The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-12
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.

Very often green tomatoes are
plenty and cheap. Few housewives
know that with little trouble and ex-
pense they can have fresh, ripe to-
matoes in January by taking care of
the green ones. The green tomatoes
should be carefully wrapped separately
in papers and spread out upon shelves
on the floor Of dark, cold closet,
where, however, the temperature
should be above freezing. If kept in
this way, the vegetables will slowly
ripen. When they are required for
use, expose them to sunlight and heat
for couple Of days, and you will have
tomatoes as firm and nice as those Of
fered in the markets and at little ex-
pense
When roasting small birds always
fasten tie heads under the wings and
lay thin slice of pork on the breast
of each bird and piece of bread IN.
derneath. A bird would not be COM
plete without its bed and blanket.
TO make ones own extract Of vanilla
secure five Tonquin beans and one va
nilla bean, clip them and put them into
bottle with ten ounces of alcohoi.
six ounces of water, and three Of sugar.
Let the mixture remain from six to
eight weeks, shaking it frequently;
The small stone crooks used by many
for holding butter should always be
well washed and freshened before be-
ing refilled. The best way to freshen
them Is after washing ito fill them with
boiling ammonia or boray water, al
lowing a teaspoonful of ammonia to a
quart Of water. Let the water remain
all day. and then fill the crock with
sweet milk and let it stand over night
When clothing has acquired a close,
unpleasant odor from being packed
away where the air cannot reach it,
few pieces of charcoal laid among
the folds will soon remove the odor.
Among the simple remedies which
should be in the family medicine closet,
one of the most useful Is mutton suet
For cuts and bruises it is unequaled,
as well as for chapped hands and faces.
1t is best to procure the suet at the
butchers and try it out at home, turn
ing it into small moulds to COOL and
then roll it in tin foil. A camphor ice
may be made by pu ting piece of cam
plor gum the size of a walnut with
half a cup Of mutton tallow, and melt
ing them together. Pour the mixture
into little cup or mould to become
cold.
Among decorative plants for the house
the African asparagus, commonly call
ed aspara gus fern, is most useful. The
graceful fronds last a long time; they
are rarely troubled with insects, and
gas and furnace heat do not affect them
SO quickly as many other plants
An egg that has been boiled soft and
become cold cannot be cooked ogain
and made hard; but soft-boiled egg
that has not had the shell broken may
be reheated by cooking three minutes
in boiling water, and it will taste as
well rs If freshly boiled.
Eousaxeepers DESTROYS Of making
their own baking powder can do SO
with very little trouble. The follow
ing formula is one that has been used
for many years: Weigh six ounces of
-four and thoroughly dry it, without
browning 1t. In the oven. Procure six
ounces of the best soda and thirteen
and one-hale ounces ofscream of tartar.
Add them to the dried -four and rub
together Eaif dozen times through
a sieve, then put them In alright
jars and keep In d dark closet, using
viii retain It's strength
Save Tea leaves for washing varnish-
ed paint. When sufficient leaves have
been collected steep them for half an
hour n a tin vessel and then strain
| through sieve. This water gives a
fresher, newer appearance to var
nished wood .han ordinary soap aud
water.