Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1875 — HOUSEHOLD HINTS. [ARTICLE]

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Cvbbolxc acid very highly diluted is good to restore house plants. Suet CAKE.-One pound of v quarts of wheat flour. Mix all together Use a little salt. Mix with cold water to a stiff dough. Roll thin and bake. Eat with butter. The following is a good cure for scurvy legs among fowl: Take sulphur, two ounces; charcoal, pulverized, one-fourth ounce; train oil, enough to form a paste. Apply with the hand by rubbing well in. Allow it to remain for three days; then wash off in mild weather with good soapsuds and repeat the dressing as often as it is necessary. To Destroy Cabbage Fleas.—Finelypowdered dry-slaked lime Is effective. Boot is a good remedy. Bo is fine bone flour moistened with a solution of carbonic acid and then dried. By persisting in the use of either of these remedies the pests may be kept at bay. Fried Cucumbers. —Rub the cucumber well when washing; slice lengthwise ; lay the slices on a cloth or drainer; sprinkle with salt and leave for a half hour. Then, having some butter or lard boiling hot, dip in flour jour slices and fry until brown. The butter must be kept to the boiling heat all the time. To be eaten as soon as possible after taken from the fire. Mixed Pickles.—These do not consist of cucumbers alone, but of beans, radish pods, martynias, cauliflowers and young corn when very small, each gathered and stored away in time, to which a small portion of alum has been added. The cucumbers are used after they are grown and have become yellow. Pare, slice length-, wise and cut in any fancy shape, sprinkle with salt and a very little alum —say a teaspoonful to a pint of salt. Let stand twenty-four hours; then, having freshened the other articles, place all together in ajar; pour on hot vinegar; let stand one week; then drain this off and add fresh vinegar, mustard seed, celery seed and pepper.

Lettuce is capable of many changes as to preparation for the table. An excellent dish may be prepared as follows: First, have nice heads of lettuce, tender and crisp; wash and cut into shreds, or, if preferred, into quarters; have ready some cream to which a small bit of butter and some salt and pepper have been added; heat this to the boiling point and pour over the lettuce, covering for a few moments. This is almost a dish of green peas, which comes ta long before we can have these favorites of the table. To Color Red.—For one pound of goods take one ounce of pulverized cochineal, one ounce of cream of tartar, two ounces tincture of tin. Soak the cochineal twenty minutes ta one quart of warm water; have ready ta a boiler enough soft wattfr to cover your goods nicely, let it come to a boil, stir in the cream of tartar and tincture, then the cochineal and put ta your goods. Let them scald 'thirty minutes or until dark enough. Rinse in clear, warm water and dry in the sun. _____