The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-11


not prematurely worn out, and everything
filed with dirt that belongs to the dust
pan.-H. b.
HINTS ON WASHING.
The quickest and best way to do the wash
ing for a family of six or eight persons
First have plenty of boiling water; to every
boilerful add from two to three tablespoon
fuls of pulverized borax; use some of the
borax water from the boiler for every tubful
of clothes adding only enough cold water TO
make il comfortable for tie hands; use soap
on the most soiled, and rub on the board or
through a washing machine; do not boil the
clothes have tub partly full OF boiling hot
borax water in which to put the clothes that
have been rubbed; let them remain in the
hot borax water until you are ready to rinse
them; from a quarter TO half hour will do;
rinse in one clear water, without borax. Use
very little, il any, blueing. Borax will not
injure the texture of the finest linen, and
for infants clothes or flannels IL is the only
thing that can be used with perfect safety.
ii stockings or socks are badly stained, they
might be boiled in borax water for few
minutes only-too much boiling makes
clothes yellow. Borax acts slowly but
surely The improvement in clothes wash
ed after this direction will be noticed after
the second or third trial, often after the
first Add teaspoonful of borax to every
sticking and add to the polish.
CARRYING CONTRACTION.
Flowers taken from a room where per-
son lies i'll of an infectious or contagious dis
ease, are said to convey the contagion. This
is no reason, why the patient should be de-
prived of flowers, but they should be imme-
diately burned or removed from the room.
1t is while fasting that we are most likely to
take an infectious disorder. Then il is bet
ter if possible, to take a breakfast, though
ever so hasty one, before entering the sick
room. The clothes that have not come into
very close contact with a person suffering
from an infectious or contagious disease
may be purified by being aired for a day
before blazing fire. But no degree of air
ing, cleansing or brushing will purify an in
fected bed. The feathers, wool or fiock-as
the case may be-must be thoroughly
cleansed, as also the tick, before the bed can
be safely slept on.
DOMESTIC RECIPES.
To CouNTERAcT ONIoN.-By chewing and
swallowing few leaves of parsley after eat
ing onions, magic sweetening OF the breath
will be obtained.
TOMATO BUTTER. pounds ripe to-
matoes, three pounds light brown sugar, one
cupful vinegar, stick cinnamon; boil slowly
five or six hours.
BREAKFAST CAKE.-About pint of sour
milk and two tablespoonfuls of sour cream,
teaspoonful soda; stir in buckwheat flour
enough to make moderately thick batter,
and bake in a cake tin.
BAKED CUsTARD-Beat four eggs and two
tablespoonfuls sugar thoroughly and STIR in
to one quart boiling milk; pour into cups,
crate nutmeg over the top. and bake 10 or IL
minutes in hot oven. To be eaten cold.
PLAIN Corn CAKE-Sour milk, soda, a
pinch OF salt, two or three tablespoonfuls
molasses, and Indian meal TO make thin
batter. No eggs or shortening is needed If
the meal is not too fine Bake in a quick
oven.
KENTUCKY PoTAToEs.-Take raw potatoes,
pare and slice very thin; place them in
pudding dish; cover well with milk; add
pepper and salt, and bake until nicely
Drowned; do not put them in water after
they have been sliced.
OYSTER PLANT SoUP.-Wash, scrape and
cut in small, round pieces; boil in water
with little salt until very tender; then add
water and milk to make as much broth as
desired season with salt, pepper, butter, and
lastly thicken slightly with a little flour
stirred in cold water; eat with crackers.
egg, teaspoonful extract vanilla, saltspoon-
full of salt beaten to froth; stir in one wine
glassful boiling water; then set over boiling
water five TO ten minutes, stirring often; or
omit the Vanilla and put in wine or brandy
and boiling water. This receipt is for five
persons.
SURE CURE FOR COLDS, ETc.-Boil two
ounces of fax seed in quart of water; when
boiled strain, add two ounces rock candy,
half pint syrup. juice of three lemons; mix
we'll, put on the stove. let it come to a boil,
then take il of, and as soon as cool bottle il;
take cupful before going 10 bed and half
a cupful before meals; the hotter you drink
it the better il is
GINGERBREAD.-0ne cupful molasses, quar-
ter cupful butter, quarter cupful lard, one
teaspoonful soda, dissolved in hot water; one
teaspoonful ginger, half cupful sour milk,
enough -four to make a soft dough; warm
the molasses, butter, lard and ginger; beat
about 10 minutes; add the milk, soda and
-four; beat well; bake in quick oven.
HoSEYcoMB PuporNG.-One pint of milk,
four eggs, whites and yolks beaten seperate-
ly,) four tablespoonfuls flour; wet with a
little of the milk, little salt, two tea
spoonfuls baking powder; bake about IS
minutes in quick oven. For the sauce
Halfpint milk, three tablespoonfuls sugar,
one spoonful butter, not quite tablespoon
full flour; mix the sugar, butter and flour to-
gether, and stir into boiling milk. Flavor
with vanilla when taken off the fire.
PHILADELPHIA CREAM PUFFs One pint wa
ter, two cuPfuls butter, three cupfuls flour,
10 eggs; boil the water, melt the butter in
it, stir in the -four dry while the water is
boiling; when cool, add on teaspoonful soda,
and the eggs we'll beaten; drop the mixture
on buttered tins with a spoon, and bake 20
minutes. Do not open the oven door more
than twice while they are baking Inside
miKture-One cupful flour, two cupfuls SUI
gar, one quart milk, four eggs; beat them to-
gether and stir into the boiling milk; when
scalded enough add lemon or VANILLA when
the cakes are cold open them on the side,
and fill with this mixture