The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-12-24
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

them back to the owner.
Stains from tea on napkins and Ia
ble-Iinen may lie removed by slowly
pouring clear boiling water through the
soled spots.
Plants that are stored away for
winter will require much less water
than when in full yigor of growth. No
more should be given than enough to
prevent shriveling. Give all the air
possible, and strive in every way to
harden the wood.
A good breakfast dish is made of
dried beef. Slice it very thin, cook 1t
for few minutes in hot butter and lard
mixed, stir it constantly, and when it
is all equally heated stir in as many
eggs as you can afford to use. Serve
with butttered toast.
A black silk dress that has become
frayed OF worn in small su faces on the
bodice where patch or darned place
would be consp cuous, may be mended
bv slipping bit of black court-plaster
underneath with the sticky side up;
molsten it and press the frayed edges
down upon it.
Vinegar Candy Stir together and
bring to boil three cupfuls of sugar,
half cupful of vinegar and half a cup
full of water. AS soon as this mixture
bells stir in one teaspoonful of soda dis
solved in little water. If the candy
is preferred ear, stir it as little as pos
slblc; if gra ned, stir it.
Among nations who pass their
dives outdoors. catarrh and scrotula
are almost unknown; not fresh air, but
ba ,,fi &c Of los
diseases, of fatal diseases when people
are in the habit of mailing down their
windows every winter to keep their
children from opening them.
Toad in the o!e.--Take one half
pound of sausage meat and roll it into
six balls; place these in a baking dish
which has been slightly creased; make
batter OF two eggs, two heaped up
tablespoonfuls of flour and one-half pint
of milk; pour this over the sausage,
place in a moderately hot oven; bake
one hour; serve at once with pork
gravy and plain boiled potatoes, and
you have a nice little dinner for two
persons.
--IIickory-nut Cookies. Mix togeth-
er two cups of sugar, two-thirds of q
cup of butter, two eggs, six tablespoon
fuls of sweet milk with half teaspoon
full of soda dissolved in it and flour
enough for u soft dough with a tea
spoonful of cream of tartar sifted
through it. Add cupful of the chopped
meats; drop, in spoonfuls on buttered
tins, pat into shape and bake to light
brown.
Chicken Jelly.-Cut half of an I'M
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break the bones: pour over it quart
of cold water and boil slowly until it is
reduced to less than half; season with
salt and little pepper, if the latter is
allowed the invalid. Strain through q
colander, then through jelly-bag into
q mold or bowl. If the chicken is
quite tender boil carefully the breast of
the other half of it; cut it into dice and
put it into the mold or bowl and cover
it with the liquid. When the Jelly has
hardened scrape off the layer of fat at
the top of the mold before turning the
jelly on platter.
old English Plum Pudding. TO
make what is termed a pound pudding,
take of raisins well-stoned and currants
thoroughly washed one pound each;
chop a pound of suet very finely and
mix with them; add quarter of a pound
of flour, or bread very finely crumbled,
three ounces of sugar one ounce of
grated lemon-perl, a blade of mace,
half small nutmeg, one teaspoonful
of ginger, half dozen eggs, well beat
en-; work it well together, pat it into a
cloth, tie it firmly, allowing room to
swell, and boil not less than seven
hours. 1t should not be suffered to stop
boiling.
The Journal of Chemistry says that
the following recipe makes a good pain
killer for external use in bruises,
sprains, ETC.: