The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-04-20
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

When milk Is used in tumblers wash
them first in cold water afterwards
rinse in hot water.
To remove rust from fat irons, soak
them i'm or rub them with Kerosene
and polish with securing brick.
Cut piece from the top of old kid
shoes and insert 1t inside the Iron
holder you are going to make.
Red pepper is considered by physi-
clans to be much more wholesome
than either black or white pepper.
To relieve chilblains soak the feet
In hot water and rub them with kero-
sene, or with kerosene and lime water.
Tomatoes have valuable medicinal
properties. especially for those whose
consti utlons have been injured by the
use of mercury.
A correspondent of the London
"Lancct" points out that when sugar
Is partly burned In q gas flane II Is
destructive to mice.
Mrs. Lee, OF the prairie Farmer
thinks the best way to prepare pump.
kins for winter use is to stew and
can them as we do fruit. Put up in
this way she considers them Just as
good as the fresh pumpkins.
A very nice way to cook eggs Is to
bake them. To do this, butter n tin or
the gem tins break In the eggs, give
them just sprinkle of salt, and the
least bit of pepper, put bit OF butter
ON each, and place In the oven.
Sweet potatoes are nice boiled until
tender and then pared and cut length
wise into two or three slices. accord.
Ing to the size of the potatoes. Spread
each slice with butter, sprinkle with
salt and Il very little pepper and put
into the oven and brown.
A mixture of coffee and chocolate Is
one of the odd drinks that are occa.
sionallly ordered at hotels. The com.
bination is supposed to preserve the
virtues of both ingredients, and to be
Less injurious to persons of nervous
temperament, than coffee alone,
The best way of treating a stove
that has not been blaclsened for some
time is to rub it well with news.
paper adding just little clean
grease of almost any kind 1t will
soon take polish after few treat
ments of this sort.
Medicines, in the form of tinctures,
that have stood in the family medl-
cine chest for long time, should be
administered with the greatest care.
The alcohol readily evaporates, leav-
ing the drug in form of n concentrated
tincturc, and the ordinary dose Of
which might produce very serious II
not fatal results,
Rice water Is recommended in which
to wash challies. Boil one pound Of
rice In five quarts of water. Cool Il
to the tepid point, then put in the
goods and wash well, using the rice
as soap. Pour off the water, leaving
the rice sediment. Rub the challie
well in the poured-of water. Use no
clean water, but hang the material
to dry direct from the rice water.
This is Mrs. Cora Blackmans recipe
for beef omelet: Mix together the fol-
Ingredients: Three pounds of canned
beef, chopped fine, three eggs, one
large cupful of rolled cracker, one
tablespoonful of salt, one teaspoonful
pepper, one tablespoonful sifted sage,
one tablespoonful melted butter. Bake
one and one-quarter hours, with a pan
inverted over the dish, basting occa-
sionally.
Long hair should never be sham
iJooed more than once n month. Some
people think that by brushing and car.
ing well for the hair shampoo once
u year is sufficient; but few people.
especially those whose hair Is natur
ally oily, believe in this advice. Brush
ing stimulates the growth of the hair
and makes it glossy and soft. 1t also
stops the hair from falling out, and is
she best tonic for the scalp.
When fish are required for broiling
a bed of glowing red Goals should be
ready, so that the fish shall not taste
smoky, and and the grid iron should
be well creased with n bit of fat TO
prevent from sticking This process
ought not to require more than from
fifteen to twenty minutes, but the ish
must not be held too near the fire or
they will be scorched; and when
they are done, they should be sprinkled
with salt and served at once.-Boston
Cooking School.