The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-12-19
BURCHARD'S HINTS.

Prevent dust rising from the floor bv wash
ing it with water in every pail OF which is
poured a teacupful of common molasses.
Preserve white satin dresses through the
winter by wrapping them in blue paper, with
brown paper outside, sewn together at the
edges.
Prevent kerosene from burning dull and
caking on the wick by keeping the oil until
used, in a can tightly corked both at the
mack and spout.
To starch musIins and piques. melt three or
four inches OF spermaceti candle into good
SEED painful OF starch. Starch the articles
thOroughIy, and while wet fold between
some sheeting or table linen, and pass
tlIrOugha Wrinser.
To make cream rise pour the milk into a
broad fiat dish that the milk shall not be
over an inch in depth, as the cream can not
rise well through a greater greater distance.
Retain the cream in the milk by pouring the
milk into deep narrow vessel.
To make starch for linen or cotton, stir
one ounce of the best starch into Just enough
cold soft water to make thick paste, care
fully breaking all the Jumps Add about q
pint OF boiling water, little bluing and q
good sized lump OF cut loaf sugar. Bring TO
the boiling point and let simmer for half an
hour, or boil hard for a less time, stirring il
well to prevent its burning. When not stir
ring. cover to protect from dust, and when
removed from the fire cover to prevent a
scum from rising.
To remove a ring from a swollen finger.
begin at the extremity OF the finger ana
wind 4 thread evenly around it. bringing
each coil close TO the preceding but not over
tapping in any place, until the ring be
reached. Pass the thread under the ring
with the aid of needle, straight or better
curved, and carefully unwind the thread
from the finger The ring follows each coil
as il is successfully unrolled. and by almost
imperceptible degrees is brought over the
knuckle and removed.
LAUNDRY HINTs.-It is not a good plan to
have the white lawn and canbrIc dresses
done up," as the phrase is. to lay away for
the winter for the expectation that they will
look fresh and be ready for immediate wear
in the spring will be disappointed. OF
course they should not be put away dirty,
but the starching and ironing may we'll he
left till spring; only common calicOes should
be starcned and ironed before packing away.
GRANDNoTHERs MINUTE PUDDING. Let
| some sweet milk come to a boil. then stir in
| flour which you have sailed; this must be
| done very briskly or it will he lumpy. Stir
| every moment until the pudding is about
| like mush. Serve while hot, with sugar and
cream; iiavor the cream with nutmeg or
4 vanilla.
i n
| excelsior mattress too hard. feathers too
| warm, and hair mattress too expensive,
may make feather bed very comfortable
1 by laying piece OF straw mating covered
| with cotton cloth upon it
| CocoANuT JUNBLEs Very nice little cake:
| are made of two cups OF sugar. one cup OF
/ butter, two eggs and large cu,, of grated
cocoanut mixed with enough -four TO make
| dough that can be rolled. Use fancy cut
tiers of various shapes, and bake in very
| hot oven.
| DRIED APPLE PIE.-AccOrding 20 a very
| good cook dried apple pie is greatly ini
proved by the addition OF a beaten egg.
HARD MAPLE SAUcE.-Maple sugar beaten
| ND with half its bulk OF butter makes a very
nice pudding sauce.
QUEEN CAKE Queen cake is made of eIgh
eggs. a quarter of a pound of almonds, 1
| pound of butter and pound of sugar hall
| pound of currants and pound OF flour
Beat the whites of the eggs in a cool plac,
for half an hour. Wsrk the butter TO a cream
add slowly and gradually the sugar, aud mis-
| all. Beat three yelks With few drops @
saffron water and put them into the butter
beat ali together and then add the currants
-four, spice, etc. Sprinkle all with sugar ans
place in o shallow tin and bake.