The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18

"A teaspoonful of ammonia TO one
teacupful of water for cleaning jew
elry.
One OF the simplest methods to re-
move stains from linen or cambria Is
10 place the stained part over a bowel
and continue pouring toiling water
through until the stain disappears.
"A Pretty Dish: Half I'll bowl with
cold, stewed and sweetened fruit; pour
on cold boiled custard from which you
have saved the whites; make n meringue
of the whites, with an even tablespoon
of sugar 60 each egg, and pour over the
custard. Farm, Field and Stockman.
One of the most delightful OF home
made toilet waters is cherry laurel wa
ter. Bruise one ounce Of bay leaves
and add 10 them half pint OF water.
Steep slowly for an hour in a farina
boiler, take IL from the fire and add
one quart Of lavender water, filter and
bottle for use.
Rice water Is recommended in
which 10 wash callies Boil pound of
rice in five quarts of water. Cool il 10
the tepid point; then put in the goods
I
Pour of the water, leaving the rice
sediment. Rub the challie well in this,
rinsing in the poured off water.
To Preserve Ounces White: Take
the fairest you can get; coddle them
tender, core with penlsnife; pare
smooth and weigh them; use equal
weight OF ounces and refined sugar
dipped in water or pippin jelly; boil and
skim the strip, boil ounces quickly
and cover with their own jelly.-United
Presbyterian.
Meat Gravy: Trim from the bone
all the meat left after slicing cold, and
place over the fire with one teacupful
of water, salt and pepper, with the
gravy left from dinner After simmer
ing slowly for ten minutes, thicken, il
necessary, with flour moistened in
water, and serve for brealSfast-dish
with boiled potatoes. Ohio Farmer.
-Caulihower: Lay them top down an
hour or two in cold salt and water. II
they are strong pour of the water
when they are half done, and add fresh
boiling water and cup of milk When
done, drain thoroughly, put il in deep
OlNns anu TURN oNtE ~ Holllt hfhWn buA-
ter, made Of milk Just here let me
say that good drawn butter can never
be made with boiling water.-Boston
Budget.
Chilled Peaches: Choose large,
fresh, juicy and very mellow peaches.
Pare, and cut them into quarters.
Sprinkle them thiclsly with graduated
sugar Pack your freezer tho same ms
for ice cream. Put the peaches in care
fully, put on the lid, and cork it. Cover
the freezer over, and stand away quiet
ly for one hour. Then dish them on q
pretty glass dish, sprinkle over little
more sugar, and serve them with thick
cold cream. These are delieious.-N
Y. Observer.
The kitchen ought 20 be the mos
interesting room In the house, and b'
The best furnished-in proportion, anC
yet IL Is too often the case that il is tn,
most dismal hole imaginable. Man,
. house builders pay no attention TO tn,
, location OF the kitchen at all. The,
: put il off in lower dark corner, on,
that is too gloomy for any other pur
pose, and there the woman who doe
! her own work has to spend two-third
> OF her waking hours. The kitchen
should be--for health's sake, il for M
: other the brightest room i'm the house
, excepting only the nursery and tn
room where the children sleep.
should have every convenience for saw
, ing labor and steps, and be well VENT
lated. -Globe-D Democrat