The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-10-12
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.


-Silverware may be kept bright and
clean by coating the articles (warmed)
with solution of collodion diluted
with alcohol.
Copper Boiler.-A copper boiler or
tea-kettle may be kept clean by a daily
washing in buttermilk, rubbing dry
with a flannel Fresh milk may be
used, but buttermilk is better.
Ground Tea.-A French chemist
asserts that if tea be ground like coffee
Immediately before hot water is poured
upon it, it will yield nearly double the
amount of its celebrating qualities.
Coffee Pot. "A carelessly-kept
the strongest infusion of the best Java.
Wash the coffee pot thoroughly every
day, and twice a week boil boraX and
water in it for fifteen minutes.
Lady Fingers. four eggs,
four ounces of sugar, two ounces OF
flour; beat the yelEs and sugar togeth-
er; then add the whites and flour; flavor
with lemon; drop on paper and lay the
paper on pans to bake; sprinkle the
cake with sugar before baking.
-Rumbled Eggs.-Beat up three
eggs with two ounces of fresh butter;
add a teaspoonful of new milk or
cream; put all in saucepan and keep
stirring it over the fire for nearly five
minutes until it rises, when it should
be Immediately dished on buttered
toast.
-Cold-water Cake.-Three and a
half cups of flour, two of raisins,
chopped fine; two of sugar, cup of
butter, cup of cold water, the yelks
of six eggs, well beaten; half tea
| spoonful each of cloves, cinnamon, and
soda, and little nutmeg,
To Whiten Knife-Handles. The
ivory handles of knives sometimes be-
come yellow from being allowed to re-
main in dish-water. Rub them with sand
paper till white. If the blades have
become rusty from careless usage, rub
them also with sand-paper and they
will look as nice as new
Leaf Decoration.-Na leaves
may be used in decoration with very
good effect. Sand-paper the box, jar
or vase which you wish to beautify and
give it three coats of black paint.
| Fasten pressed leaves to the surface
with mucilage or. gum arabic, and fin
ish with three coats of copal varnish.
School Cake.-Take half pound
of dried flour, one-fourth of a pound of
butter, one-fourth of a pound of sifted
loaf sugar; mix the flour and sugar to-
eether, then rub in the butter and yelk
of one egg, beaten with a tablespoon to
a cream; make into a paste, roll, and
cut into small round cakes; bake upon
Toured tins.
Canned Grapes. Take Concord
grapes when ripe and steam without
breaking. Allow little more than a
quarter of pound of sugar to each
pound of fruit; for each can of fruit
make a syrup with about a quart of
water, and allow the fruit Just to boil in
it. Put the grapes into cans before
they crack open, and seal them tightly;
Orange Snow.-Dissolve an ounce
of isinglass in pint of boiling water;
strain it, and let it stand until nearly
cold; mix into it the juice of six or
seven oranges and one lemon; add the
whites of three eggs and sugar to taste;
whisk the whole together until it looks
white and like sponge; put it into a
mold, and turn it out on the following
day.
Tomato Pudding. Tomato pud-
ding has the merit of tasting like no
other pudding of which anybody ever
heard, and is very good for those who
like tomatoes. To make it, slice Ora
ham bread Or gems very thin and place
in baking dish with sliced tomatoes,
ranging in alternate layers. Bake an
hour and serve with sweet sauce.
-Mildew and Blankets. re-
peatedly seen inquiries asking how to
remove mildew from white cloth, l will
send my way of fixing it. Wet the
spots well with buttermilk, rub salt on,
and then lay in the sun until dry. To
the lady who wishes to wash white
blankets: / put piece of borax the
size of a hickory nut in the water,
make a suds-do not rub soap on the
blankets, rinse in warm water, adding
more boraX.
To Clean Vessels That Have Con-
tanned Kerosene. Wash the vessel
with thin milk of lime, which forms All
emulsion with the petroleum, and re-
moves oil traces of it. By washing a
second time with milk of lime and a
very small quantity of lime, and allow
ing the liquid to remain in the vessel
about an hour, and then washing it
with cold water, the smell may be re-
moved. If the milk of lime be used
warm instead of cold, the operation is
rendered much shorter.