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PLAIN RICE PUDDING.-I a siX-quart
pudding-pa put II teacupfuls of rice,
not boiled; add , eggs beaten with
cup of sugar, q little salt and nutmeg;
add l cup of raisins; fill the pan with
milk; set in the oven; bake hours. 1t
will need stirring twice after it begins
to bake.
PUMPKIN PREsERvEs.-Awriter, who
has tried it, says to preserve pumpkin,
take pounds of pumpkin, pounds of
sugar, 4 lemons, and ounces Of green
ginger-root Cut the pumpkin in slices
half an inch thick in any desired form,
square, round or diamond shape, and
boil in the sirup till tender, then take
up the pieces. Slice the lemon and
ginger-root very thin and scald them in
a little clear water, after which add
them to the sirup; boil the latter down
until it is clear enough to keep without
fermenting and then add the pumpkin
to it.
Boston BROWN BREADS cups of
Graham, cups of Indian meal, cup
flour, cup molasses, l quart of cold
water, large spoonful of baking pow
der sifted in the dry meal, plenty of
salt; mix thoroughly, and boil for at
least 4 hours in tin pail, well bUttered,
covered tight, and set on plate in a
pot of boiling water; when the water is
removed it must be boiling. Many per-
sons think rye flour is the same as rye
Graham, but the former will not make
Boston brown bread at all. Iuse a cOf-
60, q
recipe is carefully followed the bread
will not be success; if it is l will
guarantee the dish will be of the very
finest.
WASHING WOODEN BLANKETS-A la
dy writing for the Household gives her
process for washing wooden blankets:
For two or three blankets take pint of
soft-soap, tablespoonful of powdered
borax, and dissolve in boiling water. Add
the solution to tub half-tilled with cold
water and large enough to contain the
blankets; let them stand entirely COW
cred by the solution from II to a hours,
then squeeze and rub thoroughly, but
do not wiring them; put in a basket
over tub and let them drain. Rinse
in clear, cold water and drain twice,
then rinse in blue water, drain and hang
up to dry. Be sure to use cold water
and not wiring during the process, then
the blankets will not shrink, but will
dry white and smooth.
ABOUT STOVEs.-Small stoves are
inimical both to health and to ordinary
economy They will consume more
fuel than a large one, giving for it far
less equability OF temperature, and TAX
ing far greater amount of troublesome
attention. They are foes of neatness-
raisers of dust, and tormenting company
now excessively hot, and suddenly
too cold again, or altogether eXtin-
guished, when all the annOyanceS Of
cleaning out, righting and watching
must be gone through de moro. When
hot they will be red-hot, and in that
condition they leak one of the worst Of
pOisOns-carbonic OXide-into the room,
unless the fue draft is kept fully open,
and that is then apt to be shut off. A
large stove is much more like the good
old open fireplace. The fire is sustain
ed by the friedrich lining, which at once
protects it from chilling out, and pro-
tects the air of the room from contain
nation by leaking gas. If it is desira
BILE to reduce the dimensions of the fire
place, an additional thickness of clay
lining can be added by merely spread
ing a layer of well-worked potter's clay
around it. A door can be opened above
the bed of Goals and left open for long
time while they gently consume, with
out fear of their going out, and thus we
haveel draft which soon clears the room
of the etfete air which has been used,
allowing it to be replaced by fresh. For
this there should be a special conduit,
coming in beneath the floor and open
ing in the room atsiX feet or more from
the floor, as described in articles on
ntilatiOn.-COuHtrV Gent.