The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-21
HOUSEHOLD HINTS,

Mouldiness IS occasioned by the growth OF
minute vegetation Ink, paste, leather and
seeds most frequently suffer by it. A Glove
will prevent it, any essential oil will answer
equally well.
To make good rusks take one pint of milk,
one cup of yeast; mix it thin; when light
add twelve ounces of brown sugar, two
ounces of butter, four eggs, -four sufficient
to make stiff 10 bread; when risen again,
mold and spr g. it on tins.
In busting member that old silk hand
kerchiefs are act for pianos. Shake the
buster often while ~siDg it from door or
window, and never tlirt it about the furni-
ture, as this simply sends the dust into the
air 10 settle again in the same place. Use a
damp cloth for wainscottiDg and the tops Of
doors and windows.
Whitewash is to some extent a dsinfect-
ant and should be used in cellar and kitchen
closets not less than once a year. twice being
better. A good whitewash is made of one
peck of Stacked lime pound and half Of
white vitrioi, a pound of salt and half a
pound of melted glue, the salt and glue
keeping the wash from rubbing off. For
cellars the Stacked lime is sufficient.
A queen of puddings is made as follows:
One quart of milk, pint of bread crumbs,
soak the bread perfectly in the milk, CRATE a
lemon with it, putting in all but the seeds,
beat the yolks of three eggs, and two or more
tablespoonfuls of sugar with them, mix with
the pndding and bake it. When done beat
the whites with sugar and frost the pudding
with it, baking slightly.
In using student lamps, never let the oil
accumulate in the cup below the wick, but
pour it out at least once week. Let every
thing used about lamps-rags, scissors or ex-
ira wicks-be kept in a small box together, an
empty starch box being best. Burn lamp
rags every few weeks If allowed to lie, filled
with oil, spontaneous combustion often takes
place, many fires having been caused in this
way.
For milk pudding put one quart of milk
on where it will cook slowly. Wash half a
teacupful of rice and stir it into the milk,
and occasionally stir this until twenty
minutes before using; then put tablespoon
full of sugar and a small piece of butter and
orke twenty minutes. This sometimes
called poor mans pudding, is wholesome
and palatable. 1t is better to be three hours
in cooking.
At this season of spring cleaning such a
recipe as this is timely. A fine, lustrous pol
ish for delicate cabinet work can be made as
follows: Half-pint linseed oil, half-pint of
old ale, the white of an egg, one ounce spirits
OF wine, one ounce spirits OF salt. Shake
well before using. A little to be applied to
the face of q. soft linen pad and lightly
rubbed fOI minute or two over the article
TO be restored, which should be first rubbed
off with an old silk handkerchief 1t will
keep any length OF time if well corked.
For gem pudding take one cup of -four,
pinch of salt, one cup of milk and one egg.
Add the milk slowly to the -four, stirring I'M
til smooth. Beat the yolk separately and
add to the -four and milk, or batter, then
put in your white of the egg beaten to a
roth. Now bake at once-twenty minutes
will usually bake them. For sauce l take
two great spoonfuls of sugar; piece of butter
the size of yolk of an egg, and mix smooth
ly; add teaspoonful of -four. have cup of
scalded milk and pour the mixture into it,
stirring all the time until smooth. Flavor
with lemon or anything you like. For
breakfast cakes, OF course, are eaten hot with
butter.
"In raising breed, have always to strictly
forbid servant from covering il with a
thick cloth. (The propensity for doing this
is almost universally Bread should be made
in pan or tray, large enough 10 be covered
over without touching the dough. A thick
cloth absorbs the moisture, and makes il dry
and crusty on top. When moulded into the
pans for baking, light towel only may be
put over the pans, merely TO keep from the
dust. The reason for bread being better
when made at night. is that IL has plenty OF
time to rise undistuTbed, and and even tenn