The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-17

currant or raspberry jam, melted; then roll them
in layer of grated sweet almonds When
finished. place each ball in tiny paper case and
serve
An Eastern housekeeper says the best way to
destroy moth is to take dry powdered salt and
sprinkle it freely over the carpet particularly
along the edges then sweep it thoroughly. he,
peat this about once month in moth time, and
you will have trouble from the destructive
insect. The salt may also be sprinked on any
wooden furniture and brushed off with a whisp-
broom. 1t is perfectly harmless and will help to
cleanse and preserve the colors of the WOOL
Cushions and pillows stuffed with pine, hem
lock and spruce are now in fashion They make
fragrant and useful ornaments for parlors and
bedrooms, and are particularly grateful to PEG
pie suffering with lung troubles or headache.
The pine needles are stripped from the boughs,
and the hemlock and spruce broken into small
pieces. muslin bag, the size of the cushion
or pillow, is first used as a covering, and then
another one of silk, satin or plush is added
The following is said by chemist to be good
method of silvering mirrors: Instead of using
the amalgam of silver leaf and mercury for mir
rors wash the glass with solution of ammonia,
nitrate of silver, mixed with oil of Cassia and
spirits of wine; few drops of oil of cloves and
spirits of wine are then dropped on it. In few
minutes colored film overspreads the glass.
This is gently wiped away and mirror IS formed
superior in polish and beauty to the ordinary
process.
is banana cake. Take one cupful of butter, two
cupfuls of sugar, one cupful of water or OF
sweet milk. three eggs, four cupfuls of flour,
three small teaspoonfuls of baking powder
Mix lightly and bake in layers. Make an icing
of the whites of two eggs and and a-half
cupfuls of powdered sugar Spread this on the
layers. and then cover quickly and entirely with
bananas sliced thin. The cake may be favored
with vanilla. The top should be simply ted.
For dining room table, says the Decorator
hay1 fhnt, Annr
crimson cloth with heavy bordering of dead
gold finished by "a conventional design in the
borders. For library deep maroon or dark
blue will be suitable with bordering somewhat
less heavy Of dark material worked in gold-col-
ored silk Instead of border, thick deep
fringe is sometimes preferred; it may be headed
by narrow line of deep-toned color, and gives
look of Importance and substantially to the
cloth.
Waffies are an old-time supper dish To
quart of -four stir quart of sweet milk and half
cupful of melted butter, with teaspoon
full of salt and one of sugar Add half cup of
yeast, and when the watfies are very light, two
eggs. Beat we'll, and let the mixture stand
twenty minutes, when it is ready to bake
French pancakes made in the same way, but
are baked on thin spider in round cakes, like
griddle cakes. Sprinkle powdered sugar over
each cake as you bake it, squeeze lemon-juice
over it and roll up and serve at once.
A wholesome dish for dessert is made by soak
more than half pint of cold water. Put
thick layer of canned peaches in the bottom of
the pudding-dsh, leaving out the syrup sprinkle
sugar over the peaches, and then put into the
oven to become hot, add half pint of the peach
syrup to the tapioca, half teacupful of sugar,
and as much water as is needed to thin the tapi-
oca let this boil until 1t is perfectly clear, then
pour over the peaches and bake for half an hour.
When cold serve with sugar and cream.
To clean oil paintings take equal portions of
nil of fif1n 0v1 nIpifC and v,ofxy
we'll together; with this wash the painting over
gently and carefully, using a sponge or cotton
wool, and then with spirits of turpentine alone.
Should you fail to remove stain, or any descrip-
ton of discolorment an infusion of kali must be
resorted to. When the surface is quite dry, lay
on plain varnish composed of two ounces of
mastlc dissolved in six ounces of spirits of tur-
pentine. AT the end OF few days you may put
on new coat of the varnish commonly used for
oil paintings.
Eggs are considered one of the very best rem
edies for dysentery. Beaten up lightly. with or
without sugar. and swallowed at a gulp it tends
py its emollient qualities to lessen the infiamma-
ton of the stomach and intestines, and by form
ing transient coating for these organs enables
nature to assume her healthful' sway over the
diseased body. Two Or at the most, three eggs
per day would be all that would be required in
ordinary cases; and since the egg is not merely a
medicine, but food as well, the lighter the diet
otherwise, and the ouieter the patient is kept,
the more certain and rapid is the recovery.
Mrs. Leonard, the Boston teacher gives this
recipe for walnut cookies which she says are
best the second day: Cream one fourth of a
cupful of butter and one cupful of sugar. Add
one we'll beaten egg and cupful of -four
Have ready half pound of English wanuts
which have been shelled and chopped very fine
Stir them in. This mixture is not thick enough
to roll, but if one choose more -four may be nut
in. 1t is best not to do so, however but to drop
the mixture from spoon onto buttered tin
sheets, and fiatten with wet stamp. Bake in a
moderate oven. This quantity makes about two
dozen waters.
The Mechanical News says to builders: '!Set
it down that winding stairs are an expensive
dangerous and inartistic arrangement. Straight
flights are equally dangerous and more inartis-
tic. Flights with rightangled turns at landing
ways give fine effect and do not trip one up
and children cannot fall far when they start
from the top Where there are very little chill
dren or very old people, "halved steps" are good
things; that is. the staircase is composed of two
separate stairways, each half the width, each
having full height of riser. but the treads ar
ranged SO to alternate break joints A
child, very old person, instead of having to
take seven-inch steps, can walk up the center of
the flight with the right foot on the right hand
set, and take only threeinch steps; or two per-
sons pass each other, each taking the regula-
thing which is in actual use in some old English
houses"
Two Rooms.