The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-05-14
HOUSEHOLD HINTS,

A STRONG solution of hyposulphate of
soda is said to be excellent for cleaning
silver.
To PREVENT moths In carpets, wash
the floor before laying them With
spirits Of tufpentihe or behaine.
SPRtes of wihtergreen or ground ivy
Will drive away red ants /; branches of
worm-wood will serve the same purpose
for black ants.
STRAW mating should be washed
With cloth dampened in salt water.
Indian meal sprinkled over it and
thoroughly swept out viii also cleanse
1t finely.
SPoTs can be taker oft OF marble
with finely poH dered pumice stone mix
ed With verluice. Cover the spots and
allow the stuff to remain for twelve
hours then rub clean, dry and rinse.
FLAx-sEED and tallow are used In
Germany as q stufiag fof cushions.
One part eff tellew and ten parts of fax
seed are employed, the mobility of the
creased seed rendering the cushion very
soft and pliable.
An .oAKSr Color can be given to new
pine floors and tables by washing them
IN a solution of copperas dissolved in
I've, pound of the former to a gallon
of the latter. When dry, this should
be oiled, and it 1eill took well for year
or tive then renew the oiling.
WAFFLEs- Take sour cream, one
quart, the yellow of three eggs and one
half teaspooaful of soda, stir we'll to-
gether add one teaspoonf1l cream TAR
ter to aour ettouFh t. make the batter :;
beat well, then beat the whites of six
eggs to a stiff froth and pour on the
batter, stirring in slightly. Have your
irons ready and bake Immediately.
WHITE CAKB.-Three cups sifted
-four, one and half cups of sugar, one
egg, one teacup of sweet milk. two
tablespOOnfuls of butEet, two table
spoonfuls Of sr5am tartar, one tea
spoonful of soda, and one teaspoonful of
vanilla, almond, or lemon essence. Beat
the butter and sugar to a cream, dis
solve the soda in the, milk, and add to
it, with the ega we'll beaten, and the
essnnt6. Mix with this very slowly
three cups of -four, putting the cream
tartar into the last cupful. Bake in
quick oven. 1t makes delicious cake
for jelly, chocolate, or coc0a-ntit layers.
II the latter is used, CRATE large cocoa
nut, removing the brown skin first :;
then add to it the beaten white of one
egg and one coffee cup of fine sugar.
Stir it all together and spread between
the layers of cake, icing the upper layer.
This receipt will make three layers of
cake and a plateful Of small frosted
cake
Eo5-Er Wv O1, Mr. T1r
Take the whites of six eggs, one cup
white sugar, same of -four, two table
spoons sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls
cream tartar, and one of soda. Bake in
large oblong dripping-pan, so.the cake
will be very thin. Meanwhile stir an
other batch, making just the same, with
the exception of using the yelks instead
of the whites when both are done,
spread while warm between with jelly
or preserve juice of any kind ; put TO-
gether; bring the largest side of the
cche toward you, and roll Immediately,
or cut In four or eight parts, put together
alternately, putting jelly between each
layer, and frost lightly over the top.
Another method is to make three pans,
making the third layer of on6-third red
sand sugar, filling the cup with white
sugar, Using the eggs and proceeding
the same as for the other layers. In
putting together let the first layer be
the yellow, made of the yelks, then the
red, and lastly the white. Nicely frost
the top and you have beautiful as well
as delicious cake. They are very
pretty made into rolls.
To WEAVE HAtR.-A writer in the
Household gives some very plain direc-
tlOns how to weave hair. Take a smooth
board one and half feet long and six
or eight inches wide. Near one end
drive three single nails in a row, the
nails being half an inch apart and the
roS trimming parallel with the end of the
board. At the other end, opposite the
middle nail, drive one nail, wax three
pieces of linen thread, tie them togethet,
at one end, and about quarter of an
inch from this knot tie another; now
slip over the nail that stands alone,
then tie one to each of the three nails,
drawing the thread considerably tight.
Take the board IN your lap, with the
three nails toward the right hand. Next
take a bunch of hair, both the ends
evened, the size of a knitting needle
wet that end and put it under the thread
nearest you, over the middle thread and
under the last; then bring it back on
the left side, reversing the order. Now
push it up closer against the knot.
Proceed in this way until the strip is of
the required length. After it is dry it
can be pushed together more closely.
Twist is superior to linen for dura-
bility,