Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-11-25
HINTS TO HOUSEWIVES

| Oyster or clam shells put against the
bricks of a furnace or range are
remedy for clinkers.
The hair should be brushed often ana
combed little. The brush in great
beautiter OF the hair.
A mustard plaster when mixed with
the white OF an egg instead OF water
will draw, but will not blister.
In making cakes If four eggs are
called for, two will be sufficient If two
tablespooniuls of corn starch are used.
BY mixing a tablespoonful Of lemon
extract aud about third Of a teaspoon
full of vanilla, you will have a new
flavor.
After YOU have given the baby his
/ bath, thoroughly wash the sponge and
/ all other little accessories Of his toilet
and dry in the sun.
Manicure your nails thoroughly each
| day, but remember that the use of pow
| Gers and pastes 10 increase their brill
liancy is 10 bad taste.
When anything has been accidentally
made too salt, IL can be counteracted
by adding a teaspoonful Of vinegar and
q teaSpoonful of sugar.
Chop half cup of dates and mix with
/ the warm breakfast cereal that is taken
with milk, not cream, and you have one
OF the most wholesome Of breakfast
dishes.
Surplus soups ana gravies should not
/ be allowed to remain in the pot in
which they are cooked. Pour into COW
cred earthen bowls and set in a cool
until needed.
Rub the hands with a stick Of celery
after peeling onions, and the odor will
be entirely removed. Onions may be
! peeled under water without offence 10
the eyes or hands.
Linseed oil is better than anything
else for removing rust from a StOyepipe.
/ Rub the pipe thoroughly with the oil,
| Ia little goes a great way and build g
slow fire until 10 is dry.
To raise the pile on velvet, cover
hot iron with a wet cloth and hold the
velvet over the steam. Brush the velvet
quickly with a soft brush while the hot
steam is passing through IT,
Overshoes may be mended at home
| is attended TO when the break Is small.
Purchase five or ten cents worth OF red
rubber from q dentist and cut it in
small bits; dissolve it in chlOroform and
add a little black tube paint to give it
a dark color; apply this gum inside and
out, covering the break.
Have the tin Immediately replaced
when 1t has worn off OF copper utensils;
and remember that copper can be
easily cleaned with turBentine and
fne brick dust-polished with dry
brick dust and piece Of flannel.
The cleaning OF poultry feathers is q
J pro,racted and tiresome business.
Whenever a fairly plentiful supply has
been collected, they should he cleansed,
aud then put away TIL sufficient for
stuftiug the required article have been
obtained. The process Of cleaning is as
follows: Allow one pound Of Guicklime
10 every gallon OF water; let this stand
until the undiSSolved lime is precipi-
tated, and then pour off the liquid. Put
the feathers i'm a thoroughly clean tub,
pour the mixture over them, stirring
all the time until they sink to the bot
tom: the quantity of water must de.
there should be sufficient liquid to
cover the above TO depth OF at least
three inches. Leave this 10 stand for
four days, then take out the feathers
with the hand, shaking them in doing
so; throw them into a large sieve,
and there wash and rinse them 10 clean
water, which should be poured out
through the nose OF a watching pot.
Shake the feathers we'll during this part
OF the process. Have q large meshed
net, liks a cabbage net, suspended from
two nails across shed, or preferably
warm, sunny room; under this net
spread some large sheets of brown pa
per, or a clean hearth-cloth. Put the
feathers Into the net aud shake il occa-
sionally; all the dry ones will fall to the
ground. When the net is empty, heat
the feathers in layers on paper in slack
oven, then put them into a large cloth;
hold this up loosely by the four corners
only. aud beat with q thin stick 10 ex-
tract the dust. Keep them In "a dry
drawer tin as many have been collected
as are required FOR use.