Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-04-26
DOMESTIC.

boil and to skim 1t before you use II. 1t
takes out the unpleasant, raw taste, and
makes it almost as good as sugar.
Keep an old blanker and sheet on pur-
pose for ironing, have plenty OF holders
always made that your towels may not be
bnrned out in such service.
A good bousekeeper never allows her
carpet broom to be used for sweeping tho
outside stairs or yard: keep coarse
broom for this purpose.
Keep q heavy stone on your pork TO
keep it down; in the summer this stone Is
IN excellent place TO keep fresh meat on
when you sre afraid of its spoiling.
Have all the good bits Of vegetables
and meats collected after dinner and
minced before they are get away, that they
may be In readiness to make little savory
mince meat for supper or breakfast Take
the SKINS of potatoes before they are cold.
Walls which have been used for medi-
cine should be put into coal ashes and
water, boiled, and suffered to cool before
they are rinsed.
never leave out your clothes line over
night, and see that your clothespins are
ali gathered into a basket,
Have plenty of crash towels in the
kitchen; never let your towels or napkins
be used there.
Soap your dirtlest cliohes and scald
them In warm water all night Use hard
soap to wash your clothes, and soft to
wash your floors. Soft soap Is so slippery
that 1t wastes a good deal in washing
clothes.
A little salt sprinkled in starch while il
is boiling tends to prevent it from stick
ing; 1t Is likewise good to stir 1t with a
clean spermaceti candle.
An excellent plan to save old napkins
and table cloths is TO cut out the good
parts and put them away In bag, sppro-
priateiy labeled, and have them ready for
use in case of sickness. A house wife
whose system Is so complete that 1t is
hard to believe thst she has lived on earth
only about forty years giues this advice,
and she says also that We should keep an
other bag with pieces Of flannel, and an
other with old cotton clo.h, for the same
purpose.
Mcsr Of the pretty plaques of wood so
much used TO paint on have no rings on
the back, and consequently cannot be
hung on the wall To remedy this get a
curtain ring; through this but loop of
ribbon or thin cloth and paste or glue
this loop to the back of the plaque. Be
sure to hsve it exactly in the centre, and
do not try to hang it up until it is perfect
ly dry.
A DELICIOUS fish sauce ismade of half a
cup of butter. one tablespoonful of pars
ley chopped very fine, little salt and
pepper, and the Juice OF two small lem
oDs, or Of one large one. Warm the bu;-
Ter little so that you can easily beat IL
TO q cream, then mix with the other in
gradients. putting the parsley Ii last, Jnst
before sendIpg ii TO the table.
SINGLE AND DoUBLR kCRsAN.-Single
cream il cream that has stood on the milk
twelve hours. Ii is the best for tea Oh
coffee. Double cream stands on Its milk
twenty-four hours, and cream for butter
frequently stands fcrty-eight hours.
Cream that Is to be whipped should moi
be butter cream; lest in whipping it change
to butter.
CHEESE BIsoUITs. - Have little puff ol
short paste really. aad sprinkle over it a
little cayenne, and as much grated cheese
as The dough will take; double up the
paste, roll 1t out rather thin, glaze with
egg, arrange on buttered tin. and bake
in a sharp oven I'LL of light yellow color
To REMOVE MILDEw.-Soak the part.
of the cloth that are mildewed in tive
parts of chloride OF lime to four parts of
water for about two hours, or till the
mildew has disappeared; ther thoroughly
rinse 1t il clear waller.
DELICIOUS CAKE.-Two cups of white
sugar, one cup of butter, one cup OF milk,
three eggs, half tesspoonful of soda, ont
tesspoonful of cream tartar, three cups oi
-four; beat butter and sugar together. add
the yolks of the eggs, then the beaten
whites; dissolve the soda in milk, rub the
cream tartar IN -four and add last.
ENGLIsu GELATISE.--lo one paper o
gelatine containing an ounce and half
put a pint Of cold water, after fifteen min
utes add one quart Of boiling water anc
STIR until the gelatIne is dissolved; ther
add cofieecup of sugar, Juice of lemon
or any spice or essence preferred, and bei
it minute. If the Jelly is for an invalid
omit the lemon aud use two gills of wint
after 1t is boiled.
A HoURIsHINa and pleasant drink for ,
sick person Is made OF parcled rice
Brown the rice the same as you do coffee
then pour boiling water with little sal
In it over the rice. Let it boil until it Il
tender; then aGd sugar or cream to it. Il
may be strained or not, according Il
taste.
To SoETxY THE HAIR-Beat the yolE
Of one egg into a pint Of warm rain water
rub the scalp and hair well with this
then rinse the hair thoroughly and Dry
with to vel. Add very little oil if the
hair becomes too dry.
WEEN making molasses candy or wher
boiling maple molasses there IS always
more or less danper of its running over OF
the stove. A small lump of butter dropped
in when its bubbles begin to rise will pre-
vent this.
To TAKE MARKs OFF VARNIsHED FUR
GITURE Wet a sponge in common alce
hol campbor and spply it freely TO tn.
furniture. II has nearly. il not quite the
same effect that varnish has. and is much
cheaper.
LIGHT brown biscuit for tea are made oi
one PITT of Graham -four, one pint Of soul
cream, one teaspoonful of bicarbonate Of
soda; roll them out as for any biscuit, ado
bshe in a moderate oven.
To YRY SMELLS: Wash and scrape
them, OF the fins, dip them In beaten egg
and cracker crumbs. or SIMPLY roll them
in -Four, fry in rolling fat; garDish with
fried parsley or wrh fresh watercress
4 process for preserving iron casting;
is thus described in one of our exchsng 8:
The article Is treated With diluted hydro.
chIoric acid. which dIssolves he iron and
leaves a thin skin firmly adhering 10 the
surface. II is ihen sub nitted TO the artion
of hot or cold water, or steam, which l.
hetfer, to dissolve or remove the cblOr de
Of ir n which has been formed, Ind j. n K,
thuroagh'y dried and treated with a soiu-
ton of India rubber, guita percha or ro'in
dissolved IN parsfiine. When the parafine
has evan, raitd t1er, remains q solid Coat