Richland beacon., 1877-04-07
THE HOUSEHOLD.
Some Practical Advice ado" r"'
stcay WooIens-0 Batch or 1""'
some Recipes.

,,,,u uooyens-a Batch or Tooth
some Recipes.
7. i. well worth the trouble to nave
this thing of putting away woolens f'gn'
" done. We do not believe In using TO-
bacco for the purpose, for we nave known
of carpets being greatly injured by
moths when perfect line OF the tobacco
leaves was placed around the edge Tor
rro,ect;ou. A line of salt around the
edge is better, and good sweeping now
and then is the best preventative for TIE
rest. Persian insect powder, too, is very
efficient. If carpets are raised and we'll
beaten at the proper season OF the year,
and that is during the spring house
cleaning, there will be little danger OF
moths but blankets and wooden cloth
ing laid away through the summer are
apt to shew the depredatiOns OF the
milers and the feasts of the moths IN
the fall. IF the millers have left no eggs
in the woo!ens. anything that will keep
them away is all that is required-linen,
a box closely pasted up, or even news
paper closely pinned around the articles,
but the mischief is done before the ar
ticles are put up, and we fail to dislOdge
the millers' eggs, or we must apply
some odor strong enough to kill the
moths as they come from the eggs. Brush
the articles very briskly with a
whisk broom, then do up with camphOr
or blacl; pepper in a linen cloth or news
paper. The old-fashioned way to pre-
serve woolens was TO keep large whisky
hogshead for the express purpose, and
use it for the same purpose year after
year. It will hold the blankets and all
the woolens of an ordinary family. 1t
should Ike kept in dark, cool place, and
well fastened up. 1t should not he
washed, but merely wiped dry before be-
ing used. The odor of the whisky is the
preserving quality, and the idea is not a
bad one.
SOUTHERN MODE OF PRESERVING ORANGES
Boil the fruit whole in soft water un-
til you can easily run straw through
the skin; clarity three-quarters of a
pound of sugar for every pound of fruit !;
take the oranges from the water, pour
over them the hot syrup and let them
stand in it one night; next day boil
them in the syrup till it is thick and
clear; then take them up and strain the
syrup upon them. 1t is one of the few
varieties of sweetmeats, with the making
of which we are not familiar, but we
have been given some orange preserve,
made after this receipt, in South Carroll
ma, and it was just splendid-transpar-
ent and delicious.
The following common delicacy, PFC
pared from oranges, we accidentally
omitted in former chapter:
ORANGE WATER ICE.
To four pounds of best Loaf sugar, al
low one quart Of water and four dozen
large, ripe, deep-colorcd oranges; having
rolled the oranges on the table under
your hand, to increase to quantity Of
Juice. wash and wipe hem dry; take
pieces of the sugar and rub them on half
tie oranges til! you have taken otf,On the
sugar, their yellow rind; then put that
suga-. with the remainder, into porce-
lain kettle and isour on one quart Of
water, into which has been beaten the
white of an egg; when the sugar is quite
melted, set the kettle on the fire and boil
and sk.m till the scum ceases to rise and
the yellow of the orange is quite dis
solved; then stir in gradually the juice
of the oranges and when all is in, take it
at once off the fire. lest the flavor of the
Juice should,.s'e weakened by boiling. Let
it cool, stirring it we'll; put in COM
mon freezer and freeze. fno freezer is
10 t,e had n pail surrounded by ice and
salt will answer the purpose. 1t should
I've set in AS COO, place as possible, and
flannel thrown over all to cOnfine the
cold AIR.
BREAKFAST PUFFS.
Stir two we'll beaten eggs into pint OF
milk. with little salt, and piece OF
butter, melted. Theu pour all into q
pint and halt of -four, 50 as not to have
it lumpy. Stir up thoroughly, then
butter the cups into which the batter is
poured, filling them two thirds full
To preserve potatoes till spring put
quantity of powdered charcoal into thu
bottom of the potato bin; it will pre-
serve their favor, and prevents thu