The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-18
zaa HOME AND FARM.

Cool rain water and soda will take
machine oil out of washable goods.
ROSE WATER Procure glass bottle
with wide mouth and ground glass stop
per, fill two-thirds full with deodorized
alcohol, and add rose leaves until no
more can be forced into the bottle, Let
stand several months, keeping air tight,
strain when the virtue has left the
leaves. White roses are best.
r The best way to fry fish is to first FRY
% some slices of salt pork, then roll tie
pieces of fish in fine Indian meal and
p fry in the pork gravy. About three
slices of pork for a medium sized fish.
Whitefsh needs less fat than almost any
ether' "'i {sl.'.''.'-' *
The meaning of the word " soilino, q
T. as understood among cattle feeders, is
the practice of combining animals to the
80 stake or small lots, and feeding them on
green clover, corn, grass, ETC.. cut as
needed, and not allowing the stock ia
Craze on the ground where the, food
grows. ''A frk ~
BAKED EGG PLANT.-Boila large ege
plant in plenty of water until it is per-
fectly tender, trying it with a straw let
itstand in the colander to drain until
cold then peel, cut open, and take out
the seed !. mash carefully with gill OF
milk, two eggs, dessertspoonful OF
salt, a saltspoonful of white pepper, half
a grated nutmeg, heaping tablespoons
full of butter, and two tablespoonful of
very fine bread-crumbs. Bake half an
hour in a quick oven; slow oven
spoils it.
CoCoANUT CUsTARD.-To one pound
of grated cocoanut allow one pint of
milk and six ounces of sugar; beat well
the yelks of six eggs, and stir them al
ternately in the milk with the cocoanut
and sugar Put into. pail or pitcher
set it into boiling water and stir all the
time till very smooth and thick; as soon
as it comes to hard boil takeit off and
serve in cups and stumblers. ss
FOURTEEN years ago J. M. Sterling,
of Monroe, ,Mich.,g placed, two gate
posts of white oak in front of his resi-
dence. When they were set, he bored
into the top of each, with an inch and a
half auger, hole three inches deep,
filed it with common salt, tightly plug
ged it, and capped the posts. A recent
examination of the posts proved that
they were as. sound from top, to bottom
as when they were placed in position.
LITTLE PLUM CAKES TO KEEP LONG.
Dry one pound of flour, and mix with
six ounces of finely powdered sugar
beat six ounces of butter to a cream,
and add to it three eggs well beaten,
half a pound of currants, washed and
nicely dried, and the flour and sugar
beat all for some time, then dredge flour
on tin plates, and drop the batter on
them the size of a walnut. If properly
mixed, it will be stiff paste. Bake in
brisk oven. r... s,,a.tno
SUMNER APPLEs.--T. T. Lyon,
President of the Michigan Pathological
Society, gives the following list of the
best summer apples: Early Harvest,
the earliest, followed closely by Carolina
Red June, next Early Strawberry and
Summer, Rose which ripen nearly to-
gether, then Primate. Early Joe ripens
late in August and early in September,
and Garden Royal follows it closely.
Carolina Red June is a handsome sum-
mer apple when fair, but we have found
it SO affected with black mldew as to be
nearly worthless. The Sweet Bough is
the best early sweet variety, ripening af-
ter the earliest above named.