The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-01-19
CREAM TAPIOCA PUDDING.
HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS.

The high four-posted beds of a century
ago are again popular.
Put salt in the water to prevent black
callicoes from fading when they are
washed.
Half a teaspoonful of common salt dis
solved in a little cold water and drunk will
instantly relieve heartburn.
The best bathrooms have a natural wood
floor, or are covered with oilcloth or some
thing Of that kind of material.
Decayed vegetables should not be left
in the cellar, and cellars should be white
washed to be kept sweet and clean.
a good substitute for buttermilk is a
thin batter made of flour and tepid water,
and allowed to remain long enough to
sour.
No matter whatever fancy soap may be
on the washstand, a piece of old brown
Windsor or white CASTLE should find a
place on it also.
When laid away for any length Of time,
linen should be washed, rough dried with
out bluing, and laid in loose folds without
much weight on it.
Many very fine cooks will not use bak-
ing powder, soda or cream Of tartar in
cake making, while others think it impos-
Sible to do without it.
Since so many women have to spend so
much of their lives in the kitchen it should
be made a place of comfort. Be sure and
have a lounge or easy chair there.
For a good tooth powder mix together
one ounce of powdered orris root, one
dram of gum camphor, two drains of pow
der myrrh, half an ounce of prepared chalk.
Table linens should always be hemmed
by hand. Not only do they look more
dainty, but there is never a streak of dirt
under the edge after being Numbered, as
with machine sewing.
Buttonholes in children's garments are
apt to tear out, especially in waists and
drawers bands. If you will stitch a strong
cord Immediately in front of the button
holes you will have no more trouble Of
this kind.
For a burn or scald, make a paste Of
common baking soda and water, apply at
once and cover with a linen cloth. When
the skin is broken, apply the white of an
egg with a feather; this gives instant re-
lief, as it keeps the air from the flesh.
Great care should be taken in washing
milk cans, and all vessels into which milk
is set, as milk "turns" very readily when
put in an %unclean dish. Wash first in cold
water, second in a strong solution of soda
and water, and then in clean tepid water.
Wipe dry, and if possible set out Of doors
to sun and air.
Women who do their own work regard
their rough hands with great distress. To
make and keep them soft wear old gloves
at night, Just rubbing in an ointment made
by beating the white of an egg to a froth
and stirring it into a cup Of melted lard to
which is added one t~easpoonful of glycer-
ing. Keep the mixture in a vevered jar,
excluding the light. Perfume may be
added.
This country opens wide it's arms to
the industrious emigrants, but has no
room for the pariahs of European soci-
ETY.. The man who comes to take ad-
vantage of the opportunities here
afforded to honest, industrious efforts,
and to become so far as he individually
can a contributor to the country's as
well as his own advancement, will find
a cordial greeting; but it has no place
for the Mosts, the Schwabs and others
of that like, and the sooner the better it
will be for our national credit and for
the capacity of the shallow-pated fools
who are liable to be misled by their
incendiary diatribes. When individr
ual hospitality is violated, the undesir-
able guest is politely and promptly
shown the door, and the violation of
national hospitality by such unwelcome
intruders should meet with the same
summary Standardization Cuhi-
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