The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-05
HOUSEHOLD HELPS.


| APPLE PANCAKES. Make one quart of
batter as for any other pancake, and add
one cup of finely chopped apple. The,
| batter must be stirred each time a
! spoonful is taken ont in order to equal,
lie it.
! FnoURcLoTHs.-Do not put carpets in
/ your closets; oilcloth or mating is much
| better, and can be easily kept free from
! dust. Mating after being swept should,
be wiped with damp cloth Hot salt
! and water will thoroughly cleanse it and
will not discolor It.
APPLE CUsTARD PIE.-Scald the milk
/ and let it cool. Crate some sweet APP
! pies. Take two thirds of cupful of
| powdered sugar, four well-beaten eggs.
/ one cupful of milk, one-fourth of nut
! meg. Line an earthern pie-dish with a
rich crust and let il bake. Then fll with
! the custard and let it bake for half an
hour. To be eaten cold.
| GINGERBREAD LoAF.-One cup of but
| ter, one of molasses, one of sugar, half
| of cold water, one tablespoonful of gin
! ger, one tablespoonful of cinnamon, one
| of soda dissolved in boiling water f; melt
/ the butter, Slightly warm the molasses,
! spice aud sugar, and heat together ten.
minutes; then put in the water, soda and,
! flour stir very hard and bake in three
| loaves. Brush them over with syrup
/ while hot and eat fresh.
! PorAro PuFFs.-Take mashed pota-
| toes and make them into paste with
one or two eggs: roll it over with dust
/ of flour and cut round with a saucer :;
| have ready some cold roast meat (any,
kind free from gIistle and chopped fine,
| seasoned with salt and pepper, place ii
ON the potatoes and fold it over like a
! puff; pinch or nick it neatly around and
bake for few minutes.
WASHING TOWELS. Towels with hand
some, bright borders should never be
boiled, or allowed to lie in very hot
water they should not be used till they
are SO much soiled that they need Wig
orous rubbing to make them clean. 1t.
is better economy to use more towels
| than TO wear out few in a short time
A gentle rubbing in two suds, and then
Il conscientious rinsing in warm water
and then In cold, ought to be all that is
required.
VEGETABLES AND SALADS. Upon the
Washing of green vegetables for salads
much of their excellence depends; they
| should be shaken about without break
| ing, i'll a large pan of cold water well
sailed, since the action of the salt viii
| destroy all the minute inhabitants of
! their fresh green covers, and, once dead,
| from sheer force of gravity they viii fall
| to the bottom of the water. When the
| salad plants are free from sand and in
sects they should be shaken, without
| breaking their leaves, in q colander, a
wire basket, or q dry napkin until no
moisture adheres to them; then they may
| be used at once or kept until wanted in
a very cold, dark place.
| PRESERVED ORAHaEs. Take any npm-
Der of oranges, with rather more than
their weight in white sugar. Slightly
] CRATE the oranges and score them round
and round with a knife, but do not cut
very deep. Put them in cold water for
three days, changing the water two or
| three times a day. Tie them up in
cloth, boil them until they are soft
enough for the head of a pin to pene-
trate the skin. While they are boiling
| place the sugar on the fire, with rather
more than half a pint of water to each
| pound; let it boil for n minute or two,
then strain it through muslin. Put the
oranges into the syrup till it jellies and
is yellow color Try the syrup by put
ting some to cool. 1t must not be too
stiff. The syrup need not cover the
oranges, but they must be turned, so
that each part gets thoroughly done
To GIVE PINE AN OAK CoLoR.-Wash
the wood carefully in solution of cop
peras dissolved in strong I've, In the pro-
| portion of a pound of copperas to gal
| Ion of lye; when the wood is dry after
having been thus thoroughly saturated
with this wash. oil it. and it will look
fresh and nice for year or two when
it can be restained and again oiled.
| Often, when not subjected to hard usage,
the color will remain undimmed for
several years, only requiring to be oiled
occasionally. The color may be put on
with a short bristled brush, or, the hands
being protected with thick buckskin
gloves, the wash may be applied with
cloth, which will saturate the wood more
evenly. 1t will blister the hands if they,
are not well protected
ANTs.-There is one way, and only
one. of Kidding the house, closets, cake
pals, sugar barrels, ETC., of red ants or.
black, big or little. When you find
them on your premises get ready tea
| kettles of boiling water, plenty of it. Go
out of doors, look carefully over the paths
and walks, if in the country If in the,
city, look over the tagging in the areas.
both front and back. Scald every little
hole you see with mound of little earth
pellets around it; it is the home of the
ant On sunny day these pellets are
brought out of the nests to dry. When
the weather is damp, or soon will be, you
will see nothing but little holes in the
ground. The ants are all "at home"
Scald them. If your cellar is not cemented
hunt the pests there; very likely you
will find lots of them. When the work
here recommended has been done, clean
out your closets, sugar pals, every
thing in the closets, rub fine salt on the
shelves, lay clean yellow paper on them,
and put back dishes. In the cracks of
the floor and around the surbase of said
closets should be placed ground red pep
per- Ants will not come again for long
time. When they acain make a raid as