The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-08-12
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

A pound of sugar is one pint, an ounce of
any liquid is two tablespoonfuls; pi.t OF
liquid weighs sixteen ounces.
Hot wood ashes applied 10 a stove when
cold will remove grease. Cover the spot en-
tirelyi do not be sparing of the ashes.
Lard will remove wagon grease. Rub the
spot with the lard as if washing ii, and when
it is well out wash in the ordinary way until
thoroughly cleansed.
Lemon juice will whiten frosting, cram
berry OF strawberry juice will color it pink,
and the grated rind of an orange strained
through a cloth will color it yellow.
summer curtain for a bookcase is made
of monte cloth with lotos blossoms and tall,
feathery papyrus. embroidered in Kensing-
ton stitch with an appropriate legend
Grass stains may be removed by washing
with alcohol. Fruit stains may be taken out
by boiling water. Place the material over a
basin OF other vessel and pour the boiling
water from the kettle over the stain.
Heavy carpets sometimes do not require
taking up every year, unless in constant use.
Take out the tacks from these, fold the car
pets back, wash the floor in strong suds with
a tablespoonful of borax dissolved in them.
Dash with insect powder or lay with tobacco
leaves along the edge and retack. All moths
can be kept away and the eggs destroyed by
this means.
SOup may De maze OF green peas JllaJ are
too hard as a vegetable. Put the peas in boil
ing water and cook until soft, and then
strain them through a sieve. Mix this soup
with little strong hullion or meat extract,
some butter and brown flour and finely
minced parsley; salt to taste, and simmer
for two hours. If liked, meat dumplings
may be served in it.
Meat dumplings for soup are made in this
way: Chop very fine half pound of juicy
frnF faf and cir aanr xx-ifl In
it two ounces of butter that has been stirred
TO a cream. Add the yOlk of two eggs two
ounces of soft bread crumbs, a little grated
nutmeg; salt, and add at the last the white
of an egg beaten to a stiff froth; form into
little dumpl.ngs and cook in the soup.
To make orange float take one quart Of
water, the juice and pulp of two lemons, one
cohee-cuP of sugar; When boiling hot add
four tablespoOnfuls of cOrn-starch. Let it
boil fifteen minutes, stirring all the time.
When cold pour il over four or five oranges
that have been sliced into a glass dish, and
over the TO spread the beaten whites of three
eggs, sweetened and favored with vanilla.
pleasant summer drink is made by the
following recipe: Boil half an ounce of hops,
half an ounce of ginger root, bruised, in one
and one-half gallons of water for twenty-five
minutes. Add one pound of brown sugar,
and boil ten minutes longer; then strain and
bottle while hot. When cold it will be ready
for use. 1t must be kept in a cool place.
Dried ho-ehound may be used instead of
hops.
One of the best and most convenient re-
ceptacles for table cutlery is a Canton flannel
knife case, tackled to the inside of a cupboard
door, 10 be so constructed that there will be
a separate compartment for each knife and
fork. The flannel is sure to absorb any mois-
ture left on knife by carelessness or by ac-
cident, and the whole affair is ornamental.
White Canton flannel, bound with scarlet
dress braid, is the prettiest
Always remove the contents of tin cans
the moment they are opened. 1t is posi-
lively dangerous to leave canned goods in
the open cans. The action of the air upon
the soldering of the cans forms an oxide
which renders the food unfit for use, cases of
poisoning from this cause being reported
from time to time. A physician recommends
the purchaser of canned goods to test them
by pressing the bottom of the cans. If the
contents are sound, the bottom will be solid
and impossible to push up. If the contents
are decomposed the tin will rattle like the
bottom of the sewing-machine oiler. Reject
all cans that show rust around the cap on the
inside of the can, also those that do not show
the golden line of resin around the edge Of
the soldering of the cap, as the sealing. the
doctor asserts, has been affected by muriatic
acid.