The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-22
VALUABLE RECIPES.

Whitcwashed walls will not rub off
if The lime is thus prepared: Mix half
a pailful of lime and water; take half
pint of flour, make a starch of it and
pour it hot into the whitcwash stir it
well.
When a hoop-skirt is sOiled, put it
into tub of hot suds, and rub it with
a clean scrubbing brush or whisk
broom. Rinse it and hang it in the
sun. 1t will be whitencd, but little
sitter than before. 90 r
White lead paint will sometimes
mend broken china very nicely. At
ter applying it to the fractured part,
let it remain undisturbed two or three
months to dry. Quck-lirne mixed
with white of egg is perfect cement.
RICE CREDIBLE CAKEs.-Use boiled
rice and flour, ore-half of each to
make the batter; one pint of sour
milk, two eggs and ono tcaspoonful of
soda. Rice left from dinner the pre-
vious day may be used for this pur-
pose. ......
TRANSPARENT JELLY PIE.-One cup
full of butter, one cupful of powdered
white sugar, and four eggs well bea-
ten. Bake the crust, then pour in the
mixture, aid put it back in the oven,
for few minutes, until the mixture
becomes stiff.
Dry white wooden stockings on
shingles cut the right shape and size.
Each member of the family should
have pair or mOlc Of these stocking
boards. Pin the hose over the upper
edges, and hang on tine line to dry.
They cannot shrink, and need no
rOniDg. '...
CURRANT JELLY WATER.-A table
spoonful of currant jelly thoroughly
mixed through half pint of cold wa
ter. A sick person may drink as
much as he wishes of this acid water.
As with all other drinks for the sick,
little at the time, and often repeated,
is the way it should be given.
A convenient bag for shoes may be
made of gingham or delainc, and
hung inside closet door; the back of
it straight, nearly the width of the
door, aud good deal longer than a
pair of shoes; attach loops to it TO
hang on nails driven into tie door;
the front of it is gathered full, sewed
bv seam to the hack at the bottom
end sides, and stitched fast at the back
at regular intervals, hem and sheer
the top and draw it up loosely with
tape. Others recommend low
square box on castOrs, cushioned on
tue top and fitted with two drawers,
one for hose and one for shoes.
These methods of restoring unfOr
tunate knifc-handlcs to blades which
have come off are worth a trial =
"Take a small portion of goosc-quill
and put into the handle of the knife,
warm the blade, and when it is hot
put it into the quill in the handle, and
press it very firmly. Or brick dust
stirred into melted rOsin makes COM
position that will fix knives and forks
i'm their handles. The tang should be
thrust in warm. Knives and forks
that are not fastened to the handles
by rivets should never be put in hot
water"
This receipt for clear starching is a
good one: Collars, underslcevcs and
handkerchiefs of very fine muslin or
lace will not bear much squeezing or
rubbing when starched. They can be
made perfectly white and clean with
out either. Rinse them carefully
through clear water, then soap them
well with white soap; place fiat in a
dish or sauc, n, and cover with water;
place them in the sun. Let them re-
main two or three days, changing
them frequently and turning them.
Once every day take them out, rinse
carefully, soap and place i'll fresh wa
ter. When they are white, rinse and
starch in the usual way. Starched
laces, &C, look best pressed between
towels in large book, and not IRON
ed. Embroideries, daisy cdgings,
Marsailles goods, &c, look mich bet
ter when ironed upon the wrong side
The Swans of the n. Y. American
Institute Farmers Club, have discuss
ed the King bird, and came TO the
conclusion that he does not destroy
bees. A correspondent of The New
England Farmer says that he doubts
this decision and recently watched a
King bird flying about a swarm of
bees. His observations convinced
him that the bird was there for the
very purpose Of catching the workers
as they returned to the hive, loaded
with honey, and also that he was sue
cceding at the business very finely.
A few days since neighbor shot a
King bird which was fitting about
among his swarms, and upon dissect-
ing him, found 10 of the bees in his
stomach. Now if the King birds
don't eat bees, how came bees there!