Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-12
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.

The oftener -four is sifted for sponge
cake the lighter the cake will be.
A small piece of sulphur placed in the
cupboard or drawer Will drive away ants.
The flesh of fresh fish should be firm,
the gills should be light red and the
scales silvery.
In making mustard plaster for a pa
tent with delicate skin, Use white of
egg instead of water.
Wash mirrors with warm suds then dust
with whitening from a muslin bag, and
polish with channels skin.
Hard soaps last much longer if dried
for several weeks before using it. 1t is
also less hUrtful 10 the skin.
Brooms dipped for few moments in
boiling suds once week will last much
longer than they otherwise would.
To prevent the smell of cabbage per-
meatiu% the house while boiling, place on
the stove u dish containing vinegar.
If a cucumber is cut into strips and the
pieces put into places where ants are
found it will surely drive them away.
Rub your lamp chimneys after washing
with dry salt, and you will be surprised
at the new brilliancy Of your lights.
In boiling meat for soup, use cold water
to extract the juices: but if the meat is
wanted for itself alone, put into boiling
water.
To remove paint from silk goods, satur-.
ate the goods with equal parts of turpeE7s
tine and ammonia, then wash in soapsUds
and let them dry between blOtting paper,
under heavy weight.
Put salt in water TO prevent black cali
Goes from fading when they are washed.
A handful of pokeberry root put into
pint of sweet milk is said to be a sure
cure for erysipelas.
To mend broken china take a very
thick solution of gum arabic, stir into it
burned or baked plaster of paris until of
a proper consistency. Apply this with
brush to the broken edges and stick them
together; let dry before using.
To close cracks in iron stoves take good
wood ashes, to which add the same guam
THY of finely pulverized clay, mix thor
oughly together with a little salt; this
mixture is to be moistened with water
and applied to the parts. The stove
should be cold when applied.
To preserve eggs try the following: To
each pailful of water add two pints of
fresh Stacked lime and one pint of COM
mon salt; mix well. Fill your barrels
half full with this fluid, put your eggs
down i'll any time after June, and they!
Will keep TWO years Ii desired. n
When papering a room small apart
ment can be made to appear large by be-
ing covered with a paper of subdued color
without any particular design.
The following is n sure cure for letter
or salt rheum: Take some good strong
vinegar put into it enough gunpowder
to make it as thick as cream, and apply
this mixture frequently or hold the af-
flicted parts in it.
1t is q good plan to keep quantity of
sifted flour in the pantry, ready for the
making of biscuits, cake or pie, so as to
be prepared if they are wanted in hurry
as i'll case of company coming and re-
manning to n meal.
When the ammonia water has been
drank vinegar and water should be given
freely and on the instant. This may be
by copious acid drinks, lemon
ade, orange juice, etc. A generous dose
of sweet oil will also be useful; ice freely
viii somewhat control the in
fiammatiOn, and opium will be needed to
subdue the pain.
A simple plan of stopping the bleeding
of the nose has lately been advised.
Grasp firmly the nose with the finger and
thumb for ten or fifteen minutes; by thus
stopping the movement of air
the nose, which displaces freshly
formed clots, you will favor the CLOTHING
of the blood, and will frequently stop
hemorrhage.