The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-02
HINTS TO HOUSEkEEPEPS.

To prevent layer cake from sticking,
| flour.
HoT milk is simple means Of com
fort, and is most reviving TO one who is
| tatigued by oyer-eXertion.
"OLIvE slaw" is something new. 1t
is olives pitted and then chopped fine
and saturated with sharp French
| dressing
By rubbing with flannel dipped in
whiting, the brown discoloration may
be taken off cups which have been used
| for baking.
\ GERMAN prescription for preventing
cold sores and boils from coming to a
| head is TO paint them five or ten times
daily with equal parts of boracic acid
and water
SPONGE carpets occasionally with hot
water IN which either common salt or
| powdered alum has been dissolved
| This not only brightens the carpet but
! prevents moths.
| IT is necessary to the health of the
feet to battle them daily and change
| them quite frequently. Be always
careful TO hang the stockings which
| have been worn where they will be
| thoroughly aired at night If they are to
be worn again.
To keep glassware bright, wipe direct
| ly from the hot sUds. Tumb ers used
for milk should be thoroughly rinsed in
cold water before being immersed in
| hot suds, as hot water seems to drive
! the milk in the glass and give them a
dlngy appearance.
By applying little of the best car
rlaee oil varnish carefully with a cam
els hair brush to the edges of broken
| Oh ha TT mo-
| gether, the fracture will, when thor
oushlv dry. be hardly perceptible. and
the china will stand fire and water.
\ GOOD cement for mending broken
| china: Dissolve little gum-arabic in a
little water so that it is rather thick
! put enough plaster of Paris into this to
| make thick paste. Cement broken
! pieces OF china together, and in half an
| hour they cannot lie broken in the
same place. Hot water seems to make
| It more firm.
To preserve the rich fruity flavor, do
! not boil tie prunes. Allow them to
soak over night in cold water. enough
to cover the prunes. Then take the
| prunes out and boil the water in which
| they have soaked; add sugar to taste
and boil fifteen minutes. Then add to
the prunes and set off on the range and
| diloN tlielil 10 SIMMER thirty minutes
/ then set off to cool.
| THICK slices of cod, halibut and sal
mon are nice broilcd. Sprinkle with
/ salt and cook twenty minutes, spread
ing with butter when done. Shad and
mackerel can be bToiEed whole. Law
/ the skin side down at first, and turn
| several times, seeing that it does not
/ scorch; place on a hot platter and butter
well. Blue fish are very fine if broiled
until half done, then laid in a buttered
| dripping pan, with shayings of butte r
! put thlckly over them, and set III a hot
| oven until finished.
| N buying fresh cod, it is economical
| to get !: large one. Take the portions
! next the head and tail for chowdcr,
serving as a course at dinner: cut some
slices to fry for breakfast, and sprinkle
| the thick part of the fish well with salt
or put on ice to be boiled the next day.
! In purchasing salt cod, find the whole
/ fish, if possible; II is 4 much better art-
| Gle than most of the so-called homeless
| Goldfish. much of which is not cod at
| ALL
! If you feel little debilitated take
| the cocoa tonic; eat plenty of fresh,
ripe fruit and vegetables, especially
oranges; drink lemonade, and when
unusually fatigued. and just before re-
! firing, drink Il glass OF milk as hot a.
can be taken in large sips. Walk rea-
sonably, and sleep in pure air Ii a few
| days of this sort Of home treatment fail
to bring up the body and mind TO their
| proper tone. call III your doctor and fol-
! low his advice