Household Hints

If yon have no dark place for the fruit cans, wrajj each one separately in heavy paper. The oftoner cnrpets are shaken the longer they wear; dust cuta the fibre of troven gouils. Wfaén clothes are scortched remove tlie stain by placing the garnient where the sun can shine on it. To clean ivory, rub it with bicarbonato of soda, applied by means of a toothbrush dipped in warm water. To keep oiloloths looking new, wipe off tlie dust with a dry cloth, thcn rub with u cloth dumpened with kerosene. New tins sliould be set over the fire with boiling water in them for several ïours before food is put into them. Jam Sauce - A teacupful of water to i;ilf a pot of jatu; stir it in and melt it on the lire; theu strain it and pour it round your pudding. Take thick slices of dry bread, dip in cold water, and fry in butter or butter .wil hird mixed, using a little salt, servïng inimediately; nice for breakfast. Solidified Beef Tea- One way to be2;uile an invalid into taking more beef tea than he is willing to is to add latine to it and let it cool in a mold. VVhen it is hard and like jelly serve it with salt and wafers. Fried Bríad- Take a half-pint of BWeel milk and aild a well beaten egg and a littl salt; dip in this slices of bread (if dry let it soak a minute) and fry on a buttered griddle ur.til it is slightly brown on each sde. Tliis is a good way to use up dry bread. l'ücket Cakes - "Children's pocket cakes may be made of one pint of flour mixed with the yelk of one egg; sweeten witli. a cup of soft brown sojra'r, flavor with any favorite son ng - mace, nutmeg or cimiamon. Roll out quite thin aad cut in fancy simpes, líake quickly. For SiuMcn Hoarseness- Roast a lemon in the oven, turning now and tlien that all sdes may be equally cooked. It should not crack or burst, ijut be soft all through. Take the lemon wliilü very hot, cut a piece from tlio top, fill it with as much sugar as t wilt holil. and eat on going to bed. Scotch Cakes - These are eeonomical so far as eggs are concerned, and it made with care will molt in the mouths of chitaren. Toone pound of flour allow half a pound of butter, and a quaiter of a pound of sugar; let the butter stand in a bas n near the tire to soften, hut not to melt; when soft rub it and the flour together, then knead in the sugar. Itoll out in a sheet half an inch tliick; cut out cakes about two inches sqaare.bake until they are aligbt brown. Put them awaj in a stone jar, and they will in a day or two gather moisture enough to be soft. Good Coffee - The best coffee is made trom mixed Mocha and Java berries, Caretnlly roasted and ground. Pour a eofl'eecupful into a pot that will hold thieepints of water; add the white and volk of an egg, or two or three clean eggshells, or a wellcleansed and dried bit of fish skin the size of a ninepence. Pour upon it boiling water, and boil ten m.nuU'S. Then pour out a little from the spout, in order to remove the gra'ns that niay have boiled inlo it, and pour back into the pot. Let it stand eight or ten minutes where it will keep hot, but not boil; boiling coffee a great while makes it strong, or not so lively or agreeable. If you have no cream, boil a saucepan of milk, and, after pouring it into the pitcher, stir it now and then till the bieakfast is ready, that the oream may not separate from the milk.