The Portland daily press., 1892-04-16
THE HOME.
HINTS TO HoUsEKEEPERs.

stewed fruit or tomatoes. A wooden
one is best and those with short handles
are preferable for stirring thick messes.
Clean piano keys with soft rag dipped
in alcohol.
The gold thread used so mnch in
embroidery is apt to become dull or tar
nished, but if is pure in can be brighten
ed by pressing it with moderately hot
fatiron.
A good tonic for the hair is of salt water
teaspoonful of salt to half pint of
water, applied to the hair two or three
times a week. The effect at the end of a
month will be surprising.
When going from warm room almost
phere into cooler one always keep the
mouth closed, so that the air may be
warmed by its passage through the nose
ere it reaches the lungs.
To tighten cane seat chairs, turn up the
chairbottom and wash the cane work
thoroughly with soapy water and soft
CLOTH Let it dry in the air, and it will be
firm as when new, provided the cane has
has not been broken.
Putting flax seed under the lid of the
eye to get out cinder which has accident
ally lodged there may seem a curious
method of abolishing nuisance, but is
nevertheless quite effective. After it has
been moistened by the secretions of the
eye, it exudes a mucilage, which net only
alleviates the irritation of a foreign body,
but also frequently surrounds
it and prevents pain from
the motion of the eyeball against
the cinder. and ultimately assists in it's
removal. The remedy may seem novel to
many persons, but there are commercial
men who never start on Journey with
out pinch of flax seed somewhere in
their baggage, where it can be easily
reached in case of an accidental cinder
in the course of a railway journey.
An excellent article is Lavelle water for
removing stains and grease, and for
various other cleaning purposes 1t is
frequently kept on sale by druggists, but
it can easily be prepared in the household
for about quarter of the price druggist
would charge for it. This is the way to
make it: dissolve a pound of ordinary
washing soda in gallon of rain water,
and boil ten minutes; then add la pound
of chloride of lime, and stir the mixture
well. Let settle; pour off the clear LIQUID
put it in jug or bottle, and cork tightly
till wanted. Add more water to the
cSooAAliF5O, tllSt uOO II lOl cCI uDUlug uOOTS.
unpainted shelves, tables, etc. It makes
them surprisingly white
Never wash your rolling pin. Scrape
off the dough that adheres and wipe with
a dry towel.
For creams and custards, eggs should
never be beaten in tin, but always in stone
or earthen ware, as there is some chemi-
cal influence about tin which prevents
their attaining that creamy lightness so
desirable.
A very toothsome preparation of cold
potatoes is to slice them in thick slices or
cut them in long quarters, dip them in
melted butter that has been salted and
peppered, then dip them in flour and bake
them in the oven for ten or Is minutes.
A hot oven isTequired.
A teaspoonful of alum will make clear
four gallons of muddy water. Boiling
the water is necessary to remove disease
germs when farm pump or town reser-
voir has a bad name.
Turpentine is good for cleansing all
~varnished furniture, and also to clean out
musty galvanized or other iron sinks.
A teaspoonful of kerosene does as well
as bit of white wax in boiled starch. and
mutton suet is as good as either to make a
sssseeiin gloss.
Boz SSs clothes line, and it will not
s'kink" as new sssaS =. ee1s co -.
The following process is said to resrure
to a waterproof the original softness:
Dissolve teaspoonful of best gray lime
IN half pailful of water, wipe the cloak
well with soft cloth wrung loosely out
OF this mixture, hang to dry and repeat
the operation in two hours. a
ABOUT TOMATOES.
Sir Henry Thompson, the eminent
English authority on food matter, calls
the raw tomato .'the prince of salads.''
He also deems the tomato valuable. s'not
so much for nutritive. properties as for
the salts it contains; in almost any con-
dition,, simple cookery alone is admissi-
BILE for it. Doubtless if ripe and fresh it
is best of all when eaten raw; but if
served hot only plain boiling, baking or
broiling will cook this delicious half
fruit, half-vegetable SO as least to alter
OF diminish its natural flavor. 1t is ex-
cellent also if boiled and peeled when
hot, but served cold to eat, having added
alittle salt and pepper and perhaps
few drops of oil, with cold meat or with
sayory rice. or indeed in many ways
Desiring to strengthen the editorial
opinion of the Interests as to the
healthfulness of the tomato, its tendency
to cause cancer and it's general dietetic
value several physicians have been con-
suited. One says: Nonsense, it never
causes cancer" Another replied that he
was sure it never produced this dreadful
disease but that he had heard of such an
erroneous belief and it probably originated
in the appearance of a cut-open tomato,
aided by superstition. He added that to-
matoes are a useful, healthful vegetable.
extremely beneficial to some people.
Now and then eating tomatoes in excess
will produce sore mouth, but there are
people who can not eat an egg without
experiencing great distress and others are
poisoned by cheese, while strawberries
considered SO healthful, cause a severe
rash upon some people. N. E. Farmer.
TRAVELLING OUTFIT.
For the benefit of persons going abroad
for the first time, the following adv ice is
given:
Woolen under clothing should by all
means be taken for use on the water, and
oftentimes on the land. A cloth
macintosh is very useful for protection
from cold apd ,,ain An ouarooat or