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Household Economy

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Parent Issue
Day
25
Month
October
Year
1878
Copyright
Public Domain
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Handsome vases for grassos and autumn leavcs are made of leather carved in the sliape of a flower. Cocoanut Drops. - On cup of but ter, two cups of sugar, two cups of flour and two e.ggs. The eoconnut grated. To PoirsH Iyory. - If ivory be polished with putty and water, by means of a rubber made of an old hat, it will in a short time produce a' íine glosa. Woolens and furs, whieh were put away in newspapers in the spring, should be examined now, aired and beaten, and put up again in fresh papers. To remove a glass stopper, put a drop or two of glycerine or sweet oil in the crevice about the stopper. In an hour or two the stopper will be loose. It is necessary to watch earpets elosely in snmmer, espeeially if the earlypart of the season be rainy. Damp rooms, as well as dark ones, favor the ravages Í of moths. Hailroad Cake. - One cup of sugar, one egg, one teaspooiïful of butter, one cup of milk, flour enough to make a batter as thick as for sijóngë cake, and flavor with lemon. To Polish any Work of Pearl. - Go over it with pumice stone, ñnely powdered - first washed to separate the impurities and dirt - with which you may polish it very smooth ; then apply putty powder as directed for ivory, and it will produce a fine gloss and a good color. DuMPLiNCíS. - Preparo fis for sourmilk biscuit, with loss shortening, stir as stift' as possible with a sjjoon; miich depends upon this, and if they should rise soft stir in more flour before cooking. Rise one hour. Drop into the kettle with a spoon, cook about half an hour, and they will bc light and spongy. How to Clean Osthioh Featheks. - White ones, if waghèd in warm soapsuds, dried in the sun on a towcl and flirm well shaken out, wiH look as well as new, exeept they will waut the beautiful curl, which even at first disappears the first damp day. At first, the feather will have a most discouraging appearance, and a novice is apt to think it perfectly sjDoiled, but the hot sun, or, failing that, a good fire, never fails to restore its pristine glory. FlLL ÏOÜR LAMPS IN THE MORNING. - Scarcely a week passes but we read accounts of frightful accidents from kerosene lanips exploding and killing and scarring, for life, men, womon and children. A simple knowledge of the inflammable nature of the liquid may put a stop to nearly all the accidents. As the oil burns down in the lamp, inflammable gas gathers over the surface. When the oil is nearly consumed, a slight jar will inflame the gas, and an explosión follows. If the lamp is not allowed to burn over half way down, accidents are almost impossible. Chow-chow. - Take 100 small cucumbers, fifty large green bell-peppers, half i peck of small white onions, half a bushei of green tomatoes, and two large heads of cabbage. Remove all the seeds from the peppers, slice and salt all down over night ; next morning wash in cold water,, let them drain well, spread on a cloth and mix through it one pound of mustard, one pound of white mustard sced, four ounces of celery seed and one ounce of whole allspice. I like to have a few of the peppers red, as it looks pretty through the mass, and the onions, if very small. I leave whole. After mixing well, put in a kettle and cover with the best eider vinegar. After it begins to boil let it cook fifteen mimites. If desired, :idl while boiling a bottle of salad oil ; it helps keep it, but it can be left out.

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