rt#? ""s Conservation Resources Lig-Free® Type I Ph 8.5, Buffered ONE HUNDRED AND J I • • fifty • • s 1 Hints and Helps I FOR EVERY-DAY USE. | % ! I * M Including many Valuable Receipts per- jf: I I talnlng to Health, the Home, the £ ^ Kitchen, Garden and Farm. «5l PUBLISHED BY (?» CONRAD • PINSCHMIDT, | NO. 45 N. CAROLINE ST., p ^j BALTIMORE, MD. 1895. jF Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1895, by CONRAD PINSCHxMIDT, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at "Washington ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ^"LIBERAL TERMS TO AGENTS. small phttes are at all the places. The olives are passed with the first course, and some peo- ple continue to eat them through the meal ; the olive stones are returned to the individual plates. 1 1. SOUR MILK often showsofftoa better advantage than sweet in shortcakes, pancakes, gingerbread, or Dutch cheese. 12. HOI'SE PLANTS. If you wish your house plants to flourish, put a few drops of spirits of ammonia to each pint of water used in watering them. 13. ROSE GERANIUM FOR FLIES. A moderate-sized rose geranium will prove so disagreeable to flies that they will avoid its neighborhood, and two or three in a room will banish them altogether. 14. PLANTS IN ROOMS It is difficult, if not impossible, to grow plants *in rooms lighted with gas and heated by a fur- nace, unless they are enclosed in cases. 15. RHUBARB. Rhubarb is extremely good for the complex- ion, and clears the blood generally. A person in ordinary health can scarcely eat too much of this most wholesome vegetable. Rhubarb jam may be made in the early spring to be eaten at once. Use equal quantities of fruit and sugar and boil the jam for half an hour. 16. TO PRESERVE EGGS. Rub over with grease and pack in bran, flouf or lime. 17. TO GIVE VARIETY TO AN OMELET. A tiny scrap of nice meat or fish, too little to serve one person, will give variety to an ome- let, or may be placed in the center of potato croquettes, or used to give flavor to a dish of macaroni. IS. TO SCALE FISH EASILY. Fish may be scaled more easily by first dip- ping them into boiling water for a minute. f 1<>, A HAM IS GREATLY IMPROVED, if, after being boiled, it is wrapped in buttered paper and baked for an hour. 20. SLICES OF COOKED MEAT, reheated, not cooked, in a good gravy or sauce, are much more satisfying than if served cold. 21. LINE PANS with buttered paper ; several thicknesses for large cakes. 22. FRESH MEAT 1>eginning to sour will sweeten if placed out of doors in the air over nisrht 23. FRUIT FOR CAKES. Fruit, for all nice cakes, should be picked, washed and dried the day before making. Dust with flour before using. Raisins should be steamed before seeding. 24. BERRIES.— FRUIT-JUICES. Berries of every kind are healthful, if eaten when fresh and ripe. Fruit-juices are preferable to any other for the making of cooling drinks. BUTTER. The difference between creamery, dairy, and factory butter is mostly in the label. There's a deal in a name, though the thing be the same. 26. LIME WATER. When a milk diet is prescribed for one who has an acid stomach, it is often best to add a little lime water to it. Lime water is made by turning two quarts of hot water over a piece of unslaked lime an inch square. When it is slaked, stir and let stand over night. In the morning pour off as much liquid as is clear and bottle it. To half a pint of milk add a tea- spoonful of lime water. 27. A DYSPEPTIC MAY EAT such articles of food as milk, eggs (softb-oiled or poached), beef, mutton, gluten bread and stale, white bread. The following articles should be excluded : Yeal, pork, preserved and salted meats, raw vegetables, pastry, fried dishes and all highly seasoned and greasy mix- tures. 28. PURIFYING DRINKING WATER. Boiling for half an hour will make water suf- ficiently pure for drinking, which cannot be said of filtering alone. Indeed, if a filter can- not be cleaned, instead of being a blessing it is a curse, and a serious source of danger. 25). HAM PATTIES. One pint of ham, which has previously been cooked, mix with two pints of bread crumbs, wet with milk. Put this batter in gem pans, break one egg over each, sprinkle the top thickly with cracker crumbs and bake until brown. 30. A DELICIOUS DESSERT is made by taking any rule for lemon jelly and substituting grated or finely cut pineapple for the lemon. A little remnant of canned pine- apple is well used in this way. 31. TO SOLIDIFY LEMON JELLY. Sometimes lemon jelly, made with gelatine. will not solidify. In such a case, add two stiff whites of eggs and a little sugar to a quart of the jelly, and freeze it as lemon ice. It will be found to be delicious, and that the egg removes that coarse, snowy taste of the average water-ice. 32. CANNED GRAPE-JUICE. Cook the grapes one hour, or until soft. Strain through afiue strainer and cook the juice once more, adding one cupful of sugar to one cupful of juice. Roil well and can in glass jars. ORANGE vSHERBET. Squeeze the juice from a dozen oranges and four lemons into half a gallon of water. Dis- solve a pound of sugar and add with the beaten whites of four eggs. Turn into a freezer and freeze. CLAM BOUILLON, which now comes in cans, ready for use, is en- riched by an addition of celery-salt and a mere squeeze of onion jui^e, with a trifle of thickened milk. Sprinkle a few fresh parsley sprigs on the top of each bouillon cup, and nobody will perceive the onion after you have left the table. :jr>. BAKED TOMATOES. Pick smooth, ripe tomatoes. Wipe them carefully and bake as you would apples Salt, pepper and butter can be added to taste. The flavor is very delicate and appetizing. FRUIT SANDWICHES. Spread thin slices of bread, white or brown, or crackers, if preferred, with figs which have been chopped fine and stewed several hours, and sprinkle the surface of the figs with pea- nuts, rolled, chopped or ground very fine. Cov- er with the bread. or crackers, and serve on a doilv. :*7. A SALAD OF WALNUTS. Crush the nuts quite fine, until they are re- duced to a pulp, mixing them with a little sher- ry wine. Serve on crisp iced lettuce leaves with mayonnaise dressing. It is delicious. COCOANUT PYRAMIDS. Whip the whites of five eggs as for icing, add one pound of powdered sugar while doing thin until it will stand alone, then beat in one cup of grated cocoanut. Shape into pyramids upon a dish and serve. BAKED BANANAS. Bake in the skins slowly any length of time. Then peel and spread with Melliu's food. This delicacy a baby could digest. 40. STAINS ON DISHES. Damp salt will remove stains from china or earthenware dishes. 41. CLEANING BRASS KETTLES. Clean a brass kettle by scouring with salt wet with vinegar before using for apple butter or other cooking. 42. SALT. Salt sprinkled on any substance burning on the stove will stop the smoke and smell. Salt thrown upon coals blazing from the fat of broiling chops or ham will cause the blaze to subside. 4;s. THE OVEN. The oven should be just right for the par- ticular kind of cake you are baking. Layer cakes, sponge and most small cakes need a quick oven. Rich cakes must bake long and slowly. Test the oven ; if the hand can bear the heat twenty or twenty-five seconds, it is in good order. 44. CLEANING PRYING PANS. Vinegar and salt will clean the black crust off iron frying pans, but they should be thoroughly scoured afterward with sand soap and dried. 4r>. TO AROUSE A DYING EIRE. Half a teaspoouful of sugar scattered over a dying fire is better than kerosene and has no element of danger. 4<>. RPST ON IRON OR STEEL. Kerosene is the best thing for removing rust from iron or steel, unless it is very deep. Then it must be taken off by scouring with fine emery powder. 47. CLEANING DECANTERS. A few drops of muriatic acid and a little cold water will keep clear and brilliant the insides of all decanters and water-bottles. Rinse again and again very carefully, and turn down on a folded napkin to drain and dry. 9. 48. CISTERN WATER. Cistern water may be purified by hanging in it a bag filled with charcoal. 4*>. DISINFECTING SINKS. It is well to pour a disinfectant down sinks and water-closets. The most suitable is chlo- ride of ?,inc, made into a solution by placing half a pound in a gallon of water. 50. NEW REFRIGERATORS. New refrigerators should stand for twenty - four hours filled with ice before being used to preserve food. 51. CORKS. Corks warmed in oil make excellent substi- tutes for glass stoppers. 52. WATER-PROOF GLOVES. If old kid gloves be dipped in hot linseed-oil it renders them waterproof, and they are better than rubber gloves to wear when washing dish- es or working in the garden. r>:5. WARM FOOD should never be placed in the ice box, as heat generates moisture 10. 54. COLD CELLAR. A cold cellar will serve all the demands of home cold storage if managed rightly. Instead of throwing it open as early as possible in the spring, the windows should remain tightly closed if you wish apples and potatoes to keep. TO DRIVE AWAY FLIES. Buy rive cents' worth of oil of lavender at the drug-store and mix it with the same quantity of water. Then put it in a common glass atomizer and spray it around the rooms wherever flies are apt to congregate, especially in the dining- room. 5<>. TO DRIVE AWAY WATER-BUGS. Powdered sugar and powdered borax in equal quantities, mixed and scattered or blown about with a bellows in all the nooks and cran- nies of kitchen and pantry, will rid the place of water-bugs, generally misnamed cockroaches. The latter are bigger than June-beetles, and rarely seen in private houses. TO (LEAN MARBLE BASINS. Marble basins, when stained, may be cleaned with muriatic acid, applied upon a small rag at- tached to a stick. The acid must not be allow- ed to drop upon the plumbing or to touch either hands or face. So much precaution is needed in its use that only those stains which defy the application of sand soaps should be treated in this way. 11. 58. DAMP CELLAR. If the air of the cellar is damp, it may be thoroughly dried by placing in it a peck of fresh lime in an open box. A peck of lime will absorb about seven pounds, or more than three quarts, of water, and in this way a cellar or milk-house may soon be dried, even in the hot- test weather. CLEANING WASTE PIPES. Chloride of lime in solution is an invaluable disinfectant and deodorizer, and is cheap enough to be used daily or weekly to flush waste pipes and sink drains. It may even be used in the cleansing of an ice-chest, especially if the latter has been shut up through the winter. TO WASH AN OIL CLOTH. Wash an oilcloth with a flannel wet with warm water, wiping dry and rubbing a little skim milk over. 4. TO KEEP YOUR WINDOWS (LEAN. The old-fashioned glass toweling, such as is used for goblets, is far better adapted to the purpose than the softest of chamois skins. Also use it on mirrors, and keep chamois skins ex- clusively for the silver. It is not only econom- ical, but absolutely better. 65. IF ANTS ANNOY your pantry, clear out the food and dishes and syringe it well with kerosene emulsion, leaving it unwashed for a day or two. TO TIGHTEN CANE-SEATS. "When the bottoms of cane-seated chairs sag, wash them with hot soapsuds and place them outdoors to dry ; they will become as tight as when new. THE BEST DUSTERS. The best dusters are made of yard-wide cheese clotb, cut square and neatly hemmed. <>8. DRYING UMBRELLAS. They will last much longer if they are always placed when wet with the handle downward to dry. The moisture then falls from the edge of the frame and the fabric dries uniformly. 69. TO SOFTEN LEATHER. Castor-oil is the best thing with which to sof- ten leather. 70. YELLOW STAINS ON WHITE GOODS. Yellow stains left by sewing-machine oil on white goods may be removed by rubbing the spots with a cloth wet with ammonia before washing with soap in rainwater. 71. SEWING NEW LINEN. Before sewing new linen on the machine, rub along the intended seam with yellow soap, or it may break the needle. TO WHITEN YELLOW LINEN. Whiten yellow linen by boiling half an hour in one pound of fine soap melted in one gal- lon of milk. Then wash in suds ; then in two cold waters with a little blueing. 73. TO REMOYE CREASES FROM YELYET. The creases can be taken out of velvet and the pile raised by drawing it across a hot iron over which a wet cloth has been spread. If there are pin marks over which the pile refus- es to rise, brush it up with a stiff brush and steam it, repeating the operation several times. 74. CLEANING GLOVES. Gloves can be cleansed at home by rubbing with gasoline. 14 75, To Prevent Steel Ornaments from T \i;mshix<;. A lump of camphor in your clothes-press will Ue.ep steel ornaments from tarnishing. 7<>. Weak Spots in a Black Stlk Waist. Weak spots in a black silk waist may be strengthened by "sticking" court plaster un- derneath. 77. FOR COTTON GOODS. Vinegar boiled in water that is to be used in laundering red, pink or blue is fine, and, if add- ed to rinsing water where red is the tint. Will give an added brilliancy to it. 78. WASHING CHINTZES AND SATlKES. Wash dark colored chintzes and satiues in \varm suds, rinse thoroughly and starch with gum-arabic water colored with coffee. Iron on the wrong side and they will look like new. 79. THE BEST TOWELS. The very best towels for every-day wear arc made of huckaback, bought by the yard, and fin- ished with hemstitched hems. Old towels may sometimes be cut over to advantage in the shape of svash-rags. SO. CLEANING SILK. Take a good-sized potato, clean and scrape it. Put it in a basin and pour over it a pint of boiling 16 water. Let this preparation stand until cool. Sponge the silk with the potato water on the right side, and iron on the wrong side while still damp. Your silk will look like new when finished. 81. TORTOISE SHELL ARTICLES. Articles made of tortoise shell become dull after they have been in use for a time. This may be prevented by occasional vigorous pol- ishing with a piece of flannel. 82. TO CLEAN LACE. Spread the lace out on blue paper covered with calcined magnesia ; place the lace on this and cover with another paper, and put it away between the leaves of a book for a few days. Then all it needs is a skilful little shake to scat- ter the powder, and its delicate little threads are as fresh and clean as when first woven. 8J5. To Clean Hair Brushes < ^iicki.v and Easily, Take a dessert-spoonful of hartshorn in a quart of cold w-ater in a wash-hand basin. Dip in the hair of the brushes and rub them together until clean. Then rinse well with cold water, rub dry with a towel, and stand upright in an open window. 84. CLEANING CARPET. In cleaning a badly-soiled carpet, great pre- caution should be used. Brussels, tapestries, Wiltons or velvet carpets may be cleaned with ox gall— a pint to a pail of water. Use an ordi- nary scrubbing-brush, and afterwards the car- 16. pet should be vigorously rubbed with a coarse cloth. Fresh water should be applied. A small portion of the carpet done each day during the hot and sultry weather would keep it greatly re- freshed in coloring, as well as sweet and clean. 85. TO BRIGHTEN LEATHER FURNITURE, wash it with good soap and soft water, and dry in the sun. Then rub with a flannel cloth wet with kerosene, and let it stand in the air awhile to dry and evaporate. 8<>. When About to Re-papee the Wall. Before papering the house anew, be sure to have the old paper removed before beginning to re-paper. Physicians say that papering old walls without removing the old paper is a prolific cause of disease. 87. TO HE MOVE OLD PAINT. Add four pounds of sal-soda and one-half pound of lime to two gallons of water, and apply while hot. It will soon loosen the paint. 88. TO REPAIR A BROKEN WALL. X T se plaster of Paris and whiting, as it hard- ens rapidly, and may be colored or papered on without delay. Sih DUSTING A ROOM. In dusting a room the doors and windows should be opened so the dust may be sent out- side, and all that is swept up from floors should 17. be burned. The usual dry cloth is hot ofitiucii use in dusting ; a damp one ought to be used in the first place, the dry one devoted to pol- ishing. 90. for moth 8. Benzine is the best remedy if the moths have stolen a march and are ravaging carpets or furniture. Pour it freely upon any carpet or upholstered furniture ; it will not stain. 91. IF A BEDSTEAD CREAKS at each movement of the sleeper, remove the slats and wrap the ends of each in old news- papers. WASHING-FLUID. Dissolve one pound of concentrated lye in two gallons of water ; then add four ounces of Salts of tartar and four ounces of carbonate of ammonia; keep in a jug. Use one cupful to a boiler of water., or more, if the water is hard. <>:*. SOAP. Some soap in market has so large a percent- age of soda in it that it is not fit for washing anything but white clothes. 94. A GOOD QUALITY of indelible ink will not wash out unless soda or' some strong washing fluid is used in washing. The use of the various powerful and injurious washing fluids now in market may be detected 18. by their effect on indelible ink. Any washing that turns the ink brown has probably been done with the assistance of soda or some such chemical, which is certain to rot the clothes. 95. TO KEEP THE HAIR IN CURL. Mix twelve grains of carbonate of potash with a pint of warm, soapy water. Froth the water by beating it with the hands, dip a brush in it and dampen the hair well ; then curl with ordinary curlers. «M>. INFLAMED AND SORE EYES. For inflamed and sore eyes, take a small basin filled with water. Drop in several red-hot cokes from the fireplace ; strain off water and use as a lotion, bathing the eyes with it every hour. It should be made fresh for use every day. 1)7. CUTTING THE HAIR. Frequent cutting or trimming of the hair in- creases the thickness, but not the number. BLEEDING FROM FRESH WOUNDS. Powdered rice is very efficacious in stopping bleeding from fresh wounds. 99. TENDER FEET. To harden very tender feet, bathe them in warm salt water, once or twice a day. 1!!. 100, To STOP SNEEZING. Pressure upon the upper lip or above the bridge of the nose will usually cut short even a severe fit of sneezing. This failing, a mustard plaster applied to the back of the neck, or the administration of an emetic will be found useful, 101. COUGH. A severe paroxysm of coughing may be often arrested by a table-spoonful of glycerine in a wine-glass of hot milk. 102. GOING UPSTAIRS slowly, put the foot— heel and toe alike— firm- ly on each stair. You will arrive at the top of four flights of stairs rested, instead of gasping fof breath. 103. ARRESTING A (OLD. There is no better medicine in the world to arrest the progress of a cold than hot water ; and, besides its effect upon the stomach and the system generally, it is beneficial in the highest degree. You can procure almost in- stant relief by drinking a cup of water as hot as you can bear to take in the mouth and swal- low. And for sore throat, the remedy will be found almost a specific. 104. TO SWEETEN THE BREATH. The scent of onions can be entirely removed, no matter how they have been served, if you drink a cup of black coffee immediately after eating them Also, a clove or wintergreen cream 20. will remove the smell of wine from the breath ; or. use a gargle of camphor and myrrh if you get the idea that your breath is the least bit tainted. 105-. SKIN BEAUTIFIER. Half an ounce of tincture of benzoin, lti ounces of rosewater, 10 drops of attar of roses. vSponge the wet skin with this preparation after the bath. An equal weight of refined linseed oil added to this mixture and rubbed well into the arms and neck twice daily will preserve them from atten- uation. 1 06. DRY PALATE. A bit of peppermint lozenge just before going out is a preventive against dry palate, or any other salivary trouble. 107. WHEN TO BUY BOOTS AND SHOES. You should never buy boots and shoes in the morning. The feet are at their maximum sue later in the day. 108. AIR YOUR CLOTH IN O. Everyday garments, particularly those which are not laundered, should be disinfected. Turn the garments wrong side out and let the air and sunshine disinfect and deodorize them. All night airing is good, but a day of blowing winds and purifying sunlight is better. too. DON'T SLEEP IN HOT ROOMS. Sleeping apartments should neverbe unduly heated. Whenever possible, children should 21. be accustomed to sleep with a slightly open window. no. LETTING CLOTHES HANG after they are dry, or letting them hang through a storm, or in windy weather, is not conducive to long wearing. 111. THE BATH. The water for the summer bath should be at least moderately warm to begin with, and then cold water should be gradually turned in until it is finally quite cold. The water of the bath may be softened by bran bags, toilet water or borax. After soap, water and a scrubbing-brush have done their work, a rinsing with cold water and a brisk rubbing with a Turkish towel will make one feel deliciously refreshed. 112. FOR NERVOUS DYSPEPSIA, sour stomach after eating, coated tongue and constipation : Take five drops of tincture of nux vomica in water before each meal, a coffee-spoonful or more of willow charcoal after eating and a tea- spoonful of pure sulphate of soda in a gobletful of hot water an hour before breakfast every morning. 113. PROTECTION AGAINST the bites of gnats and other insects. Weak car- bolic acid sponged on the skin and hair, and in some cases the clothing, will drive away the whole tribe. 1 14. To Relieve a Cold in the Head. Use a solution consisting of ten grains of men- thol, ten grains of euealyptol, ten drops of oil of cubebs, and two ounces of liquid albolene. Use it with an atomizer every hour or two. i ir>. Dizziness and Vertigo, Caused by a Stomach Disturbance. Take a teaspoonful of sulphate of soda in a gobletful of hot water an hour before breakfast. 11<>. For Faintness and Headache. Take one teaspoonful of aromatic spirits of ammonia in a glass of vichy water as required. 117. IF NKRVOUS. If nervous and troubled with flatulency, take a five-grain asafoetida pill every three hours. US. Fresh Air, Pure Water, and sunshine, are the deadly microbes' worst enemies, and attention to a few simple hygienic rules will enormously lessen the chances of dis- ease, while, if a few simple precautions are neg- lected, the probability of some microbic disor- der attacking some member of the houeshold is considerably increased. 1 19. CATS AND DOGS are a serious source .of danger if they have been permitted to roam around promiscuously at their 23. own sweet will, as they carry the germs of dis- ease with them, and quite frequently convey most serious disorders not only to children, but to grown persons. As there is no satisfactory method of sterilizing these animals, it is best to have none of them about the house unless they can be kept within bounds. 120. TO DESTROY MICROBES. Chloride of lime is a valuable antiseptic, and should be freely scattered around in cellars and stables, after those places have been thoroughly cleaned and every particle of dirt removed. One single ounce of dirt under the wood in the shed, or in the cellar, may contain enough of the microbes of disease to infect the entire population of a house, and eventually the whole city. 121. DO NOT WORRY over little things. Take the rosy view of the sub- jects before you, rather than the reverse. Keep calm and collected, then the nerve force will not be exhausted, and you will get the full bene- fit of the sensible manner of your life. 1 22. ATHLETIC TRAINING. As long as you are in course of training, absti- nence from alcoholic fluid is absolutely neces- sary. Don't touch the hurtful thing. It will undermine all the qualities on which you depend for success, will injure your precision, your decis- ion, your presence of mind and your endurance. 1 2:?. ANTS ON THK LAWN. How to get rid of ants on the lawn. Pour in 24. kerosene emulsion— a quart of it into a hill. 124. WINDOW GARDEN. A window garden is a very pretty way to ar- range your plants. A window with a southern exposure is the best. 125. POTTED PLANTS. The best way to take care of your potted plants in summer is to set them pots and all in a half-shaded bed. Plunge them in a little below the top of the pot. In the fall lift them, repot in larger pots with good soil, cut back well, and' put in the house for winter blooming. 1 26. GRAPE-VINES. Don't trim grape-vines after the sap begins to How. Tube-rose. The tube-rose will bear but little cold. The temperature should not fall below 50 degrees, or there will be trouble by rotting at the centre. 12S. Mignonettes. Mignonettes, like all plants of delicate fra- grance, are never so sweet as when house-grown, and a box of them in a window will make a room so deliciously fragrant, that even to pass the door is a pleasure. 12<> Rose Cuttings. One of the best methods to start rose cuttings. is to stick the cuttings about an inch deep into moist, clean river sand with good, well-prepared soil below to receive the roots as soon as they strike. l ;}<). Plants in Pots. Many plants will thrive better if the pots con- taining them are placed inside of a larger one with earth between the two. 131. GARDEN Whenever it is possible, lay out your garden on a southern slope. 132. To Protect Apple Trees from Rabbits. One application of castor- oil in the fall, will protect them from rabbits, and leave the bark in fine condition in spring. Take a little on a cloth and rub it as far up as a rabbit gets. One application does all winter and spring. l :*:*. Wind-cured Hay. Progressive farmers are claiming that in cur- ing hay the aim should be to dry it through the agency of the wind rather than through that of the sun. When cured through the former agen- cy, it preserves its green color in a marked de- gree and also much of the aroma which renders it so palatable to the stock. Wheat for Swine. Wheat, for swine of all ages, is a beautiful and agreeable food, giving generous returns in both framework and flesh ; but fed whole, espe- daily without soaking, is used at a disadvan- tage. Ground and made into slops, it is inval- uable for suckling sows, and for pigs both be- fore and after weaning. 135. Small Potatoes. Small potatoes are usually the result of put- ting too much seed in a hill. i :*<>. Beet Seed. Sow beet seed for table use as early as pos- sible and in very rich ground. 137. Plant Peas in the Orchard. They dissolve air in the soil and put nitrogen into active use. They do not drain the soil, either, but keep it moist. In the fall, give the pea vines and fallen apples to the hogs, and they will produce better meat than if fed on a corn diet. 138. ( >VER-FEEDING TIkns. When hens lay double-yolked eggs, or those of unusual size, it is a sign of over-feeding. Give them more green food and meat and less grain. 139. Celery Plants. Remember that undue crowding makes poor celerv plants. 14-0. Intelligent Farmers now feed their hogs on clover, corn, wheat, vegetables, ground grain and whey or skim milk, with plenty of clean water available at all times. 141. Seed Potatoes. Never plant scabby seed potatoes, but select the smoothest specimens for that purpose, if you want a nice, even crop. 142. Don't Feed Smutty Corn to stock, as it frequently transmits disease. 14;*. The Best Nourishment for a Horse. Oats and corn are the best nourishment if a horse is worked hard, but if not, it should be chiefly hay, because corn and oats supply more nourishment and flesh-making material than any other kind of food ; but hay is not so much. For a coach horse, four to six quarts of good oats, and eighteen pounds of good hay, are usu- ally sufficient. 144. Do Not Feed nor Water a Horse directly after his coming in very warm, but let him walk about until cool ; groom him quite dry first with a wisp of straw, and then with a comb and brush, and rub the legs well with the hand. When he is cool give him his grain. 145. Watering Horses. Horses require and should have at least a pailful of water morning or evening ; or, what is better, give a half pailful at four different times in a day. 140. A Horse Should Not be driven or worked hard directlv after he has had a full draught of water, nor soon after eat- ing heartily, as exertion prevents digestion, 147. Chopped Hay, sprinkled with a little water, which has a tea- spoonful of salt dissolved in it, is quite pleasing to the taste of the horse, and is also more easily digested. 148. Do Not Work nor Drive A Horse if he refuses his food, after drinking, until you have given him rest. 14*). To Tighten Loose FeluEs. The application of hot linseed oil will tighten up the loose fellies of a wagon and keep them light. 150. Driving Nails into Hard Wood. You can drive nails into hard wood without bending them, if you dip them first into lard. 151. Fire Pails. 1.1 to 20 drops of oil will form a coating suffi- cient to prevent the evaporation of water in fire pails. 20. tBable of &onl-znlz> A. Albunlenized Milk . . . > • , 2 A Ham is Greatly Improved . 19 A Dyspeptic may Eat 27 A Delicious Dessert 30 A Salad of Walnuts 37 A Large Rug i . . (51 A Good Quality -94 Arresting a Cold 103 Air your Clothing.... 108 Athletic Training 122 Ants on the Lawn 133 A Horse Should Not 140 B. Boiling on Old Ham 4 Berries. — Fruit-j uices 24 Butter , . 25 Baked Tom atoes 35 Baked Bananas 39 Bleeding from Fresh Wounds 98 Beet Seed 138 c. Canned Grape^Juice. . . 33 Clam Bouillon 34 Cocoanut Pyramids 38 Cleaning Brass Kettles. 41 Cleaning Frying Pans 44 Cleaning Decanters 47 Cistern Water 48 Corks 51 Cold Cellar 54 Cleaning Waste Pipes , 59 Cleaning Smoky Mica 02 Cleaning Lamp Burners 03 Cleaning Gloves 74 Cleaning Silk 80 Cleaning Carpet 84 Cutting the Hair 97 Cough 101 Cats and Dogs 119 Celery Plants 139 Chopped Hay 147 D. Disinfecting Sinks. , 49 Damp Cellar . . . 58 Drying Umbrellas 68 Dusting a Room 89 Dry Palate. 100 Don't Sleep in Hot Rooms 109 Dizziness and Vertigo 115 Do not Worry , 121 Don't Feed Smutty Corn 142 Do not Feed nor Water a Horse 144 Do not Work nor Drive a Horse 148 Driving Nails into Hard Wood 150 Ffesh Mea£. *,.,,, 22 Fruit for Cakes 23 Fruit Sandwiches 36 For Cotton Goods 77 For Moths 90 For Nervous Dj'spepsia 112 For Faintness and Headache 116 Fresh Air, Pure Water 118 Fire Pails , ■<< ■ 151 G. Going Upstairs ■ 102 Grape- Vines 12(5 Garden ,,.,,...,...., 131 H. How to Frv Aright < . . . , 6 House Plants 12 Ham Patties 20 If Ants Annoy ". • . ■ . . »'»"j If a Bedstead Creaks ill Inflamed and Sore Eyes 96 If Nervous 117 Intelligent Farmers 140 Ui Line Pans . . . . 21 Lime Water 20 Letting Clothes Hartg 110 M. Milk Becoming Sour. . 5 Making Coffee 7 Miguortettes 128 N. New Refrigerators 50 o. Olives. 10 Orange Sherbet. . , 33 Over-Feeding Hens 13S P. Plants in Rooms 14 Purifying Drinking Water 2S Protection Against 113 Potted Plants 195 Plants in Pots 130 Plant Peas in the Orchard 137 R. Rose Geranium for Flies • ■ ■ ■ . ■ 13 Rhubarb 15 Rust on Iron or Steel 40 Rose Cuttings 129 s. Substitute for Citron 1 Sour Milk 11 Slices of Cooked Meat 20 Stains on Dishes 40 Salt 42 Sewing New I.inen 71 »oap , , , ,93 Skin Beautifier 105 Small Potatoes 135 Seed Potatoes 141 To Preserve Eggs ,', Ki To Give Varietv to an Omelet IT To Scale Fish Easily 18 To Solid ifv Lemon jellv g] The Oven ". 43 To Arouse a Dying Fire , 4."i To Drive away Flies • 5n To Drive away Water- Bugs , 5fi To Clean Marble Basins •' 57 To Wash an Oil Cloth 60 To Keep your Windows Clean (>4 To Tighten Cane-Seats 66 The Best Dusters 07 To Soften Leather 69 To Whiten Yellow Linen 72 To Remove Creases from Velvet 73 To Prevent Steel Ornaments from Tarnishing 7.1 The Best Towels 79 Tortoise Shell Articles 81 To Clean Lace. 82 To Clean Hair Brushes Omckly and Easily 88 To Brighten Leather Furniture 86 To Remove Old Paint. 87 To Repair a Broken Wall H8 To Keep the Hair in Curl 93 Tender Feet 99 To Stop Sneezing , 100 To Sweeten the Breath KM The Bath Ill To Relieve a Cold in the Head 114 To Destroy Microbes 120 Tuberose 127 To Protect Apple Trees 139 The Best Nourishment for a Horse 143 To Tighten Loose Fellies 149 u. Use of Oiled Papers , 8 w. Wash Green Vegetables 3 Weather Bureau at Home 9 Water*proof Gloves.. 58 Warm Food 53 Weak Spots in a Black Silk Waist 76 Washing Chintzes and Satines 78 When about to Re-paper the Wall S(i Washing- Fluid 93 When to Buv Boots and Shoes 107 Window Garden 124 Wind- Cured Hay 133 Wheat for Swine 134 Watering Horses 146 Yellow Stains on White Goods 70 1. SUBSTITUTE FOR CITRON. Watermelon-rinds make an excellent substi- tute for citron. Cook rich and thick with plenty of sugar, and can. When ready to use, take out a little, dry in oven and add to cake", pudding, or pie. ALBUMENIZED MILK is made by putting the whites of two eggs in a glass jar with one pint of milk and shaking them thoroughly. :s. WASH GREEN VEGETABLES. All green vegetables should be washed in cold water, wiped with a clean cloth, and cooked in freshlv boiling, salted water until done — and no longer. To ascertain when they are done try with a fork, as the time will vary according to the freshness of the vegetable. 4. BOILING AN OLD HAM. Before boiling an old ham it should be soaked for sixteen hours in a large pan of cold water. Remember that a ham fast boiled is quite spoiled. r>. MILK BECOMING SOUR. A few grains of* borax put into milk will prevent it from becoming sour. a, HOW TO FRY ARIGHT. If the preparation to be fried is put into fat at the right temperature, a skin forms over it at once, and prevents any chance of its being greasy. You should test it by throwing in a morsel of breadcrumb ; if this colors and crisps at once, the fat is fit for use. 7. MAKING COFFEE- A simple rule to follow in making coffee, is to put the ground berry into the coffee pot and set on the back of the range to thoroughly heat before the water is added. The oil in the cof- fee is thus brought out and the best flavor obtained. S, USE OF OILED PAPERS. Reserve the oiled papers that come over lard or butter for papering cake tins. <). WEATHER BUREAU AT HOME. Drop two lumps of sugar carefully into the middle of your cup of coffee ; if the air-bubbles remain in the center of the cup of coffee, it will be fine ; if they rise rapidly and go at ouce to the sides, it will rain all day ; if they gather in the center and then go in a cluster to one side. look out for showers. 10. OLIVES. When olives are served they are placed oni the table before the meal begins and not re- moved until the dessert is brought on. The LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 014 184 230 4«r