Smyrna times., 1880-12-15
How to Do Things.

For Cocoanut Custard: one nut grated
into one pint of milk, three eggs, sugar
to taste, lump of butter as large as a wal
nut, the outside of a lemon and one nut
meg.
Knife and fork handles that have be-
come loosened may be fastened by taking
a piece of quill, putting it into the handle,
and pushing the knife or fork in firmly,
after first heating it.
A writer says: 81 never wash bread
pans; turn out the bread and rub with
brown paper. A pan used for frying
Indian mush should not be often washed,
1t does not need it."
Crackers that are not fresh can be made |
to appear so by putting them in hot
oven for a short time. Watch them
carefully, as minute too long will serve
to brown and spoil them.
For soft gingerbread, take three eggs,
a teacuptul of sour cream, one teacuptul
of molasses, tablespoonful of ginger, three
cups flour, teaspOonful of soda dissolved
in little boiling water stirred in last,
moderate oven.
The holidays approach and chocolate
caramels will then be in season: two cups
sugar, one cup molasses, half-cup milk,
piece of butter size of an egg, half-pOund
Bakers chocolate Stir all time, boil
half an hour, pour in buttered tins.
A test of coal oil may be made thus:
Place little of the oil in a saucer, and if
on applying lighted match the oil can
be made to take fire, it should be consid-
cred unsafe. 1t is unnecessary to say
that great care must be taken in applying
the test, and all vessels containing the oil
removed to safe distance. A book or
pamphlet should also be at hand to place
over the saucer to extinguish the flame, in
case the oil ignites. Some timid people
may say this is unsafe, but is it as danger
GUS as to burn iinammable oil?
Another writer says: Hearing that
one of our country cousins in Bucks
county makes quite famous mush cakes
we wrote for her recipe and have this in
, reply: I'VE make some mush very thick
and thin it with milk, not very thin but
so you can stir it when it is cool enough
to work with your hands put flour enough
to kneed, but not too stiff, yeast to raist
it mot soda); when light make in small
cakes and bake in the bottom of the oven
When they are Just right we think they
are hard to beat. We call them Indian
Mufins.'"
Housekeepers who have had their floor
stained and find them grown little dull
can make them look quite bright again
by thoroughly rubbing them with bees
wax and turpentine. Repeat this when
ever they need it. To clean varnishe,
- furniture there is nething so good as
cupful of turpentine and a wooden rag
, This takes all the dust and cloud fron
carvings and panels. When they hav
been thoroughly cleaned with the turpen
tine, 90 over the surface again with bi
of flannel dipped in linseed oil, rubin!
y it well into the wood.
Take ripe pumpkins, pare, cut int
small pieces, stow soft, mash and strai
through a colander, as if for making pies
. Spread this pulp on plates, in layers som
half an inch thick; dry it in stove over
to which should be kept at so low tempe
" ature as not to scorch it. In about da
,k it will become dry and crisp. The sheet
thus made can then be slowed away in
dry place, and are always ready for us
either for pies or stewing. On going
use soak portions of the article in a lit
milk overnight, when it will return to
,rPp;; delicious pulp as if made of pumpk
for when fresh.
- In cleaning black silk the silk must
>. thoroughly brushed and wiped with
. clothed, then laid flat on board or tai
and we'll sponged with hot coffee tho
oughly freed from sediment by beil
strained through muslin. The silk
sponged on the side intended to sho
allowed to become partially dry and tn
35 70 ironed on the wrong side. The coffee
to moves every particle of grease restol
the brilliancy of silk without imparti
nm to it either the shiny appearance or crack
Hill and papery stiffness obtained by beer
- indeed, any other liquid. The silk rea
appears thickened by the process, q
this good effect is permanent. Reac
if yoN will experiment on an apron
cravat you will never again try any oil
. method. '-# $3.50.
Among the pretty things for the par
which may easily be made at home
lamp shades cut from bristol boa
Take five pieces of bristol board, tn
, inches wide at top and FIVE at the bolt,
and sloped like a dress gore on b.
sides. On each of these trace with
preston paper any simple picture y
p please Flowers, leaves, a spray of q
As sort, vine with leaves, grapes Q
tendrils, are all effective and pleasing y
terms. After the pattern is traced, I;
sharp penkife and cut through ei
D. line, taxing care to leave enough of
5.am board intact at tho base of each, SO as
prevent any part from being wholly
tached and so falling out. When
parts of The shade are all done bind tn
with narrow or gilt paper, pasted on,
CH join them together. This may be d
by making hole at each corner of e
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