The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-07
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.

Serious headaches often come from ill-ftting
spectaces
Salt and water should be used for cleaning
willow furniture.
The higher now the parlor lamp the more fash
ionable, and it is still the reign of brass.
Ribbon is the rage for decoration. A place
for bow is found upon nearly all articles of
furniture.
New York Mail: Cinnamon has been success
fully introduced fashionable perfume by So
.cial leaders
The white of an egg is said to be specific for
fish bones sticking in the throat 1t is to be
swallowed raw
Persian insect powder busted on the plants will
Kill the black bug, or aphis, that often infests
chrysanthemums
Thumbless mittens of ordinary Turkish towel
ing good as the more costly sponges for
the luxury of the daily bath.
When making a sofa pillow of the crazy patch
work be careful to put the brightest and most
striking pieces near the center
Blue rooms. and red rooms, and green rooms,
out of style. One color meeting the eye at
every turn becomes exceedingly tiresome.
Bronzes should not be washed. but busted and
wiped off with a dry cloth. Water dulls and
gradually destroys bronze finished bric-a brac.
Squares to be laid on the lap while holding the
baby are made of white Turkish toweing bor-
dered with embroidery or heavy torchon lace.
a housekeeper says: There is nothing better
for dishcloths than old, or cheap or part-worn
canton flannel. 1t makes a sensible dish cloth
wrings dry and wipes nicely.
Cheese cloth makes the best busters. It costs
five cents per yard, four yards making six dust
These should be hemmed on the ends, the
selvage edge answering for the sides.
Keep piece of sand-paper with the holder,
folded up in the ironing cloth, ready for use.
There is nothing better to clean the face of a
fat of OF afa hluW fhotyy
on it.
Elevation of the head of the bed By placing
under each leg block of the thickness of two
bricks, is stated to be effective remedy for
cramps Patients who have suffered at night,
crying aloud with pain. have found this plan to
afford Immediate, certain, permanent relief.
Pretty toilet cushions are made of figured
China silk. or of silk with tiny embroidered
blossoms. six-inch square of the silk is used;
it is stuffed and surrounded by roll of wadding.
Over this wadding surah is pulled, and is con-
fined at the corners by bows of ribbon. The
coiors may contrast or harmonize
Dark green shades are the most serviceable in
kitchen, although halfcurtains made of
checked gingham, cottage muslin, or cheese
cloth, tapes and tackled to the window
sash, will in some cases be all that is needed;
and it is always convenient to have two sets, so
as to change comfortably when necessary.
This recipe for brown bread will make a good
sized loaf: Two cups of yellow Indian meal, one
cup of rye flour. one cup OF graham flour, one
cup of New Orleans molasses three teaspoon
fuls of baking powder and milk enough to make
a stiff batter. Pour into a buttered mold and
steam three hours and half. When done,
brown in the oven.
To prevent creaking hinges. to make latches
slide easily, and, indeed, to reduce any refracto
ry iron work to terms the application of a soft
lead pencil is equally as effective as oil. One
clear advantage is that the of pencil for
this purpose obviates the chances of soiling the
hands or garments, while the annoyance is ordi-
narily removed by very few touches of the
pencil.
Sweet potatoes cooked in this way are delicious:
After boiling the potatoes peel them and slice
them length wise Put a layer of the slices in a
buttered dish sprinkle them with cinnamon and
sugar and put tiny bits of butter here and there;
add another layer of potatoes, sprinkling them
as before, and continue till all used, putting
n little more butter the top of the last layer.
Bake in good oven delicate brown and serve.
To make Worcestershire sauce, take one ounce
of ground black pepper. half ounce of pow
dered mace half an ounce of ground cloves, half
ounce of cayenne pepper half an ounce of peeled
garlic, eight ounces of shalot, and two quarts of
vinegar Put all the ingredients together into
& large brown jar, and mix WE'LL and let it stand
closely covered for two weeks; stir daily, boil for
twenty minutes, strain through muslin and bot
tie.
Experiments made by bathing the hands in
Fahrenheit show that respiration and the pulse
are accelerated and the pressure of blood in the
temporal arteries is increased. When water Of
forty degrees is substituted for the hand bath,
the results are precisely the contrary Hence it
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
cure crush of blood to the head" is said also
TO yield to the cold treatment
A suet pudding that will not be too rich may
he IN FN1tA nxNn 4e OBJ >pnA
one cup of raisins chopped and stoned, one cup of
sweet milk, four cups of -four, cup of molas-
ses teaspoonful of salt and of Soda
steam for three hours. This makes pudding
large enough for a dozen people. If you have an
old fashioned cake tin. with funnel in the cen
ter it is the very best kind of dish to steam this
pudding in Serve hot, with sour white wine
sauce This pudding is good the second day aft
er it is made, and seems even lighter after the
second steaming than after the first.