Evening star., 1896-11-14
H 0 U S E n OLD HINT S

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How to sweep a room ard not throw
dust In the air is one of the things that
always puzzle the best Of housekeepers.
When expedient it is always best to set
movable things outside of the room, throw
open all the doors and windows and sweep
for dear life.' trusting to the draught to
take the dust out, but one can't always
do that. Wetting the broom, even though
most of the water is shaken out, is sure
to leave spots on the carpet, and salt is
positively injurious to carpet and health.
1t makes carpet sticky, and attracts
moisture. Squeezed tea leaves scattered
over the carpet clean it nicely, but not Il
drop of tea must be left in. Damp saw
dust Is excellent, but not always available.
Bits of paper squeezed out of water and
scattered well do effective work. One nice
old lady cuts up bits of white cotton-she
has about peck of it-and after dipping
1t In water, squeeZeS it dry and sprinkles
over her carpet. After sweeping she throws
the refuse into a big tub and with the
broom firts the cloth scraps around till
they are clean, then throws them on a wire
screen with the broom to dry for the next
sweeping.
To insure mealy baked potatoes, bake
quickly in hot oven and break each one
and set in the oven to steam moment
before serving. In boiling potatoes, put
them Gin boiling water when nearly done
drain the water off, set them on the back
part of the stove with thick cloth over
the kettle and lid over that to let them
dry. For mashed potatoes. serve above,
only lift them from the water when done,
in a wire spoon, into hot milk crock, and
cream them in that dress and leave on
the stove covered with a hot plate till
ready to serve.
If you suspect that the cistern water is
foul. suspend in it by rope muslin bag
containing three four pounds of char
coal, and it will become pure in few
days. Bake the charcoal and you can use
1t the same way again. To keep out the
charcoal, toss Into the clStern one ounce
of permanganate of potasSa for each fifty
gallons of water. 1t will turn bright
purple, when the water is stirred well, but
If it does not clear in fifteen minutes, put
in more potassa. All the refuse will set
tie to the bottom and the water become
clear and odorless.
The Magazine of Pharmacy gives the
folio ewing recipe, which it declares will go
far toward eraGcating smallpox scars.
burns and other cicatrices left by disease.
One-half ounce of boraX, twelve grains of
salicyclic acid, three drachms of glycerine
and six ounces of rose water. Lint soaked
in this solution and allowed to remain over
the scars for hours at time-at night for
instance--will help to remove the scars
I1OFe Tapuly, anu lney SllOulQ De freely
arointed whenever convenient. Keep the
stuff out Of the eyes.
Here is one woman's recipe for making
your own baking powder, and then you
know it is pure. Two pounds of best pull
verified tartaric acid, three pounds of BIZ
carbonate of soda and three pounds of
corn starch. Mix thoroughly and put away
in air-tight bottles.
Too much cannot be said against prop
y,iv haI,x ol,f1I 1,i..t
chair or in a padded box and leaving 1t
to sit for hours, because 1t sits quietly.
Curvature of the spine and paralysis of
the lower limbs have been known to re-
suit from such a practice. A little child
should lie on it's back and kick it's heels in
the air, its legs untrammeled.
One of the most delicious of Sauce
dishes is baked apples. The apples should
be tart and of one size. Take out the cores
and fill the space with paste of butter
and sugar. Put in the baking dish with
water enough to cover them. When partly
done draw out and sprinkle sugar thickly
over the top, then bake a golden brown.
Never throw away bones of meat or the
carcass of fowl. Crack the bones and
put them with the bones Of the chicken,
also crushed, into a kettle of water and
boil furiously. with rice, little butter
white pepper, salt and shred or two of
celery, you have a delicious white soup.
A terrible mistake of housekeepers is to
leave the coffee pot and tea pot on the back
of the stove to steep all day. 1t is a fruit
full source of dyspepsia and indigestion.
Never set tea aside unless in glass jar or
pitcher for iced tea. Heated over, it is
simply vile. Coffee, if you must economize
that way, should be poured off into a bowl
or pitcher and covered closely. Over the
grounds pour cupful of boiling water
| shake and let simmer three minutes, then
| pour into the bowl, and throw the grounds
away and wash and dry the coffee pot
! This will insure you sweet coffee. To make
| the coffee, grind fine the necessary amount,
pour the liquid saved carefully into the
| pot, so as to not stir up the grounds In
a teacup mix one tablespoonful of coffee to
/ each person. land one for the pot" with
| half the white of one egg. When the
| liquid is boiling dash the coffee in, stirring
| triskly for a moment. Fill the pot with
| ECilins water-measured, mind you, one
| cup for each--and set to steep gently for
| five minutes.
No picture ought to be hung higher than
! the height Of the average human eye, when
| the owner of the eye is standing. 1t is the
most universal rule in our houses to hang
pictures much above this level and they
! cannot be enjoyed there. If one hangs pic
lures with the determination to place them
so that they can be easily seen and en-.
1oyed without stretching the neck in the
| least, or STOPPING the body, he will be pretty
| sure to do we'll.
Half of ripe tomato bound on a boil is
said to give almost instantaneous relief
and effects rapid cure.
The Best Man.