West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-03-06
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

To frcshen salt fish soak them in sour
milk.
The best of tea makes but an indifTer-
ent concoction unless the water is fresh.
Anything mixed with water requires
hotter oven than anything mixed with
milk.
Beets should be boiled one hour in
summer; one hour aud half, or even
two hours, il large, in winter
Apples will not freeze If covered with
linen cloth, nor pie or custard burn
If in the oven with n dish of water
When several cups of tea of equal
strength are wanted, pour little into
each cup and then fill in adverse order.
The tea first poured from the pot is the
weakest of the decoction.
All vegetables should go into fast boil
ing water, to be quickly brought to the
boiling point again, not left to steep in
the hot water before boiling, which
toughens them and destroys color and
favor.
Paper may be perfumed by laying
perfumed sachet with the sheets and en-
velopes, or dry sachet powder may be
sprinkled in the box, laying an extra
sheet of paper between the box and
paper
There is nothing that removes impuri-
ties from floors, etc, so rapidly as boiling
hot soda and water, applied with long
ladlcd scrubbing brush and rinsed off
once with clear water and dried with q
clean cloth.
When the skin is bruised it may be
prevented from becoming discolored by
using little dry starch or arrowroot
merely moistened with cold water and
placed on the injured part This should
be done at once.
If black dresses have been stained boil
a handful Of iig leaves in quart of water
and reduce it to pint A sponge
dipped in this liquid aud rubbed upon
them will entirely remove stains from
grapes, bombazines, etc
The practice Of rubbing the face with
vasellne or other cosmetic sometimes
makes the hair grow where it is not be-
coming. Camphor applications, like
other irritants or stimulants to the skin,
will cause superiiuous hair.
No matter how large the spot of oil.
any carpet or wooden stuff can be cleaned
by applying bucSwheat plentifully and
carefully brushing it into a dust pan af-
ter short time and putting it on fresh
until the oil has all disappeared.
Rub chalk all along the edge OF the
door that ''sticks," then close it rs near
ly as you can. The chalk will only come
oil on that portion Of the door opposite
the part that needs planning 20 ease the
door So you need not waste your wood
and time in planning away any other part
1t is a little difficult to determine lust
when custard is sufficiently cooked. This
will settle the point Take spoonful of
the mixture aud let II run back iutn the
dish. IL it leaves the spoon entirely more
cooking is necessary. Should there be
little spccEs upon the spoon &c is quite
time to remove the soft custard from
the stove.
A good cough mixture is made by TAX.
ing two ounces Of balm of giicad buds
and boiling them very slowly in % quart
~ boiling water Let 10 simmer 10 one
pint, then train 10 and add one pound Of
honey iu comb. with the Juice of three
lemons. Let all boil together until the
wax in the honey IS Dissolved
A German test for watcrcd milk con-
sist' IN dipping wclI-polishcd knitting
needle into deep vessel Of milk and
then Immediately withdrawing it. in an
upright manner. II the milk is pure "a
drop Of the fluid VIII hang to tho needle,
but the addition of even n small proper
ton Of water will prevent the adhesion
" the drop.