The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-02-23
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

Cure for Sprains. one
pint; oil of spike, one ounce; origanum,
one ounce; camphor, one ounce; spirits
ammonia, one ounce.
Salad Dressing. -Beat three eggs
well, add six tablespoonful of vinegar,
three of melted butter, two tablespoon
fuls of mixed mustard, cayenne pepper,
and salt; cook as custard and use when
cold.
Remedy for Chilblains. Wash the
feet daily with common brown soap.
In very severe cases apply paste of
this soap mixed with brown sugar on
going to bed, but wash every day as
| above.
Chinese Depilatory. Quick-lime,
one ounce; pearlash, two-ounces; sui
phuret potassium, two ounces; char
coal powder, one dram; triturate to-
gether and sieve, and place the fine
powder in well-stopped bottle.
Remedy for Chapped Hands,
Five cents worth of gum camphor, the
same of sweet-oil, and white wax; place
together in a cup to melt until thor
oughly mixed. Wash the hands clean
and wipe dry; apply before retiring.
-Molasses Cake.-One-half cup of
sugar, one-half cup of molasses, one
half cup of butter, one egg, one tea
spoon of soda in one and three-quarters
cups of flour, and last, three-quarters
of cup of boiling water; season to taste.
Sour Stomach.-A sufferer from
want of appetite and sour stomach can
be greatly benefited by leaving all med
icines alone, and for a time existing
entirely on milk and lime-water-a ta-
ble-spoonful of lime-water to a tumbler
of milk. If this disagrees in any way,
increase the quantity of lime-water.
Rolled Jelly Cake.-One cupful
sugar, one cupful flour, whites and
yelks beaten separately, two teaspoon
fuls baking-powder. Bake in drip
ping-pan; when done, turn the cake out
upside down on a towel. Spread with
jelly or icing and roll up carefully. 1t
will not break.
Drop Cakes.-Beat up the whites
and yelks of six eggs separately, with
spoonful of rose water; to which add
six ounces powdered sugar; beat the
whole well, and add one ounce of
bruised caraway seeds and six ounces
flour; drop them on wafer-paper, and
bake in IL moderate oven.
-Buttermilk cheeses are made by
simply straining the buttermilk through
a cloth, which causes the curd to sepa-
rate; or, as is sometimes done, by the
addition of rennet. This kind of cheese
JS NV nf of ,C,
often richer than that made from milk
only once Standardization Dairy
man.
Chocolate Creams.-Two cupfuls
of powdered sugar to half a cupful boil
ing water; put on the stove and boil
ten minutes; CRATE quarter of a square
of chocolate; place this on the top of a
steaming kettle; leave it there until
soft; meanwhile take off the cream and
beat it until perfectly white; roll into
little round balls, and dip them in the
melted chocolate; flavor with vanilla.
Tea Biscuit.-One quart of sifted
flour, one heaping teaspoonful lard, one
level teaspoonful salt; milk and water
mixed, half each, about two-thirds of
a pint; two teaspoonfuls yeast powder.
Mix the flour and salt and powder to-
gether, then rub the lard well in until
no lard can be seen; add the mixed
milk and water, stirring all together
with spoon; knead until smooth, roll
out about half an inch thick, cut with a
cutter and bake in quick oven.
Soft soap, says the Country Gentle
man, is an excellent wash for fruit trees
and will not injure them. Linseed-oil
has proved injurious in some cases and
useful in others. Oil applied while the
trees are dormant will generally .be-
come dry, hard andharmless before the
leaves expand and growth commences,
and no harm will be done; or, applied
to the rough exterior of trees several
years old, it will not penetrate to the
green bark. 1t appears to be particu-
larly fatal to young peach trees.