The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-15
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All internal parts OF animals, such as
hearts etc. spoil quickly, and are best
parboled at once.
A newspaper is a capital thing To rub
with 1t absorbs the grease and polishes
at the same time.
A little lemon juice or vinegar helps
to keep cauiflower. artichokes and nsh
white while being boiled.
Colored bed covering of all sorts. pro-
vided only that they are in artistic and
soft hues, are quite the thing.
Clear boiling water will remove tea
stains and many fruit stains. Pour
the water through the stain. and thus
prevent IL spreading over the fabric.
A small iron which a man can heat
OVer the gas, Just as a woman does her
curling tongs. and use to give an inn
maculate smoothness to his silk hat, is
"a convenience lately contrived.
Useful screens are now made with
shelves and many and various pockets
for darning and mending materials.
buttons, wax, strings, tapes, needles,
scissors, thread and other sundry things
needful in the sewing room.
Rubber thimbles for typists and plan
ists are intended to prevent the evil
effects upon the nervous system of con-
stantly pounding the sensitive finger
tips against the solid keys. They come
in sets to fit the ends of the fingers, ae--
cording to a New York exchange.
A delicious stufing for dates is a
paste made of chopped peanuts, mixed
with the white of an egg powdered
sugar and few drops OF sherry. After
the dates are filled with this mixture
they may be rolled i'm fine sugar. These
are novel and toothsome bonbons and
very easily prepared.
The most approved cooking of as
paragus prescribes that the bunch
should be stood in a saucepan with the
green tops fully two inches clear OF the
liquid. The steam will cook the tender
part OF the stalk sufficiently. while the
tougher end il thus longer under the in
fiuence OF the boiling water.
Even the busiest woman cannot be
pardoned for going TO dinner with ink
stained fingers. a slice of lemon or a
bit of pumiCe stone viii remove all sug-
gestions of ink. Unless the stain is un-
derneath the nail, the pumice is To be
preferred. as undluted lemon juice is
apt To harden the cuticle OF the nails.
Water that Is left standing i'm the
kitchen or bedroom, and, above all. i'm
the sick room. over night, Is liable 10
contamination by the absorption of i'm
purities afioat in the air in such rooms,
and TO be rendered wholly unfit for use.
No matter that the water is cold. even
To near freezing, IL Is so much the more
liable To absorb and hold i'm solution the
foul gases and organic particles TO
which IL has been exposed. IL is dam
gerous To use such water.
Freshly drawn water only should al
ways be used for culinary purposes, as
well az for drinking, whenever practi-
cable. Moreover, the faucets over sinks
and wash basins are always more or
less liable To contamination; hence the
first water that flows on opening them
after they have been left all night with
out use should always be let flow away
lit lis dangerous To drink and unfit for
the teakettle or for cooking water; even
boiled disease germs are unwholesome.
4 statue 10 Mime. Melba is TO be put
up next year I'm Melbourne.
The late engineering strike cost the
employers almost E20. 600.
It takes more than 1900 election Of
hcers TO man the precincts in New
York.
ireland and Scotland are said TO have
the largest proportion of unmarried
persons.
Nearly all the gold coin I'm circula-
tion i'm the Sandve@l islands is OF
United states mintagc.
Automobiles are TO be- introduced I'm
the Italian army for the transportation
OF baggage.
L.insey- -woolsey was first made at
Iinsey. and was FOR a long time a very
popular fabric.
Large shipments OF potatoes are he
ing made TO cuba from the eastern part
of Long Island.
Nazareth has three hospitals seven
converts and ~ schools under Euro
pean supervision.
II Is customary in China to congratu-
late fat man because II is taken for
granted that he must b. rich.
\ North Indian tribe embalms its
lead by means Of honey. placing the
bodies OF those who die In rudely
shapcd troughs hlled with honey.
During the last 70 years the number
II college students In the country nm
proportion to population has increased
over 100 per cent
brussels has tower clock which has
never been wound up by human hands