Evening star., 1898-10-08
HOUSE HOLD HINTS

get the lime. Put fpiece of fresh un-
Stacked lime-abopt half a peck-into a
| large stone jar and pour over it slowly. so
| as not to allow it to slacken too rapidly,
four gallons of hot water. Stir until thor
| o"ghly dissolved, and then allow it to set
| tie. Repeat this process several times dur
| ing the day, and then carefully pour of
into bottles all that comes clear and limpid
| Many people who find that milk distresses
| them will feel no i'll effects If a teaspoonful
! of lime water is added to each glass they
| drink. If put into milk that is liable to
| curdle when heated, it will prevent it's do
! ing SO. For burns and scalds it viii be
| found most effectual when mixed with an
| equal part of lfnseed OIL This in fact, is
| the "carrou oir' which the Welsh miners
always keep ready for use in case of acci-
dents in the mines. It will also be found
useful in cleaning babies nursing bottles or
small cream jugs, purifying and sweeten-
ing them without leaving ary unpleasant
taste behind.
The latest remedy for flies comes from
New Hampshire, and is said to be both sure
and agreeable. The wild sweet pea flower
is the promised safeguard against that
hated pest, the housefty. A physician who
has had much experience among the sick
of the poorer classes declares that pot
sure relief to the patient frequently har-
assed almost beyond endurance. The vari-
etieS mentioned as, most specially effective
are the Lathyrus Maritimus, the purple
variety which grows near the SeacoaSt from
New Jersey around to Oregon, and beside
the coasts of the great lakes, and the La
thyrus Ochrolencus, with it's small. yellow
ish-white flower, which is found on the
nilsides from New England to Minnesota
and even further west.
A mixture of celery and English walnuts
makes a delicious dinner salad Cut crisp
celery into small bits and mix with 1t two
thirds the same quantity of nut meats pre-
viously boiled in salted water for ten min
utes, with slice of onion, bay leaf, half
a dozen peppercornS and a blade of mace;
then plunged in cold water and skinned
Add mayonnaise to moisten thoroughly, and
serve each portion on delicate lettuce
leaves.
While grapes are still abundant, a supply
of the unfermented juice should be canned
for use in sickness. This will always be
found a valuable tonic, without the deleter-
ious effect of alcoholic stimulants. A drink
that is often served in sanitarums is made
as follows: Put in the bottom of wine
glass two tablespoonfuls of the grape juice:
add to this the beaten white of egg
and a little Clipped ice; sprinkle sugar
over the top and serve to the invalid
A good, plain tapioca pudding that Is
always in season and is warranted not to
give dyspepsia is made in this wise: Soak
one cup of tapioca over night in two cups
of cold water. In the morning fill a but
tered baking dish two-thirds full of tart
quartered apples. peaches or berries. Add
one cup of sugar to the tapioca and pour
over the fruit Cover and bake two hours.
A cOrreSpondingly simple pudding sauce to
go with this is made of a beaten egg fla
vored and sweetened to taste.
While the creaking of the cider mill is
heard through the. land it is expedient to
recall the best means of keeping that bev-
erage sweet. dealer in cider who has
achieved the reputation. of knowing what's
what says that he allows to every gallon
of cider one handful oof common salt,
quarter of a pound of sugar and the whites
of six eggs, well beaten. The cask Is then
kept open until fermentation ceases, after
which it is closed.
To the housewife who missed putting up
her usual store of currant jelly greeting
and good cheer! A Canadian housekeeper
says that an almost perfect substitute may
be made by combining two quarts of crab
apple juice with one, quart of plum juice.
and then proceeding in the usual manner.
little grape Juice added makes a good
jelly also, but it then lacks the currant
favor.
IT'S a great mistake when taking quiz
doctor Ito take 1t in too large doses. Two
or three grains. four hours apart, is quite
sufficient for the purpose. When larger
doses are taken the pores are opened and
at the least exposure the cold is added to
instead of being cured.
Ice cream served with hot chocolate
sauce is a late culinary discovery that finds
favor with many. The sauce is made of a
pint of milk scalded and thickened with
corn starch to the consistency of cream.
sugar and favoring to taste. In serving
the ice cream as dessert the sauce is
passed with it in a pretty pitcher
An appetiZing relish for the Sunday night
supper the small No. 8 salt mackerel
freshened, well dried and broied over
clear fire. Serve each fish on a small in
oividual platter, garnished with lemon and
a spris of water cress parsley.
"a good, stout toothbrush, plenty of wa
ter and some antiseptic dentifrice applied
morning and night" says one who has
given much thought in the interests of an
tiseptic purity, will afford greater safe
guard against many diseases than most
people are aware"
Never use large pots for plants from
which you want many flowers. Abundance
or root room makes vigorous, bushy tops,
but the plant will be all leaves and no
blossoms.
In making a salad bear in mind that the
dlfterent parts should not be mixed togeth-
er or with the dressing until serving time