The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-22
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.


Pougee aprons are pretty and very servicea-
BILE. A nice way to tie them is with silk cord
aud tassels, which may be found of the pongee
shade.
The stove-pipe can be cleaned by putting a
piece of zinc on the Goals of hot fire. The
vapor produced carries off the SCOT by chemical
decomposition.
Oldfashioned "sampers" made up to hang on
the walls as banners with small brass rings on
top, which attach them to o brass rod, are pop
ular for house decoration.
To relieve toothaehe, puiverize about equal
parts OF common salt and alum. Get as much
cotton as will fill the tooth, damp it, put it in the
mixture and place it in the tooth. This is also a
good mixture for cleansing the teeth.
good rule for canning most fruits is a pound
or suger and cup OF water for every three
pounds of fruit Make the syrup and cook the
fruit In 1t until tender and well heated through
Use porcelain or granite kettle and silver or
wooden spoon.
A correspondent who has been visiting Edin-
burgh reports a pretty way of serving ice cream
die may be set within, and small hard blocks of
cream, pink, white, green and brown, are butt
up around it, with open spaces between through
which the light glitters brightly.
A practical housekeeper says if the necessity
of cutting hot bread be imperative the moist I'M
pleasantness may be obviated by using warm
knife for the purpose. The heating of the steel
SO well known to those who have been compelled
to cut the warm loaf. A napkin should be laid
on the plate upon which the slices are placed.
Different methods recommended for cook
ing onions. Boiling in two waters well sailed,
or letting them lie in cold water is thought to be
effective. Boiling in milk used TO be thought the
best way to remove the rank flavor, but the on
ions we are able to purchase now, even in this
country are not so strong In odor or taste as
was the onion of our fathers The Bermuda. the
ideal onion of the Spanish, needs nothing beyond
boiling In two waters.
Chamois skin may be cleansed by rubbing it
in plenty of soft soap and then laying 1t for two
hours in weak solution of soda and warm
water At the end of this time rub it until it is
quite clean, rinsng it in clean warm water. in
which soda and yellow soap have been dissolved.
It should then be wrung dry in a rough towel
leather soft and pliable 1t should never be
rinsed in clear water: The soapy water causes
it to become soft.
This lemon jelly cake is said to be excellent
One cup of sugar. mixed with butter the size of
an egg. one cup of milk. one egg well beaten and
flour enough TO make rather stiff, sifted with a
heaping teaspoonful of baking powder and bake
in three jelly cake tins, For the jelly take the
juice and grated rlnd of one lemon, one small
cup of sugar, three teaspoonfuls of corn starch
mixed smoothly with little water and one cup
Of hot water. Let all boil together until thick
and spread on the cakes. This quantity makes
two layers.
In buying table linen, the finer smaller the
pattern, the longer it will last. When table
cloths are half worn, or past use az such, the
best parts may be cut into table napkins, and,
if neatly hemmed, few will notice that they are
not of regular PATTERN or these pieces may be
used to lay under boiled fish for serving: or they
will be found very convenient for wrapping cake
before putting away in tin box, for covering
bread. and score of other uses in the kitchen;
for it is we'll to leave food after it is cold,
uncovered and exposed to air, dust and flies.
The Family Doctor has discovered that a lit
tie soda in water or glass of plain soda will re-
1ieve headache caused by indigestion; that the
hair may be kept from falling out after illness
by frequent application to the scalp of sage tea;
that baths prepared with water and sea salt are
strengthening to invalids, and that a cup of hot
water drunk before meals will prevent nausea
and dyspepsia; that a change in occupation dur
ing the day will prevent nervous prostration, and
a change in position in sewing will prevent wear
mess, and that frequent looking off the book
will prevent nearsightedness and weakness of
the eyes,
Miss Parloa gives this method of making
tomato soup: Two quarts of tomatoes, peeled
and sliced. three pints of broth-veal or chicken
is best; one tablespoonful minced parsley and the
same quantity of minced onion, one teaspoonful
OF sugar, pepper ana SALT TO tdSGeS OTOWueu
for thickening; tablespoonful of butter. fried
bread dice. Stew the tomatoes in the broth until
they are broken all to pieces, add herbs and
onion, stew twenty minutes, rub through col
ander, season, thicken with tablespoonful of
Drowned flower, rubbed in one of butter; boil
two minutes and pour upon the fried bread in
the tureen.
Here is suggestion for keeping water cool
without the use of ice: Procure a large jug and
cover it to thickness of half inch with one
or more layers of any kind of coarse CLOTH car
pct or other material. When filing the jug,
saturate the jacket with water. Keep the jug
in windy, shady place, and the evaporation of
the water in the jacket will absorb enough heat
to keep the water in the jug pie asantly COOL A
tin pail. fitted with very fine wire gauZe lid
and heavy. saturated jacket set in a raised,
shady window, furnishes far better place to
keep milk pure and sweet than nine-tenths of
the household refrigerators, which usually con-
tain little of everything else but sweetness
Whatever is put into salad should be of the
best quality; the vegetables should be crisp and
fresh, and the dressing carefully compounded.
Although olive oil forms the basis of nearly all
salad dressings, it is very difficult to find the
best quality, if the housekeeper purchases her
supplies at country store but on the other hand
she has the best of substitutes in cream and
fresh butter. A dressing made from the latter
is more likely to suit the general taste than salad
oil, especially where the of oil at the table is
not customary. Salads may be made from q
great variety of ingredients, including lettuce,
celery radishes, cold boiled potatoes or beets,
cabbage, tomato, caulifower and cucumbers for
vegetables and chicken, lobster, salmon, sar-
dimes or cold boiled ham.
An article on summer drinks says: "Spice
syrups" may be manufactured at any time of the
year, and are easy to make. "Clove syrup" is
made by pouring boiling water over powdered
cloves, one pint to two ounces. Place it over
the fire and let it boil an hour, then strain
through sieve. and to every pint of liquor ado
q pound and a half of sugar. Clarity with white
of egg, then boil till thick enough, and rnr
through jelly. bag. Cinnamon" and nut
meg syrups are made in the same manner
From their warming qualities they are preferred
in the summer by many people who would bt
with an ounce and a half of root-ginger to {
| quart of boiling water. Pound tho ginger in {
| mortar, and leave it to macerate, closely GOV
| cred, for two days. Then strain, and add /;