The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-22
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.


component parts OF an egg are as
follows: Fllty-five parts are carbon,
sixteen nltroge0, seven hydrogen, and
the remaining twenty-five are
oxygen, phosphorus and sulphur
Poultry Journal.
Mats of Coffee ,Sacks.-Cohse sacks
washed clean and cut in suitable
shapes will, if embroidered with
bright colors, make nearly as pretty
and useful mats to put by the bed,
bureau, etc., as burlap. without the
same expense. Christian Union.
One Form Of Sore Throat. If sleep
ing with your mouth open makes
your throat sore, pass a broad elastic
osnd from the interior portion of toe
lower jaw over top Of head, and make
it sufficiently tight to keep the teeth
closed; if the throat continues sore
use a gargle OF chlorate of potassa.
Til one drschm TO three ounces OF
water, three or tour times daily
Contemporary Journal.
4 HINT to Pie-Kdkers. Il would like
to tell some of you how 10 prevent
the juice running out of pie-plant or
any fruit pie. After the pie is ready
for the top crust, with your fingers
wet with water Jampen the edge well,
and then when the top crust Is on
and ready for the oven, with a knife
loosen the edge of the pie from the
plate; as they are the same as one
crust they will shrink together, and
not burst open.-Letter to st. Paul
Pi0neer-PfesS.
India Ink OrRamentGtiOR. - The
leaves are drawn on wood, painted,
and then finished up With several
coats of varnish. The wood for this
purpose should be solid ard close
grained aid eVep- Satin wood or
White wood, or even q fat piece OF
pine will 90. The design should
first be traced lightly on the
wood with lead pencil
then painted with the India
ink, in various shades, cake white,
sepal and gray in different shades, all
guided by the taste OF the artist. l
nave seen come OF this work dono in
colors that was extremely beautiful.
For the cover o! n portfolio, or for q
picture frame, or even the top OF a
table, THE style Of work can be made
very available. A monUgraIn, cur
rounded by a wreath of leaves or
grasses, is a very nice design. De-
mar varnish should be used, but only
when the work is very dry, and sew
eral coats should be givep, at least
three days apart. When three have
been given, rub gently over with 8
chamoIs skiD, dipped in very finely
pulverized pumice stone. Then rinse
off with cold water, dry thoroughly,
give enc coat more Of varnish, and
/ the work is complete Toronto Globe.
Brolcn, White. Homemade aud
Bakery Bread.-If you we're to con-
slantly keep children on brown bread
namely, bread from which the bran
has not been eliminated, you would
soon finish their career. 1t Is ex-
tremely laxative, and consequently
would keep the children, or adults
either, in perpetual diarrheA. My
wife occasionally takes loaf Or two
of brown bread, for the use Of the
family, in place OF aperient medicine
With reference 10 bought bread, 3"
and bread baked at home, there is q
very wide contrast in the quality, anC
still wider difference in the expense
Some time ago a gentleman who tool
tea with US praised our bread
Further, he asked to be made
acquainted with our baker.
told him my wife or daughte
invariably made or superintendent tht
making of the bread, and l ventureC
to hint that he I've both have larg'
families) must find the purchase o
bread very expensive. He said b,
had done 30, especially as the bake
had cheated him. He had orderet
so many stone fourteen pounds) @
-four 20 be weekly made into bread
/ the baker charged him the retai
} price of the -four, yeast, milk, etc.
and so much for the baking an
trouble of making. On coming hom
ne had suspicion as to the weight
] and found that he only got eleve
: pounds or twelve pounds to To
: stone. Since he had spoke
about it. he had got the full fou,
! teen pounds, and found his expens'
p considerably lightened. venture
3 to ASSERT that he should have MOI
e than fourteen pounds Of breai froi
fourteen pounds of -four, taking I'M
L account yeast. milk, salt, ETC., but
< ridiculed the assertion. The mel
n time my wife baked l weighed Il
5 bread as it came from the oven, ar
ls found that the fourteen pounds
p -four produced within an ounce
= nineteen pounds Of bread. My friend
lie wife took lesson in bread maxim
e and has since continued it. Tue &C
sr of home made bread, at the prese
at price OF -four, is about twopence P
D, bound, and l venture TO assert III
ID the nutrilive value of one pound
e. home. made is equal to two pounds
as bought or bakers bread.-Letter