Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-03-18

To Remove lIIIdew from Clothing.
Take a handful of salt, nslf cupful
of soft soap, rub on the cloth and expose
to the sun. 1t will come out with one or
two bleachings..
To Clean White Paint
To clean paint without soap, use pow
dered French chalk and hot water. It
adds to the whiteness of the paint with
out injuring it. When soap is used, add
a little saleratus to the suds, wash with
flannel cloth, then rinse and wipe with a
linen cloth.
Potato POne.
This is favorite dish in the West In
dia Islands. Wash, peel and crate two
pounds of potatoes, and four ounces
each of sugar and butter Cor beef drip
ping) melted, one teaspOOnful each of
salt and pepper, mix well together, place
it in a baking dish, and put it into brisk
oven until it is done and becomes nicely
Drowned.
Economical Breakfast Dish.
If you have few bits of meat, or two
or three cold potatoes, left over, put
some ''drippings" into skillet; slice the
potatoes thin, cut the meat up fine, and
salt and pepper to taste; then beat two or
three eggs, according to the size of the
dish TO be prepared; stir them TO a cup of
cream or milk, and pour over the meat
and potatoes. If the eggs are not plenty,
use fewer eggs and more cream or milk.
1t milkf add a tablespoonful of butter.
Keep it over the fire, stirring constantly,
till the eggs are cooked. 1t takes but a
few moments to prepare this, but do not
leave it an instant till done, or the eggs
will burn and ruin the whole.
Cleaning Mirrors.
HOusekeeDers should never allow the
plate of a mirror, or even their window
panes, to be cleaned with newspaper. AL
most all newspapers now use paper con-
tanning straw as component, and as the
substance of straw is largely composed of
slick (hmt), which cannot be entirely elm
mated in the process of manufacture, the
result is congeries of minute scratches
on the face of the glass, not always Visi
BILE to the naked eye singly, but in a mass
producing cloudy and dull appearance,
ruinous to the glass. Chsmois skin kept
in drawer free from dust, and the deli
cate tissue paper, are the best materials
for glass cleaning.
How to Make a Chicken Pie.
Take two good chickens and cut them
into small pieces; parboil in just water
enough to cover them. Put in half a
pound of pork cut very small, and let
the whole pa boil one hour. While par
boiling, prepare a crust as for nice biscuit,
line five quart pan with the crust, place
your chicken nicely in the pan, season
with pepper and salt. Then roll two
crackers and sprinkle over the chicken,
then pour in the liquid in which the
chicken was parbOiled. Take a piece of
crust dough, roll in piece of butter the
size of an egg, roll to one fourth of an
inch in thickness and cover your pie,
making two small holes in the crust.
Bake one hour. If pork is Objectionable
use butter.
Bed bug EXterminatOr
A lady who moved into mouse swarm
ing with bed bugs, after cleansing the
house, tells how she exterminated the
bugs from her bedsteads: 81 took tea
spoonful # quicksilver, costing ten or
fifteen cents, which beat up with the
whites of two eggs, just as | would make
frOsting for cake, or till the quicksilver
was thoroughly mixed with the egg; this
l applied with feather to every crack
and crevice where bed bug could hide,
after washing the bedsteads in cold wa
ter. This l repeated three or four times
during the first summer, and about three
times during the second summer. The
result is, have not seen bug for two
years. AS the bugs will not stay where
quicksilver is applied faithfully, it is ne
cessary to overhaul the bedding frequent
ly, to capture straggers who are seeking
a more healthful abode"