Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1885 — HOUSEKEEPERS’ HELPS. [ARTICLE]

HOUSEKEEPERS’ HELPS.

Pressed Year. —Take three pounds of veal chopped fine,- two pounds of lean, raw pork, also chopped fine, three eggs, a piece of butter the size of an egg; pepper and salt well; bake two hours. When cold, slice it thin. It is like pressed meat and is very nice. To Remove Paint. —One pound of soft soap, one pound of soda; dissolve in one pint of boiling water jjklay a thick coat (while hot) upon the paint with a brush; leave it for one or two hours until it begins to soften the paint, then scrape off what you can and repeat. When all is removed wash thoroughly with clean water.

Brunswick Black, thinned down with turpentine until it has attained the right tone and color, will, if a little varnish is added—about one-twentieth of the bulk of the black and turpentine —prove a stain for imitating walnut and teak wood. There is no difficulty in getting the mixture to dry hard, and H will fake a coat of Tarnish first class.

Catfish nr Batter. —Cut the fish in pieces about two inches in length and one inch in thickness, beat three eggs rery light, edding salt, pepper, and enough Worcestershire sauce to flavor them; dip the fish in this batter, and ‘ then roll it in commeal or in cracker erumbs; fry in plenty of lard until it jp a dark brown; garnish with lemon sliced, if no greens are available; celery tops, parsley or small and tender lettuce leaves are preferred.

'Rubber Caps. —One objection to the ingrain carpet is that the high heels which servants delight in wearing on thick shoes seem to catch at the threads and drag them out of place, producing a rough surface; another is that the 2egs of heavy chairs have the same effect. One way to save these carpets is to cover the ends of the chair legs with rubber caps at a cost of about 17 cents. The servants’ high heels ai-e, of course amenable to no such remedy. Pincushions. —An English pincushion will be found a very pretty addition to a toilet table. The cushion should be round, with an open space in the center for the reception of a flower vase or glass, and can be either of simple colored paper muslin, covered with lace or muslin, or can be provided more elaborately with an embroidered or painted silk and deep fringe or border-* ing to match. The glass supplied with a few fresh flowers is a great improvei ment to the toilet table. Waste Paper Baskets. —The fashionable color for ornamenting waste paper baskets is a deep rich orange. Scarfs of silk of this hue are drawn carelessly about two sides of square baskets, or draped from the top of those which are round or oval. Orange ribbons are embroidered with daisies or corn-flowers, and drawn slantwise over one side of a basket or ran in and out of the meshes of tha wicketwork in such a way that all the embroidery is fully ahown. Ginger Cookies. — Make a hole in the center of a pan of flour and then pour in one cup of sugar, one of molasses and one of fried meat gravy. Take one egg, one table-spoonful earls of cloves, cinnamon and giuge ; put two tablespoonfuls of saleratuw in a cup and pour on six table-spoonfuls of vinegar, add to the rest and mix very hard, roll thin and bake in a quick oven. Lobster Croquettes.— To the meat of a well-boiled lobster, chopped fine, add pepper, salt and powdered mace. Mix with this one-quarter as much bread crumbs, well rubbed, as you have meat; make into ovates or cones, with two table-spoonfuls of melted butter; roll these in beaten egg, then in pulverized crackers, and fry in butter or very sweet lard. Serve dry and hot, and garnished with crisped parsley.