Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-08-05
HOUSEHOLD.

their weight inclines them To part, but
be laid on rope and then beaten at
the back.
Molasses Gingerbread. Two cups
of molasses, one cup Of sugar, one cup
of shortening, one cup boiling water,
two teaspoonsfuls of soda; add ginger
to taste, and -four enough to hold lard.
Arrowroot gruel. --Arrowroot, one
tablespoonful; sweet milk, half a pint;
boiling water, half pint. To be
sweetened with loaf sugar, Excellent
aliment for children when the bowels /
are irritable.
Green Corn Cakes.--Mix a pint of |
grated green corn with a teacupful of |
flour, half teacupful of milk, halt a |
teacupful of melted butter, one egg, a
teaspoonful of salt and u little pepper.
Drop on buttered pan by the spoon
full and bake or fry tor ten or fifteen
minutes.
! A pretty, healthful and economical
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gray in tint, presents the best possible
surface for painting, either in oil or
water color, and will neither crack nor
chip.
To Stone Raisins Easily.-Pour
boiling water over the raisins, let them
stand few minutes to soften, then
drain the water off and you are ready
10 proceed. No more trouble with
sticky fingers. Just pinch the seeds
| al aud. a II niVn will
dite matters little, though not essen
tial.
Ham Toast.-Mix with one table
spoonful of finely chopped or grated
ham the beaten-up yolk of an egg. and
little cream and pepper, heat over
the fire, and then spread the mixture
} either on hot, bultered toast, or on
. slices of bread fried quite crisp in but
. Ter; serve very hot,
Mint Vlnegar.-put into a wide
}, .mouthed bottle fresh, clean mint
LEAVES, enough to fill it loosely; then
. It'll up the bottle with good vinegar,
= and after it has been stopped close fol-
y two or three weeks, it is to be poured
i. loft clean into another bottle and kept
well corked for use. Serve with lamt
when mint cannot be obtained.
To Remove Stains from the HanGs
y A few drops of oil vitriol (sulphuri'
ID acid) in water, will take the stains o
Of fruit, dark dyes, stove Backing, etc.
from the hands without fnjuring them
- Care must, however, be taken not t
Y drop it upon the clothes. 1t will re
xuoOlan an1 aa
y. holes in cotton fabrics.
PLAIN APPLE TART.-Rub pie .disl
lover with butter, line it with short pi
=. crust rolled thin, pare some cookin
Of apples, cut them in small pieces, Il
on the pie-dish with them, strew owe
y. them cupful of fine moist suga
= three or four cloves or little CRATE
II, lemon peel, and add few teaspoon:
ar, full of water; then cover with pu
ont paste crust, trim off the edges with
4 sharp knife and cut small slit at eat
RI end; pass Cycling iron around Il
md pie half an inch inside the edge, al
), bake in quick oven
Inv ARRANGE your table so as to ma
nd prominent the prettiest things th
Us, YOU have, be it your china, your glas
- your silver; abandon the idea til
Eft. Everything must match. We almc
and think that table would be more ell
u CANT that had no piece of silver, glf
VS.. or china exactly alike. OF course
10y must not look like a makeshift; the
u must be intention and harmony.
ND little thought and ingenuity may sh'
ON. each person how they could accor
ee1 plish this with such resources as tn
. have.
4 BEEF Sour Put three pounds
y beef and bone in four quarts OF c.
water, let it come to a boil and tn
simmer five hours. Salt it, and VIII
cold remove the cake OF fat from
~ top and the sediment from the botto
1t will keep week in cold weather
little may be heated each day, and
q, flayoring differently will make ms
" changes. 1t is we'll to add sn
ne' onion and a sprig of celery an h
TO- before the stock s done. If vege
II lbles are allowed, a few teaspoons
LIZ of tomato may be added one day
spoonful of peas another, and on
third, little macaroni.
Canaries need plenty of light
air; they should spend portion
each day in the sunshine, but do
expose them to cold draughts OF
Moulting is usually a weakening |
cess, and the bird should have he
= mixed with his seeds, and the vol
"a hard.boiled egg two or three TIM
{&, week. Keep nail in the drinl
water, and if the bird mouths in
weather. very few drops of alec
in the bath water prevents a c
But do not leave this water Ions
the cage, as the bird may drink it
get poisoned.
81 A marked improvement upon
ordinary method of pertaining un
)Es clothing, neckwear, laces, ETC.,
means Of numerous small scent bal
10 found in the bureau sachet.
made of silesia, and cut of a siz
a. cover the whole bottom of a dra
sVs, and also serves the purpose oil
towel or paper usually laid betty
= the wood and the garments.
Ithicknesses of silesia are used, VIII
- thin layer OF cotton between
holds the strength of the orris roc
lot the dear old fashioned lave
90 with which the sachet is filled. SIN
I'D sachets of this kind are very prett
W Wo6 ted to the bottom of glove, han'
street, chief and collar boxes. The per
sed to thus communicated is delicate
MN IN less overpowering than that cause