The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-12-20

= water bucket for aroused temper is re-
solute silence, If, whenever an irrita-
ting act were done, or an injury struck
us, we should firmly seal our lips for
even ten minutes, we would save oursel-
yes many quarrel, many heartburn,
many modification, many disgrace
to our religious profession. Speech
is often explosive and shatteriDg. 81
lence is cooling. 1t cools us off, and
cools other people.
Brass ornaments should be first
washed with strong lye made of
in the proportion of one
ounce of alum to a pint of water;
when dry, rub with leather aud fine
tripoli. This will give to brass the
brilliancy Of gold.
Candied Fruits.NPreserve The fruit.
then dip 1t in sugar boiled to candy
thickness, afterwards dry it. Grapes
may be thus dipped uncooked and
then dried. Or fruit may be taken
from the syrup when preserved, rolled
in powdered sugar, and afterwards set
on sieve to dry
A physician says that boil should
not be allowed to progress, If it can be
stopped at the outset, as the system is
more likely to be poisoned than re-
lieved by the gathering matter. The
boil should be painted with iodine,
and will not amount to anything if
taken in the first stages.
Molasses Cookies. -One cup butter,
two cups moIasses, one teaspoon cloves,
one tablespoon ginger. Flour to make
q batter. Mould into small cakes, and
bake in slow and steady oven.
Pine Apple Jam.-Peel, CRATE, and
weigh the apple. Put pound to pound
of pine apple and sugar. Boil it in
preserving kettle thirty or forty
minutes.
To Clean Gold.-Powder some whit
ing, and make it into a moist paste
with some salvolatile. Cover over the
gold ornaments and surface with a
soft brush; let 1t dry. and then brush
it off with moderately hard brush.
Tomato Butter.-Nine pounds toma-
toes after they are peeled, three
pounds sugar, one pint good vinegar,
all the cinnamon necessary to flavor.
Boil four or five hours.
Charcoal is recommended as an ab-
sorber Of gases in the milk room where
foul gases are present. 1t should be
freshly powdered and kept there con.
tinually.
Turkey Patties.-Mince some of the
white part, and with grated lemon,
salt, very little white:pepper, cream
and very little bit of butter warmed,
fill the patties.
Crullers.-One pound of sugar, one
fourth pound of butter, six eggs, one
tablespoon sweet milk, one small tea
spoon soda, one nutmeg. Flour to
roll.
SiIverware may be kept bright and
clean by coating the articles (warmed)
with solution of collodion diluted
with alcohol.
To restore frost-bitten vegetables lay
them in cold water an hour before boil
ing and put piece of saltpetre in the
saucepan when set on the fire.
When orange or lemons are used
for Juice, chop down the peel, put
them in small pots and tie them down
for use.
Salt water, as lotion for weak eyes,
is highly recommended by many
physicians, and gives much relief
when eyes have been strained by over
work.
Soak isinglass in water until soft
then dissolve it in proof spirits, and
add little resin; good for china and
glass.
"Mere blank submission to what we
cannot help Is a very bitter thing, but
with loving acceptance comes peace"
knowledge, like religion, must be
experienced in order to be truly
known.
God sometimes keeps Caleb and 9
Joshua waiting, but he always gets
them into the Promised Land.
Faith without love is omnipotence
without q heart. It is the power ol
,x-4eye with the blindness of bat.
Call the devil by his right name and
there are men in every crowd who will
claim that you have insulted them.
Grape juice has killed more than
grapeshot.
Culture never made saint.
Life is not measured by the time we
live.
DO YOU love little children? Then
scatter more smiles among thep.
IF all loved las brethren" there
would be no unsanctified strife OF tom
gues.