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10 BLEACH CL0THEs.--In the spring,
clothes can be bleached by putting six
cent? worth of oxalic acid into q gallon
of boiling water, and pouring over them.
Stir them up and let them remain in it
till the water is cold, and then lay out
on the grass to bleach. They will soon
be white as snow.
To WASH SILK.-Silk will wash as
follows: Mix quarter of a pound of
honey, quarter of pound of soft soap.
and gill of gin T; lay each breadth of silk
on a wooden table, scrub it well with a
brush and this mixture; then dip it
successfully in two pals of soft water :;
do not wiring it but hang it thus to dry,
and iron between paper when sufficiently
dry.
APPLE BREAD. - To one quart of
meal put one pint of ripe chopped apples,
one egg, small piece of butter, a little
salt, and. fresh water enough to form q
stiff dough. The apples should, of course,
be peeled and minced very fine. Some
persons like little sugar in the dough,
but it is generally preferred without.
This is favorite with children.
LEMON SYRUP The lemon syrup
bought at stores can be made at home
much cheaper. Take a pound OF Hs-
vana sugar, boil it in water down to q
quart, drop in the white of an egg 10
clarity it, strain il, add one-quarter of
an ounce of tart.sic or citric acid If
you do not find it sour enough after it
has stood two or three days, add more of
the acid. A few drops of oil of lemon
improves it.
SOFT SOAP - Three-quarters of
pound of washing soda and a pound of
brown soap cut in small pieces; put
them in large stone jar on the back of
the range, when the range is not very
hot, and pour over it q pailful of cold
water; stir it once in while, and after
some hours, when thoroughly dissolved,
put it away to cool. 1t forms a sort of
jelly, and is excellent to remove grease
on floors or shelves.
RAMAKINs.-Four ounces of grated
cheese, two ounces of butter, two ounces
of bread without crust), half q gill of
milk, one third of a teaspoonful OF salt
and mustard, pinch of cayenne pepper,
two eggs. Crumb the bread and boil
soft in the milk; add the butter, the
eggs; beat thoroughly, then stir in the
whites OF the eggs, whisked to q stiff
froth; pour in a soup plate or in small
squres Of stiff white paper pinched at
the corners, and bake fifteen minutes.
A delightful dish for tea.
STARCH FOR FINE MUsLINs.-A solu>
ton of gum arabic in water makes nice
starch for lawns and thin muslin, giving
them a new appearance. Dilute the
dissolved gum until you find by expert
ment that you have it Just right. 1t
takes but minute to cub a cloth in it,
slightly dry and iron it, to test the
strength of the gum water. Lawns
renewed In this way, after washing. net
only Iook as though just made, up, but
retain their good appearance wonderfully
well.
SNOW CUsrARD. - Beat eight eggs.
leaving out the whites of four: add
them to one quart of milk and five
ounces of sugar have a shallow nsn NJ
hot wster in the oven, set the dish into
it, and bake till the custard is thick
then take it out and set it away to cool
beat the remaining whites very light
add hslf-pound of sugar gradually and
q tesspoonful of lemon juice. When
the custard is cold, lay the whites over
the top in heaps, but do not let them
touch.
To Boil ONIoNs.-Tbere is a great
deal of prejudice sgsinst this most
wholesome of all vegetables. Take two;
quarts of onions, peel them carefully /;
wash and put in two quarts of water
when it las boiled up twice change the |