The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-11-05
HOUSEHOLD HINTS,

CARAMEIs. One pound of sugar,
three ounces Of water, one quarter of a
cake of chocolate, one half cup
of milk, and one tablespoonful of va,
nilla.
A, MEDIUM sized teaspoon contains q
drachm. -Four tablespoons are equal
to one tablespoon. -Four tablespoons
are equal to one Wine-glass. A wine
glass holds half gill. A tablespoon
holds half an ounce.
ANTIDoTE FOR Poison of
almost any kind, which has been swal-
lowed, may be rendered harmless by
swallowing two gills of sweet oil. Per
sons with very strong constitutions
should take twice the quantity.
BEFORE laying the carpet, if moths
are suspected, it is well to rub the
boards oyer with turpentine; sprinkling
with very dilute carbolic acid, about a
teaspoonful to a gallon of water, is also
a good n~ecaution. This last should
be rub cover the walls before the
paper put on.
DR-lD BEEF FREzzLED IN CREAM
Chip the beef as thin as paper with a
very sharp knife. Melt in a frying
pan butter the size of an egg, stir the
beef about in it for two or three min
utes, dust in a little flour, add half a
teacupful Of rich cream, give a boil up
and serve in a covered dish.
POCKET-BOOK ROLLs.-One teacup
yeast, one pint new milk, one egg well
beaten, three tablespoons sugar, one
half cup lard. Flour stiff enough to
roll out, then put in warm place to
rise. When light, roll into a sheet,
spread butter as for pastry, double it
over and cut with a round tin lid.
There is good reason to believe that
contagious diseases are often commu-
nicated by dogs, cats and other house
hold pets. A case of scarlet fever re-
Gently occurred in England in which
a dog conveyed the disease. He had
been the constant companion of a fever
patient, and his hair doubtless became
impregnatcd with the malaria.
BEEF.-For roasting, the second cut
from the thinncst sides Of the ribs, or
the sirloin, are the best. For broiling,
sirloin or Porter-house steaks, or steaks
cut from the rump. For a-la-mode,
the tender side of the round. For
stewing, the round, rump, and the
plate or brisket. For soup, the shin
or leg, edge-bone, shoulder or round.
For boiling, the round.
TAPIocA PUDDING WITHOUT MILK
OR EGGs.-Soak teacup Of tapioca
in one and one-half pints of water over
night. Pare and punch the coresfrom
six apples, fill the holes with sugar,
favor with a lemon or nutmeg, and
pour in one teacup Of water. When
baked soft, pour over the tapioca, and
bake all one hour Eat with sauce
made Of butter and sugar stirred to
cream.
To CLEAN PAINT Put half a peck
of bran into a wash-boiler and fill it
with cold water; sit it over a fire and
boil for half an hour; then strain
through a sieve a bucket onc-third full;
put as much cold water in it as YOU
have of the bran water and use with
it a soft scrubbing-brush; or, if the
paint Is not much soiIed, a soft flannel
rag, but 30 soap. 1t will make the
paint look like new.
To MAKE Coop SOAP.-To every
three pounds Of grease, put one and'a
quarter pounds Of sailed potash and
bucket of water. Put the grease and
potash together in a large boiler, with
(if only three pound three quarts Of
boiling water; set it over the fire; as
it boils add hot water at short intervals
until you have the full quantity; boil
it for three hours or until you find the
soap adhcring to the stick you stir it
with; then pour all out into a tub or
bucket and let it stand until next day,
then cut it in squares and dry for
day or two i'll the air.
GROUP MIXTURE.-Break into small
pieces one large stick Of licorice and a
quarter of a pound of hoarhound
candy, put them in large bottle with
a quarter of a pound Of gum arabic,
pour on them slowly pint Of boiling
water, shake the bottle frequently
until all is dissolved; then add two
tablespoonful of paregoric, the same
Of sirup of ipacac, and the same of
sirup of squille. Give an adult a
tablespoonful on going to bed for a
cough or cold, and child Of four or
five years old teaspoonful. Keep in
a cool place and shake well before
using it.
CHILDREN's FRUIT PUDDING. Stew
some currants and raspberries or black
currants with sugar till thoroughly
done, pour off the juice, and put the
fruit while hot into a pudding-basin,
which has been previously lined with
slices Of bread made to fit exactly.
Fill the basin up with the fruit, and
cover it over with a slice of bread; let
it stand until quite cold, with plate
on it. Boil up the juice which was
poured off, with little more sugar,
and let that get Geld. When served,
the pudding must be turned out on a
dish, and the juice poured all over it
so as to color the bread thoroughly.
The HISTORY OF CHURCH PEws.-
In the early days Of the Anglo-Saxon
and some of the Norman churches, a
stone bench running round the interior
Of the church, except the east side, was
the only sitting accommodation for It's |
members and visitors. In 1919, the |
people are represented as sitting on the
ground or standing. \ little later the
people introduced low, three-legged
stools promiscuously over the church.
Soon after the Norman conquest wooden
seats were introduced. In 1887 de-
cree was issued in regard to the wrang-
ling for seats, so common, that none
should call any seat in church his own
axcpDf u0blemcp and Datr0ns. each en-