Evening star., 1886-11-06
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Lot OF VALUABLE RECIPEs-How TO POLISH
SPOTS, &C.-FLoUR To ExTINGUIsH KEROSENE
FLAMEs-NATTERS OF HOUSEHOLD DECoRA-
TIoN-SoME NICE THINGS FOR THE TABLE
TASTEFUL HOUSE DECORATIONS.
To POLISH STEEL rub IL with piece of emory
paper from which you have removed some Of
the roughness by rubbing 1t on old knife.
To ExTINGUIsB KEROSENE flames if no cloth
Is at hand. throw -four the flames. Flour
rapidly absorbs the fluid and deadens the
flame
SQUARES To Be LAID on the lap while hold
Ing the baby are made of white Turkish towel
Ing bordered with embroidery or heavy tor
chon lace
DAINTY WRAPPERS for the baby are made OF
soft, fine white flannel, with tiny PINK clover
blossoms and leaves, embroidered In SILK,
scattered over them.
HoRsERADIsH SAUCE.-One teaspoonful made
mustard, one tablespoonful vinegar, three
taoiespoonfuls cream, piDch o1 salt; ADD
enough grated horseradlsh to make 1t as thick
as cream.
To BLACKEN SCUTTLE or anything Of that
Kind, take ten cents worth OF asphaltum, mix
1t with the same qGaniity OF benzine and tur-
pentine TO the consistency OF paint. and apply
with n brush
To TAKE SPOTS of paint off wood, lay thick
coating OF lime and soda mixed together over
Ii, letting ii stay twenty-four hours, when wash
OF with warm water, and the spot will have
disappeared.
CURTAINS HAVE BEEN introduced having al
ternate stripes of opaque and translucent ma
terial. producing charming effects and present.
ing the advantages of TWO sets of curtains the
one heavy and the other light.
CHLORIDE OF LIME is an infallible preventive
for rats, they fee from its odor as from a
pestilence. IL should be thrown down their
holes ana spread about wherever they are
Hkely to come, and should be renewed once a
fortnight.
COLDCAULIFLowER makes a palatabIe salad.
boil II hall an hour in salted water and let ii
drain until perfectly dry. When cold break it
In pieces, and arrange il, stalks downward, in a
salad dish; cover it with a ayounaise sauce and
serve.
IT May Nor BE generally known that after
clothes are starched in the usual manner, If
they are passed through a bath of chloride OF
zine, heated to about sixty degrees, the starch
will be held through several successive wash
ings and will suffer change by being eX-
posed To the dew or rain.
To PREVENT CREAKING HINGES, to make
lafches slide easily. and, indeed, to reduce any
refractory iron work to terms, the application
of soft lead pencil is equally effective oil.
One clear advantage is that the use of a pencil
for this purpose Obvfates the chances of sCiling
the hands or garments, while the annoyance is
ordinarily removed by very few touches of
the pencil
ToFFEE--Take pounds of sugar (unrefined
West Indian is best), mix it with much
water as will thoroughly soak it. and stir over
clear fire till IL boils. Then add q. pounds of
butter. and leave it, without stirring, till it be-
come crisp judge OF this drop little into cold
water from time TO time); then. before pouring
into buttered tin, stir in little lemon or
vanilla essence
A BOTTLE OF TURPESTINE should be kept in
every house, for its uses numerous. few
drops sprinkled where cockroaches congregate
will exterminate them at once; also ants red
or black Moths will flee from the odor OF ii.
Besides, IL is an excellent application for a burn
or cut. IL will take ink stains out of while
whlten clothes when added 10 them when boil
Ing.
WALL POCKETS for holding a supply ofpocket
handkerchiefs, TO be reached without the trou-
bic of pulling open drawer are a sensible in
vention. They are made of plush or leather
and have a flap that keeps the contents of this
pocket iree from dust. Any shape that may be
fincied will serve; and if the pocket is cut with
rather high backing a tiny pouch, for holding
the watch at night, may be added.
This DISH OF APPLES is nice for luncheon:
Peel and core twelve apples; put them in
baking pan and fill the cavities with sugar
Pour water over them so that it will be about
hall an inch deep in the dish. Bake in a good
oyen- Make an omelet OF four eggs and four
taoiespoonfuls OF milk, and when the apples are
done pour II over them. Return to the oven and
bake Tor ten minutes. Serve hot grating q little
nutmeg over the apples.
IL WASHING CHINTz take to two gallons of
water three pounds OF rice; boil 1t till very SOFT
when let il stand till rather cool. Put in the
shintz, using no soap. Wash it until the dirt is
ut,when boil the same quantity of rice, strain
Ing IL and mixing III in warm water, and wash
ward rinse in the water that the rice was boiled
H. This Will answer the place OF starch. and il
VIII Keep us stiHness through damp weather.
Do not iron II, but hang out to dry perfectly
smooth.
PEAR FRIrrERs.-To make frying batter for
these, any other fruit fritters, put into bowl
q pound of sifted -four, three ounces of fresh
butter. melted and a very little salt. Mix these
u wooden gradually
Into the bowl a halt pint of bitter ale. When
the batter is thick as cream, set it aside until
you have beaten the whites of three eggs. Stir
them into IL, and Immediately dip in your
halved pears and Try You may use water in
stead OF ale for a palmer batter. The French
add wineglass OF Curacao before putting in
the salt.
EXPERIMENTS MADE BY BATHING the hands
In water of a temperature of 90 degrees Fahren-
heit show that respiration and the pulse are
accelerated and the pressure OF blood in the
temporal arteries is Increased. When water OF
40 degrees is substituted Tor the hand bath, the
results are precisely contrary. Hence 1t will be
seen that stubborn hemorrhage from the nose
may be checked by this last means some
times the bath requires half an hour to effect a
cure. "Rush OF blood to the head" Is said also
to yield to the cold treatment.
SWEET POTATOES cooked in this way are de-
ucious for lunch, although they are liked by
many persons for dinner: After boiling the DO
tatoes peel them and slice them lengthwise
Put layer of the slices in buttered dish:
sprinkle them with cinnamon and sugar and
tiny DIS Oh DCtter mere ana there, add
another layer of potatoes Sprin Killing them as be-
fore, and continue till all used putting a
little more butter on the top of the last layer
Bake in good oven O delicate brown and
serve.
WOMEN AS CABINET MAKERs.-Many women
enjoy the use OF tools, and there is no reason
why they should not be employed in the Join
Ing well as the wood-carving work on furni-
ture. Now that white wood furniture, or gilded
and white painted or decorated in colOrs is
coming into sucn favor, the artistic hands of
women can paint decorations the natural
woods OF beGsteaus, bureaus, &c. Mirror frames
mantelpieces, screens, umbrella stands NAV
ali be carved and joined by women AS well as
by men; and IL IL even easier to paint decOra-
tlons on white Wood furniture than on china
because there Is no oven afterwards 10 interfere
with the colors.
BAKED BEANS WITHOUT PoRK.-As pork ia
distasteiul 10 many persons, here is Miss Par
loa's recipe for baked beans without il: Pick
quart of beans free from stones and dirt:
wash and then soak them in cold water over
night. In the morning pour off the water:
cover with hot water: put two pounds OF corned
beef with them and boil until they be.sin TO
split OPEN Inc time depends ON the age of the
beans. III Will be from thirty to sixty minutes.
Turn them into the colander and pour over
them Two three quarts of colo water. Put
about hall the beans into deep eartLen pot,
then put in the beef and cover with the re-
nlainder OF the beans. Mix one teaspooniul OF
mustard and one tablespoonful OF moasses with
little water. Pour this over the beans and fill
them entirely. Bake tor two hours slowly. Add
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