Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-02-07
THE HOUSEHOLD.

MUMMY CLOTH, much improved. will be among
the fashionable spring goods.
glass, engraved with designs Of monographs.
birds, butterflies and other Oddities and
mounted In gilt bamboo frames.
PLANTS IN HANGING BASKETS are with diff
Guilty kept moist enough when watered In the
ordinary way. 1t has been recommended to
immerse the basket In a tub of water for a few
minutes, then take 1t out and allow it to lrip
before returning to its usual place.
THE LATEST PARTISAN COIFFURE for young
girls under fifteen is to crimp the whole OF the
hair, brush it out smoothly, and then braid it
in one long plait or braid fastened at che nape
of the neck with soft ribbon bow. Another
bow Is placed some distance below around the
braid, and the hair below the final bow is ar
ranged in light curls.
To CURL PLUMEs, put some Goals of fire on
shovel, sprinkle brown sugar on the Goals and
hold the plumes in the smoke. One application
VIII be SUFFICIENT to make IKE them EN- as nice as new
upon the hot stove and hold the plume over the
smoke few minutes.
A TABLEsPooNFUL OF BLACK PEPPER will pre-
vent gray or buff linens from spotting II stirred
into the first water in which they are washed.
1t win also prevent the colorS running in wash
Ing black or colored cambrcs or muslins and
the water is not injured by 1t, but Is Just as soft
as before the pepper was put in.
| MAKING IMPERIAL MACRAME LACE, which is
composed of flax threads, is a pleasant and Use
ful occupation. When zen coarse material and
tracttye mantel lambrequn or fringe for por-
there's, curtains and furniture. While if m ,de
with fine thread and small design it is suitable
for more dainty purpoSeS.-N. Y. Post.
RENOvATING LEATHER BINDINGs.-We have a
Bible dictionary which I thought pretty re-
spectacle looking volume, until sometime since
panion study. Beside this new purchase the
dictionary looked very dull presently thong It
OF my shoe dressing, and gave the binding a
thorough application OF the same; 1t really
looked nicely.-Country Gentleman.
CURE FOR HoARsENEss- a lemon or
sour orange for twenty minutes in a moderate
oven, then open 1t at one end and dig out the
| inside, which Sweeten with sugar or molaSseS,
and eat. This will cure hOarSeneSS and remove
pressure from the lungs.-Ffom MISS M. Par
l0a's Recipes.
A FINE PASTE FOR SCRAPBooKs can be made
and half of powdered alum dissolved in
enough cold water to make a pint OF PASTE
On to flour enough to thicken it as stiff as com,
mon PASTE bring it to a boil, stirring all the
time. and when II Is done add few drops of oil
and the oil of cloves viii prevent or destroy ali
| vegetable mould.
ONE CAN HAVE THE HANDS IN SOAP SUBS with
soft soap without injury to the skin if the hands
are dipped in vinegar or lemon juice mme-
| diately after. The acid destroys the corrosive
| effects of the alkali, and makes the hands soft
and white. Indian meal and vinegar or lemon
| juice used on the hands when roughened by
| cold or labor will heal and soften them. Rub
| the hands in this, then wash off thoroughly and
| rub in glyCerlne. Those who suffer from
chapped hands in winter will find this comfort
| ing.
"IF THE AQUARIUM needs cleaning" says Seth
| Green, make a net of mosquito netting and
| take the fish out OF it. There are many gold
| fish killed by handling. Keep your aquarium
clean so that the water looks as clear as crystal
Feed the fish all they will eat and anything they
| will eat-WormS, meat. fish wafer, or fish-spawn.
| out OF the aquarium, any decayed meat or
| vegetable in water has the same smell to fish
that 1t has to you In air. II your gold fish die,
causes-handling starvation, or bad water"
| GLASS INsULAToRS with which most lightning
rods are provided are useless. If there is path
OF least resistance from the lightning rod to the
| ground through the house the discharge will
take this path without regard to the glass fnSu-
lators. The ordinary lightning arreSter IL tele-
graph Offices Is an illustration OF this. The dis
| charge leaps across the short air interval pro-
| vided between the telegraph wire and an earth
connection, this air interval could be replaced
by plate Of glass and the spark, would still
| leap through 1t. All lightning rods should be
| connected with the system OF gas pipes and
| steam heating apparatus, furnaces, or large
masses of metal about house, and then care
| fully grounded In moist earth. The best ground
can be obtained by connecting the lightning
| rod with the water pipes If there are such about
| the house.-SctentUtc american.
| SEWER GAS IN THE HoUsE.-A New York
| physician relates that one of his patients, a
| child, had the typhoid fever, and. wanting a
drink OF milk, he, with an invaltd's petulance,
| herself. The latter complied, and on opening
the refrigerator was astonished at the noiso ne
odor which came from that receptacle On in
quiry of the servants she found that such smals
were common. Examination showed that the
refrigerator drained into the soil pipe, and thlt
sewer gas found its way freely into the part
where the food and milk were kept This Is
comabn arrangement in many city houS 3 an
should never be allowed.-.S1nitary Engineer.
ANGEL CAxE.-Maria d. asks for receipt o;
this famous cake. The following has been well
tested and always proves delicious:-Take one
large coTeecupful OF the best -FOUR and add to it
teaspoonful OF cream tartar sift it through
whites OF eleven eggs. Add to them slowly, as
If you were making frosting, one and a-half COT
teecupfuls OF powdered sugar. and one t:a-
-four Sitting 1t in through the fingers slowly.
Bake In deep, unbuttered tin, and do not re-
move from 1t until quite cool, and frost it, Halt
moon ScOlloped tins, four or five inches in depth
are used by the fancy bakers for this kind of
cake.-COunhy Gentleman.
AN EXCELLENT RECIPE FOR PLUM-PUDDING.-
One pound of beef suet shredded fine three
quarters OF pound Of grated stale loaf bread,
three-quarterS OF pound Of raiSinS stoned, and
the same quantity Of dried currantS washed and
picked, two ounces Of grated blanched almonds,
ten eggs beaten as for cake, three quarters Of a
pound OF white sugar wine glassful of brandy
and glass OF wine, half nutmeg and quar-
ter OF pound Of sliced citron. Boil four hours.
In boiling, the pudding should be packed well
into the mould (Which should be scalded and
Toured, or tied tight In cloth, not lea wing
W Dwell, III CotoG VI WIN
hOur.-HG1.pef'S BdzdT.
BONED TURKEY.-ThiS noble bird, the pride
OF American tables cannot be easily recognized
after undergoing the culinary process termed
'bon1ng" but for cold relish nothing more
acceptable need to be sought It may be thus
prepared: Boil a turkey in as little water as
may be, until the bones can be easily sepa-
rated from the meat. Remove all the skin; cut
the meat into thin slices, mixing together the
light and dark parts. Season with salt and
pepper. Take the liquid in which the turkey
was boiled, having kept 1t warm, and pour 1t
on the meat, and mix it well. Shape it like a
loaf OF bread, wrap it in cloth and press it with
a heavy weight for few hours. When served
up it is cut In thin slices. Some OF our profess
sfonal cooks can shape 1t somewhat like the
original bird, so that one cannot tell at once
when 1t Is seen that 1t is boned turkey; but this
requires skill and labor.-Ge,nlant0tyn Te,e
graph.
RAT INTERCHANGEABLE the thousand and
one exterminators Of rats we add the following,
which has appeared In scientific journal, in Or
der that those who choose to do so may try it,
especially as it costs little in either time or
money. No doubt it will purify the premises
and act as a preventive of disease: SIN
every crevice Where rat might tread we
put crytalS OF cOpperaS and scatter the same in
the corner of the floor. The result was per-
feet stampede of rats and mice. Since that
time not a football of either rats or mice has
been heard about the house. Every spring
coat OF yellow wash is given to the cellar as q