Year: 1873




sugar, one coffee-cup Of sweet milk,
three eggs, one tablespoonful ofbutter,
one tablespoonful ofquick yeast, mixed
with flour enough to roll, one-half q
nutmeg, one teaspoOnful of cinnamon.
Cut in rings and cook like doughnuts.


BREAD OMELET.--Pnt about q cup
| full of bread-crumbs into saucepan,
with nearly as much cream, salt, pep
per, and a very little nutmeg. Let 1t
stand until the bread has inlbibed all
the cream; II any Is left, either pour
it off or add more bread. Then break
six eggs into l., and beat together.
| Turn into pan, with a little melted
butter, and fry like omelet.


CREAM CANDY.--Sifted sugar four
pounds; butter the size of an egg /;
| five tablespoonflls of cream; vinegar
six tablespooniuls; enough water to
keep from burning. Cook 1t three
quarters of an hour; stir it constantly
over moderate fire. Test it by drop
ping a little in cold water; take it
out. and II You can pull 1t 1t, is done.
II is very nice when properly made.


How TO Cook CRANBERRIEs.--Add
one teacup of cold water to quart of
cranberries and put them on in q
porcelain or other preserving kettle.
After cooking ten minutes, add two
heaping cups of sugar and cook about
ten minutes longer, stirring constantly
from the time they are put OH. Pour
out into bowl, and, when cold, it
can be removed as jelly from a mold.
The berries will seem very dry before
the sugar Is added, but il more water
is put in they will not form jelly.


LIGHTING A FIRE.-Many persons
have often noticed the extreme diff
Guilty encountered in lighting the fire
in stove, especially III a still, damp
morning. The stove at first won't
draw; even vigorous ''blowing" will
not suffice; and then, when it does
start, it is with a sort of explosion, or
outward rush of air. which fills the
room with smoke and gas, ottentimes
putting the unpleasant fumes in the
face of the operator. The trouble Is
caused by the difficulty encountered in
overcoming the inertia Of the long
column Of air in the pipe or chimney,
by the small column of air TINT can be
forced up through the intersfices of
wool and coal, at the bottom ofwhich
the fire is kindled. All this may be
remedied by simply putting q few
shavings or bits Of dry paper on the
top of the wood or coal, and first light
ing that; it Immediately bursts into
blaze, because the air has perfectly
free access to it from all sides, the
heated mir forces its way into the chin
ney. and establishes there an upward
current. The match can then lie
applied to the kindling under the fuel,
which will readily light, and il dry,
burst into brisk fiame.--44m. RarM
Home.


Moss-CovERED APPLE TREES
Noisy trees in an orchard generally
indicate too much moisture III the soil
that is, that the soil needs drainage
and the trees require stimulating.
Give the ground under the trees good
top dressing OF mulch and ashes, drain
the ground thoroughly. Scrape off the
moss from the trees with a hoe and
wash trunks and large branches with
strong soapsuds. But we should,
perhaps, observe that while messy
trees generally indicate too much
moisture, it is not always the case;
for trees on sandy soils are often
mossy; and soils are covered with the
same species of moss. Moss, there
fore. indicates poverty Of soil, or un-
congenial conditions In some way;
it may be a want Of moisture as well
as too much. Stimulate the growth
at any rate, as we have above suggcs-
ted, whether the soil is dry or wet.


Broiled tomatoes make a delicious
dish; select those that are not over
ripe, and cht them in halves crosswise;
dip the cut side into beaten egg and
then into wheat -four, and place them
upon a gridiron, whose bars have been
creased previously. When they have
become well Drowned, turn them over
and cook the skin side until thoroughly
done. Then put butter, salt, and pep
per upon the egg side and serve upon
Il platter.


Camphor is recommended as valu-
able for the expulsion of mosquitoes
from house. tits used as follows:
Take of gum camphor a piece about
one-thinl the size Of a hens egg, and
evaporate it by placing 1t In tin ves-
sci and holding 1t over q lamp, taking
care that 1t does not ignite; the smoke
will soon fill the room aud expel the
mosquitoes, and not one will be found
In the room the next morning, even
though the windows are left open all
night.


Alum or vinegar Is good to set colors
red, green or yellow.


Sal-soda win bleach; one spoonful
Is sufficient for q kettle Ct clothes