The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-06

the DOWl anu leave the celery 10 soak Tor
eight or ten days. Then take out the cell
cry and wash 1t well In cold water, set
tling 1t after to drain until nearly dry
Boil In an enamel saucepan quart Of best
malt vinegar, with a dessertspoonful OF
mixed spices. including whole mace, pep
per corns, allspice and salt. Pack the
celery neatly into a glass Jar, and pour the
hot, strained vinegar over 1t. Cover down
tightly, and In a weeks time 1t will be fit
to serve with any cold .viands.'
Fruit Cake n).--Half a pound of
butter and a pound of sugar, beaten to q
/ cream, add the yolks of four well-beaten
eggs, stir till light, then add the whites
beaten to stlfr froth, then add one-half
pound Of English currants, flavor with
mace, add q light pound of -four in which
has been stirred q heaping teaspoonful Of
| baking powder. Bake In a moderate oven.
This Is very good II eaten fresh.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS:
Strong ammonia and water will take out
grease spots.
Sprinkle the inside of damp gloves with
violet powder.
For grease spots take equal parts of
ether and choroform.
Keep dish of water on the back Of a
| tisnt Stove 10 purify the air.
Darn gloves in buttonhole stitch, re-
peated tillthe hole is filled up.
| A persistent washing and rinsing In
milk will remove an Ink stain.
| Powdered pipe clay mixed with water
will remove oil stains from wall paper.
Add a teaspoonful of ammonia to one
| teacupful Of water for cleaning jewelry.
Try strip OF wood back of the door
where the knob hits the paper In opening.
Before laying q carpet wash the floor
| with turpentine to prevent buffalo moths.
goods by. sponging it with strong. cold
| coffee.
To keep paste from moulding but two
| or three cloves In the paste pot while
| heated.
Fine laces may be cleaned by being
packed in wheat flour and allowed to re-
main twenty-four hours.
To remove paint from clothing, saturate
| with turpentine until softened. then wash
out with soap and water.
Black silk may be renovated by thor
ough sponglng of stale beer then placed
between newspapers and pressed with
hot iron.
One cooking school tea cher says the
making of bread develops, whitens and
strengthens the hand, and that really
there is no better manicure than knead-
ing the dough.
Two sheets Of a newspaper wrapped
about Ice will keep 1t half as long again
as Ice that is uncovered. The paper is
much more cleanly than a blanket, and
can be renewed every day.
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tematize it that it will be the easiest pos
sible for her. She need not follow any
other persons methods, unless they are
the very best for her own conditions.
Do not hinder the beauty of good pic
ture by grouping with 1t number of
trivial or even of equally good ones.
Give it space in which to shine by itself.
Other objects beside pictures also detract
from them.
To mend gloves neatly commence by
working with glove needle and cotton
thread, put buttonhole stitch all around
the hole. In this work another row and
SO on until 1t Is completely filed up with
these delicately made stitches.
The mixture of cotton and wool in the
manufacture of cloth has been learned so
thoroughly that feeling will detect the
presence Of cotton. A piece Of the goods
boiled in solution of caustic potash will
leave only the cotton fibre intact.
A small point for the hostess whose wax
candles show propensity to rapid vast
ing is that to put them In the ice chest
for fully "a hours before using will in
crease their burning time very apprecia-
bly,. They want to be thoroughly chilled.
A method to prevent flannel from shrink
ing is to hold it over the steam of boiling
water. When thoroughly damp 1t can be
immersed. This should be done before the
flannel is cut. Skeins of wool to be used
in knitting or crocheting are often treated
In the same way.
Tomato catsup is many per cent. i'm
proved II served hot To heat with little
trouble fill bottle with enough of the
catsup to serve at one time; cork tightly
and stand in a dish of cold water allow
ing the water to heat gradually to the boil
Ing point. Set in perforated false bot
tom under the bottle in the kettle.
The proper way to wash the chamois
gloves is not by rubbing or wrnging. Put
them on the hands and wash gently with
a soft silk rag, dipped In soapy water
Then rinse by sponging with clear water.
Pat the gloves as nearly free from water
as possible. If time is no object It Is an
excellent plan to let them dry on your
hands. If this cannot be done remove
them carefully and, when they are nearly
dry, put them on again, in order that they
may resume the shape of the hand.
To remove the indelible ink stains from
the handkerchiefs steep them in a little
chlorine water for about half an hour
then wash in ammonia water, which will
obliterate the stains; then wash in clear
water They may also be removed by
snrepUipp tho p1oth tpit bo ipl,
over a basin filed with hot water, then
moisten the marks with tincture of iodine
and Immediately after take q feather and
mOisten the parts stained by iodine with a
solution of hyp0sulphate Of soda or caus-
tic potash or soda until the color is re-
moved; then let the cloth dip INT hot
water After q while wash well and dry
/. Pure indigo, although more expensive
Is better and safer for blueing clothes
than any substitute, especially. those in
which Prussian blue enters as a compon-
ent part. Many have noticed in clothing
as II Is returned from the laundry tiny
spots Of iron rust all over the. articles.
1t is claimed that 1t Is the use Of Prussian
blue which is a mixture of iron and cy-
ande of potassium. The action of the
soap has a tendency to separate the ele-
ments, and the iron Is deposited on the
clothing in the shape of ugly rust spots.
You may test your blueing mixture easily
yourself. Turn a few drops into cup,
add water. then drop into it a lump of
washing soda. Should the mixture turn
to reddish tint. be sure there is Prussian
blue in 1t, ana do not use that blueing.
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SOME FAMOUS WOMEN
The emblems;of royalty ofrthe queen of
Madagascar consist of four scarlet UNI
brellas, which are held over her majesty
when she. sits in her .palanquin of state.
A correspondent supplies an Ingenious