Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-06-05
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

1t is now claimed that whole Glove
are better protection against moth
| than either tobacco, camphOr or ccdal
shayings.
Hard cider vinegar may he made b!
| adding one part of water to two part.
of cider and allowing it to stand for 6
few days.
To cleanse tumblcrs in which mill
has been used they should be frst
washed in cold water and then rinsed in
hot water.
Spots of grease may generally be re-
moved from colored silks by the appli-
cation of raw starch, made into a paste
with water.
Silks and satins should never be
brushed across the width, as so doing
causes them to fray out, and spoils them
for remaking.
Dust is best removed from silk by the
use of soft flannel; from velvet it
should be removed by brush specially
made for the purpose.
Oil cloth should never be cleaned
with sOapsuds or with brush; it should
be wiped with clean cloth wrung out
of milk and water.
If shoes become wet and consequent
ly stiff. little castor oil rubbed on
them at night will render them COM
Portable to wear by morning.
One of the best drinks for summer
weather is buttermilk; it satisfies the
craving for acids and gives the stomach
some nutritious checsy matter to digest.
A delicious and easy way to flavor a
cake that is to be iced is to CRATE part OF
the peel of an orange or lemon over
the cake before putting the icing on.
To remove oil that has been spilled
on carpets or wooden goods, dry buck
wheat should be freely applyed and fire.
quently changed. No attempt should
be made to wash out such spots or to
treat them with any liquid.
A strip of old black broadcloth. four
or five inches wide, rolled up tightly
and sewed to keep the roll in place, is bet
ter than 4 sponge or cloth for cleansing
black and dark-cOlored clothes. What
ever lint comes from it in rubbing is
black, and does not show.
The most advanced physicians now
combat the idea that it is unhealthy to
eat just before retiring for the night.
Of course hearty meal is not advisa-
BILE, but just enough light and whole
some tool TO give the stomach some
thing to do will aid in producing sleep
and sound rest.
Dried herring makes an excellent
relish. Split, skin and bone. cover
with cream. and heat through in the
oven. Place each one on strip of
1uttered toast, thicken the cream with
Hour. season well. pour it over the fish.
md give each dash of lemon, and
end it to the table hot
To wash lace with safety it should be
wound round q bottle or sewn on mus
in and boiled in soft water, with white
,astile soap, then rinsed in soft water.
tice water or a thin solution of gum |
rabic may be used to stiffen it. If |
PRESSED between pieces of flannel the
lattening of the lace will be avoided.
In giving any one sick drink of
Eatcr when the draught should be linn
led. hand him small glassful. This
7ill satisfy his thirst, be it ever so lit
lie. 1t is mistake to offer goblet of
'ater in such case, and direct how
many swallows must be taken. The
atient will not be satisfied nor his
hirst quenched.
Chicken Soup-To a chicken, or any
quail quantity of fresh meat, add one
allon of water, an onion, slice of
aeon. one tablespoonful of flour. a tea
poonful OF pepper, a teaspOonful of
alt and bunch of thyme or parsley.
'eat up in a tureen the yolks of two
ggs. with cupful of milk and small
mp of butter. Pour the SOUP, when
one, in the tureen on this boiling hot.
The fashionable parlor is not crowd
d with an endless number of orna-
rents; of course there are costly works
vertu. but not reckless profus on,
5 was seen only few seasons ago.
here must be manifested pleasing
in all this home splendor.
ashton requires that the carpets. up
olstery and curtains, even the dainty
have the same colors,
inc class of designs.
Mich unnecessary suferingis caused
7 allowing the skin OF a sick person
become so tender BY constant living
bed that at length it breaks or is
tcrally worn through: If there is the
asst redness, or even before that, if
ere is fear that the skin may be ten
II, touch the places with the white of
egg beaten to Il stiff froth, in which
mixed two teaspoonsuls of spirits of
inc.