The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-01-22
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
BoRAx.-Lady readers who have not
tested the magic properties of bOrax
nave been losing q great help and COM
fort. If once used you will never be
without bottle on your toilet table.
It removes stains and dirt from the
hands better than soap, and at the
same time sottens and smooths the
skin. 1t is splendid tor washing the
hair, and will, without injury, cleanse
brushes and combs in a few moments.
For washing purposes 1t saves both
soap and labor. 1t will extract the
diet from articles of delicate texture
without rub bing, it boing only ,neces-
sary to put the articles to soak with a
solution Of borax over night, and need
only to- be rinsed In the morning. Two
tablespoon fuls of pulverized borax
dissolved In q quart of water, to whIoh
water enough Is added to cover pair
of blankets, will cleanse them beautl-
fully. 1t also saves great labor in
washing paint. 1t is said to drive
away ants and reaches, If sprinkled on
the shelves of safes and pantries.
BEEF TEA WITHOUT HEAT.-Take
one-third Of a pound Of fresh beef,
mutton, poultry, or game, minced very
fine; place 1t in fourteen ounces of soft
cold water, to which has been added a
pinch or about eighteen grains, Of table
salt, and three or four drops of muria-
tic aotd; STIR all with a wooden spoon,
and set it aside for one hour, stirring
1T occasionally; then strain 1t through
q gauze or sieve by means of five ad-
| ditional ounces of cold soft water,
| pressing 1t, so that all the soluble mat
| ter Will be removed from the residue {;
mix the two strainings, and tho ex-
tract is ready for use. 1t should be
drunk freely every two or three hours.
MAIDS OF HoNoR.-Take one cup of
sour milk, one cup Of sweet milk, q
! tablespoonful Of melted butter, the
yolk Of four eggs, juice and rind Of
| one lemon, ono small cup Of white
pounded sugar candy. Put both kinds
OF the milk together in q vessel which
Is set In another and lot it be
come sufficiently heated to set the curd /;
then strain off the milk, rub the curd
through strainer, add butter to the
curd, the sugar candy, we'll beaten eggs
| and lemon. Line the little pans with
the richest of paste and fill with the
mixture; bake until firm in the GEN.
tre-frOm ten to fifteen minutes.
| PUMPKIN PIE.-Stew the pumkin
very dry, indeed; take q pint Of rich
cream, or if this Is not obtainable, half
pint Of warm milk with one quarter
OF pound of butter stirred we'll into 1t :;
beat eight eggs very light, and stir
them into the other ingredients, to-
gether with sugar enough to make 1T
sweet; add to this a grated nutmeg, a
large teaspoonful of powdered mace
and cinnamon mixed, Il wine glass of
rosewater, and glass OF wine mixed
together, and n tiny pinch of salt; beat
all together, and bake III rich paste.
BLACKING STovEs.-The fine polish
given stoves by those skilled in the
art Is produced as follows: Havo q
thin mixture of black yarnish and tur-
pentine; apply this with paint or
varnish brush to portion of tho stove,
then with q cloth dust this over with
| pulverized black lustre or stove
| polish, then rub with dry brush. Tho
stove must be perfectly cold. The
stove dealers buy the pulverized stove
polish, which Is carDuret of iron, in
twenty-five pound packages. Tho
process conducted in this manner is
quite brief, but gives beautiful results.
Hot SLAw.--Cut the cabbage fine
and in long piooog, but do not chop it
use thin, sharp knife. Boil tor
thirty minutes in enough water to
cover it, then drain it off, season with
one teaspoon of flour stirred in one tea
cup of strong vinegar; beat one egg
anu put In one large teaspoon of sour
cream, with pepper and salt. This Is
n II n rt T,fp III
TO CLEANSE GLASS GLoBEs.-If the
globes on gas fixture are much STAIN
ed on the outside by smoke, soak them
In tolerably hot water in which Ii tile
washing soda has been dissolved. Then
puta teaspoonful of powdered ammonia
IN pan OF luke warm water and with
hand brush scrub tho globes until
the smoke stains disappear. Rinse in
clean cold water. They will be as
white as if new.
"VEaET1NE," says Boston physl-
clan, 'has no equal as blood purifier.
Hearing Of it's many wonderful cures,
after all other remedies had failed, I
visited the laboratory and convinced
myself of its genuine merit. 1t ls pre-
pared from barks, roots, and herbs,
each of which is highly effective, and
they are compounded in such manner
as to produce astonishing results"
WAFERs.-One pound Of sifted flour,
two tablespoonfuls Of butter, little
salt, enough milk to make stiff dough :;
rub the butter into the salted flour, wet
with the milk, roll thin, cut into small
round cakes as large as a tea-plate
and rs thin as stout writing paper
Lift carefully to q Toured pan and
bake quietly. They keep well.
BREEZE PUDDINu.-Dissolye one-half f
of a box Of gelatin in pint of boiling
water; add two cups OF sugar and the
juice Of two lemons. After this has be-
come cool (not cold) break into it the
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