The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-17
Household Hints.

To obtain more juice from a lemon.
place II IN cold water and boil It until
soft You win obtain about twice the
amount of juice.
papers in the winter months. as they can
he bought much lower than when the
spring trade opens.
II you wish to make your own baking
powder. take six ounces of corn starch.
six ounces OF hicarbonate of soda, four
ounces OF tartaric acid. powder and sift
quite often: bottle tight
To set wash goods dissolve half A mint
of common salt in pint Of cold water;
soak In the water two or three hours and
the hardest washing will not dim the
daintiest blue, pink or, especially. black
oolors.
Persons troubled with indigestion should
drink hot water and As hot as can la
drank; little salt might be added TO the
water. If too hot 10 drink. take table,
spoon and sip II from the spoon. This is
good for headache.
When cayenne pepper is not mixed with
the thiCkening for soup. grind il down
with the back of a spoon and stir a little
liquid to Il before IL il thrown into the pot
as II Is apt TO remain In Jumps. which viii
cause irritation of the throat when swat
lowed.
Avoid putting metallic or other articles
on or IN the piano. such things frequently
cause unpleasant vibration and sometimes
tnJure the instrument Keep the tempeFa-
ture OF the room where your piano is
kept regular, and IL viii remain in tune
longer.
IL may be your house does not require
to b entirely reprinted in the spring.
1T 50 a Httle dim, but twill last another
year" Good paint Is not expensive and is
worth much more than It costs in its pre-
sentative qualities. Give the doors and
windows a good washing, and II needed a
coat Of paint or varuish viii freshen up
the whole house.
Housekeepers often run out Of cream
for the coffee. A substitute can be made
as follows: Whip the white Of one egg 10
a stiu froth; add carefully. by drops A
lump OF melted butter, pour into IL grad
ually the (co0king) coffee. stirring mean
while, 50 that IL viii not eurdle. You Will
md it good substitute.
Calendular IS a very pretty little sweet
scented mink flower and will bh,or1 IA a
month. Feuzila blooms almost Al quickly. q
superb As a basket plant and is either pure
white or a beautiful rosy pink. Godetia
IS lovely for pot culture and does not re-
4alFe strong sunshine. Nic0tiana VIII
Flower IN north window or In any good
hsht even without sunshine
u IS said ny learned men that II is tn-
wise for one 70 deny ones self and get
along with few hours o. sleep each day
man has Just 80 many hours 70 be
awake and the fewer Of these he usas
up each DAY the oetter-the longer he vii
live. Negroes live 70 good age generally
because they sleep so much
Book markers are popular sgaln after
having for some years been laid aside
TIE newest are o. tine colored cord and
have 4 lucky coin a one end ard A
fu3l rosette OF the cord al the other. Baby
ribbon may he used instead OF card II
preferred. and almost anything that VIII
hang may Be employed as q drop ThA
price OF the booknark depends on the
pendant They can BE- gotten Up very eX-
peasiEely and beautiful
To make pretty window gardens. plant
sweet e}yslum IN one or two tomato tins
sra ln about a month or six weeks you
Wil have abundance Of The fragrant lit
sic white fower. Tiny are lovely for In
Na5}as or outteuh0i@ Bouquets The HtfIa
pot Iexa< river DAISIES Ia smother csn or
tive. II hlnous quick and Sax or eight
inches n1Eh- sarfoniS viii bloom n two
months from the seed and bears 4 bril-
liant yellow fewer IL great abundance