Squatter sovereign., 1856-07-08

should De within an inch or two as long as
the carpet IS wide. and about four or fre
inches in breadth, so as to be distance
from each stair. This simple plan. SO
easy of execution, will. We know. preserve
a stair carpet half as long again as il would
last without the strips of paper.
BED nres.-sThe following recipe 10
destroy these annoying and disagreeable
pests, is taken from the Maine Farmer:
| 1. Alcohol, half pint; spirits Of turPen-
tine, half pint; sal ammoniac, ounce; cor
rosive sublimate, ounce; camphor, OF;
Put the camphor into the alcohol and dis
solve it, then pulserize the sal anmoniac
and the corrosive sublimate, and add ioit,
after which put in the spirits OF fturpentine,
and shake all wellup together. This viii
end the days and nights too. of any bed
bug it touches, and on washing the eed-
stead, as well as the chinks and erevices
Of the room with 1t, they become so un-
pleasant to this species OF night walker
that they will either die or decamp for
Iparts unknown.
Ported NEArs.-It sometimes happens
to the ladies from some unforeseen c;rcum-
stance, that large quantities of cooked
meats, prepared for party that did moi
come off. perhaps, remain on hand, which
for want of knowing how to preserve, are
measursbly lost. Such should be pctted.
Cut the meat from the bone and chop
fine, and season high with salt. pepper,
cloves and cinnamon. Moisten with vine.
gar. wine, brandy. cider Or Worcestershire
sauce, or melted butter, according to the
kind of meat, or TO suit your own taste
Then pound 1t tight into stone jar, and
cover over the top with aboa; quarter d
an inch of mehed butter. Fl will keel
months, and always afford ready ane
excellent dish for the tea table.
To CLEAN cARPETs.-Your carpet be
> ing first well beaten and freed from dust
tack it down to the fooI; then mix half &
PITT Of bulicc,l's gall with two gallons o
soft water, scrub ii we'll with soap and witt
this gall mixture, let it remain till quit dr.
when it will be perfectly cleansed ant
E look as good as new, as the colors viii b
i restored to their original brightness.
1 FURNITURE PoLIsH-Satutate tn
!, wood of new furniture with cold drawn lin
+, seed oil-put on a coat of copal varnish
and rub down with ground pulnice stone
Y Repeat this three or four times, when 20,
i will have clear hard surface. Rub thi
? with sweet oil and polish with silk clotl
: and little fine wheat -four.
d LAFAYETFE GINGER cAKE.-One an
half pounds of wheat flour, quarter c
if a pound OF butter, cne pint of molasses
o one pint OF brown sugar. ten eggs, ginge
r to the taste: one teaspooniul of pearias
r dissolved IN warm water. Stir alltoge,he
and bake in pans or patties. Carrant
e and raisins may he added.
j a quick even is required for TIE abov
G cake.
VI CHEAP cAkE.-One cup of sugar, On
of buttermiik, two ounces of butter, one tea
n spoonful cf sale,atus. enc essence OF len
r mon; stir in -four ill quite stiff; beat til
i mixture well before baking.
81 WHIrE cAkE.-One and half cups
" sugar, one Of milk, two OF flour, four tabl.
!. spoonfuls Of butter, one teaspoonful
t, cream tartar, one half do. Of soda, and Il
: whites OF three eggs.
!. SOFA FRIED cAkEs.-Cne cup of mill
two of sugar, three eggs, two .easpoOnfu
ID of cream tartar, one OF soda.
4 CooKIEs.-One cup of butter, two ]
IS sugar. two eggs, one teaspoonfal of salar
Z tus dissolved in two tablespconfuls
c milk.
:. = LOAF eAKE.-One pin, CT bread spong
> one cupof sugar, one of butter, three egg
:, one tablespoonful OF salaratus; spice 10 Il
!. taste. Mix thoroughly. but not very sti
:. - and bake when light. It smnch improy,
:, by adding raisins.
y To PRESERVE Strawberries wHoL
IN Make syrup boiling hot, and havi,
err picked fine large strawberries free fro
ofi hulls, Cor if preferred, leave them q
.. half an inch of the stem on, pour il or
=, thems LEI it remain until the next day; III
+. drain It of, and boil again; return ]. !
.. to the fruit; let ;hem remain for anoth
oeI night then put them into the kettle a
be boil gently for half an hour, Gus one IN t.'
~ if il is done through, take them from 4
= Isyrup with a skinner, and spread the
on fiat dishes to cool; boil the syrup az
IA thick and rich; then put the frni. into gls
= jars; let the syrup cool and settle; th
=, pour it carefully of from che sediment oi
:. The fruit
.tsi ia 'Tis teo hot to breathe.