Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1882-09-21
DOMESTIC.

ont using too much friction. Wash the
head occasionally with soap and water,
to remove fatty substances which have
become acid. Keep the head cool and
do not unnecessarily keep it covered in
doors, particularly in warm rooms. Keep
the skin of the scalp soft, pllable and
family moist, if not naturally 80, by the
iudicious application of some bland
substance .as vaseline, castor oil or al
mond oil, all of which may be perfumed.
THE following simple method of keep
ing ice water long time III a common
pitcher is worth knowing. Place be-
tween two sheets of paper (newspaper
will answer, thick brown is better) II
layer of cotton batting. about half an
inch in thickness, fasten the ends of pa
per and batting together, forming a
circle, then sew or paste crown over
one end, making box the shape of a
stove-pipe minus the rim. Place this
over an ordinary pitcher filled with Ice
water, making it deep enough to rest on
the table, so as to exclude the air, and
You will be astonished at the length OF
time this ice Will keep, and the water
remain cold after the ice is melted.
CUP PLUM PUDDNG.-One cup each
of ralsins, currants, flour, bread crumbs,
suet and sugar; stone and cut the raj
sins, wash and dry the currauts, chop
the suet and mix all the above inRre-
dients we'll together; then add two
ounces of cut caudied peel and citron. a
little mixed spice, salt and ginger, say
half teaspoonful of each; stir III four
well-beaten eggs and milk enough to
make the mixture so that the spoon will
stand upright III it; tie it loosely In a
cloth or put in a mould; plunge in boil
ing water and boil for three and half
hours.
AS flies this 'ason of the year are
very troublesome, and as troublesome
things are not healthy things, We give a
cheap and effective hy-paper recipe be-
low: In tin vessel melt one pound of
resin, and then add about two fluid
drachms of Iinseed oil. While the mix
ture is warm, dip spatula into it, and
spread what adheres to the blade on a
sheet of foolscap paper and allow it to
cool. When the m mxture is found to be
too hard for spreading add more oil ;
when too soft, add resin.
WHEN DR.. Wheatley had headache,
he used to take off his cat, lay hold of
the axe, and rush out of doors and he
labor some old tree till he found himself
in q profuse persp;ration, when down
went his axe and Off went the old doctor
as hard as he could tear to wrap him
felf up in his blankets, go to sleep, and
wake as fresh as four-year-old. Cheap
medicine that, and good, too.
BRICKS FOR FURNACES. French steam
engineers deprecate the use of any bricks
for the construction of furnaces except
bricks which are very closely pressed
and refractory, and which are glazed or
suitably vanished on the outside. Most
of the bricks hitherto employed have
been so porous as to admit very unde-
srrable quantity OF air.
Pres FooT CHEESE. the hooks
and feet of equal quantity loose in q pot
till the meat will fall freely from the
bones; season well with pepper and salt;
put into pan while hot and press it.
Cut in slices and serve with vinegar or
Worcester sauce.
To make q hard sauce to serve with
hot pudding, beat together some butter
and powdered sugar till it is as light as
beating will make it. If the pudding Is
highly seasoned, it will not be necessary
to favor the sauce; put a tablespoonful
of it on the top of each saucer of pud-
ding; it will dissolve gradually.
FLANNEL CAKES WITHOUT EGGS. Two
cups Indian meal, two quarts milk, hall
cup yeast, -four for good batter. one pint
boiling water; scald meal with the water,
add the milk, if lumpy, strain, add flour
and yeast; let stand till morning. If al
all sour add soda.
CITRoN PUDDNG.-Line your dish
with puff paste: slice thin, orange, lem-
on and citron peels, of each one ounce,
six eggs Ceav1ng out four whites) well
beaten, quarter pound butter melted
which mix all well together, and pour
into the dish; bake one hour and serve.
MARBLEHEAD CAKES. the
crumbs of stale loaf of bread, and sift
out all the Jumps. Stir in milk till q
thick batter is formed. Beat eggs, al
lowing two to every pint of milk, till
smooth, and add to the batter; add a
little salt. Beat all well together, and
bake one hour and serve.
FRIED APPLES. Pare sound apples,
slice them half an inch thick, remove
the corts without breaking the slices,
fry them in hot butter until tender, lay
them in little piles with sugar and spice
busted over them, and serve them on
slices of toast.
CLOTHES pins boiled few moments
andquickly dried, once or twice a
month, become more flexible and dura-
BILE. Clothes lines will last longer and
keep IN better order for wash-day SER
vice, if occasionally treated in the same
way.
LADY CAKE.-Beat the whites of four
eggs to froth, one and half cups of
sugar and half cup of butter, heap two
cups of -four and dissolve half teacup-
full of soda In cup of milk; put tea
spoonful of cream tartar dry III the -four;
flavor with almond eX ract.
SWEET PoTAToEs. until a fork
will go easily IN the largest. Skin and
lay in bake pan in the o7en a few min
utes to dry. They are also very good to
place in tue meat pan with the roast and
brown very lightly.