River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-07-02
DOMESTIC HINTS.

Tomatoes are nice with cream and
sugar.
Sugar loses part OF its strength by
boiling.
Sugar should be Drowned in dry
pan for sauce.
Wrap fruit jars with paper TO keep
out the light.
Wet and -four well the inside oil
pudding bags.
Figs are good boiled five minutes
and served hot.
Never wash faisins; wipe them
with dry cloth.
Keep preserves in a dry place; seal
With flour paste.
Benzine answers admirably fol-
thinning gold paint
Boil coffee in 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 shphate of p0tassa added TO
preserves prevents fermentation.
After pairing fruit drop it in cold
water TO prevent it changing color,
When sauce bodies front the side Of
the pan the flour 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 APP
piled dry
To whiten silver: Cream of tartar
total, 53 on.
Always nut i little soda in milk
that is to be boiled, us an acid is
formed by boiling.
Seal the juice left from canning
fruits in small bottles aud keep for
making fruit pudding sauces.
For convenience ia cleaning lamp
chimncys, nothing is nicer than a
small sponge attached to the end of "A
stick
To remove tarnish from jewelryi
Carbonate of soda l o., bleaching
powder } o., common salt J o.,
water on.
To clean walnut stairs Milk, sour
or sweet, well rubbed into black wall
nut stairs with an old soft flannel will
make them look perfectly new
A pretty bangle-boaf is made in
the shape of crescent. 1t is COW
cred with pale blue satin and has
design of daisies painted on it.
A simple cake is made of one cup of
sugar, half d cup of butter. one-third
of IA cup of milk, three eggs, one cup
and half of -four, aud u teaspoonful
of baking powder.
An effective .'chair back" is of pale
yellow pongee with Il design OF spider
webs and conventionalized 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 anythlng else. The sort of paper
upon which newspapers are printed is
the best. Mosten the glasses and rub
dry with the paper.
Salt pork may be broiled or fried in
the same manner us 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
mousquetaire gloves, but use them for
decorative purposes, painting them
with any fanciful design. They will
be serviceabe for covering sachets,
boxes ard other articles.
Rats are 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 ''cold pisen.
A cement. said to be excellent for
alabastcr 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 a thick paste with silicate
of soda.
A handsome splasher has the CEN
ter of linen or scrim, with desig n
of grasses in outline stitch. The bor-
der is made of squares of antique
lace edged with antique lace. 1t is
placed over back ground of colored
cotton cloth.
Put away the milk at once when it
is served. In five minutes, an authori-
ty says, milk that is left uncovered
and standing near any drain or on the
bricks by Il garbage pail will imbibe
enough impurities to make it spoiled
for the baby's use.