Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1895 — HOUSEHOLD NOTES. [ARTICLE]

HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

It is said that a pinch of sail placed on the tongue and allowed t* cf solve slowly is a certain cure foi sick headache. ' Sprinkle salt over the coal in you* bin in liberal quantities; it will maki it burn more evenly and prevent “clinkers.” If you cannot procure dampeneo sawdust for use in sweeping, us* bits of dampened paper sprinkled over the floor, Tea leaves stain and salt makes the carpet sticky. A cloth dipped in grease and then in salt is the best scourer for all sorts of dirty and greasy dishes ir , the kitchen. Do not wash them, bu! [ employ this method instead. For small family a baked kidney I pudding should be baked in a deep. ' covered earthen pot; I use a beas pot; bake slowly for five or six hours; , three pints sweet milk, set in tin d>st over kettle of boiling water; when milkisscaldinghotsift in nineslight i ly rounded tablespoons of sifted Indian meal, stirring constantly that it does not lump; have ready ii: earthen pot one quart sweet apples, peeled, cored and quartered, on* and one-half cups of molasses poui over same, one cup chopped suet; pour hot milk and meal into pot and stir all together; now add one pint cold milk and do not stir again; put to bake immediately ; one cup stoned raisins may be added if desired; the apple may be ommitted; please follow directions exactly. Net has quite taken the place o: chiffon and mousseline de soie when lace is not used, and black net (is put over every conceivable color, white preferred. There is but on* model for these waists. Full from the shoulders across the bust, from there to the waist tight fitting, Sleeves either leg o’ mutton or bish op, and long over the hand. There are signs of bustles in th* wide silk petticoats with the back breadths finished with’ whalebones and trimmed with numberless small ruffles. There must be something to hold out the wide skirts, which are wider than ever around the bottom, and for which the steel tape ii not enough to give the requisit* “flare." - pThe creases can be taken out ol velvet and the pile raised by drawing it across a hot iron over which a wet cloth has been spread. If thereat* pin marks over which the pile re fuses to rise, brush it up with a still brush and steam it, repeating th* operation several times. Mrs. Rorer is an earnest ad vocal* of whole wheat flour. She says bread made from this flour not only contains seventy-three per cent, more nourishment than white breac but it is nature's own remedy foi dyspepsia and kindred ailments, brought on by excess of starch ii white flour bread. Apoplexy and Bright's disease can be traced Ib many cases to an excessive use ol Starchy food. Plunge your knife into hot watei before attempting to cut warm bread qr cake.