Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03
HOUSEHOLD TOPICs.


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z=za= to table linen.
There is tendency now toward deco
ration that offers q vide field for the
amateur embroideFer, and next to an
altar cloth or a babys frOck, perhaps
there is no work that better becomes
WOman's leisure hours. The present
mode of covering tables with colOred
cloths stimulates the embrOideFer, by
allowing her work to tell so finely"
SWEEPING.
When about to sweep a large room
where the carpet is rather dusty, have
a pail Of warm water handy and dip
your broom in the water, shaking off
all the drops; sweep o third Of the
room, then mOisten the broom again,
always shaking it as dry as possible,
and you viii Fl Id the dust viii all be
in the water and not flying through the
air, trying to find It's way to the lungs;
besides, it makes the carpet look
fresh and bright
DON'T TOSS THE BABY.
The throwing a baby into the air
and catching him again is always a
risky practice, certain though the
/ tosser may be OF his Cuickness of eye
/ and surenass of hand. A sudden and
unexpected movement Of the child In
/ his mid-air flight may result in a cruel
/ fall.
A gay young father snatched up his
baby boy one morning and tossed him
to the ceiling Twice the little fellow
| went flying through the air and came
/ down safely into the waiting arms.
! The third time the excited child gave a
! spring of delight as his fathers hands
| released him, plunged forward, and
/ pitching over the fathers shoulder, fell
! head downward to the floor When
the poor child came out of the stupOr
! in which he lay for hours it was found
/ that, although no bones had been
! broken, the brain had sustained an in
/ Jury that would in all probability rem
der the child an imbecile.
Another baby snatched from the
/ floor and tossed into the air received a
| fatal wound in the top Of the head
from the pointed ornament Of a chan
| delier Still another child slipped be-
/ tween her fathers hands as he caught
at her in her downward fight, and al
| though his frenzied grasp on the ba-
by's arm saved her from falling to the
ground, it wrenched the muscles and
so cruelty that the girls arm was
shrunken and practically useless to
/ her all her life These are extreme
cases, but the fact of their occurring at
all should be enough to warn one from
the habit of relinquishing ones hold
on child when tossing it.
HINTS TO HOUsEKEEPERs.
To clean stained tea or coffee cups
scour with bath brick.
Dish cloths are quickest sWe5e ned
by being boiled up with soda and
| water
Paint made with turpentine is a bet
ter protector for irOnWOrk than when
mixed with linseed oil.
To mount ferns use a glue with
three parts white sugar, two parts
starch and very little water. Boil
until white.
To clear a tanned skin wash with a
solution OF carbonate of soda and q
little lemon juice, then with the juice
Of green grapes.
Linen dresses or other garments viii
retain their color if washed in water
in which quantity of hay is placed ;
boil and rinse the goods in 1t, using a
little soap.
To remove mildew from linen rub
the spot with soap; scrape chalk over
it and rub it well; lay it on the grass
in the sun; as it dries, wet it a little
it Will come out with two applications.
4 The fumes of burning coffee are a
powerful disinfectanb. Pound the
coffee in a mortar, and then strew Ii
on hot iron plate, which, however,
must not be red hot.
TESTED COOKING RECIPES.
Corn Bread-One and one-half cups
of sour milk, one cup Indian meal, two
cups of -four, one egg, One-half cup OF
sugar, one teaspOonful of soda, a little
salt and two tablespOonfuls of butter.
Buttermilk Cake-One cup of butter
milk, one large cup of sugar, twO-thirdG
cup Of shortening, two eggs and one
teaspoonful of soda. Flavor to taste.
By putting in mixed spices 1t makes 8
good spice cake.
Gelatine Pudding custarC
with the yeIks of four eggs, one pint OF
milk, and sugar to taste; soak one
third of box of gelatine IN a little
cold water, then dissolve it In three
fourths OF a cup of hot water, add this
and the whites of four eggs well beaten
to the cold custard. Pour into a mold
and serve cold.
Fruit Pudding Take stale bread
pour over hot water, and soak awhile
Chop as for dressing, though not So
fine, place a layer of bread in buttered
tin, then a layer Of fruit previously
stewed, having the last layer bread
Bake half an hour, and serve with
sugar and cream or any pudding sauce
Picked Oysters Rinse the oysteri
in their liquor, strain it upon them
and let them come to a boil; take then
/ ont of &ho Ti0uCr n cool PYeTar,