FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.

Bruce Herald, Volume XI, Issue 1078, 14 January 1879, Page 6

FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.

CINDERS IN THE ETE. The simplest method of removing cinders from the eye is to pas-- a camel's hair brush dipped in water over ir. The operation requires no special skil 1 , and occupies bufc a minute. TEA STAIN* 5 . Tea stains should be wet in equal parts of alcohol and anion a, and then washed in tepid soap-suds. If the spots be firmly fixed, expose them to the fumes of burning sulphur. POLISHED FLOORS. Some persons will persist in scrubbing and scouring polished floors, which is both silly and injurious They should be swept with a broom, covered with flannel, and polished twice a year. SMILAX. With very little care srnilax can be grown succi ssfully as a house plant. The seed should be sown in a box. or in pots in the house ; should be kept moist till the young plant appears. The seed being rather slow to germinate, you must not j think ifc bad if it does not make its app-ar- j ance iv two weeks. The young plants should be potted ufl into three-inch pots as soon as they are three or tour inches high. Ouce a year the bulbs should be allowed to dry oft' atid rest ; they will start growth again in about six weeks. MAKING FEATHEIt SCREENS. Cutfc.vo rounds <-f card^board of tbe size you de.-Ye, fry puiting a plate upon :t and drawing the circle. Cover one of the rounds with feathers, letting tbe ends stand out at least an iuch and a half. Thfeathers cm be sewed or glued on. Pm on another row in the same manner, and continue to do so until fche round is filled up to tbe centre. Cover the stem with a rosette or bow ofr bbon. Cover the other circle with silk, unci paste the two together Add a handle of au old fan, aud ornament with gilded paper. KEY CELLARS. A perfectly dry cellar may be made even below tbe natural water ,evel of the ground, by using asphaltum. For th s purpose the floor shouid be covered with bricks laid flit, and per ectly level, over this a laser of melted asphaltum poured, and on this bricks must be laid which have been dipped in hot asphaltum in the joints between the bricks instead of mortar. Then the side walls around the cellar are built in the same way, with melted aspha turn betwten the bricks instead of mortar. REMOVING GREASE SPOTS. Grease spots can be quickly removed from paper by scraping a little pipe-clay upon both sides of the paper, and then putting a flat-iron over them, taking care tbat it is nofc too bob as to scorch tbe the paper. Another method is to wet the grease spot with ether, and then put a bit, of white blotting-paper on each side of the paper, aod the hot iron. It a stain remains after the grease has been extracted, dtp a camel's hair brush into pure spirits of wine and draw it over the edges of the spot. TJNIRONRD GOWNS. Solid colored lawn and muslin gowns need not to be ironed unless the owner pleases, and she will be very silly if she do please, for her robes will be far more becoming if she try the following process : Wring the gown out of th - * water, not through the wringer, bnt by • hand, bo as to make a long, fine rope, and theu twist it tight around a clothes line, aud let ifc stay until ifc is thoroughly dry. Then shake out, and a crape gown wiL appear instead of the humble muslin. White gowns should be wrun» out of very week coffee. If it should be necessary to pack one of these dresses, do nob uptwist it ; stow it away iv any corner of a trunk, aud the more it is crushed the belter. NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE. The mistress of a household should undoubtedly have a practical knowledge of housework in all its branches. A knowledge of cookery will enable her to point t 'it to inefficient cook.-* the cause of mistake and failure; arid she should not only know how things should look and taste when sent to the tabie, but be able to judge of, and choose wed, every kind of provision. It will not be easy for cooks to impose on a lady who knows exactly how much of every ingredient in Tf quisite for each dish, and who is able to estimate the quantity of food required daily for her household. It may no', under all circumstances, be m-cessary for a lady to excerihe her knowledge iv these important matters ; and if she has a cook who has proved herself trustworthy, she will do well to delegate large powers to her. But it is obvious that, to judge the skill and honesty of her cook, the lady must possess the knowledge here indicated. CHOCOLATE CREAM. Mix the yolk of six eggs (strained) with two ounces of powdered sugar and two ounces grated choc date • add one pint of milk * set the mixture on the fire in a double sauce-pan, the inner one filled with hot water, and keep stirring till the cream thickens • desofve in a little milk

foil she.- *i of •;.<■• t est gelaiiiin- , a-ld this tn the. er-..ni, aid straiu ir al i fco ■> l ow. ; put this om-i ie , sc rrii.g ti = l it begins t> set ; lieu add m.c pint uf wr. 1 wiiipj.ed civmii • put a mold iv be nr- , pour in tho cream, cover it with ice, and, wheuset, serve. CINNAMON JUMBLES. Make one, two, three, four, or cupcake, a little thicker than usual ; mix toge her equal parts of cinnaman and gra- v ated sugar ; drop a Jaime spooufool of the dough into the cinnamon ; when all bave been well covered put into a quick ovan ; should be done in ten minutes. CHOICE PICKLES. Put cucumbers, peppers, etc., in vinegar ■ a lump of alum, size of an egg, to three g-d ons ; thus leave them two or three weeks, if necessary ; then pour off vinegar, and let it come to a boil. Having p ueed your pickels in .stone jars (noc glazed) or firkins, with layers of green Savoy cabbage leaves between - leave a week ; then | repeat, pouting of the vinegar, and boil ifc, ; and again another week repeat, the boiling j Tie up in thin muslin bags green ginger, horse-radish, English rnustaid-seed, whole pepper, cloves, and a lspice, and a little garlic ; add cassia buds. MUSHROOM CATSUP. Throw salt on them, and set, them by a slow fire ; then strain the liquor ; add garlic, shalots. pepper, mace, ginger, and cloves to tar-te ; boil slowly, skim well ; bofctle and cork tightly ; iv two months boil again, adding a little spice and stick of horsi'M'adish. TOMATO CATSUP A bushel of ripe tomatoes cut up and cooked thoroughly ; strained throngh a sieve when cold • and three quarts of vinegar, oue pint and a half of sah, three ounces each of whole cloves and al spice, three ounces nach of white and black pepper, twelve onions boiled whole in it for several hours, watching and stirring for fear of burning. It need nob boil bard, but simmer steadily. When cold bottle, afcer removing the onions when tbey have well flavoured the m.xture ■ keep iv a cool* dry place. FOR THE CURE OF NEURALGIA. Take two om ces of chloroform two ounces of ch'orar hydrate, oue aud a ha f ounces of a'cohol, oue ounce of camphor, oue ounce of sulphuric ether ; fix grain of sulphuric morphine, and two drams of oil of peppermint. Puc the m X'ure iuto a bottle sufficiently large to hold it, cork ifc fcightlv, shake it thoroughly and bathe the part aff cted frequently The above is intended for outward application ouly. SOFT SOAP. Clean the fa' by bniliag with alum and wa'er and straining; dinsolve four pounds of potaijh in <>ne pail water ; after the petash is dissolved add six and onp-quarter pounds grease ; either hoi it until it is compounded, or let it stand a few days and it will do so itseif; then, if it is sufficently mixed, by adding a little water it will thicken; if the mixture has not been boiled or left stauding long enough it will turn soft by adding the water; wheu it will bear the water tes% add cold water enough to make it a thick jelly and good soap. TO EXTERMINATE FLEAS. Take half a pound of Persian insect powder, half pound powdered borax, one ounce oil cedar, quarter ounce oil of pennyroyal properly put up by adruggist; close the room tight, sprinkle this powder on carpet, furniture and beds, and keep closed over day and night ;fchen open all wiudow andair thoroughly, aod in twentyfour hours there will bo no fleas, flies or mosquitos left ; the rooms cau then be wept and dusted. T'lis applies as well so roaches and water- bugs.