The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-12-07
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

and half nutmeg; bake the same as
griddle cakes.
Baking Powder Biscuit.-To one
quart of flour add two teaspoonfuls
(heaping fulD of baking powder, sift-
ing both together; then rub in one table
spoonful of butter and pinch of salt;
add sufficient water or sweet milk to
make very soft dough; cut out and
bake in quick oven.
Fruit stains can be removed from
woollen or cotton goods by sponging
them gently-do not rub the goods in
ammonia and alcohol; a teaspoonful of
ammonia to a wineglass of alcohol;
then sponge off in clear alcohol. Then,
if needed, the material can be washed.
Stains in almost any colured silk can
be removed in the same way.
English Pudding.-Mix one table,
spoon of melted butter in one pint of
sweet milk; beat very light the yelks
Of seven eggs, then beat the yelks in
the milk with flour sufficient to make a
thin paste (say sixteen tablespoonfuls,)
beat white of eggs very light; stir in
whites, and bake Immediately in a hot
oven about three-quarters of an hour
in pound-cake or pudding dish. Eat
with sauce.
Recipe for Doughnuts.-Take three
pounds of flour, one pound of butter,
one and one-half pounds of sugar; cut
the butter fine into the flour; beat six
eggs light and put them in, add two
wineglasses of yeast, one pint of milk,
some cinnamon, mace and nutmeg;
make it up into light dough and put
it to rise; when it is light enough roll
out the paste, cut it in small pieces and
boil them in lard.
How and Where to Keep Things
Crusts and bits of bread should be kept
in an earthen pot, closely covered in a
dry, cool place. Keep fresh lard and
suet in tin vessels. Keep salt-pork fat
in glazed earthen ware. Keep yeast in
wood or earthen.- Keep preserves and
jellies in glass, or china or stoneware.
Keep salt in a dry place. Keep meal in
cool, dry place, Keep ice in the Gel
lar wrapped in flannel Keep vinegar
in wood or glass.
Apple Cake.-One heaping cup
sugar, one large tablespoonful butter,
two eggs, half cup of milk, two cups of
flour, or enough to make nice thick
soft batter, one teaspoonful cream tar
tar, half of soda; this will make three
layers if the pan is not too large. Fill
ing for Layers.-Two large apples
screenings are best or any tart apple;
peel one and CRATE; then CRATE one lem
on peel; squeeze juice and CRATE the
pulp; to this add one cup of sugar and
one white of egg; put all in tin cup
and cook thoroughly; then spread be-
tween cakes as jelly cake.
1t was a favorite idea of Mr..
Greeley's that the thin spots on many
farms in the old States could be utilized
for tree planting more profitable than
in any other way. Fresh proof of the
soundness of this doctrine is afforded
by the statement that Mr.. j. d. G.
Williams, Raynham, Mass, has lately
sold the standing pines on an acre and
a half lot for 1925. The trees were set
out one forenoon twenty-five years ago
by MIR. W. and two other young men
on land considered dear at $40 an
acre, and "too poor to raise anything
but poverty grass.
Fine Starch. Pour quart of boil
ing water on three tablespoonful of
best fine starch that has been made
into smooth, thin paste, by wetting in
cold water. Stir rapidly while pour
ing on the hot water. Put it over the
fire and continue to stir it till it begins
to boil. Let it boil slowly fifteen min
utes, stirring it often enough to keep
from scorching. A little salt. butter,
pure lard or sperm candle is stirred in
by some, but one teaspoonful of kero-
sene oil to every quart of starch is bet
ter still, as it entirely prevents the iron
sticking and makes the articles clear
and glossy. But care must be taken
not to have more than that proportion
of oil used, else it will iniure the
clothes. The mistress should look
after this, because starched things iron
so much more easy and polish so much
better, that laundresses who have used
kerosene are inclined to feel that they
cannot have too much of good thing.
Either kerosene, salt or sperm should
be used in flour starch. We think
butter yellows white goods.
To Care for Wounds. Scien-
tifc Anlerican says: GAS soon as the
wound is inflicted get little stick Ga
knife or file handle will do) and COM
mence to tap gently on the wound.
Do not stop for the hurt, but continue
until it bleeds freely and becomes per-
fectly numb. When this point is
reached, you are safe; all that is neces-
sary is to protect it from the dirt. Do
not stop short of the bleeding and the
numbness, and do not on any account,
close the opening with plaster. Moth
ing more than a little simple cerate on
a clean cloth is Necessary. We have
used and seen this used on all kinds of
simple punctures for thirty years, and
never knew single instance of wound
becoming infamed or sore after treat
ment as above. Among other cases a
coal-rake tooth, going entirely into the
foot, bad bite by a pig, several in
stances of a file shank through the
hand, and numberless cases of rusty
nails, avis, etc., but we never knew a