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them on to cook and boil slowly until clear
and tender and the srup like honey. Bottle
and seal.
Spiced Cherries.
Tie an ounce of stick cinnamon and an
ounce of whole cloves in a muslin bag and
boil it in a pint and a half Of vinegar for
fifteen minutes. Add four pounds of granu-
lated sugar and boil ten minutes longer;
skim well. Put in seven pounds of pitted
cherries and cook gently for and one
half hours. Then skim out and put In
heated jars. Boil the strip down until the
consistency of honey and fill up the jars
and seal.
Picked Walnuts.
Gather the walnuts when soft enough to
pierce with a darning needle and let them
stand for six days in a strong brine; then
drain and wipe dry, pierce with large
needle and throw into cold water and let
stand for six hours; then drain and pack in
jars. Prepare the pickles as follows: 10
gallon of good cider vinegar add a cup of
sugar. twelve blades of mace, twelve whole
cloves, a tablespoonful of whole peppers
and a teaspoonful whole allspice. Boil five
six minutes and pour over the nuts ana
let stand for two days; then reheat the
vinegar and again pour over the nuts In
two days more repeat the process and after
standing week again reheat the vinegar
and when cold place away well covered.
Walnut CatSup.
This is a nice addition to your relishes.
Gather the nuts while tender enough to
pierce with a large needle, chop them up
and pound in a mortar; then put in por-
celain-lfned kettle, cover with water and
cook slowly for two three hours. Strain
and return to kettle and add teaspoontul
each of ground cloves and mace and boil
down to one-third the quantity. Fill bottles
strong vinegar and seal at once. Add
Glove of garlic with the spices and you have
a delicious sauce for meats.
Buffalo Moth or Carpet Bug.
A solution of one tablespoonful of cor
rosive sublimate in a quart of hot water and
saturate floors, cracks of walls and closets
with a weaker solution of corrosive subli-
mate in alcohol Gust strong enough not to
leave a white STAIN may be used to sponge
carpets and furniture and is a sure cure
wnen once the moth has deposited its
eggs. But this being very poisonous must
be used with exec eding care. Carpets which
have been attacked around the edges or I'M
der them may be steamed by covering the
infested parts with wet cloth and placing
a hot iron over it, destroying the eggs or
larvae Carpets may be taken up, beaten
and hung out of doors and sprayed with
benZne but do not attempt this treatment
-
and all lights kept away until even the
vapor is dissipated. TurDentine is also used
for spraying. but the best plan is to send
all garments, rugs and carpets to the
cleaners to be thoroughly steamed, and in
case of carpets being infested, the floors
thoroughly scrubbed and sprayed and all
cracks in floor and baseboards filled up
and coat of paint and Varnish applied.
Heat, either baking or steaming, Will XIII
these pests and their eggs when once they
are in garments or carpets, and the other
remedies mentioned will keep them out.
Menus.
SUNDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Cereal Sliced Pineapple,
Mushroom Omelct.
French Fried Potatoes,
Toast, Coffee.
DINNER.
Clear Soup,
Leg of Mutton a la Venison,
Rhubarb Sauce.
New Potatoes. Steamed Cream Sauce,
Drowned Parsnips.
Cherry Salad,
Cheese. Waters,
Strawberry Mousse, Cake,
Coffee.
Sliced Veal Loaf,
Tomato Mayonnaise,
traWberries, Soft Gingerbread,
MONDAY.
BREAKFAST
Fruit.
Broiled Ham. Dreamed Potatoes.
Entire Wheat Gems Coffee
LUNCH.
scalloped Cheese. Boiled Rice,
Stewed Fruit, Cereal Coffee,
DINNER
Cream of Pea Soup,
Sliced Cold Mutton, Mashed Potatoes,
Dreamed Spinach,
Cucumbers and Onions
Cherry Pie, Coffee
TUESDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Fruit.
Moulded Cereal, Cream,
Shad Roe, Bacon
Sliced Cucumbers,
Drop Biscuit, Coffee
LUNCH.
Chinese Ragout Boiled Rice
String Bean Salad,
Ste wed Frunes, Tea
DINNER.
Vegetable Consomme
broltd Shad Mashed Potatoes,
Ladies Cabbage, Lettuce Salad
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