Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-05-24
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.

HINTS fOk 1HE HOUSEhOLD.
The yelks of eggs are as nourish.
ing as the whites, though little heav.
Ter.
Never put cigar ashes on gilt china,
for it will surely take all the gliding
Off
Old potatoes may be freshened By
plunging them into cold water before
cooking them.
The water used in mixing bread
must be tepid hos. II it is too hot the
loaves will be full OF holes.
To brown sugar for buildings, put
the sugar in perfectly dry pan. If the
pan is the least wet the sugar will burn
and spoil both it and the pan.
I'm making a crust Of any kind do
not melt the shortening. Let it be as
cold as possible and knead it through the
flour. Melting it INJURIES the crust.
TO make clothes-line pliable, boil
it an hour or two before using it. Let
it dry in warm room and do not allow
it to "kink."
BY coating the top of the lower crust
of pies with the white Of an egg, it will
absorb no moisture from the fruit or
custard. and will come out of the oven
crisp, and will remain so.
To clean brass, immense or wash it
several times in sour milk or whey;
this will brighten it without securing;
it may then be secured with a wooden
cloth dipped in ashes.
The following is said to be sure
exterminator of bed-bugs: The white
of an egg and an ounce Of quicksilver
beaten up together, and applied to in
tested furniture. Be careful to keep the
mixture beyond the reach of children;
it is rank poison.
To render the flame of your lamp
more brilliant, without increasing the
consumption, whether you burn oil flu
id, or any of the products of petroleum,
soak your wick in vinegar and dry be-
fore using. This is an old idea, and as
it is easy to try, it ought to be.
TO remove iron taste from new ket-
ties, boil q handful of hay in them, and
repeat the process if necessary. Hay
water is great sweetener of tin,
wooden and iron ware. In Irish diaries
every thing used for milk is scalded with
hay water.
To make beef omelet, take 2
pounds of raw beef chopped fine; egg
well beaten, crackers pounded fine, q
piece of butter (melted) and pepper,
salt and sage to taste. Mix all together
with just flour enough to knead it, form
and bake one hour in q pan, haste often
while it is baking; it is best sliced cold.
Carmel for browning soups and gra-
vies may be made as follows: Heat half
pound Of moist brown sugar in a sauce
pan. Stir until it is as smooth as but.
ter, let it darken but be careful that it
does not burn; add one pint of hot wa
ter very slowly and mix thoroughly, let
it simmer, while the sugar dissolves,
keeping it well scraped from the sides
of the saucepan, then bottle and cork.
Il asked physician the other day
in how large proportion of his pa
tients he found their disease traceable
to some arrangement of the digestive
process. "Wky, my dear woman, all
of themw was the quick reply. Al
though this admits of some qualifica-
ton, it is more nearly literal truth
than the first glance would indicate.
Indigestion is not simply temporary
distress in the region ofthe diaphragm,
as SO many seem to think; it is lack
Of nutrition. The body that is not
nourished, becomes enfeebled- hence
unable to repel disease. Read, in
Dr.. Foote's Health MonthIytor May.
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