The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-25
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.
Use old mating under carpet.

Use old mating under carpet.
Baked Cusn.-d: One and one-hslf
pints of milk, yolks of ten eggs, one
cupful of sugar, a 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 drunk at meal time, but if one
feels the need of some liquid, let him
take a cup of tea or coffee, as heat aids
digestion, while cold rctards it.
To restore gliding to picture
frames, etc, remove all rust with a
small brush, and wash the gliding in
warm water, in which an onion has
been boiled: dry quickly with soft rags.
Kitchen mineral soap or pumice
stone may be used freely on all dishes.
1t will remove stains from white.
handled knives, the brown substance
that adheres to earthen or tin baking
dishes. and the SCOT which collects on
pans and kettles used over a wood or
kerosene fire..
Toilet waters can easily be made at
home. For violet water put a quarter
of a 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 ne
week: then add n quarter of a pound Of
water. filter and bottle for use.
-Whortleberry Pudding: Take a
pint of milk. five eggs, well beaten,
twelve heaping tablespoonfuls of flour.
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 land a half. Serve with hard
brandy sauce.-Hoston Budget.
-Waterproofing For the Soles of
Shoes: The compound is applied over
the welt and insole. or W. 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 Herewith;
four pints of rubber paste or caoutchouc
brazilian gum, are then incorporated
with the mass.
baked Tomatoes: Select large
specimens, cut around the stem end,
r2o part of the inside: make Il stuff
ing OF any kind of cold. cooked meat
chopped fine. bread crumbs. green corn,
minced onion, a well-beaten egg. but
ter. salt and pepper: fill the tomatoes
with this dressing. put a piece of but
ter On top of each and bake in a quick
oven for forty-tive minutes.-United
Presbyterian.
- 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 Il 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 a
meal. and she1llook q great deal sweet
er herself as she sits at table.-Farm,
Field and Fireside.
TO the birth of n baby.
the visiting card of the mother should
he sent to relatives and friends, with
the tiny ard of the infant attached by
ldIlO" "hlSC oDO W Liz upper ltlE-
hand corner. In the past the name of
TIE 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 4 strip
with Jour pounds brown sugar and one
pint vinegar, one-half ounce each green
ginger. whole cloves, mace and stick
Select small nutmeg
melons, cut in sections, pare and re-
move the seeds, and allow seven pounds
to the above quantity of strip. Heat
the strip, add the melon and steam
five minutes. Place in a stone jar.
and he 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 t o the consistency
of Observation-Disclosures.