The Indianapolis journal., 1885-10-11
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

it more wholesome.
White fur may be cleaned by sprinkling it with
not cornmeal. and then rubbing the meal in
thoroughly with brush.
Pretty shaving paper holders are made of
plush, velvet or satin. in the form of fan. with
some appropriate legend or ornamental device.
For spiced apples take eight pounds apples,
pared; four pounds sugar, one quart vinegar. one
ounce stick cinnamon, one-half ounce cloves. Boil
the sugar. vinegar and spices together; put in the
apples when boiling, and let them remain until
tender; take them out aud put into jar; boil
down the syrup until thick and then pour it
over.
The presence of cotton in linen fabrics may be
detected by dipping the suspected fabric in olive
oil and then drying it between two pieces of
unsized paper. Should cotton threads be
present the fabric will appear stripped, the cot
ton showing light lines when it Is placed on a
dark substance or dark on holding it up to the
light.
For Chill sauce take twelve ripe tomatoes four
ripe peppers, two onions, two tablespoonfuls OF
salt. two tablesponfuls of sugar, three teacups of
vinegar and little cinnamon. Peel the toma
toes and chop them fne also the peppers and
onions and boil all together one hour. Canned
tomatoes may be used if fresh ones are not con-
venient.
The latest things in the art craze are the Sister
Anne chair-backs. They are Of linen, with fe-
male figures in medieval dress carried out in
silks. There is far more work in them, though
they are not really more effective, than the
painted figures cut out and pasted on dark linen.
and the dress sewn over the painting in the
proper materials.
Novel chair backs have alternate stripes of
gimp worked in silks, and drab and olive dam
ask linen with the design of the damask out
lined in silks; while other drab linen has alter
nate stripes OF wool and tinsel gimp In all this
style of outing, where the material can be com
plete in itself as much or as little needework as
the worker pleases can be done.
For the over-mantels, with which so many fire.
places are now fitted, small curtains of embrod
cred India muslin fastened back with colored
bands are sometimes used, aud, with few
pieces of the pale-biue and yellow pottery now
so general, make q pretty decoration for these
mantlepeces, in those houses where there are
not treasures of choice old china available.
The old-fashioned slippers, worked in wool and
SILK on canvas, are coming again, but they are
improved on in the design. Tulips and other
flowers worked in embroidery stitch, the
ground only in crosssttch Grifins and her
aldic designs, as we'll as crests, are also placed
on the 'front.' while some of the ground-works
are of shot silver Quite the newest have large
pieces of plush on the canvas, forming part of
the pattern.
For ounce marmalade boil the ounces until
they are soft; then peel them and rub them
pulp allow one pint of sugar, and boil for two
hours, stirring frequently. 1t is well to place
the preserving kettle where there is no danger
of burning, but where the boiling is continuous.
The long boiling causes the color to become a
rich red An inferior marmalade may be made
by leaving the skins and cores, and pressing
through sieve, proceeding as above.
Good citron cake may be made by the follow
ing recipe: Six eggs, beaten light and the yelks
strained; two cups of sugar; three-quarters cup
of butter; two and one half cups prepared -four,
or enough to make poundcake batter With
some brands you may need three cups; half
pound citron cut in thin shreds; juice of an
orange and one teaspoonful grated peel. Cream
butter and sugar; add the yeks, the whites and
flour by turns, the orange. and lastly the citron,
dredged with -four Beat all up hard and bake
in two loaveS.
If you have any old cane-bottomed chairs
which want recaning, you may make the seats
useful with thick colored twine. Cut away the
old cane first, and thread a long, stout darning
needle with the twine. Knot the ends loop it
through the holes backward and forward, cross
ways from side to side, right and left, and every
hole being gsfilled, work thern back again. weaving
as you would for cloth, so you must be careful
not to draw the threads very tight the first time
over, as it is more difficult 20 weave. Finally,
press the pairs of threads together
The Caterer gives this recipe for preparing
panned oysters, Philadelphia Style Fifty oysters,
four ounces butter, four tablespoonfuls cracker
dust, two saltspoonfuls salt, saltpoonful
white pepper, one saltspoonful mace, two table
spoonfulS whole allspice, one pinch cayenne pep
per. Put the oysters and their juice into
bright stew pan, set on quick fire. add the but
ter salt and spices, sift in the cracker dust stir
gently till we'll mixed at the first boil pour them
into hot tureen, cover and serve Immediately.
If longer cooked they shrivel and get tough and
indigestible
New York Sun: The art of sealing letter
properly has to be learned. The letter should be
laid face downward on the writing desk and q
candle or lamp at the right hand. The wax
should be held above the fame, but not near
enough to burn it. Burned wax makes the seal
brittle and streaks it with black lines It should
soften gradually above the flame until it is about
to drip; then it should be placed squarely on the
spot to be sealed and rubbed with circular move
ment. When the wax has become cool the stick
can be taken away. To stamp it. warm the wax
slightly by holding it near, but not over, the
fame until it softens. and then apply the seal
with firm touch. The latest notion is to use
perfumed wax.
A Yankee hougekeeper makes her pumpkin pies
according to the following rule: Cut up part of
pumpkin in small pieces do not peel it, but
carefully clean out the seeds. Much of the best
part of the pumpkin or squash lies close to the
skin. Lay an inverted plate or saucer at the
bottom of porcelain kettle to prevent burning
and put in the pumpkin. Pour in teacup of
boiling water and let it stew slowly for several
Rub when done through coarse coander while
hot; then add quart of rich, sweet milk, four
well-beaten eggs, salt, sugar. nutmeg and ginger
to suit the taste. One tablespoonful of molasses
is an improvement Bake in rich undercrust,
without covering
1t is becoming a general practice to place
cottage piano across the corner of room, or in
some such position that the back of the piano.
and not of the musician, shall be toward the
center of the ROOM This gives great scope for
taste in utilizing and turning to advantage for
decoration the back of the instrument 1t must
not be too thickly draped, SO as to mufae the
sound, but pretty and effective way of treating
it is to fix light brass rod along the top to re-
ceive a small pair of curtains of Eastern EN-
broidery, which, nearly meeting at the top and
looped back at the center. disclose handsome
piece of embroidered satin or rich-colored piece
of stuff tastefully draped. An old-fashioned
high backed seat placed against this will not only
relieve the fatness and break the straight lines.