Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-04-19
DuMEsI'1C HINTS.

Tomatoes are nice with cream and
sugar.
Sugar loses part of its strength by
boiling.
Sugar should be Drowned in dry
pan for sauce.
Wrap fruit jars with paper TO keep
out the light.
Wet and -four well the inside OF
pudding bags.
Figs are good boiled five minutes
and served hot.
Never wash raisins; wipe them
with a dry cloth.
Keep preserves in dry place; seal
with -four paste.
Benzine answers admirably for
thinning gold paint.
Boil coffee in salt sack, it is nicer
than egg to settle it.
Put soda in sour fruit for pies and
they will require less sugar.
A little sulphate Of potassa added to
preserves prevents fermentation.
After pairing fruit drop it in cold
water to prevent it changing color.
When sauce boiles from the side OF
the pan the flour or corn starch is
done.
Glaze the bottom crust of fruit pies
with white of egg and they will not
be soggy.
Salt will remove the stain caused
by eggs from silver. 1t must be APP
piled dry.
To whiten silver: Cream of tartar
l o., common salt 2 o., water so OF. !;
total, SO OF.
Always put a little soda in milk
that is to be boiled, as an acid is
formed by boiling
Seal the juice left from canning
fruits in small bottles and keep for
making fruit pudding sauces.
Do not boil vinegar for pickles.
Boil the vegetables in salt and water,
drain and pour the vinegar on.
For convenience in cleaning lamp
chimneys, nothing is nicer than a
small sponge attached to the end OF
stick.
To remove tarnish from jewelry:
Carbonate of soda o., bleaching
powder ! o., common salt o.,
water OF.
To clean walnut stairs: Milk, sour
or sweet, we'll rubbed into black wal
nut stairs with an old soft flannel will
make them look perfectly new.
A pretty bangle board is made in
the shape of crescent. 1t is COW
cred with pale blue satin and has
design of daisies painted on it.
A simple cake is made of one cup of
sugar, half cup of butter. one-th,rd
OF cup of milk, three eggs, one cup
and half of -four, aud a teaspoonful
of baking powder.
An effective '.chair back" is of pale
yellow pongee with a design of spider
webs and conventionalized wild roses.
The webs are worked in white silk
and the roses IN pale pink with golden
stamens.
A bit of porous paper is better for
polishing eyeglasses and spcctacles
than anything else. The sort of paper
upon which newspapers are printed is
the best. Moisten the glasses and rub
dry with the paper.
Salt pork may be broiled or fried ia
the same manner as bacon, and by
many is considered more wholesome.
Cut the pork in slices; parboil it in
boiling water; broil or fry and serve
with slices of lemon.
Do not throw away the tops of
mousquetaire gloves, but use them for
decorative purposes, painting them
with any fanciful design. They will
be serviceable for covering sachets,
boxes ard other articles.
Rats arc said to abhor chloride of
lime and will leave any place where
tits. As it is harmless, housekeepers
may place it in the haunts of these
denominations without fear of the pet
dog or cat suffering from '.cold pisen."
$40 buys good Top Buggy, with Leather
Quarter Top. The Chicago Scale Co are
the only ones who can sell at this price, they
furnish their customers thousand articles
ut less than the usual prices paid by dealers.
L viii pay to secure their catalogue which
they send free on application This COM
pany is perfectly reliable and they make
speciality OF supplying the wants Of farmers.
1t would doubtless be better for soma
people if they heard more bad things about