Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-02-26
HINTS TO HousEKEEPERs.

SCALDING water should never be
poured into dishes which have held
milk until it has been removed by cool
water.
fresh lard on them, and set in a hot
oven until thoroughly heated.
SOAK clothes that fade over night in
water in which has been dissolved one
ounce of sugar of lead to pailful of rain
water.
IT is never safe to remove wool stock
ings from an infant till it has passed it's
second SUMNER" or cut its canine
teeth.
If SCOT be dropped upon the carpet.
throw upon 1t an equal quantity of
salt and sweep all up together. There
will be scarcely a trace of SCOT left.
WHEN mattresses are stained, take
starch wet into paste with cold water.
Spread this on the stains, first putting
the mattress in the sun. In an hour or
two rub this off, and if not clean repeat
the process.
To clear the premises of bugs, lice,
mites, reaches, moths, auts, and to pre-
ventmice cutting wall paper, use copper
as. Dissolve in water and use freely, or
sprinkle the pulverized copperas where
most needed.
BoJLINGHoT liquid may be safely
poured into glass jar or tumbler by
first putting silver spoon in the dish.
Be careful, however, that draft of
cold air does not strike the vessel while
hot.
EVERY housekeeper knows how i'm
pOrtant 1t is to keep the refrigerator
clean. Wash the shelves and ice racks
in soap, ammonia and water. Vinegar
and water will remove every stain from
the zinc.
II is said that a crick in the back is
sometimes relieved as quickly as pro-
duced by stretching the back by bend
ing backward against a log or fence. Hot
lamentations with a vigorous rubbing
usually give relief quite readily.
By applying little of the best carriage
oil varnish carefully with a camels hair
brush to the edges of broken china,
the fracture will, when thoroughly dry,
be hardly perceptiple, and the china
will stand fire and water.
SOME ingenious young women make
pretty and convenient Work-boXes out
of a Scotch Tam-o'Shanter cap. One
of soft gray tones is lined with pale pink
silk and finished on the head band with
the inevitable little bow-Which in this
case is q rOsette-that seems the sine qua
non to a WOman's decorative scheme.
The cap rests by it's own weight con-
veniently open on work table, and
forms a really capacious and safe pocket
for spools, thimbles and odds and ends,
while the soft exterior offers an attrac-
tive needle cushion.
A VERY good substance for castor oil,
or use in young children, is the aro-
matte syrup of rhubarb This contains
one-tenth as much rhubarb as the aro-
matte tincture. The dose of the aro-
matte syrup is one teaspoonful for a
child about year old. 1t is especially
appropriate in colicky cases, which re-
quire laxative. Beside this and cas-
tor oil there can wisely be kept in the
nursery medicine chest the mixture of
rhubarb and soda. It is an old prepare
ton which could scarcely be improved.
In order for it to produce a cathartic
effect the dose must be quite large;
hence castor oil would be preferable in
many cases. But this mixture will act
best where merely laxative effect is
desired. 1t is especially applicable to
cases of consumption in which there is
trouble with the stomach, as dyspepsia.
Hollow teeth, and the bad odor
caused by them, could easily be avoided
by proper cleansing of the mouth. The
table parasites as we'll as from the ac-
emulation Of tartar; these should be
removed as quickly as possible, or
their bad effects counteracted. After
each meal the teeth should be brushed
with alcohol or water, to prevent the
particles of food remainingin the mouth
from decomposing. After this some
innocuous powder, such as chalk, egg
shells, bicarbonate of soda or other
alkali, may be used with the brush, in
order to prevent the formation in the
mouth Of acids which will attack the
teeth.
VERY few housekeepers understand
how to cook succotash properly. The
Lima beans should be cooked at least an
hour, with just enough water to cover
them, before the corn is added. The
corn should be cut carefully, not too
close to the cob, and added to the beans
and the mixture cooked ten minutes.
Then large teaspoonful of butter and
and scant teaspoonful of -four must be
added to every pint of succotash, and
stirred in carefully so as not to break
the beans. The succotash must now
be seasoned and cooked ten minutes
longer. Some persons add salt pork to
this dish, but it gives coarse, greasy
flavor not agreeable to refined taste.
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