National Baptist world., 1894-09-07
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

A teaspoonful of ammonia to one
teacupful OF water for cleaning jew
elry.
One of the simplest methods to re-
move stains from linen or cambria is
to place the stained part over bowel
and continue pouring boiling water
through until the stain disappears.
"A Pretty Dish: Half fill bowl with
cold, stewed and sweetened fruit; pour
on cold boiled custard from which you
have saved the whites: make meringue
of the whites, with an even tablespoon
of sugar to each egg, and pour over the
custard. Farm, Field and Stockman.
One of the most delightful of home
made toilet waters is cherry laurel wa
ter. Bruise one ounce of bay leaves
and add to them half pint of water.
Steep slowly for an hour in farina
boiler. take it from the fire and add
one quart of lavender water, filter and
bottle for use.
Rice water is recommended in
which to wash callies Boil pound of
rice in five quarts of water. Cool it to
the tepid point; then put in the goods
and wash well, using the rice as soap.
Pour off the water, leaving the rice
sediment. Rub the challie we'll in this,
rinsing in the poured off water
To Preserve Ounces White: Take
the fairest you can get; coddle them
tender, core with penknife; pare
smooth and weigh them; use equal
weight of ounces and refined sugar
dipped in water or pippin jelly; boil and
skim the sirup, boil ounces quickly
and cover with their own jelly.-United
Presbyterian.
Meat Gravy: Trim from the bone
all the meat left after slicing cold, and
place over the fire with one teacupful
of water, salt and pepper, with the
gravy left from dinner. After simmer
ing slowly for ten minutes, thicken, if
necessary, with flour moistened in
water, and serve for breakfast-dish
with boiled potatoes.-Ohio Farmer.
-Caulifiower: Lay them top down an
hour or two in cold salt and water. If
they are strong pour off the water
when they are half done, and add fresh
boiling water and a cup of milk. When
done, drain thoroughly, put it in a deep
dish, and turn over it some drawn but
ter, made of milk. Just here let me
say that good drawn butter can never
be made with boiling water.-Bostor
Budget.
Chilled Peaches: Choose large,
fresh, juicy and very mellow peaches
Pare, and cut them into quarters.
Sprinkle them thickly with granulated
sugar Pack your freezer the same as
for ice cream. Put the peaches in care
fully, put on the lid, and cork it. Cover
the freezer over, and stand away quiet
ly for one hour. Then dish them on a
pretty glass dish, sprinkle over little
more sugar, and serve them with thick,
cold cream. These are delicious.
Y. Observer.
The kitchen ought to be the most
interesting room in the house, and be
the best urnished-in proportion, and
yet it is too often the case that it is the
most dismal hole imaginable. Many
house builders pay no attention to the
location Of the kitchen at all. They
put it off in lower dark corner, one
that is too gloomy for any other pur-
pose, and there the woman who does
her own work has to spend two-thirds
of her waking hours. The kitchen
should be-fOr health's sake, if for no
other-the brightest room in the house,
excepting only the nursery and the
room where the children sleep. 1t
should have every convenience for saw
ing labor and steps, and be we'll venti-
lated. -GlObe-Democrat.