Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-09-26
THE HOUSEHOLD


an appetizing flavor, and it adds to its nu.
tritive qualities also.
The filling for green pepper pickles is
perfection if made from the recipe given
in this column for chopped pickle. If you
choose to put a very small cucumber in
each pepper it is good addition.
Batter cakes for dessert, to be eaten with
wine and sugar, are made of pint of milk,
three eggs, one teaspoonful of salt; mix
with -four to make q thin batter drop
from large spoon in hot lard. Serve
warm.
If the carpet in bedroom or common
sittingroem looks dusty after it has been
thoroughly swept, you can brighten it
good deal by taking damp mop and dust
ing with is flannel mop is best for this
purpose.
Leather may have its color restored by
an application OF good blacking, subse-
quent brushing, a very slight oiling, and an
after dressing of gum-trsgacauth. It is
surprising what an effect this treatment
has upon old and shabby y-looking leather.
II one likes sweetbreads at all, the salad
made with them will be found very palata-
BILE. Boil them until tender, then fry un-
| til brown in butter, break in small bits
with fork, and put them in lettuce this
may be cut or torn or sent to the table
whole or in dish by itself, and the sweet
! breads be mixed with the salad dressing;
| in either case the dressing should be made
thus: The yolks of two eggs, two table
| spoonfuls of vinegar, one heapjng teaspoon
| ful of mustard rubbed with oil until
smooth; little sugar, pepper and salt are
also required.
Nice apple butter is excellent With cold
meat. Use tart apples, and te three pecks
after they are peeled and quartered allow
| nine pounds OF brown sugar and two gal
Ions of water. Let the water come to
| boil, then add the sugar; when it is dis
| solved put in the apples. Stir them con-
! stantly with large wooden spoon. After
| they are soft let them simmer until they
are thick and do not seem at all watery.
| If you wish to add any spices you may do
so. Cinnamon, nutmeg, and little ginger
are liked By some people. When it is pos
sible to get it, boiled cider makes deli
| cious addition; in this case less water
should be used.
The vapor of tobacco juice has been
tested in France as an insecticide with great
the tobacco, which is very offensive pro-
cess to most persons, the tobacco is made
into an extract by soaking or boiling, and
the juice ia then placed over chafing-
dish, a fire, or the flame of an ordinary
lamp, and deposited in the greenhouse or
conservatory. Delicate plants, which are
very sensitive to smoke, are not injured by
this vapor, and it leaves no offensive at
j g
thrips, lice, scale insects and slugs. One
quart of tobacco juice vaporized in
house containing $50 cubic feet is an ample
amount.
A handsome design for patchwork
cushion is to make large fan of velvet,
plush or satin. 1t should be 80 large that
it should cover nearly or quite half of the
cushion put velvet or satin over the rest
of the cushion; the handle should point
toward one corner. Another pretty way is
to cover half the cushion with one color
the material may be of silk, satin or vel
vet; put this on diagonally. The rest of
the cushion should be covered with the
crazy patchwork. Plain pieces of satin
may be made very ornamental by working
some little design on them, or simply by
putting small crescent of some contrast
ing color with fine button. hole stitoh with
sewing silk of bright hue.
The american AgricuItuist remarks that
if list could be presented of the deaths
| and frightful burnings that have occurred
since the introduction Of kerosene it would
be appalling Good kerosene-that is, of
the legal standard of quality, and that is
sent out by the best makers, is far in ad-
vance of the legal requirements-proper
used, need be no more dangerous than the
old fashioned sperm oil, or tallow dips.
But it is vastly more So Why? If we
observe the accounts of these go called
"accidents," as they are given in the daily
| papers, it will be found that they are due
to one of two principal causes li) Using
! kerosene to light fire, and (2) to tilling
lamp already lighted. Only the most ig-
norant can be so stupid as to pour kerosene
upon fire, and as such persons do not
read it would be waste of time to caution
them against it. Filling lamp while it is
lighted is something that ought never to
be done. It can be avoided by always fill
ing the lamps in the morning This task
should belong to some one member of the
household, who should have a fixed and
regular time for doing it; nothing ought
ordinarily 20 interfere with or cause it's
| postponement. 1t should be made duty,
to be discharged with all the regularity and
punctuality Of the daily meals. Ii good
kerosene of either OF the best manufactures
be used there is little danger of accident.
Glass lamps ought never to be carried about
for the very reason that they are glass.
This would hold, no matter what material
they contain f; even if it be sperm or lard
oil, the breaking of a lamp is disaster to
be avoided. There is a chance that the
one carrying it may slip or trip, or some
other accident cause it to be dropped.
. With good kerosene even the breakingof the
lamp and spilling its contents should cause
no disaster in the way of burning but all
kerosene is not good, and the risk should
never bs taken. In trimming" the
lamps, only the small portion that is
charred need be removed from the wick,
and that is readily done by scraping it
with knife kept for the purpose. If any
substance collects upon the wick tube, that
should be carefully scrsped off, leaving che
brass or metal perfectly clean. After care.
fully scrap;ng, wipe off the upper part of
the wick tube (2nd the wick) with very
soft piece of paper, to remove any small
particles left in scraping, A wick may be-
come unfit for use long before it is burned
up Many quarts of oil are carried through
wick, and in time the pores Of fabric
become so filled with little atoms Of dust
and other impurities that the oil contains
that its inability to take up the oil as fast