The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-24
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.

| ."s JUICE OF half lemon in glass OF water
4 ache
Red pepper on sardnes is the latest CASTRO
nomic lad. and is supposed to take the place Of
| lemon
If highlands be stained. there is nothing that
VIII remove the stain better than lemon or q
| lemon and salt
| highly seasoned is something that now has the
| recommendation or medical men.
| Grease spots may be eradicated from black
| goods by rubbing with sponge dipped in tur-
pentne, having first laid the stuff over wooden
| cloth folded three or four times Grease spots
can be taken from material of any color by COW
| erng the place with pipeclay. Powder the clay
| and moisten it with water to the consistency of
thick cream; spread it over the SPOT and let it
dry After il has been on several hours scrape
IL off with the blunt edge of knife and dust off
all the fine powder with a soft brush;
When material for chow-chow or picklernak-
! ing is scarce very paatable relish for the table
| may be made as follows Chop large beet,
| one large carrot, and one large onion very fine.
| after boiling until tender. Add to mixture one
! teacupful of copied raw cabbage, one teaspoon
| full of pepper tscant) one teaspoonful tfulll of
| cinnamon, one teaspoonful each of cloves, all
| spice and mustard. one tablespoonful OF celery
seed or two stalks of 1nely-chopped celery. Heat
enough vinegar TO saturate the mass we'll, add to
it one teacupful of sugar, and pour over the veg
etables while boiling hot.
Choose rather small onions for picking, peel,
| and scald in weak sailed water, one teaspoonfuI
salt to quart of water; when tender, remove
and drain well; then pack in jar and pour over
| them vinegar prepared and spiced as follows To
| each quart of vinegar add two teacupfuls sugar.
| one teaspoenful each of cloves. cinnamon, all
spice, mustard and ginger; Eeat to boiling point
/ and pour over onions while hot. The pickles
| will be fit for use in two weeks, the same as
other pickles, and if made according to directions
will keep we'll. Celery seed is a nice addition to
onion pickles or chow-ehow.
| An English cook gives this msthod of stew
1 ing onions: Peel moderate sized onions trim
| them at one end SO that they will keep upright
! in the stewpan. The simple way Of stewine
| onions is merely to simmer them in enough
| gravy to cover them, until quite tender without
4 being broken. The onions eat richer il fried
| before stewing this be done in the frying
pan, turning them about to insure their being
colored all over; or. when the onions have
been stewed in rich gravy with little sugar
1 in it. this is boiled down to glaze and they
are tossed up in it till nicely covered and rich
| looking.
Louis XIV lace tablecloths are of fine monte
linen with wide insertion of the lace down the
center. The cloth Is bordered with edgng to
correspond. The napkins have a narrower bor-
der of lace, but no Insertion. Under the strip Of
insertion is laid band of color corresponding to
to the color of the china. A garniture for twelve
| persons is valued at $3.50. Persons clever with
the needle may make them at home for the lace
| is nothing more nor less than Russian" or
''guipure" embroidery with liberal allowance
| of lace stitches Worked in linen thread, it does
not take any very, great amount of time. The
| work is done on the linen of which the cloth is
| TO be made
| The American Practitioner gives the following
| cure for freckles, but before making use of it,
it would be well to test the strength of the
acid used, as disagreeable sore might other
wise take the place of each freckle The skin,
being washed and dried, is put on the stretch
with two fingers of the left hand and drop OF
carbolic acid rs applied exactly over the patch
When 1t dries the operation is completed The
skin becomes white and the slight sensation Of
burning disappears in a few minutes. The thin
crust which forms after the cauteriZation should
not be disturbed it detaches itself spontane-
ously in eight or ten days. leaving a rosy colora
ton. which is soon replaced by the normal coler
of the skim
This way of preserving ounces is from the
recipe of a famous German cook: For each
pound of ounces allow three-quarters of pound
of sugar. Wash, peel and cut the ounces in
half. Cook cores, skins and OUNCES in water
until the ounces are almost soft; then remove
the ounces, and let them drain. Cook the skins
and cores an hour longer. and let the liquid pass
| through sieve add the sugar to the juice, and
let it boil, removing all the scum that rises
When clear, add the cinnamon, ginger and
ounces, and cook until the latter are quite soft
Put the ounces In jars; reduce the syrup and
pour 1t warm over them. If the preserve 10
liked with an acid quality. allow the Juice Of q
| is cooking the second time.
A pretty present for young man is cravat
sachet. 1t must be long enough to hold long
ties folded once. Cover loosely bnt evenly two
fifteen-inch long and fve-inch wide pieces Of
stout card board, and one two-and-one-
half inch wide piece of stout card
board with linen, then stitch down be-
tween each board, as they will be separate
and fold over each other readily: you must
leave little space between each card board for
this purpose. because the quilted and perfumed
silk must have space to fold in. Line the two
larger pieces with mahogany -colored quilted
silk perfumed with heiotrope sachet powder
which you can get at any good druggists, and
cover outside with velvet of same color. Tie
the sachet with gold cord and tassels, or with
satin ribbon, as preferred.
A shoe bag with eight pockets may be made
after the following directions: Materals-Two
yards of calico, three lunches of scarlet braid.
five little brass rings and heavy piece OF goods
for the foundation. The foundation is twenty
five inches the top, eighteen and one half
inches across the bottom. and twenty-three and
one-half inches deep Basic piece OF the calico
across the top and the middle, or cover the en-
tire back if you have plenty though this is un-
necessary. The upper pockets are twelve and
one third inches Deep the lower nine and two.
thirds. Use about two widths of calico in each.
Make in each four box plaits. Stitch down by
placing strip of braid between each. Bind all
around, attach FIVE rings to the top, hang in
some convenient place, and you will be amply
repaid for the little labor as it is article quite
easily made.
a writer in the Boston Transcript gives the
following directions for curling ostrich plumas:
Have ready some cobs and common salt,
and let the fire in the cook stove burn down till
you have good bod of Goals. lay the cobs on
and sprinkle them with salt. and shake the
feather in the smoke. Add eobs and salt from
time to time, and be sure to shake the plume
well, turning every part to the smoke. The
harder you shake the feather the better it will
look. Be careful to hold it far enough from the
fire to Faep it from burning. The livelier the
Goals without blaze the better. | have tried to
make this plain. thought my plumes COM
pletely spoiled till tried this receipt saw .
milliner wash white plume once and recurl it
this wav and IL locked "a nice as new Sh0