Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-25
THE HOUSE HOLD.

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d,scoloration OF egg can be readily taken from
silver spoons by washing them III potato wate--
water III Which potatoes have been boiled. 1t l.
much better than salt, as it does not scratch the
metal. The taste of fish may be removed very
effectively from steel knives and forks by rub
bling them with neSh orange or lemon peel
OIL STAINS OUT OF WHITE CLoTH.-NaSe a
strong solution OF borax water.one tablespoon
full powdered bOrax to pint OF boiling water;
place the cloth on a clean board or table, and
rub the Oil stains WELL using clean brush dip
ped into the solution; II the spots are OF long
borax water using the brush for that purpose,
then rub dry with a clean soft cloth.
CARE OF PLANTS IN WINTER--Slips should be
cut smoothly from the plant just below a joint,
| or where they join the main stem. ANY time
| during the growing season will do, though July,
August and September are the best months.
Most slips stand well in sand, or mixture, of
| half-and- half soil kept wet. II wanted for the
uouse In winter, 1t is better to stand the slips in
small pots sunk in the ground, as they can be
left in the pots or transferred to larger ones
without disturbing the roots Oleanders. honey
| SuckleS, SOuthernwOod, and some other plants,
| are best started by putting them in vial OF wa
ter on partly-shaded window sill, putting a
| piece OF cotton around the stem at the neck OF
| the vial, both to steady and protect the plant,
| and prevent 100 rapid evaporation. Plants for
| the house in winter will not do well In smaller
| than four or five inch pots. Place saucer I'M
| der each. Water every day toward night. put
| ting on water till some runs through into the
saucer. The water should always be tepid, and
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| manure should be added, to each quart of water.
| Do not water if the soil is still moist; some
| plants do not need as much water as Others. A
little top-watering only does more hurt than
good: the water should go to all the roots. After
| January they will need more water, as then
they begin to grow; before that most plants
| simply live. CactuSeS and aloeS should have no
water in the early winter; they must rest If you
wish them to bloom well later Keep callas
standing in water. Keep the pots and leaves
clean by frequent washing. Plants will not
thrive If dusty. Some plants do better in glazed
| pots or wooden boxes, the common pots being
so porous as to extract all the moisture from the
| roots. If you simply wish to keep slips for next
| years garden, ill Starch-boX with sandy soil,
| set number of slips in it, keep wet and in a
| sunny window.
| CELERY AS CURE FOR RHEUMATISM.-New
| discoverieS-or what claim to be diScoyerieS-Of
the healing virtues OF plants are continually
| making. One of the latest Is that celery Is a
| cure for rheumatism indeed, 1t is asserted that
the disease is impossible if the vegetable be
| most always put on the table raw prevents its
therapeutic powers from becoming known. The
| celery should be cut into bits. boiled in water
until soft, and the water drunk by the patient.
| Put new milk, with little flour and nutmeg
! into saucepan with the boiled celery, serve it
warm with pieces of toast. eat it with potatoes,
and the painful ailment will soon yield. Such
| is the declaration OF physician who has again
| and again tried the experiment. and with uni
| form success. He adds that cold or damp never
produces, but simply developeS the disease OF
which acid blood is the primary and sustaining
cause and that while the blood is alkaline, there
| can be neither rheumatism nor govt English
statistics show that in one year QST6) 1910 per-
| sons died OF rheumatism and every case, it Is
claimed, might have been cured or prevented by
| the adoption OF the remedy mentioned At least
two-thir(lS of the cases named heart disease are
aScribed to rheumatism and its agOniZing ally
| govt. Smallpox, so much dreaded, is not half so
destructive as rheumatism. which, it is MAIN
| tanned by many physicians, can be prevented by
| obeying natures laws in diet. But If you have
| incurred it, boiled celery is pronounced unhesi-
| tatingy to be specific.
MAKING SAUER KRAUT.-The best we ever ate
| we made ourselves for many years, and for a
considerable time with our own hands, and al
ways from Savoy cabbage. 1t was manufac-
tured in this wise: In the first place let your
'.stand," holding from half barrel to a barrel,
be thoroughly Scalded out; the cutter, the tub
ana the stamper also well-Scalded. Take off all
the outer leaves Of the cabbage halve them, re-
move the heart and proceed with the cutting.
Lay some clean leaves at the bottom OF the
stand, sprinkle with handful OF salt, fill In half
a bushel of cut cabbage stamp gently until the
juice just makes its appearance, then add an
full. Cover over with cabbage JeaveS, place on
top clean board fitting the space pretty WELL
and on top OF that stone weighing twelve or
fifteen pounds. Stand away in cool place, and
when hard freezing comes on remove to the Gel
lar. 1t will be ready for use In from four to six
weeks. The cabbage should be cut tolerably
coarse. The Savoy variety makes the best ar
ticle, but it is only half as productive as the
Drlmhead and Flat Dutch.-[ Gr,naGrtO,Dn Tele-
graph.
ABOUT RUGs.-The variety of rugs Increases
annually, and SO does the demand for the rugs
themselves. Many persons prefer rug woven
TO hit a room to carpet, and 1t Is possible to
have a German rug so made as to accommodate
itself to the most eccentric room ever planned
reSsed that a square or oblong rug is always
prettier than one which can only be diStin-
guished from carpet by its lack OF seams, and
that it looks well in any well fioored room. The
Persian patterns can be initiated in SaXOny wool
for those who dislike the usual designs of the
German rugs, and the buyers OF the popular
Persian Brussels carpets often call for them, but
the most beautiful rugs OF all are those which
come from Eastern looms, and are, as Joshua
Fullalove said OF English justice, ''dear but
prime" The cost of the Persian rugs is about
S12 square yard; the Turkey and Chinese rugs
are worth about third less. The Persian pat
terms are the most beautiful and the colorS are
better blended than those In the Turkey rugs
which often have so much red in them that they
make themselves the most conspicuous thing In
a room. The Chinese rugs have Greek border
and Greek honeySuckle pattern for center,
which seems rather strange until one Is told that
the patterns are drawn here and sent over to
the land OF Chinese cheap labor. 1t would be
that way, and 'lttle more red" or ''a little
more green" Is all the instruction that they
deign to receive from their Christian customers,
but, as the result is usually satisfactory, nobody
cares to endeaVOr to reform their policy. A Gu
liOSity among rugs comes from Scotland, repre-
senting queer, long-legged birds stalking among
impossible flowers, and would be a perfect pic
ture-boOk OF a rug for nursery. Then there are
little Turkey rugs for protecting exposed spots
in carpets and for covering worn places and
making the carpet look better than when new,
and rugs Of every conceivable shape and size
and adapted to rooms furnished in any color
and the seeker after carpets goes home and mod
estly tells her husband that Ii she may have as
many new rugs as she wishes she will not ask
for carpet again as long as she lives. Il
could piece and turn and contrive with the car
pets that we have now" she says, sand the
rugs would look bright enough to make up for
their being faded" Thereupon, her husband
who has not visited a carpet shop for year.
and therefore feels sure that she is talking
about something that she does not understand
coughs the cough of consideration, and the mat
ter Is left undecided.
A SANITARY PAINT.-The 7HOrl-I ad,LstriZeit,l1ag
describes sanitary paint for walls, ceilings and
the l1ke-One which renders the penetration of
fluids or vapOrs impossible and prevents the for
nation of fungi, at the same time being of such
stability that can be washed down with boiling
water, without injury. This paint Is, essen
TALLY, solution OF stearate, of soda in spirit in
the proportion Of about fifty grammes of the
stearate to 1000 OF sp or. &c. Spirituous solu-
ton of soap, OF all kinds and strength, can be
applied In similar manner. but the Stearate of
soda is far preferable The paint Is said to pre-
sent an especially handsome appearance, and in
the sick wards OF hospitals or in cattle sheds
where disease is prevalent, can readily be mixed
with d1sinfecting materials.