The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-10-14
THE no M e.
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

htmo WdecI 10 SOOu lOI CnliDlhiuS. use
strong and hot. A saturated solution eoi
alum in water, used hot, is also a curative
To whiten the hands STIR half-teaspoofu
Of camphor into half cup of glycerne
Pour it into pint bottle. Shake II
thoroughly. and fill the bottle up with rose
water. Then rub into the hands while they
are wet after washing and wipe off with a
towel.
A bottle of the solution made by boiling
two ounces of gum camphor in pint of
water is valuable toilet adjunct. 1t will
romove stains from the hands, makes an
excellent hair-wash, adds to the luxury of a
bath, and a few drops on the toothbrush,
when the teeth are brushed, will keep the
teeth white and clean.
To cure an ingrowing nail heat little
tallow very hot in spoon ana pour 1t on the
sore place, using the tallow as hot as possible.
repeat once or twice IL necessary: 1t may be
called sure remedy.
For bruse, apply warm poultce of
bruised NORWOOD and rum or vinegar;
bathe the part affected frequently with hot
drops.
To make castor oil palatable, boil it with
an equal quantity of milk. sweeten with a
little sugar, stir we'll and let it cool. Chill
dren will never suspect it is medicine.
Warm bread or cake can be cut without
d
thin sharp one, is dipped into boiling water,
wiped quickly and the bread cut immedi-
ately, before the knife has time to cool. A
napkin should be laid double on the plate
where the warm slices are laid.
A kitchen table with as many drawers be-
meath II as writing desk and having high
back like sideb0ard, full of holes for
Kitchen utensils, is recent addition to the
hired girls comfort.
1t Is great help to have a kitchen table
covered with a nippn NJ zinc em0nthlu
rolled over the edges 1t saves the time and
labor spent in continually securing the table,
for it can be thoroughly cleaned in a few
seconds by wiping it with a wet cloth.
When your stove is burned red and black
ing won't stick put a little fat fried from
salt pork into the water you dissolve your
blacking in and try again. To brighten the
nickle plating, rub it with whiting and
kerosene, using a wooden cloth, or rub 1t
with wooden cloth and -four II the mica
In the stove door has become discolored with
smoke 1t can be easily cleaned by washing it
with vinegar
A piece of sponge fastened to a stick or
wire is a good thing with which to clean
lamp chimneys. 1t "a good plan to be rather
particular about the care of lamps. Clean
often, rub the burners when dim or gummy;
sometimes boiling short time in soap suds
Is good for them when the wicks will not
move freely. Always fill every day and in
the daytime. Never light nearly empty
lamp, as the space is filled with explosive
gas. Neither is it best TO blow down
chimney when nearly empty Of oil and turned
up high.
TO SUCCEED AT HOUSEKEEPING.
The original and divine idea of married lite
is that of family home over which the hus-
band and wife shall preside; and so house.
keeping is the normal cnndition of such life
However normal condition may be rendered
failure by mismanagement or peryerseness
of those who have a part therein. In this
world anything good may be perverted, and
the greatest blessings changed into curse.
And so housekeeping, the proper thing for
all married people. may be made failure in
given instances. 1t cannot be failure on
the whole unless all family life shall prove to
be failure.
Marriage without housekeeping is hybrid
OF modern invention, which is about equal to
life without home. 1t is true many married
people board and claim to find pleasure there
In, but that shows an abnormal taste, which
has grown up through lack Of knowledge of
anything better.
But, then, 1t cannot be denied that some
wives are unfit to preside over home. They
do not know how to make good bread, or
properly broil beefsteak, or put togr Their
the ingredients OF pudding. and so their
cooking upsets and deranges the digestive
organs, breeds dyspepsia and biliousness,
and lays the foundation for making the hus-
band sinner beyond the power OF divine
grace to prevent it, There is also a waste
fulness that spends money to no profit in the
lihe of comfort, and lack of tidiness which
destroys all attractiveness of home surround
ings. Such housekeeping Is unquestionably
failure, and failure often because the
wife was never taught or trained in better
ways. The real difficulty dates back to a
former generation and, therefore, .ccnnot be
corrected in the present. But there is no
reason why this lack Of training should go
down to curse the next generation. All
girls may be trained and should be trained
by skillful teachers in all the arts of house.
keeping. New York Star.
THE WORD WIFE"
What do you think the beautiful word
wife" comes from? 1t is the great word In
which the English and Latin languages con-
quered the French and Greek. hope the
French will some day get word for 1t in
stead of femme. But what do you think it
comes from? The great value of the Saxon
words is that they mean something Wife
means weaver" You must either be house
wives or house-moths; remember that In
the deep sense. you must either weave mems
fortunes, and embroider them or feed upon
and bring them to decay Wherever true
wife COMES, home is always around her The
stafs may be over her head. the glow worm
In the nights cold grass be the fire ather feet,
but home Is where she is, and for noble
woman it stretches far around her, better
than houses ceiled with cedar or painted
with yermill ion-shedding the quiet life for
those who else are homeless. This, believe,
Is the woman'S true place and p0wer.-[ Rus
kin.
HOW TO MAKE FRENCH MUSTARD.
Under the name of French mustard" there
are several articles of varying degrees of
excellence land cost in the market Former
ly nearly all of these nustards were made in
France, at Lyons, Paris and Strasburg, each
after different formula. Great quantities
are now prepared In this country, the pro-
ducts being more or less accurute limitations
OF the originals. The finest OF the French
brands is what is known as LIE Normande'S
moutard la Ravigotte," and is made as
follows: Take of parsley, chervil. chiyes,
celery and tarragon, of each one ounce
ground cloves, garlic and thyme, of each four
drains; grind together and add four ounces
of salt; meacerats the whole in two quarts of
the best white wine vinegar, stirring well at
least twice every day. At the expiration of
fifteen days strain through a coarse cloth
and set aside. Take one pound Of the finest
flour of mustard, made by grinding dried
black mustard seed and boiling through
fine sieve, and rub up with four ounces of
olive oil, gradually adding the vinegar OBJ
10 med by macerati0n, and thoroughly mix.
inG a. YOU 90. When nearly finished. add
i anson 90 sugar to give a slightly swedish
saste Wien finished, pour into terrines or
easte. pots and cork tightly. The French
1 manufactnrers usually thrust red hot pok
er BIT Of iron doEn into tne esare eortSe
pot and quickly Makers use SnchoVies
oil rubbed to a smooth paste instead Oh
plain olive oil.-[American Analyst
MUFFs.
10 10
Muffs, like all else that 1t is fashionapie W
wear, have probably come to us from France.
Quicherat speaks of the difficulty they had
in finding a name for the muff in France 10
1850, manchoa having been previously used
for uhs undersleeves that came from the
elbow 40 SSe wrist, the difficulty being finally