The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-25
THE HOUsEKEEpER.


Ripe tomatoescut in slices and served
With mayonnaise sauce are DELICIOUS adj
dition to spring dinner.
Cold boiled ham may be served for tea
in this way CRATE it on coarse CRATER,
line platter with crisp lettuce leaves, and
heap the grated ham In the center.
Fried tomatoes are a luxury; peel the
tomatoes, cut in slices about half an inch
thick, dip each slice into white four, then
into beaten egg, sprinkle salt and pepper
over each slice, and fry in hot lard. These
make good garnish.
Silver in constant use should be washed
every day in a pan of suds made Of good
white soap and warm water, drying it with
soft linen cloths. Twice week latter this
washing) give a thorough Frightening
With finely powdered whiting, mixed 10 a
thin paste with alcohol, rubbing longer
and harder where there are stains. Then
wipe this off and polish with clean, soft,
old linen.
Oilcloth ought never 70 be wetted il il
can be possibly avoided, but merely 10 be
rubbed with a flannel and polish with a
brush of moderate hardness, exactly like
a mahogany table, and By this simple
means the fading of the colors and the
rotting of the canvas, which are inevitably
attendant upon the oilcloth being kept in
a state of moisture or dampness, are entire
ly avoided.
To clean stained wood work which Is
also vanished, an old housewife recon-
mends the saving of tea leaves from the
teapot for few days Drain them and
when you have a sufficient quantity pat
them in clean, soft water; let them simmer
for half an hour When almost cold,
strain them out, and, dipping a flannel
cloth in the water, wipe off the paint, dry
ing it with another flannel cloth. One cup
Of tea leaves to one quart of water is the
due allowance.
To preserve eggs, rub them all over with
butter, when newly laid-before they are
cold, If possible-and then pack them in
boxes with bran. No two eggs must touch
each other, and the small ends must point
downward. Preserved in this way, they
are good even for boiling at the end OF
nine months, and the bran having absorbed
all the butter, is capital for fattening the
chickens.
Have reliable painter mix up two or
three quarts of common yellow ochre paint,
and paint over the floor Let each coat be
perfectly dry before putting on another.
Paint it over three times While drying
lay boards down to walk on. Paint in the
evenings il will have achance to dry some
before morning Black walnut stain, with
coat Of sheIlac over it, looks we'll. With
little ingenuity very pretty border can
be painted in diamonds, cut up to repre-
sent tile, painted in porcelain blue or In
dian red, half yard from the Dashboard
all around.
fhe following, though not new, is a most
valuable receipt for the housekeeper: Take
good wood ashes and sift them through a
fine seive, adding an equal quantity OF
clay finely powdered together with little
salt. Moisten this mixture with water
sufficient to form paste, and fill the crack
of the stove with it. The cement never
peels or breaks away, and becomes very
hard after being heated. The Stove must
be cold when the cement is applied. 1t is
very useful in setting the plates OF the
stove, or in fitting stovepipes, as it seems
to render all the Joints air-tight.