The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-05-16

HINTS FOB THE BoUsEnOLD.
Kerosene will soften leather harden
cd by water.
Ripe tomatoes will remove stains
from white cloth, also from hands.
Cold starch Is much improved IL
made with soap-suds Of white toilet
soap.
A teaspoonful Of turpentine boiled
with white clothes will aid materially in
the bleaching process.
Milk which Is changed may be
sweetened and rendered fit for use in
cooking by stirring in little soda.
TO remove machine oil, wash the
spots IN cold water, using soap; must
be done before wet in any thing else.
"A transparent mucilage Of great te-
nacity may be made by mixing rice
-four with cold water and letting It gen.
tly simmer over the fire.
To make starch polish, take 2 ounces
Of spermaceti, ? OF white wax. and melt
them together with gentle heat; add
teaspoonful to pint Of starch
To keep the hands soft, mix honey,
almond meal and olive oil into paste !;
use after washing with soap. CASTLE
soap is best for use; il will cure scratch
or cut, and prevent any spot.
When color on a fabric has been
destroyed. sponge II with acid ammonia,
after which an application Of chloroform
viii restore the original color
If the teeth are black, take equal
parts Of cream-tar;ar and salt; pulver-
ize them finely, and mix well; then wash
your teeth in the morning, and rub them
with this powder. Afterward keep your
stomach free from fetid gases.
Clarified fat is a great economy in
cooking. 1t may be used in making
plain pastry and even apple dumplings.
The same fat may be used for different
bookings One lot may be used 20 or
80 times simply BY adding little more
fat when il becomes weak.
Ice Cream: Scald one quart of
milk, and thicken with three table
spoonfuls Of arrowroot, dissolved in
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strain through sieve; when cool, add
one pint Of cream, then freeze. The
more il IS padded the smoother it will
be-
asparagus, italian Fashion Take
some asparagus. break them in pieces,
then boil them soft, and drain the water
off; take little oil, water and vinegar,
let il boil, season it with pepper and
salt; throw II in the asparagus, and
thicken with the white Of two eggs
beaten to frost
Slight rents in gloves can be re-
paired BY drawing the edges together
with the fingers and applying q piece of
court plaster the same color As the
glove A drop of sweet oil and SCOT or
ink mixed applied 70 the stained places
Of black gloves, will remedy the defect
Lamb Siewed with Green Peas: Cut
the scrag or breast Of lambin pieces and
put into stew-pan with just enough
water TO cover L. Cover il closely and
let 1t stew for 20 minutes. Take off the
scum; add tablespoonful Of salt and a
quart of shelled peas; cover and let
them stew for half an hour; mix Ia
blespoonful OF -four and butter and stir
in and let it simmer 10 minutes; then
serve II you mix the flour with cream
it makes il better. Veal is nice cooked
ia the same way, with half dozen small
new potatoes added with the peas.
Straw berry Shortcake: Into quart
Of flour, put teaspoonfuls OF baking
powder and Of salt; sift all together;
add to this Of teacup Of butter. and
cut it through the -four with knife;
wet this up with cream that has been on
ice, II you have it, or else with rich, ice
cold milk mold together, handling as
little as possible, and roll out in cakes
half an inch thick. Bake in jelly-cake
tins, or cut out with a biscuit-cutter.
(This last is avery nice way to serve it,
but is troublesome TO prepare-) When
done, split; butter them with the sweet
est Of butter, and put the ripest fruit be-
tween them. sweetening them plentifully.
A layer Of berries may be put on the
top Of the cakes, and you may pour
croo M oror all