The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-30
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.
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Use old mating under, carpet. l@i Baked Custard: One and one-Ilalf pints of milk, yollss of ten eggs, one cupful, of sugar, little salt and nut meg.-N. Y. Observer.
 After the juice has been squeezed from lemons the peel can be used for rubbing brass. Dip them in common salt, rub the brass thoroughly, then brush with dry bath brick.
 Very little, if any, water should be drunlr' at meal time, but if one feels the need of some liquid, let him take cup of tea or coffee, as heat aids digestion, while cold rctards it.
 To restore gliding to picture frames, etc., remove all rust with q small brush, and wash the gliding in warm water in which an onion has been boiled; dry quickly y'with soft rags. Kitchen mineral soap or pumice stone may be used freely on all dishes 1t will remove stains from white handled knives,ithe brown substance that adheres toearthen or tin baking dishes, and the soot which collects on pans and kettles used over wood or kerosene fire,
 Toilet waters can easily be made at home. For violet water put quarter of pound of fresh picked, sweet vio- lets, together with their weight of pure; alcohol, into a large bottle, cork, and shake the bottle'every day for one week; then add a quarter of a pound of yaf f1fa,. n,,1 hntf1o C.,
 -Wnortleberry Pudding: Take a pint of milk, five eggs, well beaten, twelve heaping tablespoonfuls of -four. Stir them well together, then add three quarts of berries Flour a cloth, tie the pudding in it very close. and boil it two hours uand a half. Serve with hard brandy sauce.-Boston Budget.
 -Waterproofng: For the Soles of Shoes: The compound is applied over the welt and insole; or over the seams, joints, peg holes, etc: Two and one half pounds of wax are melted and three pounds of powdered tale, steatite, or soapstone, are mixed therewith; four pints of rubberpaste or caoutchouc (Brazilian gum, are then incorporated with, the mass.
 as Baked Tomatoes: Select large specimens, cut around the stem end, remove part of the inside; make a stuff fling of any kind of cold, cooked meat chopped fine, bread crumbs, green corn, minced onion, well-beaten' egg, but ter, salt and pepper: fill the tomatoes with this dressings put a piece of but ter on top of each and bake in quick oven for forty-fye minutes.-United Presbyterian.
 A wise wife. who wants to do the most good in the world, will plan to sit as much as possible when doing her work. Potatoes don't taste bit better when pared standing. Dishes can be wiped just as dry sitting. The woman who sits as much as possible in prepar- ing a meal will furnish just as sweet meal, and she'll look great deal sweet CT herself as she sits at table.-Farm, Field and Preside.
 To announce the birth of baby, the visiting card of the mother should be sent to relatives and friends, with the tiny card of the infant attached by narrow white ribbon to the upper left hand corner In the past the name of the child was engraved upon the card, but later from dictates simply "A Lit tie Son. or Daughter" with the date of birth added This leaves the name with opportunity of change until christening. ..''.'
 -Spiced Cantaloupe: Make a sirup with four pounds brown sugar and one pint vinegar, one-half ounce each green ginger, whole cloves, mace and stick cinnamon, Select small nutmeg melons, cut in sections, pare and re- move the seeds, and allow seven pounds to the above quantity of sirup. Heat the sirup, add the melon. and steam for five minutes Place in stone jar, and the next day heat the sirup and pour over the melon; repeat this pro cess every day for a week, boiling it down the last time to the consistency of molasses. es.-Cultivator
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