The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-08-22
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

A RECIPE FOR USING L4EmONS.- l. AhO
three dozen good sized lemons, cut
each in halves, and draw out the inside
pulp without breaking the rind, strain
all the juice through flannel bag. To
the juice add two quarts of granulated
sugar. In porcelain kettle let it just
scald. but not boil. Bottle and seal for
syrup. It will nearly fill three pint bot
ties. Fill each half of the rind with
common table salt, and set them upon
platter. where the sun will shine upon
them during the day, but bring them
in at night. After drying in this man.
very hard and dry, but will not mold.
With fork remove as much of the salt
as possible, without breaking the rinds,
and soak the rinds three days in cold
water, each day changing the water,
then pour off the water and cover them
with vinegar. Into the vinegar put
three-quarters of pound of granulated
sugar, also a muslin bag containing one
eighth OF pound each of the following
whole spices Gloves, maces, mustard
seed, allspice, pepper, stick cinnamon,
and stick horse-radish boil all fifteen
minutes and remove to an earthen jar.
1t makes a most delicious sweet pickle.
salt taken from the lemon rinds upon
currant bushes. It will effectually
drive the currant worms from bushes.
GERMAN WASHING FLUID.-Dr. Ques-
neville, in the Moniteur Scientifque, de-
scribes mode of washing which has
been widely adopted in Germany. and
Belgium. The operation consists in
dissolviDg two pounds of soap in about
three gallons of water as hot as the
hand can bear, and adding to this one
tablespoonful of turpentine and three
of liquid ammonia the mixture must
then be stirred, and the linen stepped
in it for two or three homs, taking
care to cover up the vessel containing
them as nearly Theoretically as posi-
BILE. The clothes are afterward washed
out and rinsed in the usual way. The
soap and water may be heated and used
a second time, but in that case half a
tablespoonful of turpentine and table
spoonful of ammonia must be added.
The process is said to cause a great
economy of time, labor and fuel. The
linen scarcely suffers at all, as there is
little necessity for rubbing, and its
cleanliness and color are perfect The
ammonia and turpentine, although their
defensive action is great, have no injuri-
Gus effect upon the linen; and while
the former evaporates immediately, the
smell of the latter is said to, disappear
entirely during the drying of the clothes.
PIoKLING WA1NUTs. lady of great
| experience in such matters gives us the
following recipe for picking walnuts :
Gather them dry, prick through with a
large pin two or three times, put them
into salt and water, shift them every
three days for a fortnight, put them in
to a sieve and let them stand in the air,
and then put them into an earthen Jar.
Boil as much vinegar as will cover them
well, pour it boiling hot over them, let
them stand three days, then put them
into a sieve and let them stand in
the air another day then take to every
quart of fresh vinegar that may be
wanted half an ounce of black mustard
seed, half an ounce of horse radish cut
into slices, a quarter of an ounce of long
pepper three cloves of garlic, dozen
cloves, four or five pieces of raw gin
ger, and few eschalots boil these ten
minutes, and pour it boiling hot over
your walnuts let stand a fortnight,
then put them into bottles corked close,
and cover the corks with resin. They
will keep for years. Germantown TEL
egraph.
ELDERBERRY WINE.-Gather the Der
ries ripe and dry, pick them, bruise
them with your hands and strain them.
Set the liquid by in glazed earthen YES
sells for twelve hours to settle; put to
every pint of juice pint and half of
water, and to every gallon of this liquid
three pounds of moist sugar. Set in a
kettle over the fire, and when it is ready
to boil clarity it with the whites of four
eggs. Let it boil one hour, and when
it is cold mash it with strong ale-yeast
and turn it, filling up the vessel from
time to time with the same liquor, saved
on purpose, as it sinks by MASKING. In
a months time, if the vessel holds
about eight gallons, it will be fine and
fit to bottle, and after bottling will be
fit to drink intwelve months.-'J Jennie"
in Germantown Telegraph.
PREVENTIVE WASH FOR SUNBURN.-
| Take two drachms of borax, one drachm
/ of Roman alum, one drachm of cam
| phor, half an ounce of sugar candy, one
pound of OK gall Mix these all to-
! gether, and stir them we'll for ten min
utes repeat the stirring four times a
day for fortnight, at the end of which
time the lotion will appear clear and
| transparent. Strain through blotting
paper, and bottle for use. Wash the
face with this every time you go into
| the sunshine.
Brown BREAD.-Set your sponge as
| for common bread. Put to soak your
stale dry beead, corn bread, bits OF
/ cake, ETC., which you may happen to
have on hand. Use one quart of soaked
| bread, scald one pint of corn-meal and
mix with the bread then add to this
mixture one r int of molasses add your
sponge already prepared and thicken
with flour, near to the consistency OF
| white bread.
! RENovATING FEATHER BEDs.-Old
feather beds and pillows are greatly
improved by putting them on clean
! grass plot during a heavy shower let
the beds become thoroughly wetted
turn them ON both sides. Let them lie
out until thoroughly dry, then beat
them with rods this will Tighten the
feathers and make them much more
healthful to sleep on. 1t removes dust
and rejuvenates the feathers.
SCALLoPED OYSTERS. Toast several
pieces of bread brown, and butter them
ON both sides take baking-dish and
! put the toast around the sides, instead
of the crust pour your oysters into a
dish and season with salt, pepper, but
ter and mace or cloves crumb bread in
the top and bake in a quick oven one
quarter of an hour.
PREPARATION OF WOODEN LABELS FOR
PLANTS. -Wooden labels for plants, to
be inserted in the ground, may, it is
said, be preserved for an indefinite time
by first dipping them in solution OF
one part copper vitriol and twenty-fouI
parts water, and subsequently miners
ing in lime water, or a solution of gyp-
sum.
LEMON CAKE.-One teacup butter,
three teacups sugar, five eggs, -four
cups flour, one cup milk, one teaspoon.
full saleratus, dissolved in the milk,
CRATE skin and juice of a lemon and a
half bake in tins half an hour.
FIRE-PRooF STARCH.-To each bowl
of starch add one teaspoonfuI of ep-
som salts, and dissolve in the usual
way by boiling. Articles starched with
this will be rendered, to a certain ex.