The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-02-27
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

To REMOVE SUNBURN.-Milko Of al
monds made thus: Take blanched bitter
almonds one-half ounce soft water ore
haLt pint make an emulsion by beat
ing the almonds and water together,
made.
ESSENCE OF VERBENA LEAF.-A sweet
and refreshing perfume for the hand
kerchief Take rectifed spirit of wine.
half pint; otto of verbena. half a
drachm and tincture of tulo. a quarter
of an ounce. Mix them together, and
it is ready for use.
HoP YEAsT.-Pare your potatoes,
boil IN two quarts of water, with a
handful OF hops tied in a cloth. Pour
oil the water, mash the potatoes finely,
pour back the water. Wet two table
spOonfuls of meal and two of ionr.
two OF sugar, three of molasses, and
one of salt, and stir in. Let it boil a
few moments. Pour out, and when
cool add some good yeast.
NICE BREAKFAST DIsH.-SIice a few
cold biscuit, or some drv LIGHT bread.
fry them slightly, in a little butter or
nice gravy. Beat three or four eggs,
with a half t.acupful of new milk and
pinch of salt. When the bread is hot,
pour the eggs over it and cover it for a
few minutes stir lightly, so that all the
eggs may be cooke ,. This is a nice
dish, besides saving the dried bread.
BLIsTEBED HANDS AND FEET.-As a
remedy against blistering of hands in
rowing and fishing, etc., or of feet in
walking, the quickest is, lighting a tai
low candle and lie ting the tallow drop
into cold water, Ito purify it, it is said
from salt,) then rubbing the tallow on
the hands or feet-mixed with brandy
or any other strong spirit. For mere
tenderness, nothing is better than the
above, or vinegar little diluted with
water.
To WASH FINE CROCHET LACE, THAT
IT MAY NOT SHRINK AND BECOME THICK
Cover a glass bottle with linen, and then
tack the lace smoothly upon it, rub it
with soap and cover it with calico. Boil
it for twenty minutes in soft water, let
all dry together, and the lace will be
found ready for use. A long piece of
lace must be wound round and round
the bottle, the edge of each round
little above the last, and a few
stitches to keep it firm at the beginning
and end, will be found sufficient.
LEMON PE.-Take two quart bowls +;
in one squeeze three lemons and extract
the seeds. In the other, beat three
eggs, with three teacups of sugar, CRATE
IN some nutmeg, and st them aside.
After mixing the crust, which / do with
half a pound of lard to rather more
than pint of water, sometimes rolling
it out and spreading on it a quarter of a
pound of butter-at other times omit
ting most of the butter-put the under
crust on two plates then mix the con-
tents of the two bowls, pour it on the
crust and bake immediately, as the
lemon juice and eggs soon harden to-
gether.
CURE FOR STYEs.-Put teaspoonful
of soda in a small bag, pour on it Just
enough boiling water to moisten it, then
put it on the eye pretty warm. Keep
1t on all night, and in the morning the
stye will most likely be gone; if not a
second application is sure to remove it.
We have also heard that the white of
an egg, applied to the eyelid with a
feather Just before retiring, soon effects
cure. Styes arise from impurity of
the blood, and no permanent cure can
be effected by a mere external applica
ton. The blood should be kept in a
healthy condition by the frequent use
of some mild purgative-say a dose of
rhubarb and magnesia.
RAISED BISCUIT. Take a pint bowl
full of light dough, break into it afresh
egg, and add piece of butter the size
of an egg. Knead in these until per-
fectly Incorporated with the dough. 1t
will require about ten minutes. Roll
it about an inch thick, cut it into bis
cult. Lay them upon n thin sheet or
shallow baking pan, and let them rise
in a moderately warm place. Theywill
become very light, and should be baked
in a quick stove, baker or oven. They
will bake in twelve or fifteen minutes,
and are injured by being baked very
slowly. Very nice eaten fresh, but not
hot. This me sure will make about
two dozen. They are not as good next
day as biscuit made without an egg.
VALUABLE RECIPE. one pound
of sal soda and a half pound of
unslacked lime; put them in a gallon of
water and boil twenty minutes let it
stand till cold; then draw off and put
in strong jug or jar. Soak your clothes
over night, or until they are wet through;
then wiring them out and put on plenty
of soap, and with one boiler of clothes,
well covered over with water, add one
teaspOonful of the fluid. Boil half an
hour briskly, then wash well through
one suds and rinse through one water,
and your clothes will look better than
the old way of washing twice before
boiling. This is an invaluable recipe,
and every tired woman should try it.
With patent wash-tub to do the RIB
bling, the washer-wOman might vOmpOse
herself on the lounge and let the wash
ng do itself.
SUBSTITUTE FOR PRESERVES. lady
writer in an exchange communicates the
following bit of information, obtained
where she took tea last - A dish of
what l took to be preserves was passed
to me, which, upon tasting, I was sur
prised to find contained no fruit. The
ease with which it was prepared, and
the trifiing cost of its materials, are not
its chief concentrations, for, unless my
tasting apparatus deceived me, as it is
not usually wont to do, it is emphaticll-
ly a tip-top substitute for apple sauce,
apple butter, tomato preserves, and all
that sort of thing. Its preparation is
as follows: Moderately boil a pint of
molasses from five to twenty minutes,
according to its consistency, then add
three eggs thoroughly beaten, hastily
stirring them in, and continue to boil a
few minutes longer, when season with
nutmeg or lemon.
The Spirit of the Rose.
Altar, or ottar, of rose is the utter
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