The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-11-27

jelly. DO not be afraid you will not
lose as many jars as you will by putting
them in cold water aud gradually heating
them in the old way.
VEAL OUTLETS. Cover each outlet
with q dressing made of minced veal
bacon, fine bread crumbs, chopped
parsley, salt and pepper to taste. Mix
with an egg well beaten. Put the cut
let's in Il buttered pan and bake. When
done, take the outlets out of the pan,
pour over them some strained gravy in
which a little celery has been cooked,
and serve with slices Of lemon.
IF gilt frames, when new, are covered
with a coat Of white varnish, all specl1s
can be washed off with water without
harm.
CAYENNE pepper blown into the cracks
where ants congreg#te will drive them
away. The same remedy is also good
for mice
If bedstead creaks at each move
ment Of the sleeper, remove the Stats
and wrap the end Of each in old news
paper. This will prove complete
silencer.
To DESTROY the black buffalo or carpet
moth, which eats straight lines across
carpets, dresses, etc, take corrosive
sublimate of double STRENGTH one table
spoonful in quart OF boiling water, and
satllrate the floors and woodwork thor
ougltly.
A DTsINFECTAxT An excellent and
simple disinfectant for sinks and waste
pipes is made by mixing one large
tablespoonful of copperas with one
quart of boing water. This solution is
odorloss and deodorizes instantly. The
copperas may be bought at any drug
gist's for eight or ten cents pound.
a. GOOD RECEPTACLE for holding soiled
clothing can be made by taking COM
mon flour barrel, lining it with cambric
and covering the outside with cretonne
laid in plaits. Border the top with q
ruehe Of the same. Cover the lii with
the same material and screw on small
brass knob in the centre.
SACHET BAG. Take two pieces of rib
bon five or six inches long, fringe tho
ends, sew the sides together, then tis
with Q narrow ribbon an inch from each
end, having first filled this with colt N
and sache5 powder. A figure may be
painted or embroidered on each piece.
10 EENovATE BLACK shakespeare it
with clear, strong tea, shake it out and
hang it up to dry, or iron it while damp.
Another way is, rip out the seams, rub
it with a piece OF Grape, then put it in
cold water twenty-four hours, iron it
with a hot iron on the wrong side; be
careful not to wiring the silk.
FLANNEL which has become yellow by
age may be restored to whiteness by
the use of solution of twenty-four
ounces of Marseilles soap in fifty pounds
Of soft water, to which is added two
thirds of an ounce OF spirit of aqua
ammonia, and the whole thoroughly
mixed. immense the flannel stir around
well, then rinse in pure water.
THE variety and beauty of design in
lamps is surprising; the colors and
shapes that the family lamp hasrecently
taken in faience, glass, silver, ham,
mered brass and bronze are almost as
satisfactory to behold as vases and
pictures lamps much priced by the
exclusive are cameo ones; they are
wrought by hand and too expensive to
ever become common, and can not be
initiated; the lamps, placed high on
decorative standards, are used in parlors
one being placed on either side of the
entrance /; they are also used in halls
and dining-rooms