Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-07-23

HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

"A damp cloth dipped in salt will re.
move egg stains from silver or tea
stains from china.
Even the broken tack are helpful
in this utilitarian age; they are excel.
lent for cleaning bottles.
French Fried Potatoes: Peel and
cut lengthwise good-sized potatoes, let
stand in cold salt water two hours, and
fry in hot lard as you do doughnuts.-
Housekeeper.'
If a teacupful of cold water is add
ed to well-beaten egg, and enough of
the mixture used to moisten the ground
coffee before it is made, it will be quite
a saving of eggs over the old method.
Corn Cake: 0ne-quarter cupful of
sugar, one-half cupful of flour, two-
thirds of a cupful of Indian meal, one
half teaspoonful of baking powder, a
little salt and melted butter. Mix with
hot milk. Bake in sheet. -Good House
keeping.
To Boil Broad Beans: Shell one
peck of beans, put them into sauce
pan of boiling water and salt, boil them
quickly for fifteen minutes or longer,
should they require it; when done drain
them in colander, and serve with
parsley and butter sauce. Boston Her.
aid.
To take coal-oil out of carpet sat
urate with benzine and then rub dry
with a clean white cloth. If the first
application does not take it out go
through the same process until it is out.
AS benzine is very explosive be careful
and not have light in the room nor a
| hot stove
Coffee; Tie four tablespoons of cot.
fee in piece of coarse cheesecloth.
Put it in a coffee-pot with one pint CT
cold water. After it has boiled five
minutes add one pint of boiling water
and keep it hot ten minutes. Keep the
spout closed with cork or paper, il
there be no tin cover.-Boston Budget
Aurora Sauce: Make a pint of white
sauce with cup of hot lobster stock,
one cupful of cream, two tablespoonful
of butter, two tablespoonful of -four, one
half teaspoonful of salt and one-eightt
tablespoonful of cayenne. Color with lob
ster coral rubbed to a paste with an
equal quantity of butter and rubbed
through sieve.-N. Y. Observer.
Conserve of Roses: Take fresh rose
petals, dip them in rose-water; mash
and boil the juice with an equal guam
tity of crystalized sugar; color the sirul
with few drops of cochineal; and, JUS
before taking it from the fire, drop into
it, one by one, large, fresh rose-petals
When the sirup has all been used in
this way sift fine sugar over the can
died petals and put in jars.-Ladies
Home journal.
Mrs. WIS Puff Paste: One pound o.
flour, one pound butter. Divide tn,
butter into four parts rub one part int,
the flour, mix with cold water to sof
dough. Roll it out to thin sheet, do
it thicllly with bits of butter, using on,
part, sprinkle with flour; roll it to
gether with the hands. Roll it GU
again, rolling from you mot backwar,
and forward as usual), dot with butter
sprinkle with flour and roll out as be
fore. Do this thrice, being careful t.
roll from you always,-Detroit Ere,
Press.
When it is necessary to do up a
home large cretonne draperies, such a
curtains and furniture covers, they ma
be washed thus: Cut up some soap il
small pieces into basin and fill up wit
boiling water Leave this until it is i
jelly. When ready to wash the ere
tonne, put this jelly in tub with pier
ty of boiling water and let it becom
lukewarm. Then wash the articl
thoroughly. When the dirt is out, rims
the cretonne in tub of clean waite
with little blueing and some salt.
very much soiled it may be necessar
to pass through two tubs of soap an
water. Roll the cretonne in an oil
blanket and squeeze out the water pu
the stuff into shape and hang it up {
dry.-N. Y. World.