Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-04
Home Matters

PARSLEY eaten with vinegar will remove the
unpleasant effects of eating onions. So will a
pinch of green tea.
To REMOVE PROUD FLESH. pulverize loaf sugar
very fine and apply it to the part afflicted. This
is new and easy remedy. and is said to remove
it without pain.
For Collie. take teaspoonful of salt in pint
of cold water. drink it. and go to bed The
same will revive person who seems almost dead
from a heavy fall.
If LITTLE VINEGAR or some cider is mixed
to make the stove bright. and the backing is
not likely to fly off in fine dust.
WHEN WASHING FINE LACEs do not use starch
at all; in the last water in which they rnsed
put little fine white sugar. dissolve il thoroughly
and the result will be pleasing.
Ten CENTS worth of coculus indicus berries,
stepped in pint of cheap whisky. and applied
by feather i'm every crack or corner of the in
fecfed bedSteads or walls will prove too much
for the bugs.
SILK NECKTIEs can be washed i'm rain water,
to one pint Of which add teaspoonful Of white
honey and one of hartshom. Do not squeeze
but let them drip. and when nearly dry press be-
tween folds of cloth.
For HOARsENESs take the whites of two eggs
beat them with two teaspoonfnls ofwhite sugar,
CRATE in little nutmeg. then add pint of luke
warm water, stir well. drink often and it will
cure the most obstinate case Of hoarseness i'm a
short time.
To MEND old cotton garments with strong
thread is like putting new wine into old bottles.
the cheap thread which can be bought for one OF
two cents spool is Just right to darn with II
will not pull out. the stout thread is likely to
| do, and SO make small hole larger and impos-
sible to mend without putting on patch.
DO NOT let yOur laundress or washer-womaT
put clothes into the blueing water until the,
have been well shaken; if tossed in while folded
as they come through the wringer they are al
most certain to be streaked with bueng and
although. after repeated waslings these strcaks
will come ont everyone knows how aggreyatina
! 1t is to use napkins or handkerchiefs that show
traces of careless washing.
| A COOP, and i'm fact / think the best. way Ia
make starch is this: Dissolve the starch I'm lit
tie cold water. have water boiling I'm the tea ket-
tie. and when the starch is entirely dissolved
pour the boiling water over it. stirring il until it
Is thick: this is all the cooking the starch needs:
blue it slightly and add bit of sperm or clean
lard There is no danger Of Jumps or of the
starch burning. and so being filled with black
specks, if prepared In this way; but unless the
water Is actually boiling when you pour il over
the starch your labor will have been in vain
N. T. Post.
DANDELION WINE FOR THE LIVER AND KID
NEYs.-This is highly recommended by personal
friends. and am making some for ourselves:
" Put one quart of dandeliOn flowers i'm "A vessel
and pour on a quart of boiling water and let it
stand three days. One pound of sugar TO each
quart of the liquor. and one lemon and three
oranges to one gallon of the liquor. Take the
liquor with the flowers and the rinds Ofthe lemon
and oranges and boil fifteen minutes then
strain and cut the lemons and oranges
in fhn onA -hnn
luke warm put i'm two tablespoons yeast. Let il
remain ten days. then strain and bottle II is
then nit for use, DO not cork too tight. One
Wineglass full once day is the dose. '-Germda-
torn Telegraph.
To RESTORE DAMAGED PRINTs-The remedy
for cleaning or restoring engravngs which have
been injured by age and damp is as follows =
Provide two soft sponges. and then selecting a
fiat surface-a table. or, if available, a marble
slab-place thereon a sheet of white paper larger
than the print about to be treated. Take the
engraving and carefully damp il on both sides
with wet sponge. Fill pint measure with
cold water. and in this put some chloride of
lime and oXaic acid In nearly equal proportions:
but it will be seen when the mixture is right.
from the fact of the liquid turning magenta
color. With this mixture well saturate the in
jured engraving, continuing the application until
every mark or stain Is removed. and then sponge
off freely with pure. cold water.-Af Aniateur.
pROPAGATlNG ROSES.-lne nOnIn OF August
is probably the oest time to propagate roses by
slips. There are various modes by which it is
done. Nurserymen. we think. prefer setting the
slips in saucers or shallow dishes, with sharp
sand and water to be about the consist
ence of mud. and renew the water daily. The
youngest of this years wood is the best. and
with due care any number can he raised in this
way. But there are other and somewhat sim
pier ways for private families to obtain all they
need. The young wood can be set out in a cold
frame, or in any rich, loose soil and watered
daily. In about a month the plant can be taken
up carefully and each one set in a small pot,
and treated as would be other plants. always
remembering that frequent moderate watering
is Indispensable The young wood should be
cut Off little below joint or eye. leaving one
or two eyes on the part ouf Of the ground. and
stripping off all the leaves The younger the
wood Ii the better. Our own efforts in the
prOpagating of roses have been better rewarded
by setting out in loose soil than by the saucer
and sand process; but We do not wish to say
that 1t is to be preferred. L. Gamanto,on Tele-
graph.
Rarely Escaping Death.