The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-16
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

Common Mat.-The incest mat for
common use is made from No. 4 six
thread crochet cotton.
The very best way to keep horse
radish for winter use is this: Dig the
roots, put them in dry sand, put them
in the cellar, and you will have good.
tender and nice horseradish any time
you choose.
Cream Cake.-One cup of sugar,
three eggs, baking powder, one cup
sour milk, one-half cup of butter. In
side-Quarter cup of sugar, half cup of
new milk, one egg, teaspoonful of flour.
! Flavor with rose water.
How to Make Popcorn Balls
TO one gallon of popped corn take half
pint OF molasses or sugar; put in a
skillet, and let it come to boil; pour
it over the corn, grease your hands and
make in balls.
.-Suet Pudding. One pint of bread
crumbs, one quart of milk, one cup of
sugar, four eggs, four tablespoonful of
suet, or butter size of an egg; salt and
nutmeg. Bake three-quarters of an
hour. To be eaten with cream or
sauce.
Cleaning Cistern Water.-Add two
ounces powdered alum and two ounces
boraX to twenty-barrel cistern of rain
water that is blackened or oily, and in
few hours the sediment will settle
and the water be clarified and fit for
Washing and even for cooking pur-
poses.
-Victorias.-One cupful sugar, one
egg, one teaspoonful of soda dissolved
IN one pint of water; beat butter and
sugar together, add the water, stir in
enough flour to make thin batter, bake
on hot griddle without turning over;
butter each one the instant it is done
Nice for lunch.
Remedy for Cough.-One ounce of
elecampane root; one ounce of wild
cherry bark;one ounce of comfrey root;
one ounce of hoarhound. Boil well in
two quarts of water; add one pound of
brown sugar; strain and add one pint
OF the best spirits. Take half q wine
glass three times day.
Burns. baking soda
the observation-disclosures been found to
cure burns or scalds, affording imme-
date relief when it is promptly APP
piled. For dry burn, the soda should
be made into paste with water; for
scald or wet burned surface, the pow
dered soda Cor boraX will do as welD
should be busted on.
Cure for Canker-sore Mouth.
tablespoonful of salt, one of alum, one
half spoonful of blue vitriol, one half
spoonful of bOraX and two tablespoonful
OF honey to a pint of pure, strong cider
vinegar; simmer it over a slow fire in
an earthen vessel. Do not put it in
iron until the scum has all risen. When
cold bottle it and apply it often with a
soft swab. Sulphur rubbed on well
cures if it is not bad.
Lemon Pies.-The Juice and grated
rind of one lemon, one cup of sugar,
yelk of two eggs, two tablespoonful
flour, milk to fill pie-plate. If milk is
not convenient, water, with small
lump of butter, is a good substitute
Line medium-sized plate with nice
pastry, pour in the custard; bake until
done. Beat the two whites of eggs to
stiff froth, sweeten with four table
spoonfuls of powdered sugar, spread
smoothly over the pie when baked and
brown lightly in the oven.
Care of Plants. -Plants packed
away in cellars that are quite dark, or
nearly so, require very little water; once
a week will be sufficient, and be care
full to give but little. The gas found in
the cellars of some house will be found
to injure these plants, and should be
guarded against. Our experience with
plants in a sleeping room is such as to
make us think that they will not dis
commOde or in any way injure the per-
son occupying the room.
To Wash a Wooden Shawl.-Boil
enough soap to make a thick lather in
a quantity of water enough for two dips
of the shawl; have ready hot water to
rinse, unless there are colors, then the
water must be cool; haste neatly and
loosely two sides of the shawl together
Gf square0 get two sticks little long
er than the shawl, and after washing
pass the sticks through the opening,
rest the ends of one on two chair backs;
the other will weigh it down and keep
it in shape; when partly dry, draw out
the thread and haste up the other two
sides, and repeat, which will make,
when dry, the square perfect. On this
plan | have washed my nubia four
times; it looks like new; but the last
time the purity of the white was yellow
ed, so that 1 just dipped it in solution
of logwood and washing blue, making
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