The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-23
HOUSEHOLD KNOWLEDGE.

PoTATo CAKES FOR BREAKFAsT.-Save
from dinner soup plate of mashed pota-
toes, add TO it half saltspoonful of pepper,
the same of nutmeg, a little salt and the
yolk of an egg; form into small cakes, put
into a buttered baking pan, brush the top
with the white of an egg, and brown in a
quick oven.
BAKED APPLEs, WITH SIRuP.-Materials,
half dozen apples, half pound of moist
Put the apples (washed, peeled and cored)
into deep pie dish half filled with water
and add in the above ingredients. Let all
stand in hot oven until the apples are soft
and brown and the strip thick. When cold
place them in a glass dish, pouring the
strip over them.
how TO MAKE SPICE BlG.-Take half an
ounce each of cloves. allspice. cinnamon
and anise seeds, bruised, not powdered, in a
mortar; put these between two layers of
coarse flannel about six inches square, and
quilt them in; soak this for few minutes
in hot spirits (brandy or whisky and water,
equal parts. 1t is to be applied while warm,
renewing il when it gets cool. Used in the
diarrhea of infants and children, it has not
only the effects of poultice, but also the
sedative and antiseptic effcts of the spices.
CLEANING PAINT, VARNIsH, OIL-CLoTH
MATING. ETc.-If paint is quite dirty and
greasy, warm water-not hot-with little
ammonia Will remove the grease, unless
dropped on hot or left unnotced for a long
time. Then, If necessary, one must resort
to the serubbing-brush, and perhaps use a
little soap. When ammonia-or, as-some
think, soft soda-is used the paint must be
rinsed and wiped dry Immediately, and
only a small space washed at a time before
rinsing. This is a slow process. and can in
almost all cases be avoided by removing any
grease spot Immediately.
In cleaning grained wood use clear warm
water and a clean white cloth. Be careful
and not have the water hot. as that will leave
white spots. Wash only a small space at a
time, and wipe dry as fast as spot is
washed. Wipe with q clean white cloth
Colored cloths stain the wood. or give a
dingy look to the grining. Wet no more
at time than can be dried Immediately, as
drops will settle on the wood, and make the
whole look dull, old and streaked if left to
dry by the atmosphere. IL should be rubbed
till perfectly dry, changing the cloths as
soon rs wet
If grained wood has been very much neg
lected, or left till greatly soiled with greasy
fingers. or defaced by fly specks, a very little
hard soap must be put into the first water,
and that will necessitate more careful rims
ing and drying. But, IL possible, avoid
using the soap, even if il may require lit
tie more time and labor TO cleanse the wood,
for soap furnishes the varnish however skill
fully it may be applied. On no account put
the soap on the cloth.
If at any time it is desirable to give pine
tables an oaken color or the wood work of a
room il can be done without calling in a
painter Wash the wood carefully in a solu-
ton of copperas dissolved in strong lye in
the proportion of pound of copperas to a
gallon Of I've; when the wood is dry after
having been thus thoroughly saturated with
this wash oil il, and il will look fresh and
nice for a year or two, when il can be re-
stained and again oiled. Often, when not