Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-05-28

sour mix is represented as better
Vean water for soaking salt fish.
10 clean brass, rub well with a
mixture OF sweet oil and putty powder.
Rinse OIL in soap and water.
10 wash smoothing in dish
water after washing your skillets will
make them smooth and prevent rust
ing.
baked Cabbage. Fill pudding
dish with cold boiled cabbage chopped
very line; pour over it two well-beaten
eggs and milk enough to cover the
whole. Sprinkle cracker crumbs over
the top and bake until rich brown.
Never light nearly empty lamp,
as the space is filed with explosive gas.
Neither is it best to blow down a Chin
ney when nearly empty Of oil and turn
ed up high. The practice is said by
good authority to be very dangerous.
In paper recently read before the
Boston Horticultural Society Mrs. E. H.
Richards said that the dust in rooms
Is largely composed Of living bacteria,
and that the ordinary ''dusting" of fur
nlture only transfers these bacteria to
the Threats OF the inmates.
10 the inmate OF sick room, fire.
quent changes in the position Of the
furniture are almost always pleasant.
Change the pictures, too. Bring
pictures from the other rooms, and
hang them on the walls in place of
those looked at 80 long. House
keeping.
Green Corn Soup. -One-half dozen
ears green corn, three pints water, one
tablespoon fat and one tablespoon -four,
salt and pepper Cut the corn from
the cob, boil one hour. Add the -four,
which has been fried in the fat, season
and strain. An egg and cup OF milk
may be added.
Berkshire Cookies. One cupful of
molasses. a teaspoonful of soda; dis
solve in half-cupful Of cold water, a
dessert spoonful of salt; table spoon
ful OF melted butter. one dessert spoon
full OF ginger. -four enough to roll out
to the thickness of an inch. Bake in a
quick oven for about ten minutes.
One very ugly habit some young
people have is that OF calling aloud the
name OF a brother or sister, or even OF
father or mother. who may be in an
other room, or up stairs, or in the
yard. A polite person will always go
to to the one whose attention is re-
quired, and speak in low and modest
tone OF voice. Our Little People.
Orange Cream Pudding. Make in
layers. cake OF one cupful of sugar. one
cupful of -four, three eggs. one table,
spoonful of milk, three teaspoonfuls
OF baking powder. Spread between:
One egg one tablespoonful of corn
starch, two tablespoonfuls of butter,
one cupful of boiling water, COOK thick
and add juice and rind of one orange
Ice top layer. Good Housekeeping.
"A wire basket to drain dishes in is
a great convenience. A substitute may
be made by punching holes in the bot
tom OF an old dlsh-pan and setting 1t on
two sticks in one end of the sink. Pour
hot water over the dishes in this pan
and after they have drained few min
utes the pan may be carried to the pam
try, and the dishes will need but little
wiping before putting away.
For all the ordinary ills OF life, the
old-fashioned roots and herbs remedies
are more effective and much safer in re-
suits, than modern doctors pills and
potions- These latter are so radical in
their effects that. while they may better
meet the modern desire for quick re-
suits, they frequently permanently in
iure the system, nature rebelling
against the unnatural methods en-