The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-04-14

pieces of wooden cloth, with l well
dipped in lamp oil Cor if that is not
convenient, linseed oily, rub the spot
briskly wet the second with alcohol and
apply to oily surface, rubbing quickly,
as too much alcohol will destroy the
varnish, and finally polish with the third
cloth, moistened with oil or furniture
polish.
"Pop-ovER' PuDDING.-Take 1 cup
of milk, 2 eggs, and 1 cup of corn-starch,
or flour, if the starch happens to be out.
Mix the starch or flour thoroughly with
a little milk first, to avoid Jumps; then
beat the whole together a few minutes,
add a pinch of salt, and pour into cups
which have been buttered. Fill the cups
half full. Set them in Il quick oven,
and they will rise in baking, and they
will ''pop over" in the prettiest way i'm
%aginable. When done, turn them out
of the cups, make Il sweet sauce, and
each one at the table can have Il pud-
ding to himself. The above recipe is
sufficient for four cups.
A VALUABLE OINTMENT.-A most
excellent ointment for hands that are
scratched, burned or sore is thus pre-
pared: Take 3 drains of camphor
gum, 3 of white beeswax, 3 of sperma-
ceti, 2 ounce of olive oil; put them to-
gether in u cup upon the stove where
they will melt slowly and form q white
ointment in a few minutes. If the
hands be affected, anoint them on going
to bed and put on II pair Of gloves. A
day or two will suffice to heal them.
For chapped hands, instead of washing
the hands with soap, employ oat meal,
and after each washing take a little dry
oat meal and rub over the hands, so as
to absorb any moisture.
CARE OF PLANTs.-What is wanted
for many kinds of plants and flowers, is
moist heat at the roots and iibres,
where growth early starts, and from
which the stimulus is conveyed to every
other part of the plant. A thrifty
growth below the ground is sure to be
followed by fruit and flowers above.
This can be accomplished by filling the
saucers of the flower pots with hot
water. This is, of course, absorbed and
carried up to the roots and tibers, Civ
ing the required bottom heat. I'm
thrifty plants, in addition to this, should
be placed on the mantel-piece over the
kitchen range; keeping them, of course,
well watered. 1t supplies heat where
it is most wanted-at the rOots-and
the benefit is marked. In warm rooms
the higher temperature is at the top,
and the coolest neal the floor, where
the pots are. This reverses the proper
order, giving the roots of the plant the
coolest place. Another important mat
ter in house plants is to give them the
morning sun. Windows where flowers
are kept should, therefore, face the
east. The reasons are not known, per
haps, but the fact is patent to all whose
business it is to develop healthy growth
in plants and flowers that an hour o
morning sun is worth three hours o
afternoon wi
GRAHAM GEMs.-For the baking O.
these in perfection, the iron gem-pan'
are indispensable. Put l quart of Ora
ham flour in a basin; add 2 tablespoon.
of sugar, a little salt, and 2 heapine
teaspoonfuls of baking-powder. On'
little dip more in the baking-powde,
will do no harm, if you want them ex
ira. Beat ? eggs very light in Il bowl, fiji
up with cold water, mixing them well
Stir these quickly in the flour; and herr
let me say to beginners, that herein lie.
the grand success in the use of baking
powder. Stir like lightntng, and al
ways have plenty of flour. The bate,
should be just thick enough to barrel.
pour from the spoon, and more COLI
water can be added if too thick. Tn,
gem-pans are supposed to be heating
on the stove. Take a bit of butter OIL
a knife and grease them quickly. l
they are heated right the butter will
"sizzle.n Fill half-full of butter, ant
bake in an oven almost hot enough t.
burn any thing else up. If my over i
not hot enough on the bottom, l pu
the pan up on the CRATE. The pans cal
be filled again if there is any butter left
These are very good cold, and are yer,
healthfu! and economical, as no shorten
ing or milk is required.