The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-08
DOMESTIC,


DOMESTIC.
J IoE PUDDING. a.-Put one quart Of milk
into q stewpan with half-pound OF
white sugar and stick Of vanilla; leave
it to boil ten minutes. Mix the yeike
OF ten eggs with gill of cream, pour in
the milk, then put 1t back again into
the stewpan and stir until it thiokens,
but do not let it boil; strain 1t inuo a
basin, aud leave it to cool. Take twelve
pounds of Ice, pound it small, add six
pounds Of fino salt; mix together quick
| ly, cover the bottom OF an ice-pall Ga
common pail will do), place the Ice. pot
in 1t, and build it around with the Ice
and salt. This done, pour the cream
into the pot, put on the cover, and never
| cease turning until the cream becomes
thick; move 1t from tho sides OCCASION
ally with the ioe-scoop, to prevent it
getting into hard Jumps. The mould
to be used to set the pudding should be
put OH ico to get quite cold. It is then
filed WIFI cream to the level. and three
| or four pieces Of white paper wetted
with cold water IRE placed on it before
You put Oh the cover, which should fit
very tight. The mold is then buried III
the same mixture of ice and salt used
for freezing the cream in the first in
stance, and is left until wanted, When
it is dipped III cold water, turned out on
napkin and served. Dried fruits, cut
small. may be put in tho cream when
the mold is beng filled.
BABIES feet are objects OF unlimited
admiration; the soft curves and outlines
| and tho perfect nails do not in the least
suggest the cramped and mis- open
form they will take aftor awhile, in oil
human probability. Thoughtlessly and
mistaken notion of economy canse
the lack of beauty and the sense OF dis
comfort about the feet OF the half-grown
boy or Rirl. Children arc frequently
made to wear shoes that they have out.
glown, because they are hot worn ont.
''Best" shoes arc almost too small When
they are pun chased, and as they aye
onl y worn occasionally, the feet chone Q
and enlarge, and arc injured by the i'll
fitting shoe. The nails should be cared
for and looked after by the mother just
rs conscientiously as tho morals OF the
child. Many an hour Of acute pain to
the man or woman may be charged to
the neglect of the nails in childhood
If the discovery is mado tint the shoe
is expressing the foot and crowding the
nails, IL would he better to remove the
Shoe aud let the chile go without rather
than continue It,, use. If there is dam
ger OF the toenull pr cssing down in the
flesh, it can be avoided by cutting n
acallop or point in the centre of the nail
This will certainly prevent ingrowing
nails.
How TO DRIVE FLIES OUT OF Room,
Observations made by nj. Riilord, u
member of the Society d'Horticulture
at Limoges, show that cestor-oil plant
having been placed in a room infested
with flies, they disappeared as by Gil
| chantment. Wishing to find the cause,
he soon found under the castor oil plant
number of dead flies, and a large
number OF bodies hat renamed cling
ing to the under surface OF the leaves.
1t would, therefore,, appear that the
leaves OF tho oastor-oil plant give ont an
es sen!ial oil, or some toxic principle
which Possesses very strong insecticide
qualities. Castor. oil plunts are much
rooms, us they re sist Y, ry we'll variations
OF ntm' sphe'e and temperature. AS the
| cnst.r.oll plant lii very much grown and
cultivated in all gardens, the Journal
u'Agrlculture points out that 1t would
be worth while to try decorations of the
leaves to destroy the green flies and
other insects which in summer are SO
destructive to plants and frmt trees.
Anyhow, M Raftort's observations
me,it that trial should be made OF the
properties OF the castor.oil plant both
Tor the destruction Of flies III dwellings,
and OF other troublesome insects.
TOMATO FIGS. The following Is the
method oi preserving tomatoc, in Bor-
mudn, and thereby manufacturing n
sweet preserve something like figs:
Take six pounds Of sugar to one peck
(or Is pounds Of tho fruit, scald and
remove the skin Of the frui in the
usual way, cook them over q fire. their
own juice being sufficient with out the
ADDITION Of water, until the sugar penc.
tr"tes and they are clarified; they are
then taken out, spread Oh dishes. fat
tened and dried in the sun. A small
quantity OF the sirup should be occasion.
ally sprlnkled over them while drying,
after which pack item down III boxes,
treating each layer with powdered su-
gar The sirup is afterward concentra.
ted and bottled for use. They keep
from year to year and retain their flavor
surprisingly, which is nearly that of the
best quality OF fresh fiRs. The pear
shaped or single tomatoes answer the
purpose best. Ordinary brown sugar
may De used, a. large portion of which
is retained III the sirun.
MILKwEED POPS. Perhaps some per-
sons may not know what worry pretty
add,tlons may be made to dried erasses,
punches OF fclns, and autumn leuves,
by the milkweed seeds. Pick then
whom the seeds rrr lite ripe, and the
pods begin tC d.. Open tho pods and
pick the seeds ~. with tho downy sub
stance adhelms to them. Take the
seeds OFT and pass the down through
the lips Nthis is the only way know of
to get them very little mojsD, hold
| ing fust tho seed end. Have tine wire
and piece OF white thread tiod to the
end OF 1t. Lay the prepared down
against the wire and wind the thread
around it to keep it i'll place. Continue
this until You have II sort Of fcZ, or full
blown flower. You must take each seed
separately, and thcy must be place
| very close together o. tho w.re, und be
wound tiuht with ths thraod III,