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Show Hints to HoutelMtepeni. By rubbing with a flannel dipped in whiting, tho brown discolorations may be taken oil cups which have been used for baking. Ar.imo.iia is a most useful household article. For washing windows, brushes, and performing many other services it becomss !most indispensable to the caivf-.il hacC:teopcr. Erenh cod u exceeding nice boiled and served lth egg sauce; but you must get a pieco from tho thickest part of tho lih, .ind it should weigh three or four 0i.:iiJ'. In buying cooUod lobsters remember that a lobster that was alivo when thrown into the bo'.lo; will havo tho tail curled up to t.h-j body, while one that was dead h.8 tho tail extended. Salt lish may bo soaked over night, changing the wnttv if it grows very salt. Always put it lleh side downwards in the pan, so th.vt the salt may settle lu the pan. In t!.c country, salted, or ! what they call pickled salmon is often I allowed to stand for days in sour milk. It must bo eare'uily washed when ' cooked, and really seems to acquire a j pleasant flavor from its unusual treatment. I Flour made from spring wheat is apt I to be somewhat soft in the fall and : early winter, and does not mako as J good bread as when older and dryer. : This defect may be obviated by drying tho Hour before baking, by placing it in a pan on tho back of the stove or in ; a moderately warm drying oven, i Many cooks famous for good bread practice this secretly as one of the ' "tricks of tho trade." The spice poultice is a growing fav-! fav-! orite in the sickroom. It is pleasant j to use and easily made. Mix togethor j dry, one heaping teaspoonful each of ground ginger, cinnamon, cloves and i Hour. Moisten with hot water until of proper consistency to spread. Double and heat a piece of old cotton, spread j tho plaster on it and cover with cheese-i cheese-i cloth. When cold, moisten w-ith brnn-! brnn-! dy or whiskey and reheat A receipe for a soap-bubble mixture allows sixty grains of white caatile j soup to mi ounce of soft water. Tho . mixtmv should bo placed in a bottle throe times as large as will contain it, and after standing two or three hours, j one-half n-s much glycerine as water : should be added. This may be allowed i a few hours to dissolve, und then 1 should bo thoroughly shakon at inter- vals to facilitate thorough solution, j Largo and durable bubbles can be j made from this mixture, which should ! be prepared twenty-four hours before it is to be used. |