The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-12

Line a pie-plate and fill it With this mix
ture. Cover it with a meringue, made OF
the beaten whites of lhree eggs, three
taniespoonfuls of sugar aud a tab esponn-
Iull OF lemon juice. Spread 1t over the
pie and bake ten minutes longer.
BRAIsED TURKEY We will suppose
That the turkey has to be cooked
aud SINCE the bird, cut off the neck and
legs n empty it, reserving The liver.
heart and gizzard. Cover tine bird all
over with slices of bacon cut very thin:
then bind it securely with Irvine. The
shape OF the turkey must be preserved as
correctly as possible. Put a few slices of
Iat bacon at the bottom of the saucepan;
lay Che bird upon these, with the giblets
and trimmings; a Calls foot split in two.
Two or three onions stuck with cloves,
GWo carrots, a bunch of parsley and r
sprlg OF thyme, with salt and pepper to
taste. Put some slices of bacon on the top
OF the turkey, and nearly cover it with
good stock. Put the lid on the pan and
gently simmer the contents from four to
SIX hours, according to the size of the
bird. Ii this dish is to be eaten hot, place
the turkey ON Il dish, surround it with the
best OF the vegetables and pour over 1T
part OF The liquor in which it has been
stewed; freed from fat, and ~thickened
with a little browning.
Dip half a lemon in salt and rub it on
the copper Kettles, brass tea kettles and
otner copper or brass utensils if you want
10 make them bright as new. A sure de-
struction to all noxious yermin is to APP
ply with a paint brush a very strong solu-
ton of alum to furniture or creyices in
the wall where the bugs are apt TO crawl.
Wet the edges of the carpet with IT.; it is
perfectly safe 60 use and Is certain death
to the insects.
= To clean a kitchen sink, dissolve some
sal-soda in a little water and scrub the
iron Work with it, using a stiff brush in
applying the first wash and a coarse
cloth Tor the second. Two such washings
with a final rinsing with hot water will
ieave the sink as free from dirt as one
could wish. The sal-soda solution is
also very good for cleansing hair brushes.
The poison caused by the sting OF in
sects can be completely cured by apply
ing the juice of an onion. The same
remedy is good for a snake bite.
Never sweep dust and dirt from one
room to another, nor from upstairs to the
owe part OF the house. Always take it
up in each room.
Naphtha certainly has wonderful clean
ing powers. Formerly it was one of the
secrets or the professional cleaners trade,
but NOWADAYS it stands in the list of
household items. with benzine and tur-
pentine. But too much cannot be said
against a careless use of it., The writer
recently heard of a young girl who
cleaned a pair of gloves on her hands
with naphtha aud heedlessly went to turn
on the gas while wearing them. In an
instant her hands were on fire, and now
she is manned tor life. II naphtha is used,
he sure to place the garment as far as
possible away from excessive heat or fire
Of any sort.
The Jeapelers' Circular recommends
the following recipe for cleaning silver
ware:-"The operation requires a small
sponge or piece Of flannel, a soft chamois
skin, a clean, dry duster and silver brush.
If you have no chamois, keep old, undress-
ed kid glovesfor the purpose. Rub all ar
ticles that are badly staine |, such as
eggspoons. etc.. with salt; it will remove
stains more easily than anything else.
The simplest way and one of the best is to
mix a little whiting in a saucer, with
water enough to make a thick paste: to
this add a few drops of household am
monia. Instead of ammonia and water
lnoisten The whiting with alcohol,
or simply with water; Whatever way
is adopted the process is the same.''
When hoarse speak AS little as possible
until the ~horseness Is recovered from,
else the voice ma be permanently lost.
or difficulties of the throat produced.