Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-26
7 DOMESTIC HINTS.

Sugar should be Drowned in a dry
!. pan for sauce. x @.,H-@ss1~. II &
Wrap fruit jars with paper TO keep
1 out the light.
Wet and flour well the inside o.
pudding bags.
/ Figs are good boiled five minutes
and served hot. .Ea....@
I Never wash raisins; wipe them
with dry cloth. ~ -
Keep preserves in dry place; seal
with -four paste. " n.. +:
Benzine answers admirably fol-
thinning gold paint.
Boil coffee in a salt sack, it is nicer
than egg to settle it.. ..
Put soda in sour fruit for pies and
they will require less sugar
A little sulphate OF potassa added 70
preserves prevents fermentation.
! After pairing fruit drop it in cold
water to prevent it changing color.
When sauce boiles from the side ol
the pan the -four or corn starch is
done. ...
Glaze the bottom crust of fruit pies
with white OF egg and they will not
be soggy. :.
Salt will remove the stain caused
by eggs from silver. 1t must be ap-
| piled dry. ...se.#.E.5 ri"
To whiten silver: Cream of tartar
l o., common salt o., water 50 or.
total, SO or.
Always put little soda in milk
that is to be boiled, as al acid is
formed by boiling.
Seal the juice left from canning
fruits in small bottles and keep for
making fruit pudding sauces.
DO not boil vinegar for pickles.
Boil the vegetables in salt and water,
drain and pour the vinegar On.
For convenience in cleaning lamp
chimneys, nothing is nicer than a
small sponge attached to the end OF a
stick.
To remove tarnish from jewelry:
Carbonate of soda l o., bleaching
powder J o., common salt o.,
water 8 or.
10 clean walnut stairs: Milk, sour
or sweet, we'll rubbed into black wal
nut stairs with an old soft tlanuel will
make them look perfectly new.
A pretty bangle board is made in
the shape Of a crescent. 1t is COW
cred with pale blue satin and has a
design of daisies painted on it.
A simple cake is made of one cup Of
sugar, half cup of butter. one-third
OF a cup Of milk, three eggs, one cup
and half Of -four, and a teaspoonfu]
CT baking powder.
An effective ''chair back" is of pale
yellow pongee with design of spider
webs aud cunventionalized wild roses.
The webs are worked in white silk
and the roses IN pale pink with golden
! stamens.
A bit of porous paper is better for
polishing eyeglasses and spectacles
than any thing else. The sort of paper
upon which newspapers are printed is
the best. Moisten the glasses and rub
dry with the paper.
Salt pork may be broiled or fried in
the same manner as bacon, and by
many is considered more wholesome.
Cut the pork. in slices; parboil it in
boiling water; broil or fry and serve
with slices OF lemon.
Do not throw away the tops Of
mrusquetaire gloves, but use them for
decorative purposes, painting them
with any fanciful design. They will
be serviceable for covering sachets,
boxes ard other articles.
Rats arc said to abhor chloride OF
lime and will leave any place where
it is. AS it is harmless, housekeepers
May place it in the haunts Of these
denominations without fear of the pet
dog or cat suffering from s'cold pisen. "
A cement. said to be excellent for
alabaster and marble, is made, as fol-
lows: One part intusorial earth, six
parts fine lead, SIX parts slaked lime,
and twelve parts Portland cement,
mixed to thick paste with silicate
OF soda.
A handsome splasher has the GEN.
ter OF linen or scrim, with a desig n
Of grasses in outline stitch. The Dor
der is made OF squares of antique
lace edged with antique lace. 1t is
placed over a back ground Of colored
cotton cloth.
| Put away the milk at once when it
| is served. In tive minutes, an authori-
ty says, milk that is LETT uncovered
and standing near any drain OF on the
bricks by Il garbage paul will imbibe
enough impurities TO make it spoiled
for the baby's use.
A very simple and nourlshing dish
is made OF two pounds OF lean round
steak, finely minced, and si1nmered
for three hours in one quart Of Water,
sailed to taste. Serve with boiled
rice. If liked, curry powder may be
added to the gravy.
Some designs for d'oyleys are con-
veutionalized flowers, honeysuckle,
harebell, jasmine, etc. The borders
are not flinged or drawn, but are
hemmed and have running design
in harmony with the center embrold.
cry, which is also nvontionalized.
A beautiful bed-spread is made o;
old gold satin stripes, alternating With
! deep maroon velvet. In one of the
! satin stripes is embroidered a hop
vine; in the other, scarlet peoples and
lotus blossoms and fruit are arranged
| tremendously, while the center stripe
has the legend, *Sleep knits up the
raveled sleeve of care
>@ Brown Bread. 49,.
To the pure all things ass pure, ex-
cept city milk and cheap groceries,