Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-06-15
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

hUOSEhOLD H1NISs
SouEAKY BooTs.-A double row of
! nails or pegs, or two rows at right angles
to each other will, it is said, stop the
noise, which,is caused. by the rubbing TO-
gether of the. layers of leather com posing
the'sele1 ! & ~ e. s. ID &-e .A''a.-a-.
REMOVING on STAINs.-You can get a
bottle or barrel of oil out of any carpet
or wooden stuff by applying dry buck
wheat plentifully and faithfully. Never
put water to such grease spot or liquid
Of any kind. ( Q2I EGI}llE s.
A CORRESPONDENT Of the Ohio Farmer
states that he kept a plum tree from cur
culios by sprinkling the ground under the
tree with corn-meal. This induced the
chickens to scratch and search The meal
was strewed every morning from the time
the trees blossomed until the fruit was
large enough to be soutsofs danger. The
consequence was that the fowls picked up
the curculies with the meal, and the tree
being saved from the presence Of the in
sects was wonderfully fruitful.
1 APTaEE CHAfsTREUsE. in quart of
milk boil till tender half pound of rice
with four ounces of sugar. Pare seven
good sized apples, and take out the cores
without opening them through Put in
each apples teaspoonfH Of some kind of
jam and fill with cream. Put in a deep
dish and arrange the rieea.round them,
-. IN s,sIa
leaving the tops Of the apples uncovered,
make the whole smooth, and frost, with
the white of an egg we'll beaten; sift sugar
over it and bake forty mini ties. as''-s p
To IMPROVE the appearance of furni-
ture, the Industrial Monthly advises its
readers to take a. soft sponge, wet with
clean cold Water, and wash over the ar
ticle. Then take soft chamois skin, and
wipe it clean. Dry the skin as well as
you can by wringing it in. the hands, and
wipe the water off the furniture being
careful to wipe only one way. Never use
a dry channels on yarnish work If the
varnish is defaced and shows white marks,
take linseeds oil and turpentine in equal
parts, shake them well in a vial, and zap
ply a very small quantity on soft rag un-
til the color is restored; then with clean
soft rag wipe the mixture off In deeply
carved work the dust can be removed
without d sponge. Use stiff haired paint
brush instead of a sponge
& To MAKE HARD CUsTARD. on the
stove enc quart Of milk to heat; when Just
at theboiling point take off and pour into
abowl. Have ready in another bowl five
eggs, beaten up with half a. teacup of
sugar. Pour eggs and sugar gradually
into the milk, mixing thoroughly; flavor
and pour into a baking dish. Settle dish
into a dripping pan, with about one inch
of boiling water covering the surface of
the pan; as the water evaporates renew it,
Bake half an hour in medium oven.
-Four eggs to a quart of milk is not suf
ficient for q. custard. Use eight if you
can, but not less than six. Scald the
milk first. beat the eggs well, and stir
them thoroughly into tie milk Do not
cook it too much, or it turns to curds and
whey. If cooked in cups set them in a
dripping pan halt full of hot water and
watch them when they are done to turn.
If seasoned with vanilla, and kept few
hoursin an ice chest, such custards are
very nearly as good as ice cream. Bake
custard by setting dish in a pan of hot
water while in the oven, and you will
have a better tasting custard.-N. Y
Times