Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1892 — HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN. [ARTICLE]

HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN.

Old-Fashioned Homed let. For sore and inflamed eyes use burnt alum. Place the alum on a hot iron till it stops bubbling; then dissolve it in cold water. It will smart but it will do good. For dysentery or diarrhea, a strong decoction of white oak bark tea is good, a tablespoonful at a time. Two or three doses are usually sufficient. For erysipelas and salt rheum use the oil of tansy. One application cured erysipelas of twelve months’ standing and salt rheum after the doctor had given it ud. Ten or twelve drops of kerosene oil on sugar, taken on going to bed, will break up a severe cold. It is very healing.

Uiteful Knowledge. To Cuke a uijkn Without Leaving a Scaii.—Mix beeswax and linseed oil together, spread over the burn thick, and let it remain until it comes off. To take Stains Out of Silk.— Mix in a vial two ounces of essence of lemon and one ounce of oil of turpentine. Grease and other spots rubbed gently with a linen rag dipped in this wash will disappear. Tinctuke of Roses may be made by taking the leaves of the common rose and placing, without pressing them, in a common bottle, pouring spirits of wine over them, closing the bottle and letting it stand. To Clean Articles of WniTK Zephyr.—Rub in flour and magnesia, after which shake and hang in the sun. Kltch -n Root pen. Cocoanut Jumbles.—One cocoanut, two cups sugar, two cups flour, one cup butter, three-quarters cup thick cream, whites of two eggs. Cocoanut Cake.—One cocoanut, one pound sugar, one-half pound butter, six eggs. Leave in the pans until cold. Nice Sponge Cake.—Ten eggs, one pound of sugar, half pound of flour, juice and grated rind of one lemon, teaspoonful of salt —Mrs. C. G. Furbish. Old-Fashioned Pumpkin Pie.— One quart of steamed pumpkin, two eggs, one quart of inilk, one teaspoonful of ginger, one of salt/, one of cinnamon, a little flour, one cup of sugar, one cup of molasses. Makes three pies. Swiss Cake—One and a half cups of sugar, four tablespoonfuls of melted butter, two eggs, one cup of milk, one teaspoon ful of cream tartar, half teaspoonful of soda. Flavor with rose •water.—Mrs. C. G. Furbish. Chocolate Cookies.—One and a half cups of sugar, two-thirds of a cup of butter, one-half cup of chocolate, two eggs, one teaspoonful| of soda, two of cream tartar. Mix stiff 'and roll thin.—Mrs. C G. Furbish.

Negroes are sometimes very careful not to say anything to injure the reputation of a neighbor. A gentleman stopped at a cabin where an old negro woman lived, and while waiting for one of the children to get a bucket of fresh water entered into conversation with her concerning the crop prospects. “I did habio’ or five fine hogs',” said the old woman, “but da’s dwindled down till I ain’t got but one now.” “Somebody steal them ?” .“I neber balks ’bout my neighbors, an’ I doan like ter say wliat become of de hogs. I neber make mischief, I doesn’t.” “Did the hogs die ?” “Da muster died; but yer ain’t agwine ter git me ter say nuthin’ agin my neighbors. De man what libed up dar is dead now, and I ain’t agwine ter say nuthin’ agin him. De hogs disappeared away from heah while dat qian was libin’; but I ain’t agwine ter say nuthin’ agin him.” “Do yon think that he took them?” “Mister, dat man’s dead, and I doan wanter say nuthin’ agin’ him; but, lemme toll yer, while dat man was libin’ he was a powerful stumblin’ block ter hogs, "—JLrhansaw Traveler.