The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-11-13
Useful And Sug gestiye.

Castor oil may be cOmfortabl V
taken in hot milk, in half winegIass
If weak punch, in hot water sweet
ened and highly favored with essence
| of peppermint or wiutergreen.
Soap for Cleaning Clothes.-One
| ounce of ammonia, one ounce of Cas-
| lie soap, One-fOurth ounce each OF
| slycerine and spirits of inter, two and
o Ie-half pints Of soft water. Boil uu-
I'll Topy, and cool in earthen dishes
| Good Housekeeping.
Bread Cah es.-Take one pint Of
bread Grams and moisten with sweet
milk, season " it'll pepper and salt aud
| add one well beaten egg and mold il :
TO cakes. Fry in a tablesp DonfuI of
butter in a hot skillet. Nice for
| breakfast.-DetIoit Free Press.
OFauges-If you get tired of pies
and buildings for desert, keep oranges
in the house peel and slice one layer,
| then sprinkle sugar over them, anu
another layer of fruit until you have
enough. 70 make a change, sprinkle
layer of dessicated rCooanut between
the layers of oranges after the sugar
is sprinkled on.-HOusekeeper
One of the most agreeable of denti-
| fees is to be found in few drops OF
incture OF myrrh, in half a glass OF
water. 1t not only cieanses the
| mouth, making it fresh and sweet,
ut it is an excellent tonic for the
gums and arrests decay. 1t also has
The merit of being very inexpensive,
rs ten cents will buy enough to last
year or mOre.-N. Y. Tribune.
AS soon as possible after discover
ing fresh grease spot on silk, simply
rub the wrong side hard with pow
Tered French chalk and leave it to
wear off. This is the only way of
:aking grease out of silk that L know
# that will not injure the color or
ustre of the most delicate fabric
When silk is badly wrinkled it may
De improved by spOnging it on the
right side with gum arabic water,
made very weak, and ironing on the
wrong side.-N. Y. World.
Damascus Biscuits.-Four eggs,
five ounces of beef suet, half an ounce
If almonds, six ounces of leaf sugar,
two ounces and half of flour, lemon
10 taste; beat the whites of four eggs
to frOth, chop the suet and almonds
separately very fine, and beat togeth-
er; mix with the yolks of the eggs
the loaf sugar, finely sifted beat we'll,
and pour into the almond mixture;
shake in the flour and add the lemon
bake in small tin pans in q quick
oven.-BostOn Herald.
Steamed Corn Bread.--Put two cups
of cOrnmeal into bowl; add a tea
spoonful of salt. Dissolve half tea
spoonful of salt. Dissolve half tea
spoonful soda in q tablespoonful of
warm water and add to it half cup
of molasses; add this to the corn
meal and then add sufficient sour
milk, not quite a pint, to make a bat
ter so that it will drop from the spoon;
put this into q well-greased mold !;
put on the lid and steam it for four
hours, then remove the lid and bake |
it for thirty minutes.-Old Home
stead.
Delicate Macaroons.-Blanch and |
CRATE half a pound of shelled al |
monds; beat the whites of six eggs to |
a very stiff froth, stir in gradually !
of pound of pulver-
ized sugar, then add the almonds and |
a teaspOonful of essence of bitter |
almonds. Take about half heaping |
of the mixture, and fry in
a buttered pan. If the mixture has
been properly beaten it will not run;
if it does, add a little more sugar.
Drop about two inches apart, in Il
buttered pan, bake a delicate brown,
and when done, lift carefully with
pancake tuIner-Ladies' Home Jour