Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-02-20
For Housekeepers.

Put bits of camphor gum in trunks
or drawers to prevent the mice from
doing any injury.
To freshen leather chairs, seats, va
Uses, bags, ETC., rub them with the
well-beaten white of an egg.
Soak clothes, that fade, over night
in water in which has been dissolved
one ounce of sugar of lead to a pail
full of rain water
When washing fine white fannels,
add tablespoonful of pulverized bo-
rax to pailful of water. This will
keep them soft and white.
To Danish red ants from the pan
tries, strew whole cloves around the
shelves. The same is also considered
a good moth exterminator.
Breakfast Rolls.-Sift two quarts of
-four, mash two large boiled potatoes
and mix in with teaspoonful of lard,
one cup of yeast, one cup of sweet
milk, teaspoonful of salt and ia
blespoonful of sugar. Knead all to-
gether, set to rise; make in rolls, put
in a creased pan, set in warm place
until very light and bake quickly.
Rice Pudding.-Put two tablespoon
fuls of rice and two tablespoonful of
sugar into one qurrt of new milk, stir
until the sugar dissolves, add gra-
ting of nutmeg, and, if you like, one
half cup Of raisins. Place the pan in
the oven and cook very slowly for
about one and a-half hours, stirring
the pudding every ten minutes until
the last half hour. If the oven is too
hot the pudding will be too thick.
Probably the reason why your pud-
ding settled to the bottom was that
you did not stir it. This constant
stirring makes them creamy and well
mixed.
A well made potato salad is as rare
and delicious dish as it is economi-
cal. 1t is desirable to have young
potatoes. A perfect salad cannot be
made of full-grown, mealy potatoes;
but if the potatoes are boiled in heir
skins, as they always should be for the
purpose, very fair salad can be made
at any time ofthe year of some variety
in market. After boiling the potatoes
peel them and slice them in small
slices or cut them into little half-inch
cubes. Lay them on platter and
sprinkle a teaspoonful of salt, two
tablespoonfuls of oil and two of vine
gar over every quart of sliced, while
thew are hot; add a few shakes of
white pepper from the castor. Cover
the potatoes with second platter and
let the seasoning penetrate them.
When they are cold add two table
spoonful of grated onions and two Of
minced parsley. Onions and two of
minced parsley. Onions are apt to
turn black when grated on tin, and
it is nice to have a porcelain crater
for this and for other purposes.
DO HOUSEKEEPERs KNOW
That if a teacupful Of cold water
is added to a well-beaten egg, and
enough Of the mixture used to moist
en- the ground coffee before it is made,
it will be quite saving of eggs over
the old method?
That if little soft (not melted)
lard or butter is rubbed over the top
of bread dough when in a mass, and
after being nodded into loaves, hard
crust will be avoided?
That tablespoonful of pulverized
sugar sifted Through a sieve over
the top crust of a pie will add great
ly to its appearance?
That when SCOT falls upon a car
pet or rug, if covered thoroughly
with salt, it can be swept up without
leaving a trace? If one trial is not
sufficient give it another.
That a little powdered borax added
to cold starch stifens linen beauti-
fully?
That clothes-pins are too cheap to
stand out of doors in cold weather
pinning two garments together with
oneY
That in baking with granulated
sugar you should use little less than
the recipe calls for?
cart is long and time is fleeting,'
and it is too bad to spend half a short
life distressed with neuralgia. when
25 cents spent for one bottle OF Saliva
ton Oil will cure quickly.
George Conklin, the lion-tamer,
SAYS he will have nothing to do with
cross eyed animals, nor use any other
remedy for his coughs and colds but
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup. He says it is
only reliable cough medicine to be
!