The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-16
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Egg shells will settle coffee as surely
as eggs. but they do not impart tha
richness and flavor.
In warm weather, refrigerator clos
cts should be washed with soda and
cold water once or twice week.
Coffee beans placed upon q hot plate
or over hot Goals throw off an aroms
which is healthful and agreeable.
Pals and all vessels used in cham
bers should be rinsed thoroughly In
cold water, never in hot or lukewarm.
To remove candle grease from furni
ture without injuring the varnish, rut
1t off with little warm water and .
rag.
When window curtains or portiere.
are hung inside the castings the polei
are usually sunk in sockets, instead o.
showing fancy knobs.
Furniture coverings are changing
this year. Plush, which has held the
public for years, is giving way to silk
tapestries and brocades.
Buffalo horns, besides adorning walls
and surmounting doors and cabinets,
compose back and sides of settecs. hall
seats and single large chairs.
Stale lard can be made sweet by
bringing to a boil, with slices of cold
raw potatoes thrown in. The impuri-
ties will rise at the top and can be
skinned of.
Feather bed and pillows would be
very much ligltened if left out in Il
drcnching rain; they should then be ex.
posed to the sun and air OH every side
until perfectly dry.
Pulverized borax, sprinkled on shelves
and in corners of stOre-closets, is 4
safeguard from ants. II pulverized
borax is mixed with Persian powder,
the powder will be more elective.
Cold water and plenty of it, proper
ly applied with fair amount of soap
or pearlne is the best thing to clean
Il kitchen floor. The regulation "boiler
suds" Is apt to make q kitchen floor
greasy.
Spirit of salt. with powdered salts
of lemon, in the proportion of / or.
of latter to OF. of former will take
out ink stains which have dried
When the spots are removed, wash off
in cold water.
Hanging lamps in imitation OF
the old fashioned lanters set in iron
work are now used in vestibules; thcy
are suspended from a bracket also in
iron work little distance from the
wall.
Oilcloths should never be washed in
hot soap suds; they should first be
washed clean with cold water, then
rubbed dry with cloth wet in milk.
The same treatment applies to stone
or slate hearth.
For Gooseberry Jana gill of water
to each pound of ripe fruit; boil for an
hour. Then add the sugar, three
quarters of pound for every pound
weight of the fruit. Cook slowly for
another hour.
1t is . great mistake to use lemon,
vinegar or any acid for cleaning brass
trays or other brass articles or mount
ings; they look bright for day or two
and then get dull. Nothing is so good
as sweet oil and putty powder, follow
ed by soap and water.
As the friezc has generally Us much
to do with the appearance of tho room
us the paper. great care should be used
in selecting. Rccollect that the friczc
is not exposed to so bright light as
wallpaper, and consequently should be
brighter in its color.
Strawberry Salad.-,rhis is simply a
mixture of strawberries and red and
white currants, and equal portions of
each. or raspberrics and cherries.
stoned, may be added to il. It is to BE-
eaten with sugar and cream, but these
should only be put on at the last mo-
ment.
10 make brass appear antique. dis
solve ono ounce sal ainmoniac, three
ounces cream of tarter and six ounces
common salt in one pint hot water;
then add two ounces nitrate copper,
dissolve in half pint water; mix well,
and apply it repeatedly to the article
by means of brush.
Baked Cucumbers-Pare the cucum-
bers, chop them fine with small onion;
put them on with very little water and
stew for ten minutes. Prepare a rich
dressing as for poultry of bread crums
with herbs and yolk of egg; pour off all
the water from the cucumbers; add the
dressing and one tablespoonful of but
ter. and bake in deep dish.
The best plaster for quick restora-
tive is to take six inch square of COM
mon adhesive plaster and sprinkle it
over with cayenne pepper. II does not
adhere to tho undcrclothing. US the
plasters that are made up with pitch
are sure to do, and it "sticks'' fast
enough for as long as is required. The
yellow adhesive plaster can be p,,rchas-
cd in long strips very oheaply.
Sponge Biscuits for Desert-Take
half pound of flour and three-fourth
pound sifted sugar; beat the whites Of
six eggs BY themselves; add the beaten
yolks and toss them together, put in
them little grated lemon peel, then
the sugar. and tlirt well with an egg
whisk. Stir in the flour with u wooden
spoon and put the mixture in small
patty pans to bake, with sifted sugar to
glaze. sprinkled over the top.
Compete of Strawberrics-Puth half a
pint OF strawberry juice. or the same
quantity of water and one pound of
sugar into an carthern or stoneware
pipkin; place this over the fire and stir
till the sugar is entirely dissolved and
the syrup reaches the boiling point.
Then add quart of Strawberries. Let
these remain until the whole is about
to boil. When the first bubble appears.
pour into a china dish. When cold it
is ready for use.