL d plain cage is the best, and ca
siest to clean. The common colored cages
are dangerous, as thesbirds are apt to pick
off the paint, AND kill themselves.
BOILING EGGS.-There is an objection
to the common way Of boiling eggs which
people do not understand. It is this The
white under three minutes rapid cooking
becomes tough and indig estible, while the
yolk is left soft. When properly cooked,
eggs are done evenly through, like any
other food. This result may be attained
by puttingsthe eggs into dish with COW
er, as tin pail, and then pouring upon
them boiling water, two quarts or more to
them away. from the stove for fifteen min
utes- The heat of the water cooks the
eggs slowly and evenly, and sufficiently,
and to a jelly-like cons istency, leaving the
centre or yolk harder than the white, and
the egg tastes as much richer and nicer
as a fresh egg is nicer than stale one,
and no person will want to eat them boiled
after having tried this method.
RICE CoFFEE.--This is good for children
who are suffering with summer complaints,
and is made by browning the grains of rice
like coffee, and afterward boiling them
1t is not unpalatable, very nourlshing, and
can be made any strength that is required.
With the addition of sweet cream and loaf
sugar, child of two OF three years will re
quire no other food until the disease is re-
moved.
To CURE HoARsENEss. when the
voice is lost, as is sometimes the case, from
the effects of a cold, a simple, pleasant
remedy is furnished by beating up the
white of one egg, adding to it the Juice of
one lemon, and sweetening with white SUI
gar to the taste. Take teaspoonful from
time to time. 1t has been known effectual-
ly to cure the ailment
CHICKEN CHEEsE.-Boil two chickens
till tender take out all the bones, and
chop the meat fine, season to taste with
salt, pepper and butter pour in enough
of the liquor they are boiled in to make
moist. Mold it in any shape you choose,
and when cold, turn out, and cut into slices
1t is an excellent travelling lunch.
10 RELIEVE NEURALGIA.-Take two
large tablespoonsfuls of cologne and
two teaspoonfuls Of fine salt mix them
together in a small bottle. Every time you
have an acute affection of a facial nerve,
Or neuralgia, simply breathe the fumes in
your nose from the bottle, and you will be
Immediate ly relieved.
DIR. DoBBELL's FLOUR PUDDING
That eminent English physician informs
the public that four ounces of flour, an
ounce and quarter Of sugar, three-fourths
of an ounce Of suet, three gills of milk,
and an egg, form IL combination of aliment-
airy principles in nearly exact normal pro-
portions.
The BEST CURE FOR CORNS and bun
ions is to have your boots and shoes made
to fit your feet, instead of trying to shape
your feet to the boots and shoes Then
soak the excrescences in warm water occa-