Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-11-25
FARM AND FIREsIDE.

HOUSEHOLD HINTs-To preserve APP
pies in boxes or barrels elevated from the
cellar floor with layer of dry sawdust at
the bottom Of each box or barrel: then
layer Of apples, placed out of contact with
each other, then a layer of sawdust, and
so on till all are full. Sound apples pack
ed in this manner will keep fresh long
time.
To whiten walls. scrape off all the old
whitewash, and wash the walls with So
| luton of two ounces of white yitriol to
four gallons of water. Soak quarter of
a pound of white glue in water for twelve
hours; strain and place in a tin pail; COW
er with fresh water, and set the pail in a
Kettle of boiling water. When melted stir
in the glue eight pounds of whiting, and
water enough to make itsas thick as COM
mon whitewash. Apply evenly with a
good brush. If walls are very yellow blue
the water slightly by squeezing in it
flannel blue-bag
correspondent complains that she
cannot make her white starched clothes,
particularly the shirt bosoms and collars,
look bright and clear and glossy. She is
| sure she washes them clean. and hangs
them to dry turned wrong side out, but
when they are ironed they have dIngy
| look. Perhaps she does not keep her irons
clean. This fault is not uncommon. 1t
is we'll to wash the irons all over carefully
once in while, before they are quite cool
and are put away. Starch that sticks to
them burns on, and burns the Clothes
Beeswax is often recommended for clean
ing the irons when starch sticks to them
little salt on paper on the ironing Ia
bic, to rub the iron Oh whenever the starch
| sticks, will be found useful.
| WASHING BABIEs.-Mothers and nurses
cannot be too careful about the soap they
use on the little ones. Few bat physicians
know how many of the so-caled skin dis
eases among children are caused by the use
of adulterated, poisonous soap. An analysis
OF several cakes of the pretty and perfum-
ed toilet soaps that are sold on the streets
| showed the presence OF ground glass, solu-
| bic glass, silsx, pipeclay, rotton stone,
| borax, plaster of Paris, tin crystal, magne-
| STA. pumice stone. oatmeal and other sub
| stances, which are added to give the soap
weight, hardn' IS, toughness or clearness.
| The common colorings are vermillion, We
netian red and carmine, ultramine green,
pot pigment, green copperas, Spanish
brown, tritramine blues, yellow and scar
| let analines and burnt lumber. Many of
the perfumlDg ingredients, though harm
less in themselves, become chemically poi
soncus by admixture. Adding the dan
gers from all these to the rancid, diseased,
putrid qualities Of arease used, and mo-
theirs may well be appalled, at the perma-
| nent evils these neat-looking, delicately
scented blocks of toilet soap contain, ready
to be released whenever moistened and APP
piled to the baby's body'-N. Y. San.
To PROTECT A SINGLE Roof FROM
FIRE.-The editor of an eastern paper
| says that wash composed of lime, salt
and fine sand, or wood ashes put on the
| ordinary Way of whitewashing, renders
the roof iftY-fold more safe against taking
fire from falling cinders, or otherwise in
case of fires in the vicinity. 1t pays the
expense hundred-fold in its preserving
influence against the effect of the wealth
er. The older and more weather-beaten
the shingles are, the more benefit derived;
sucl shingles are generally more or less
warped, rough and cracked. The appica-
ton of the wash, by wetting the upper
surface. restores them at once to their
original or first form, thereby closing the
| space between the shingles, and the lime
and sand, by filling up the cracks and spots
in the single self, prevent its warping
for years if not forever.
Mr.. T. J. KEY, editor of the ''Agricul-
turst,' Covington, KY, says: AS salt is
great absorbent of moisture, it will not do
to apply to cod, wet, tenacious soils, as it
would increase their dampness, and there
by be injurious. Salt applied on rolling or
ordinary warm high lands will be quite
beneficial to such soils. Salt should not
be applied to the young wheat while the
dew is yet on the blade, or just after rain,
because there is danger of too much salt
adberlng to the damp blades, as, dissolv-
ing. it may run down the stems, and give
the plant too great quantity of chlorine
and thus injure it.
FRESH HADDoCK STEWED WITH LEM
oNs.-Make sauce with butter, melted,
stir in flour, add warm water, pepper, salt,
little nutmeg and slices of lemon Now
place in the fish, cut in pieces, and let
gently simmer for twenty minutes or half
an hour. Take out fish, strain over it the
gravy, and trim with slices of lemon.
Serve toast with fish.
VEAL CUTLET.-Make it tender with
back of knife, and have it well cut. Frizze
thin slices of bacon. Dip outlet in yolk
of egg. Place in fat, cover up and frizzle
gently. Turn when ready. The last few
minutes take handful of chopped pars-
ley and stew over the outlet. Stew till
quite done.
OYSTER PIEs.-Make paste as for pie
crust. line shallow pan with it put in
layer of oysters, flavor with salt and bits
of butter, add layer of bread or cracker
crumbs, another laoer of oysters, etc., add
the liquor, cover with a crust and bake
LEMON PUDDING.-Crumbs of bread,
two spoons OF fine flour, finely chopped
beef suet, peel of two lemons chopped fine.
Juice Of same, moist sugar, four eggs. beat
en- up well, pinch of baking powder, all
mixed and wetted with milk Steam for
one hour and half, Or two hours in shape.