The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-31
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.

HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.
Cistern water may be purified by charcoal put
in bag and hung in the water.
Hot, dry 1annels applied to the face and neck
is a very effective remedy for jumping tooth
ache"
Lamp chimneys are easily cleaned by holding
them over the steam from teakettle, then rub
bling with soft CLOTH and finally polishing with
paper.
Plaster of paris ornaments may be cleaned by
covering them with a thick layer of starch, let
ting it dry thoroughly, and then brushing with
stiff brush.
Pretty toilet cushions are two bags of blue
satin fastened together. They are edged with
oriental lace, and bit of Turkish embroidery
is arranged across the end of each bag.
A pongee scarf has hemstitched borders with
full fringe, which is formed by turning the
material sufficiently wide to allow for the fringe.
Above these borders is drawn work filled in on
one end with shaded pink silk, and on the other
with shaded blue silk.
A jockey cap pin-cushion is a novelty. A real
jockey cap is taken as model, and the regular
size is adhered to. The materials may be silk.
satin, velvet white stuff, or what you will. The
shape is stuffed, and the cover is handsomely
embroidered and slipped on The peak is at
tached to the cover.
One with whom time is not an object can fash
ion most beautiful tea or lunch cloth of linen
sheeting, by raveling the edges all around to form
a fringe three inches deep after heading is
knotted in The whole surface of the cloth is
then ornamented by single flowers, leaves, or
any small pattern stamped irregularly about six
inches apart and worked in outline with indeli-
BILE silks.
The Floral Cabinet says: Give lots Of water to
callas, carnations and others in active growth;
water sparingly all plants that are in an inactive
- - a. &c
they appear, and cut back to the living wood
geraniums. lantanas, shrubby calceolarias.
abutilons etc., that have been taken in from the
outdoor summer garden. Don't repot plants
now. Don't disturb the pots or boxes OF slips
you put in for next springs use.
Try orange pudding made thus Soak cupful
of stale bread in half cupful of milk until it
can be beaten to pulp; mix with it the grated
rnd of one orange the juice of two, sugar to
taste, and the yolks Of two raw eggs butter six
small cups and set them in a pan of hot water;
then beat the whites of two eggs to stiff froth,
mix them lightly with the other ingredients,
party fill the cups, and bake the buildings until
the egg is done in moderate oven-about fifteen
or twenty minutes will be required serve the
orange buildings hot.
A nice dish for tea is apple jelly Pare and
core small-sized apples without cutting open:
then put them, with some lemons. in water to
cover: let boil slowly until TENDER and take out
carefully without breaking. Make syrup of
half pound of white sugar to one pound of APP
pies; cut lemons in slices, and put them and the
apples into syrup; boil very slowly until the ap-
piles clear, take them out in deep glass dish,
put to the syrup one of isinglass dis
solved. let it boil up lay slice of lemon on each
apple and strain the syrup over them.
For angel cake, beat the whites of eleven eggs
to a stiff froth. Into these sift one even cup
of -four and one even cup of powdered
sugar. Add teaspoonful of lemon Or
vanilla extract and one OF baking powder.
Beat ten minutes. Put in deep, buttered dish
and bake in good oven half an hour. Remove
from the dish (which has been inverted upon a
clean cloth on the tablet when nearly cold, and
the angel cake will be found just as satisfactory
rs with the regular "angel-cake dish" and ali the
elaborate sitting of -four sugar and the like
The Cook gives the following recipe for fancy
pancakes Whisk the yolks of FIVE eggs
thoroughiy, and add to them four ounces of
-four half teaspoonful of salt and tablespoon
full of sugar; stir in half pint of lukew
milk and the whites of the eggs well-heaten
Grease small pan slightly and fry the cakes
very thin, shake the pan to prevent burning, and
when they are a delicate brown on the under
side turn them artistically as possible When
done put them on hot plate with sugar AIDA
dash of cinnamon OH each, and strew over the TOP
one quantity of fine sugar. Hold over IL
shovelful of live Goals to melt the sugar, and
there are your pancakes.
In kerosene lamps the light often is unsatis
should be borne in mind that though the wick is
but very gradually burned, it is constantly be-
coming less able to conduct the oil. During sew
eral weeks some quarts of oil are slowly filtered
through the wick. which stops every particle of
dust or other matter that will, with the utmost
care, be in the best kinds of oil. The result is
that the wick, though it is of sufficient length
and looks as good as ever, has its conducting
power greatly i'm paired, as its pores, speak,
or the minute channels by which the oil reaches
the place to be burned. become gradually OBJ
structed. 1t is often economy to substitute q
new wick for an old one, even if that be plenty
long enough to serve for some time to come.
A correspondent of the Art Amateur has al,
Objectionable whitish marble mantel, with an
unsghtly brass register to admit furnace heat
not an uncommon grevance-and asks the editor
what she is TO do with it to make it harmonic
with the surroundings in general and the walnut
wood work of the room in particular. The fol-
lowing advice il given Have the objection.
able marble painted with mixture of dark green
paint and bronze powder. This will produce
metallic appearance. similar in color to an an
tique bronze and will harmonic we'll with the
walnut Before the surface is quite dry, little
bronze powder can be busted on here and there
to break up the even finish; or, the same effect
can be produced with the brush while the work
is in progress Any good painter can do this
simple job for YOU"
A physician says "Half a teasroonful of com
mon table salt dissolved in little cold water and
drunk, will instantly relieve heartburn or dys-
pepsa. If taken every morning before break
fast, increasing the quantity gradually to q tea
spoonful of salt and tumbler of water, it will
In few days cure any ordinary case of dyspep.
sia if, at the same time, due attention is paid to
the diet There is no better remedy than the
above for constipation AS garge for sore
throat it is equal to chlorate of potash and is en-
tirely safe. 1t may be used as often as desired,
and if little is swallowed each time it will have
beneficial effect on the throat by cleansing it
and by allaying the irritation. In doses of one
to four teaspoonfuls in half pint to a pint of
tepid water it acts promptly as an emetic; and
in cases of poisoning is always at hand 1t isan
excellent remedy for bites and stings of insects
A Boon to Professional Humorists
San francisco Chronicle.
1t is with profound satisfaction that see the
doctors and the drug stores have at last turned