Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1880-05-22
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

USEfUL AND SU6dESlltEs
Carpets should be beaten first on
The wrong side and then or the right.
Ammonia and water will remove most
spots.
To purify sink or drain, dissolve
one-half pound Of copperas in two gal
Ions of water. and pour in half one day
aud half tho next.
"A tcaspoonful of ammonia to one
criart Of water sprinkled every other
day over plants will cause lice to disap-
pear. and not injure the plants.
Potato water. in which potatoes
nave been scraped, the water being al
lowed to settle, and aftcrward strained,
is good for sponging dirt out of silk.
Sweep carpets gently. Even rag
carpet should be treated with consider
alton A severe digging with broom
wears the warp and scrnpes out the
lint
For sore throat: Dissolve one dram
Of chlorate potash in half pint of
water, and gargle the throat Herewith;
few applications will allay in1arnma-
ton.
In cultivating roses faded flowers
should always be removed. since this
checks tho tendency TO produce seeds
aud encourages new growth and fresh
bloom.
Hot alum water is good for washing
bcdsteads. and for shelves where
reaches are likely to come. Cayenne
pepper blown into cracks will drive
away ants.
When you clean your lamp-chim-
neys. hold them over the nose of the
teakettle when it is boiling furiously.
One or two rcpetitions of this process
will make them beautifully clear.
The clematis is one of the most
beautiful and hardy climbers we have.
They thrive in almost any situa-
ton. are perfectly hardy. and produce
masses of beautiful flowers and foliage.
How to Cleanse Lard.--Pare and
slice one or more potatoes, accord
ing to the quantity of lard used, and
fry in the lard before frying doughnut5,
and it will remove all unpleasant taste
thcretroIn.
-Slulling for Fowls Take bread.
yeast preferred). cut upin small pieces
till you have about a quart. pu. in q
tray with piece of butter the size Of
an egg. salt, sage and pepper to taste.
and mix in water enough to make the
right consistency. Some prefer pota-
toes instead of bread.
Apple Fritters.-Two eggs, one pint
of milk. one teaspoonful of salt. one
half teaspoonful of soda, and flour to
make batter. Cut into very fine pieces
two tart apples. and add to the batter.
Fry in quarter inch of lard, turning
the same as pancakes. Eat with butter
and sugar, or sirup.
Orange Pudding.-Peel and slice
five oranges, take out the seeds. pour
over cup OF sugar; set pint Of milk
in hot water to scald, add the yelks Of
three weil-beaten eggs, one tablespoon
full of corn-starch; when cooked, pour
over the fruit. Beat the whites of the
eggs with tablespoonful of sugar
for frostng. then brown.
Beef and Sage Broth.-Two pounds
of beef cut fine into two quarts of cold
water; stew until the beef falls to
pieces: strain it out, add salt, and one
cup of sago, carefully washed, and
water After the sago is in, simmer one
hour, stirring often. Then add the
beaten yelks of three eggs; boil up once
and serve with dry toast.
How to make pretty afghan for 4 |
baby's carriage. Get honeycomb can
vas as near yard wide rs you can,
fringe it around with worsted, some |
color that blends nicely with the lining
of the carriage. Run Grecian work or
Il vine around the edge. with flower
or Il monogram for the center. 1t takes
two ounces OF worsted. This is cheap,
and will wash, if the color of the worst
ed is not too delicate.
Picture scraps may often be used
with capital effect. Small rooms, and
especially, papered with them
and afterward vanished, afford great
cornices may be made of |
them to run around the wallpaper, with
about two inches OF gold foil between
each and black bordering. Wooden
Iircboards and holland mats may also be
covered with them; these must, of
course, be vanished.
-Cocoanut Cake.-Two cups of su-
yar, two and one-half cups of flour, one
of butter. five tablespoon
fuls of hot water in which dissolve one
easpoonful of saleratus, two teaspoon
iuls of cream Of tartar, and five eggs.
Soak one and one-half cups of prepared
:ocoanut and four teaspoonfuls OF sugar
n two-thirds cup of sweet milk all
right. Mix all together A tiny pinch
'f starch. added to icing, will prevent
is crumbling when cut.
The unique paper lamp-shades so
Just now can be made very
;asily. Fold sheet of scarlet tissue
,aper in center forming half-square,
hen fold again into a quarter-square,
hen into an eighth; continue folding
II this way as long as possible, always
o'ding from the center. Holding the
hick part firmly in one hand draw it
trough the other till the paper is thor
'ughly creased; then partly unfold and
RAW it through the hand from the CEN
er to the outer edge. When it has be-
ome well creased cut enough from the
enter to allow of its slipping over the
amp shade.
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