Year: 1871

Apply paste OF WOOQ aSneS keep IL on
several days, and then wash it off.


FRUIT JUMBLEs.-One pound of sugar,
one pound of butter, one pound and
three-quarters of flour, six eggs, half
pound of currants, a teaspoonful of sale
ratus, and spice to taste.


SCOTCH CAKE.-Take half a pound of
butter, one pound of sugar, three quarts
of flour, two eggs, one teaspoonful of
cinnamon, and as much rose water as
will flavor it.


YANKEE CAKE.-Two cups of sugar,
one cup of butter, one cup of milk, four
eggs, little lemon, cinnamon. and flour
sufficient to make it the consistency of
poundcake.


CUsTARD CAKE.-Blanch half pound
of almonds and cut them up finely whip
to thick mass half a pint Of sour cream;
add fine white sugar to sweeten well,
and the well beaten yolk Of an egg to-
gether with the almonds. Just before
using add the white of the egg well
beaten. Bake the cakes very thin, and
when all are done begin to spread the
cream between them. Enough for two
loaves. Bake one day before wanted for
use.


To CLEAN SILK OR MERINOs.-Grate
two or three large potatoes, add to them
a pint of cold water, let them stand
short time, pour off the liquid clear, or
strain it through IL sieve, when it Will be
fit for use. Lay the silk Oh fiat surface
and apply the liquid with clean sponge
till the dirt is well separated; dip each
piece in a pail of clear water, and hang
up to dry without wringing. Iron, while
damp, on the wrong side.


PAsTRY.-The flour for pastry should
be of the whitest and finest quality. 1t
should be mixed with broad knife, as
the moisture and warmth of the hand
make it heavy. The butter should be of
the best quality, as if it is little rancid
it will taste. To make puff paste it
should have all the salt washed out of it.
Iron or block tin plates are the best for
making pastry. Always use cold water
lin summer ice water) to mix pastry,
and if it cannot be baked Immediately,
set it away in cool place.


A HEALTHY SUBSTITUTE FOR TEA.-As
healthful drink, in place of tea, Dr..
Thompson, in a late work of his, recon-
mends the use of the dried leaves of the
red raspberry. They cleanse the sys-
tenn of canker, and thus act beneficially
to the health. The leaves should be
gathered on a warm day, and may be
spread in good airy chamber, on clean
boards or paper to dry. When suffl-



A small handful is sufficient for several
persons. This tea does not require the
addition Of milk and sugar, and is quite
as pleasant as other tea, and much
cheaper and healthier.


EGGS YEAR OLD.-Take three gal
Ions of pure water add one pint of Stacked
| lime and half pint of common salt,
filling the vessel half full; let the eggs
down in such way as not to crack the
shell. If this is well done, the egg will
keep year, and at the end of that time
will be almost as good as when first put
in the mixture: there should be two OF
three inches of the liquid above the high
est layer of eggs so as to keep out the
air. 1t is the passage of air through the
shell, which is full of pores, that destroys
the egg; the lime and salt fill up these
pores very effectually.


To CURE FELoN.-As soon as the
parts begin to swell get the tincture of
lobelia and wrap the part affected with a
cloth thoroughly saturated with the tine
| ture, and the felon is dead. An old
| physician says he has known it to cure
scores of cases, and it never fails if ap-
piled in seasOn.-Jour7adL Of Medicine.


ANoTHER.-Take common salt, such as
is used for sailing down pork or beef,
dry it in an oven, then pound it fire and
mix with spirits of turpentine in equal
parts. Put it in a rag and wrap around
the part affected, and as it gets dry put
OH more, and in twenty-four hours you
are cured; the felon is dead.


To PREVENT FLIES FROM INJURING
PICTURE FRAMES, GLASSES, ETC.-BOil
three or four onions in one pint of water
then, with gliding brush do over your
glass and frames, ,and the flies will not
alight on the articles SO washed. This
may be used without apprehension; and
| it will not do the least injury to the
| frames.


RECEIPT FOR SWEET PICKLEs.-F'or the
benefit of your readers L send q recipe
for making sweet pickles of peaches, to-
matoes, apples, etc. To each nine pounds
of fruit, take three pounds of sugar, one
pint of vinegar, and one half ounce OF
cloves. Put the sugar and vinegar to-
gether in a preserving kettle, let them
come to boil, then put in cloves, ground
if for apples if for peaches OF tomatoes,
put two whole cloves in each, or more, as
you like. Put your fruit into the syrup
let it boil until it cracks open, then, lift
it out carefully, boil down the juice, and
pour it over them. AS the juice gets
thinner by standing, drain it off, and
boil it down as much as you can con-





S. S., Woodruff, ILL., JYeStern Rural.
/ GREEN VARNIsH.-There is Il mos


beautiful transparent green varnish en-
ployed to give fine glittering color tc
gilt or other decorated works. As the
preparation of this varnish is very little


known, an account of it may in all prob


ability prove of interest to many of oI1


readers. The process is as follows


Grind small quantity of peculiar pig
ment, called "Chinese blue,' along witt


about double the quantity of finely pow.


dered chromate of potash, and a sufficien


quantity of copal varnish thinned will
turpentine. The mixture requires thC


most elaborate grinding or incorporating
; of its Ingredients, otherwise it will not b.
transparent, and therefore useless for tht


purpose for which it is intended. Th,


''tone'' of color may be varied by an al
teration in the proportion of the ingre
f dients: A preponderance of chromat
of potash causes yellowish shade in tn
green, as might have been expected, ant
vice UersG with the blue under the sam
circumstances. This colored varnisl


will produce a very striking effect II
: japanned goods, paper-hangings etc.
and can be made at very cheap rate
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