The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-05-16
NOTES FOR THE FARM And HOUSE.


VG.re. AAA0 HL.E
From the New York Tribune.
Much as one may dread the upturnine
~inseparable from house-cleaning, it is
real relief to have the time come when
!: IS in order. We must hope. consid-
ering the calendar, that springs "ethere.
al mildness" will soon charm away the
rigors we have suffered from SO long,
Until the real "mildness" arrives, there
is plenty of preliminary cleaning to be
done with closed doors. Bedsteads maj
be taken apart and washed, closets may
be cleansed and put in order, paper rags
and shoddy rags may be gathered to.
gether aud disposed of, and be out Of
the way Of the moth. Curtains may be
taken down and Numbered and be ready
to pet up when the cleaning is over
Chests and trunks may be set to rights.
So far as possible the overturnine
should be confined to one room at 0
time, and thus the discomfort INSOFAR.
able from the work will be kept within
the narrowest limits. The night before
any room is to be renewed, the pictures
may be taken from the walls and wiped
the tacks in the carpet may be taken
out, and all such preparations as can be
made attended to. Then when the
cleaning is over, everything should be
put back, and the room finished before
another is begun. The general rule
Begin at the top and go down, at the
front and go back, is a good one, but
must be made to suit the convenience
of the housekeeper.
If the carpets are to be scrubbed, as
is necessary in some localities, they
should first be taken up, shaker
thoroughly, tackled again in place, thel
scrubbed with q brush and ammonia
and water, or oxgall and water, wipeC
dry, and left with doors and windows
wide open to dry perfectly. If a carpet
is not very dusty, it may be cleaned
quite we'll without taking it up, b,
wiping with q wet cloth frequently
wrung from clear warm water. This
will comfort invalids and aged people
who cannot easily give up their rooms
to the cleaner, yet wish to have then
cleaned nicely.
Whiting is better than SOAP in clean
ing white paint, and it is not so hard OF
the hands as soap is. Cold tea SHOULD
be used for granting. Insect powde
scattered in the crevices ofthe floor ant
around the edges of carpet will keep tn,
moths away. Stuffed furniture shoul,
be set out of doors, whipped brushed
and summed. After bedsteads ar,
washed, if they are vanished, all yer
min and eggs will be destroyed. Oh
spots may be removed from mating b,
wetting the spots with alcohol, thel
rubbing hard soap on them and wash
ing with cold water. Cold salt water i
the right thing to wash mating with
Pumice stone will remove spots from
hard-tinished walls and from soapston
stoves. Stoves should not be takel
down till after the cold storm which al
ways comes about the middle of May
Then the pipes, after being beaten gen
tly, should be rolled in old quilts am
put away in a dry place. One stove o
, CRATE should be left standing for use il
cool damp days, and by invalids an,
young children.
, Domestic Recipes.
j, RUsKs.-Six pounds -four, one an,
one-fourth pound of sugar, 14eggs, one
half pint of yeast, or II cake compresse,
: yeast, one pound of butter, and a littl
I salt, sufficiently warm milk to make
of the consistency of bread. Knea
twice, cutwith biscuit cutter, raise agai
in fifteen minutes and bake in a quo
oven.
SPONGE CAKE.-The weight of ST
eggs in sugar (granulated or pull
rized, not coffee sugar. and tn
weight of four eggs in foul
Beat the six eggs separately, add tn
flour gradually, beating only enough t
mix, flavor and bake in deep pans. N
baking powder is used.
CRINGLEs.-Beat well the yelks an
whites Of two eggs, and mix with fou
ounces of butter. Just warm, and wit
this knead n pound of flour, and fou
ounces of sugar to q paste. Roll out
, cut into thick biscuit, aud bake.
+ CHEESE CAKE.-Seven ounces c
sugar, four ounces of butter, seve
ounces of -four, four eggs, or seve
/ ounces which is four of average size
} Beat butter and sugar together, egg
separately, add them and then the foul
Bake in deep pan 40 minutes.
: CRACKER PuDD1NG.-This may b
kept frozen until used. Six cracker
rolled very fine, two eggs, a piece {
butter the size of an egg, nutmeg, tw
cups of r%aisins, two cups sugar, tw
, quarts of milk. Bake slowly. Whe
: done, cover with jelly, and frost. Th
above cakes and buildings will not seel
stale if kept some time. G. 1. S.
, Asparagus.
An Eastern gardner writes :Asparagr
aaal cla.,1l l,a-co.u,,- nc aa4.lu in IL