The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-06-27
Household Hints.

Cinders make good fire for ironing days.
Wild mint scattered about the house. will
rid il Of rats and mice.
Mirrors should not be hung where the sun
shines directly upon them.
To relieve hiccOugh at once, take lump
of sugar saturated with vinegar.
Hemorrhage of the lungs or stomach may
be quickly stopped By small doses Of salt.
To relieve a severe headache bind the
temples tightly with handkerchief or cloth.
Warm soap sudS will keep the bugs Off OF
house plants and make them grow very fast.
To remove finger marks, putty stains, etc,
from glass, put little soda in the water with
which you wash it.
To keep linen from turning yellow put it
away rough dry after washing and bleaching
well and rinsiDg in blue water
Dish towels and dish cloths should be
washed, scalded ard thoroughly dried every
day, or they will soon become musty.
broom msy DO kept in good condition
for loDg time If it is washed once a week in
clesn hot suds, and then hung up to dry.
L range may be kept looking nice and
bright with little trouble If it is wiped care
fully with brown paper after greasy food has
been cooked.
To clean white kid shoes rub them gently
and thoroughly with perfectly clean white
flannel cloth dipped in diluted ammonia
water and white soap.
Flour may be used instead OF corn starch
in lemon jelly for the filling of layer cake.
Stir all the Jumps out and use little more,
say one-third more, than you would OF CORE
starch.
A pretty fancy is to ornament the broad
silver knife used to cut the brides loaf ut
the wedding. Make pretty bow with long
ends of white ottoman ribbon shout an inch
and half wide.
Delicate white mullins are made OF one cup
OF sweet milk, the well-beaten whites of two
eggs, two and shalt cups of -four, one heap,
ing teaspooDful o. baking powder, piece
of butter the size OF an egg, Bake in quick
oven.
Parsley makes such cheap and excellent
garnish tor all kinds of meat and fowls and
is such decided addition to the dressing for
roast lamb and for potato salad hstitshould
be in every garden. 1t is not too late to plant
the seeds now. 1t grows rapidly. 1t is nice
as ilayoring for soups when barley is used.
A new and handsome way TO trim the edge
of q satin Pin-cushion Is to get ribbon of
the same shade as the cushion cover, gather
it Just full enough to have it rufile little;
sew it around the cushion and put silk
cord over the seam. This is also good way
to finish the bottoms Of the satin covered
bottles which accompany the toilet cushion.
Pineapple prepared in this way is delicious
with ice cream or without it: Crate the pine
apple, after removing every particle OF the
peel, or chop it; it must be minced so fine
that any one eating it will be in doub5 as to
the method of its preparation; add sufficient
sugsr to sweeten it; let it stew gently until
it is soft. When il is prepared thus it can be
eaten by many who are obliged to refuse it
uncooked on account Of Its producing indi-
gestion.
Wedding gifts which gain in value after
| he happy occasion are those useful articles
of linen which are sometimes found among
The bric-a-brac and more ornamental offer
iugs to, as poor Miss Elite wo9ld say, $50
| much youth and beauty" In fact, good
rule to follow when undecided what to give,
is to give tsble.linen. A handsome lunch
| cloth and napkins will be used and enjoyed,
| and will help to increase the innocent pride
young housewife has in her new posses
sions.