The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-16
Household Notes.

nUuStHOIu AUNtcs
Preserve eggs by quick dip in boil
ing water and packing with fresh salt
small end down.
Immerse lemons in clear, cold water
change it every day, and they will keep
fresh for weeks.
A piece of alum. soaked in water will
harden pickles after they have been ia
ken ont Of the brine.
To make cheese pie. use four eggs,
two cupfnls of sugar, one cnpful sweet
cream. two-thirds cnpful of butter, one
spoonful Of -four. Nutmeg to taste.
If the water of a cistern il very foul.
let down into IT bushel Of pounded
charcoal inclosed in a coarae sack. Re-
peat the process, if necessary, with fresh
coal.
The best way to soften leather is to
melt a quarter of Ponnd of tallow.
Add an equal weight Of olive oil. Apply
10 the leather and rub in thoroughly.
rs Is excellent fuT shoes.
Musty bottles or jars may be sweeten-
ed with I've or dissolved soda. Let eth
er remain in them short time, then
dry and scald them. They will not be-
come musty ifEa little salt be kept in
them
Flour mullins are made by using one
half cup of butter. one-half cup sugar,
two cnp- of milk, three teas t,oonfnls Of
yeast powder; rub thoroughly into
scant quart of -four and little salt;
bake in muffin rings.
The following is n good recipe for
making rye and Indian drop cake: One
pint Of Indian meal, two spoonfnls Of
molas>es, little salt; work il with cold
milk so as to drop from spoon into hot
fat; be sure to have a smooth batter.
To maze ice cream cake, use one and
a half cupful sugar, one and balf cup
fuls honr, one-half cupful ofhuitpr, one
half cupfnl Of corn-siarch, one half cup
ful sweet milk, whites of six eggs, one
teaspoonfnl of baking powder. Flavor
10 taste.
A means of curing neuralgia is to take
horseradish which should be mixed with
vinegar, the same "a for table purposes,
and applied to the temple when the face
or head is affected, or to the wrist when
the pain is in the arm or shoulder.
Dyspepsia il cured by muscular exer-
! else, voluntary or involuntary. and can
not be cured in any other way. because
nothing can create or collect gastric juice
except exercise; it i product Of activ-
itv, that being the impelling cause of its
formation in the human system.
To wash white striped stnckings-
Make jelly, the night before it is want
ed, of the best yellow soap; waab the
stockings in warm water with a little
salt in it, using the jelly instead Of soap:
rinse in clear water, also with little salt
in it; wiring as dry as possible, and dry
quickly.
In soldering fruit, where tin cans are
used, il tinman il not convenient, put
ty answers every purpose, and il very
easy to ne. 1t will not answer for to
m4toes, but does for anything else. Ar.
ter filling the cans and wiping off all
particles around the opening. pHl on the
cap, and press on the putty to exclnd
the air.
Biscuit pudding is cheap and nice, and
consequently recommends itself TO the
| favor of poor families: Crate three
large biscnsts, pour over them one pint
Of boiling milk or cream, cover closely.
When cool. add three eggs, half a nut
meg, little mola-sea. spoonful -four,
sugar to taste; boil this an hour. Serve
with butter and sugar.
Pure, soft water is the best Of blood
purifiers. II dissolvps almost every i'm
pnritv that may find its way into the
blood, and passes it off through the skin
lungs and kidneys, thus washing ont the
/ blood without any irritation IN passing
through the system, and without those
chemical changes and deposits which are
likely To arise from the action of drugs
Onr Home Journal, of New Orleans.
recommends the following specific for
making washing blue: Make a solution
of prnssiate of potash, ounces, and an
other of prOtosul phafe of iron, ! ounce;
add the second gradually to the frat, un-
til the precipitate almost ceases TO fall,
then strain through linen, add water,
and continue the washing until the blue
water color begins TO dissolve in il, when
it may be at once dissolved in distilled
water and dried.
TO wash hannels without their shrink
ing, prepare two suds with hard soap. as
hot as the hands can bear. Make one
blue, so the flannel will have a new
look. Wash, rinse, hang up one piece
at time, never allow them to fade, and
when nearly dry. press them-as sprink-
ling shrinks them. In washing blankets
or large shawls, add piece of borax in
each suds; it whitens them and aoftens
them and takes out the factory grease
which is often left in them.
One ofthe most gratifying testimonies
to the superiority of the philadelphia
Centennial Exhibition that we have
seen was made last week by Sir Charles
Reed, NJ. p, President of the School
Board Of the City Of London and Brit