The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-14

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recipes for any department Of domestic occu-
patton will confer "a public favor bv coptribu-
ing TO this columnI
Silver spoons, when tarnishc,l. NAV
he restored by rubbing them with whit
ing and alcohol.
II few drops OF oil are put once a
week into water-tanks, mosquitoes will
be prevented from breeding IN them.
GINGER CoOKIEs.-TwO cups Of mo-
Iasses, one Of shortening, one of water,
one egg, a tablespoonful Of soda, one Of
ginger; roll thick.
To Cook CRABS To one dozen picked
crabs add four rolled soda crackers, "a
piece OF melted butter, one beaten egg,
pepper and salt; stir with a spoon and
make in cakes; fry in hot lard
A lady correspondent tells the 1Acli-
gCfgl Farmer that she has lemons Just as
fresh now as when bought five weeks
ago. They were placed, perfectly dry,
iu fruit cans, covered tight, and stored
in a cool place. Whenever one is taken
out, the top is replaced and the jar re-
turned to its corner.
A good recipe for creamy rice pudding
is as follows; Take two tablespOOnfuls Of
rice we'll washed and picked over, and
one quart of unskimmed milk, one cup
Of sugar and fiavoring Of salt and nut
meg; pour into the pudding pan and
bake in slow oven for two hours.
To CLEAN PAPERED WALLs-Rub
them with stale bread, the staler the
better. Cut the crust of thick and
wipe straight down from the top.
Draughtsmen and cTayOn artists use
stale bread continually to remove super
fluOus lines or marks from their draw
ings and consider il the best article for
this purpose.
ICELAND Moss JELLY. One handful
of moss washed in several waters and
soaked an hour, one quart of boiling
water, Juice of two lemons, one wine
glass full Of sherry, One-quarter tea
spoonful Of cinnamon; soak the mUss in
I very little cold water; stir into the
\ boiling water and simmer until dis
solved; sweeten, flavor and stir into
mOlds.
BACHELORS CAKE One pound Of
-four, half pound sugar, quarter pound
butter, four wine-glasses milk, half
pound Sultana TaisIns, quarter pound
cuTrauts, the same of caudied citrOn,
1 oue-f fourth of nutmeg, two teaspoons
ground ginger, one of cinnamon aud
one of carbonate of soda. Mix we'll to-
gether aud bake slowly for one hour
aud half
4 Floating APPLE.-Bake six or
eight large apples; when they are cold,
peel and core them, rub the pulp
. through a seive, then beat it Up light
with sugar to your taste. Then in an
other bowl beat the whites of four eggs,
with orange water, until they are a light
. froth; mix this with your apples little
at a time till all is beat together and
exceedingly light; make q rich boiled
cu-tnrd, put in glass dish and lay the
apples all over il. Garnish with cur
rant jelly.
a GOOD RECIPE FOR MAKING HOUSE
HOLD SoAP.-Tnree pounds of washing
soda, three pounds Of Stacked lime,
twelve quarts of water; boil together for
twenty minutes. Let this settle, then
strain clear. Next add three pounds Of
fat, four ounces resin; let the whole boil
slowly for nine hours. The above guam
titles will give Il pounds Of excellent
soap. Pour the mixture into a tub or
any convenient vessel, and when cool
enough mark OFF into bars.
GRAHAM BREAD Half cup of yeast,
pint OF warm milk or water, and -four
enough To make thin batter; let it rise
over night. Stir IN, in the morning.
hall cup Of sugar, salt, teaspOOnful of
saiegatus dissolved in wafer, aud gra-
ham enough to make very stiff batter.
Beat all the ingredients thoroughly into
the sponge before adding the graham,
and then stir in the graham "a little
| at a time, beating we'll; shape into
loaves aud bake an hour and half
The oven should not be so hot as for
white bread.
/ HOT WATER FOR PLANTS TS.-Willer-
moz publishes the result Of some exper-
imeuts with hot water as a restorative
for plants, in connection with which be
SAYS that when the bad con lition of
plants in pots is caused by the acid sub
stances contained OF generated in the
soil aud absorbed by the roots, - shown
by the turning yellow of tne upper and
younger shoots of the plant, aud the
formation Of spots on the leaves, the
general remedy is transferring into
fresh soil auG clean pots. He, however,
finds that by watering such plants with
hot water, at a temperature of about l45
degrees Fahrenheit, having previously
stirred the soil so as TO render it more
easily peuetrable, perfect cure can be
{ effected, the plants in the course OF
few days recovering their condition rap
Z idly. and sending out new roots. The
) water is applied freely. At first it comes
out clear, but soon exhibits brown
= tinge. and is sensibly acid. On still fur
ther application, the water becomes
= clearer, when the application should
stop.
ROSE CULTURE One Of the first Sc
crats Of success with the rose in guard
inc arainst persistent insect enemies,
: such as the rose-bUg, green-hy, rose
slug, etc, Is TO keep the plant healthy
tand in vigorous growth. To insure
this. a rich soil is Indispensable. Let it
I he composed of old, decOmposed sods or
: thoroughly rotted manure. The earths
should never be permitted to bake, but
should he kent friable by frequent stir
, ring. The aphis, or green-iy, first at
, tacks the young, tender shoots, feeding
, upon their juices. The pests may be
! killed by placing a barrel over the in
: tested plant aud burning tobacco in a
fiOwer-pOt or other vessel underneath.
% The rOse-slug, that green-bOdied, jelly
like pest that feeds upon the surface Of
I the leaves, leaving only the veins aud
I ribs, may be kept in severe cheek, if not
J destroyed, by dusting the plant with
= fine coal ashes. The rose-bug may be
\ brushed of into pail of water, or
o picked of separately by hand and de-
strOyed. As much as has been written
q about the culture of the rose and about
n its insect enemies and their destructi IN,
: the above, in our experience, embodies
II the whole story.
4 DOUBTFUL CONPLIMENT.-Aeto etor
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