Daily Republican., 1886-01-20

To Restore Velvet. velye,
has been crushed, hold the wrong side
over basin of quite boiling water, and
the pile will gradually rise. Do moi
lose patience, for 1t takes consider
able time, but the result is marvel
lous.
Baking powder and soda biscuits
should be put into warm pans, and
baked in quick oven; little warm
wafer rubbed over them just before
putting into the oven will give them a
nice color.
A pretty device TO set of small oil
painting or water color drawing is To
have q graceful bird with bright plum
age holding on the upper portion of the
frame by its beak and claws as try
ing TO get footing.
Hickory Cake.--One- halt cup OF
butter, two cups of sugar, and four
eggs, beaten separately: three cups OF
-four. one. half cup of sweet milk, two
teaspoonfuls of baking powder, two
cups OF hickory nut meat minced, one
teaspoOnful extract of vanilla.
Fruit Pudding.-Chop a pineapple
quite fine; take some cake which is "A
little dry, rub 1t fine in your hands or
crush 1t on kneeding board; put IL in.
to pudding dish in alternate LAYERS
with the pineapple. sweeten abundant
ly, moisten with cold water ana bake
IN moderate oven for an hour and
three-Quarters.
Three teaspoonfuls of tea. made hot
first in the dry teapot before adding the
hot water, will give youa stronger and
better drawing than four whic h are
thrown into cold teapot and Iimmedi-
ately deluged with boiling water. There
Is fine art in making tea, and it is
very easily learned.
OH Tor Furniture.-Boil together
cold drawn linseed oil and as much
alksnet root AZ it will cover, and to
every quart of oil add two ounces of
the best rose pink; when all the color
is extracted strain il off, and for every
quart add gill OF spirits of turpentine;
II VIII be very superior composition
for soft and light mahogany.
Cocoanut Pie.-One pint of milk,
cocoanut, teacupful sugar, three eggs,
crate cocoanut, mix with the yolks of
the eggs and sugar; stir in the milk,
filling the pan even full, and bake.
Beat white eggs 10 froth, stirring
three tablespoonful pulverized sugar,
pour over pie and bake TO light
brown. liprepared cocoanut is used
one heaping teacupful is required.
Green Tomato Pickle or Chow
Chow.-Take one peck of green toma-
toes, two quarts of green peppers with
out the seeds and two quarts Of onions.
Chop all fine and mix with three large
cupfuls lot salt, letting the mixture
stand over night. In the morning
drain well and add one cupful of horse.
radish, half pound of mustard seed,
two tablespoontuls of ground allspice
and two tablespoonfuls OF ground
cloves.
In case case OF q burn or scald, the
essential thing is 70 exclude the air
from the injured member as quickly
and as completely as possible. This
may be accomplished by immersing
the injured part in water, not too cold +,
and then as quickly as may be, cover
win hour To the depth OF an inch, ii
possible, Withdrawing the burning
part from the water only as fast as the
flour can be applied. thus preventing
pain. Caution Never apply cotton,
wool or cotton batting to burn, and
do not use soda on burn unless the
skin remains whole.
The following is frst-class recipe
for making liquid backing, but we
cannot vouch that il will not eventually
crack the leather, as that is the objection
70 all liquid polishes: Put half pound
of gum shellac. broken up into small
pieces. into quart bottle or jug, cover
it with alcohol, cork tight, and put it
on shelf in a warm place; shake it
well several timesa day, then add Il
piece of camphor as large as hens
egg; shake it well and in a few hours
shake it again and add one ounce of
lampblack. If the alcohol is good,
1t will all be dissolved in two days.
Then shake and use. If the materials
are all good, it will dry in about five
minutes, giving gloss equal to patent
leather.