The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-08-02
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

White sheepskin rugs, when soiled.
may be cleaned by scrubbing with soap
and water. Afterwards dry thoroughly
in the sun.
In cleaning small onions for chow
chow or other purposes. leave them an
hour in hot water, and they will pop out
OF their jackets like grapes and will not
burn your eyes while doing it.
blackberry Marmalade: Boil the
fruit in a little water; when low and
thick run through colander, add half a
pound OF sugar to pound of fruit and
boil until thick and stiff Put in
glasses and cover with paper-Farm
and Fireside.
+, Apple Preserves: Make a strip of
three quarters OF a pound of loaf-sugar
for every pound of apples; add sliced
lemon. Pare and quarter good, tart ap-
pies and put in; boil until transparent
and put in glass jar; boil the strip
thick and pour over.
Corn Pudding: CIT from the cob
three pints of tender, young corn, add
three fresh eggs beaten very light, two
heaping tablespoonfuls of butter salt
and pepper to taste, and one teacupful
OF sweet cream. Bake for one hour
Ladies' Home Journal
If there is any suspicion of carpet
Bugs, 40 not have carpet relaid until
you wet the cracks of the floor for a dis
lance OF foot or more from the sides Of
the room with the solution of corrosive
sublimate, and the edges of the carpets
with the benzine and carbolic acid
Boston Budget.
Lawn and sateen dresses will not
fade If washed in bran water. Use no
soap, but boil two uarts of bran in a GAL
Ion and half of water for thirty min
utes. Strain through a coarse bag and
add this to the water used for washing
them. This will stiffen them sufficient
~ without the use of starch if they are
rlnsed lightly in clean water.-N. Y.
World.
Old black sachels and handbags
which have grown fuzzy and spotted by
constant use may be much improved by
brushing them we'll and then applying
a coat or two of liquid shoe backing:
afterward wipe off the clasps and nickel
trimmings with damp cloth. A soiled
llght-colored sachel can also be changed
into almost a new one by the applica-
ton OF several coats of the same dress
ing.-Orange Judd Farmer
Deep Custard Pie: One quart of
milk, grated rind of one lemon, one
tablespoonful of flour, four eggs, four
heaping teaspoonfuls of sugar; boil the
milk and lemon rind together until the
milk is strongly favored, then strain it
and add the flour mixed smooth in cold
milk. let it boil up once, stir it constant
ly, then pour it over the beaten eggs
and sugar, pour into deep plates lined
with paste and bake carefully -.Boston
Herald
NO worm or insect is ever found up
on the eucalyptus tree, or in the earth
where the roots penetrate. A row of
trees planted through an orchard or
vineyard will cause insects, worms and
caterpillers to vacate that region. Two
branches of the eucalyptus used in the
rooms or windows as decorations in
dwelling-rooms will cause mosquitoes,
moths, flies and feas to leave the prem
iSes.s
Blackberry Jelly: Put the berries
into stone jar, stand it in kettle of
water, cover the top and boil until the
juice is extracted, strain through a
Jelly-bag, me assure the juice, and to
each pint allow one pound of sugar.
Put the juice in a preserve-kettle, put
on the fire and boil, put the sugar in
and stir until it dissolves. Put in
glasses and set away to cool. The
blackberries must not be overripe as
the jelly will never be frm.-Farm and
Fireside.