The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-05-04

Soiled bottles may be cleaned with
egg shells, sand, or comm IN coarse
salt.
Wash zinc in a strong solution OF
warm water and wash soda, or ammon-
ia and soap; afterwards, rub thorough
ly with woolen cloth saturated in
Kerosene.
When you polish your stove shave
as much hard soap as you use of the
polish, boil together in little water,
and apply.
By rubbing with a flannel dipped in
whiting, the brown discolorations may
be taken off of cups which have been
used for baking.
Hot Water containing little chlo-
ride of lime poured down waste pipes
every day or two during the hot sea-
son will prevent bad odors. A bad
smell is often translated into typhoid
fever.
Sailed Peanuts.-After shelling and
removing the skins, put them into q
dripping pan with little butter in it,
brown them in a hot oven, Shaking
the pan frequently that they may
brown evenly. Then sprinkle with
salt and serve. Sailed almons are pre-
pared in the same way.
In making custards, pumpkin or
lemon pie, it is better to partly bake
the crust before adding the mixture,
that it may not be absorbed by the
paste.
A travelling case of brown linen
bound with ribbon, which has pockets
or places for comb, brush, pins and
other necessary toilet articles, can be
made very pretty with little trouble.
The pockets to slip the different arti-
cles in are all feather stitched with
silk.
Our pleasure in poultry keeping is
in direct proportions to the profit, and
to secure the latter we must take pleas
ure in administering to their every
want. Never neglect them a single
hour.
Fish should be killed by O sharp
blow Oh the back of the head as soon
as taken from the water. They will
keep longer and taste better if they do
not suffer before dying.
Do not overcrowd your coops. This
is the cause of more disease and death
than any one thing connected with
poultry keeping. Keep no more fow-
els than you can give ample space TO
Do not attempt to keep twenty or
thirty towels where accomidations are
hardly at hand for a dozen.
Did you ever feed your towels that
are yarded, with green sugar corn fod-
der? 1t should be chopped up as fine
as possible, and the hens will eat it
with great relish. Such green food is
essential to the health of any flock Of
towels, and must not be overlook
ed.
In taking down the stove, if any
SCOT should fall upon the carpet or rug,
cover quickly with dry salt before
sweeping, and not a mark will be left.
New York Journal.
Raw meat rubbed on the trunks Of
young trees is better than poison, be-
cause it prevents the rabbits first nib
bic.
It is advisable to set out tomato
plants as early as practicable, and sing
lie stem straining tomatoes will yield
twice as much as ordinary plants.
Old newspapers are said to make
valuable anti-motb wrappers for furs
and winter-clothing, the ink upon
them being nearly as repulsive to all
kind of virmin as camphor or coal tar
paper. They are like wise good to lay
on carpets for like purpose. Being
to air, they also form
excellent envelopes forvessels contain
ing ice and fresh liquors.
Mock Mince Pie--.Twelve crackers
rolled fine, one cup of hot water, half
l cup Of vinegar, one cup Of molasses,
one cup of sugar, one cup of currants,
,ne cup of rasins, spice to taste, meas
lre with teacup. Some use one cup
IF dried bread crumbs, and also add u
small cup of butter. This makes four
pies.
There is a demand for good home
made jellies and jams. This suggests
4 profitable occupation for some wom-
IN who are earning money at home in
,ther and more labOrious ways. The
ellies sold in our stores are most artl.
uialy manufactured and brand OF
natural, homemade goods would soon,
we think, bring prosperity to the
maker.
Rice and Cheese. boil half pint
If rice; drain and shake dry, put in a
baking pan in alternate layers OF rice,
grated cheese, and bits of butter; add
salt and pepper to taste. Have the
last layer of rice. Mix beaten egg
with a tea-cup of milk and pour over
Inc whole, sprinkle with crumbs, dot
with butter and brown in the oven.
Stuffed Beefsteak Take cutting
If round steak, pound it well, season
with salt and pepper, then spread over
it nice dressing crumbs, season with
thyme, parsley, sage, and pepper, roll
lp, and tie closely, but in kettle with
4 quart of boiling water, and boil slow
ly an hour; then put it in the drip
ping pan with the waller in which IT.
was boiled and bake till it is a nice
brown, basting it frequently. Make
gravy of the drippings. An inferior
piece of meat cooked in this way may
be made very savory and palatable.