Household Economy

To Pkeskiyj; the Hair. - Wash it in cold sage tea. Linimbnt. - A good liniment for cuts, bruises, etc., can be made by soaking common mayweed leaves in alcohol. Fried Bananas. - Peel and slice the bananas, sprinkle with salt, dip in thin batter, and fry in butter; serve immediately. Ham Pik. - Piek the ham into small, fine jiieces, boil a cup of rice, beat np two eggs and stir in with the ham and rice, season with peppel, salt and onions ; put it into a deep pan and bake. A Shavincj Soap. - A nice shaving soap can be made by taking four and a half pounds of white bar soap, one quart rain-water, one gill beef's gall, and one gill spirits of turpentine. Cut the soap thin, and boil five minutes; stir while boiling, and cover with half an ounce of vermillion. Perfume it with oil of rose or almond. It is very nice. Mock Mince Pies. - A pie for summer use, which closely resembles a mince pie, is made by mixing one cup of sugar, one cup of molasses, one and a half cups bread crumbs, with one cup of good eider vinegar, four cups of water, and three eggs ; add one oup of raisins, one ounce of cloves (ground), and ono ounce of soda. This will make threo pies. Peach Stains. - The only thing that will remove peach stains from white goods is Java water. Get, say, 10 cents' worth, lay your garment on a crockery blata or dish and. pour the Java water on it. Y on must watch it, for it only takes a few minutes to draw the stain out. Wash out immediately in clean water, for if it stands too long it will injuru the goods. To Preserve Eggs. - Put some lime in a large vessel and slack it with boiling water until it is of the consistency of thin cream ; you may use a gallon of water to a pound of lime ; when it, is cold pour if off into a large stone jar, put in the eggs, and cover closely. See that the eggs are well covored with the lime-water, and, lest they should break, ivoid inoving the jar. It will be well to renew the lime-water occasionally. To Extermínate Fleas. - Take half a pound of Persiun insect powder, half pound powdorod borax, one ounc oil cedar, quarter ounce oil of pennyroyal proporly put up to a druggist ; close the room tight, sprinkle this powder on carpet, furniture, and beds, and keep closed over day or night ; then open all ■Windows and air thoroughly, and in twentyfour hours there will be no fleas, nies, or mosquitoes left; the rooms can then be swept and dusted. This applies noarly as well to roaches and waterbugs. Irish Stew,- Cut two pounds of the flank of beef in pieces about two inches square ; rub thern well with pepper and salt ; peel and slice one quart of onions ; place beef and onions in a saucepan, with just enough cold water to cover them, and stew them gently for one and a half hours; then add one quart of peeled potatoes, and boil the stew until the potatoes are soft, which will be in about twenty minutes. Serve at once, hot. Favoiute Meat Pie. - Take cold roast beef, or roast meat of any kind, slice it thin, cut it rather small, and lay it, wet with gravy and sufflciently peppered and galted, in a nieiit-pie dish. If liked, a small onion may ba choppéd fine and sprinkled over it. Over the meat pour a cupful of stewed tomatoes, a little more pepper, and a thick layer of mashed potatoes. Bake slowly in a moderate oven till the top is a light brown. This makes a very good dish, and is a very great favorito with parties who do not usually like meat pies. Soft Soap. - Clean the fat by boiling with alum and water and straining ; dissolve four pounds of potash in one pail of water ; after the potash is dissolved add six and one-quarter pounds grease ; either boil it until it is compounded, ör let it stand a few days and it will do so itself ; then, if it is suffieiently mixed, by adding a little water it will thicken ; if the mixture has not been boiled or left standing long enough it will turn soft by adding the water ; when it will bear the water test add cold water enough to make it a thick jelly and good soap. Glass Stoppers. - Sometimos the ground-glass stoppers of bottles become fixed in the neck, and cannot be removed by pulling or twisting. An effectual method is to wrap a rag wet with hot water around the neck and let it remain a few seconds. The heat will expand the neck of the bottle, when the stopper can be removed before the heat penetrates the stopper itself ; or, wind a ' string once or twice around the neck, and, confining the bottle, pull alternate! ly on one and then on the other end of ! the string, thus creating friet-ion, and, I consequently, heat ; or, a little camphene dropped between the neck and stopper of the bottle will often relieve the stopper.