Fair play., 1875-04-29
FARM AND PRESIDE.

! RICE JELLY.-BOii ! pound Of fioul
with pound Of loaf sugar in 4 quart o
water until the whole becomes glu,inou'
mass. strain off the jelly and LET il stant
to cool. This Is nutritious and light.
| QUCK RELIEF FOR BURNs.-Apply /;
layer of common salt. and saturate il witt
laudanum. Hold il in position few
hours with simple wrapper. The
smarting disappears almost Immediately
and the sore gets well with incredible "a
pidity.
| SWEET Corn EREAD.-Take ! cup ol
, Evergreen sweet corn meal and cups Oh
wheat meal. nix these well and Sift them
slowly into Very cold water. stir brisk!y
Entil a stiff batter is formed. kuead lightly.
mold quickly, and bake brown in !. hot
oven.
DESTROYING MILLERs.-Mr. Philipson.
al extensive bee-kceper of Geuessee
County, Mich. SAYS: lin the evening g
place shallow dish filled with thin tar in
font of the hives. with small lamp so
placed in the center Of the dish as To- bring
the light near the tar. The millers being
attracted by the light dive for il and go
into the tar. In short time all the mill
er> in the vicinity Of the apiarv will be
caught
DRIED-APPLE PCDDISG.-2 parts dried
apples. two parts raisins and currants. and
j parts cOarSely-Sroken bread crumbs.
Stew the apples ! hour and chop them
cOarselv. then place them in layers in a
p0rcelain-lincd s:ew-kettle. alternating
them with the bread crumbs and the
mixed fruits. Add the Juice in which the
apples We're stewed. and stew or steam the
whole slowly 1 or ) hours.
To CLEAN CLOTH GARMENTs.-Wet a
sponge in warm water. and squeeze it out
till dry; then sponge one place after an
other until all the garment has been
cieansed. All the dust and soil will be
absorbed by the sponge. But if the gar
mcnt is very much sOiied. wash the sponge
In clean water several times, sIIe. Zing il
AS dry as possible by wrapping il in a
piece of black alpaca. This method Of
cleansing Is more e.lectuai than & hand
brush. and many spots will disappear by
the use ofpure water.
FLORENDINEs.-ThcSc are male of any
sort of fruit stewcd in its own juice or in
sweetineat Sirup. but when practicable
without any water. \ pint of this fruit is
mixed with ] pint of fresh butter, and J
pint of powered sugar stirred together 70
light cream aud then mixed with 3 we'll
beaten eggs, and the fruit stirred in alter
nately with the beaten butter and sugar.
Have ready baked shells of pufEpastc.
rta ~ To be filled with the mixture. The
fruit may be apples, ounces. peaches,
gooscbe-ries, currants, ra-pbcrries. Cram
berries. goOSeberrics, and currantS require
additional sugar. rs they are naturally
rather sour. If You use plums or cherries
for any sort Of cooking. stone them first.
To SOFTEN HARD PuTTY.-All that is
required is "a block of iron about u inches
long by inches square. fiat al the bot
tom, and drawn Oat 10 a handle, with
wooden end like n soldering iron. When
hot mot red) place the iron against the
purity or flat on the broken glass. if AIRY.
and pass it slowly round the sides of the
square. The heat will SO soften the putty
that ii will come away from the wood
without difficulty. Some of it may be so
hard as to require second application o.,
the hot iron, but one experiment will
give sufficient instruction to meet all diili-
c,llties