Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-09
THE HOUSEHOLD.

To whiten small articles made of brass
or copper, boil them in three.quarters of a
pound of cream tartar and one pound OF
grain tin. or any pure tin finely divided.
The tin dissolves in the cream of tartar
and is precipitated on the brass or copper.
A very pretty and most easily made lap
robe for the small child's sleigh, is made OF
a square of honey comb flannel. Make a
border around this with single or split
zephyr, about one finger deep, crochet a
handsome scollop on the edge. The entire
border to be crotcheted of course.
The habitual pie eater must have va
riety to help make it, try this receipt 4:
Mix one egg, one heaping tablespoonful of
-four, one teacupful of sugar, one teacup-
full of cold water, one tablespoonful Of
sharp vinegar favor with nutmeg or Gin
namon, with little mace, and bake with
two crusts.
Rice is rather more nourishing than corn
in some respects and less in others. Rice
has more albuminous and less mineral mat
ter; corn more starch. 1t constitutes a
chief article of food in India, where it
costs about a cent a pound. As a food for
children and invalids it ranks high, and is
most easily digested, and does not cause
Indigestion. Its starch is almost all alb
sorbed in the digestive tract, which is not
the case with corn.
A nice breakfast for one who is not equal
to hearty fare is made of toast and eggs
prepared in this way: Put lump of but
ter in a saucepan, and then drop three
eggs into it, stir briskly and constantly, so
that the eggs will be smooth and not
lumpy Have two thin slices of buttered
toast ready, and when the egge are done
lay them on one piece of the toast and lay
the other lightly over it; do not crowd it
down and make the egg run over the edge
of the toast.
An excellent breakfast dish is made of
the remains of cold duck cut them up,
removing all the bones; put them in a
stew pan with little butter, a small
onion, sliced very thin, and plenty of salt !;
if any of the gravy was left add that An
epicure recommends as a garnish some
freshened olives, with the stones removed,
and says that after lying in cold water for
an hour, they should be added to the
sauce but most people who like olives
will prefer them au natural.
TO make an excellent court plaster soak
isinglass In a little warm water for seven
ty-four hours then evaporate nearly all
the water by gentle heat dissolve the res.
idue in a little dilute alcohol, and strain
the whole through piece Of open linen.
The strained mass shonld be stiff Jelly
when cold. Now stretch piece of silk or
sarcenet on a wooden frame, and fix it
tight with tacks or pack thread. Melt the
jelly and apply it to the silk thinly and
evenly with badger-hair brush. A sec
ond coating must be applied when the first
has dried. When both are dry apply over
the whole surface two or three coatings of
balsam of Peru.
The oocoanut has a great sustaining
power. A good instance of this is found
in the case of a vessel which sailed some
years ago from San Francisco for Sydney,
New South Wales, with 400 passengers
The voyage was long and tedious, and
there was o deficiency of provisions. Land
ing at an island large quantity of cocoa.
nuts was obtained, and for eighty days, in
that water-logged ship, the men, women
and children lived exclusively on them
and yet, during the voyage, not a life had
been lost or a case of sickness occurred,
but all were in excellent health. Another
case is that of two men who drifted on to
Quair's Island in a whale boat, and re-
manned there for seven years with no food
but cocoanuts, and now and then flying
fish which CHANGED to fall on the land, and
yet when rescued they were in excellent
condition and had gained in weight.