Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-09-30
Hints TO HOUSEWIVES.

Acid phosphate will remove ink stains
from the hands when everything else
fails
Milk applied once weak With soft
eloth frsshens aud preserves boots and
shoes.
Canned sardines carefully Drowned on
double wire gridiron and served with
lemon are appstizing.
One Of the easiest WAYS Of taking cold
is 70 drop asleep without an extra wrap
over the shoulders.
These are the days when extra care
should be taken 10 keep the feet per-
fectIy dry. A fresh pair OF stockings
should DC used every day.
Canned tomatoes are more delicious
baked than steWed. About zen minutes
before removing from tne oven spread
buttered bread crumbs over she top.
When an eiderdown comfortable has
got hard aud lost al It's elasticity, hang
IL IN the cool, balmy sun for a few hours
and all the life will come back to 10.
Calicoss, ginghams and chambrays
cannot 90 properly washed along with
the white clothes. They need q much
quicker process, and the long delays Of
~ ordinary wash day would ruin them.
Every good housekeeper browns and
rolls or CRATES her stale bread, thus
having IL in readiness for scallops or
frying meats, fish, croQuettes. III, after
being rolled, IL is put through the Hour
sieve the additional oneness will amply
repay the trouble.
A little soap eases wonderfully the
labor OF cleaning = stove. Rub IAN
mel rag on the soap, dip into ordinary
stove blacking and apply 10 the stove;
finish with dry cloth. The work will
be done quickly and will last much
longer than without the soap.
Wall UaDer samples are deceptive.
Never select from them. They will
make your room look mailer, quite
often, though they had not that effect
. in the sample. Select from the roll
and have several strung out az once, so
that you may get the full effect
When you have strained your plain
boiled potatoes, take them at once 20
the open door or window and give them
vigorous shaking In the draught.
They will become white and me2ly.
Try il once. and you will do it always,
50 great is the Improvement
If you have many short stemmed
flowers TO arrange tits well 70 fill low
dish with damp moss, then with sharp
stick bile holes In the moss and insert
the stems When the flowers have faded
the moss may be dried and used again.
Pausies show to better advantage in
this way than ia any other.
Do you wish 20 make Cruel for a sick
friend? Take corn meal and sitJ 10 into
quart of boiling water, stirring 10
Until it is Of the consistency of cream.
Add salt 20 flavor, and let 10 simmer for
half an hour or longer; then run il
through a fine seive. Have 10 bowl =
little cream or rich milk. Pour your
boiling cruel into It, and you have q
drink a sick person ought to relish.
White suede gloves may be cleaned by
using cry pipe clay and an old tooth
brush. White cloth such as is worn on
military uniforms can be cleaned Ia the
same way. Wet the clay and rub it
vigorously. 1t will make an awful look
ing mess at irst, and you think that you
have ruined the cloth, but just rinse out
the brush aud scOur the cloth with
fresh water, aud 10 will come out looking
ell right.
You can clean mating by washing 10
in salt and cold water. III there are any
very dirty spots on it, rub 10 first with
water and a handful Of corn meal III
be mating Is white aud has discolored
n spots, wash 10 In q strong solution OF
4 3oda water, which will turn 10 a pale
yellow. Then wash again with salt and
wateT-za pins OF salt 20 a gallon Of wa
ter. using a fanDel cloth.
When laundering embroidered linen
make a stro1g suds Of some white soap
and lukewakm water and wash the
pieces carefully; the waSh5oard may
not be usedA Rinse immedi lately In
lukewarm water slightly blusd and
then hang out 20 dry. When half dry
lay them out smoothly on a clean cloth
which has been laid over q piece OF
dcuble-iaced white canton flannel, aud
press on the wrong side with hot iron
until they are quite dry. IN they are
fringed, comb the fringe ont carefully
with a moderately coarse comb.
The most satisfactory way to deal
with moths, bedbugs or other house
hold pests is TO fumigate with sulphur.
The ordinary powder will do, but sui
phur candles are better, and can be pro-
cured from any druggist Put the arti-
eles you wish fumigated ia a small,
close room, taking care 10 remove all
silver or growing plants, as tt will tar
nisk the one aud kill the other; place
YOUR lighted candle 10 an old kettle,
and have the room closed for several
hours Al. animal life will be de-
strOyed.