Jasper Republican, Volume 2, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1875 — HOUSEHOLD HINTS. [ARTICLE]

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

To Dky Tomatoes fob Winter Small-sized but perfectly ripe tomatoes, washed, scalded and peeled, and some of the juice squeezed or drained from them. Slice and dry them in an oven, just as yon would pumpkin, etc. For use, soak awhile, then stew and cook as you would fresh tomatoes. Milk Biscuit.—One cent’s worth of yeast, one pint of milk, four cups of flour, with a little salt, set to raise about four hoars; then add one tablespoonful of white sugar, one cup of lard or butter and flour enough to make up in a loaf; set to raise again, and, when light, roll out; cut in cakes and set to raise in the pans; when very light bake in a quick oven. Tomato Vinegar.—Take one bushel of the ripe fruit, wash and throw them into a tub; add one quart of heavy Orleans molasses, mix and wash well, and let it stand several days, stirring frequently. When a strong vinegar odor is given oft strain the juice off and put it into casks and let it stand until the process is completed. Vinegar made in this way is equal to the best, and to succeed in its manufacture it is only necessary to faithfully follow out the above simple directions.—American Farm Journal. To Make Cream Cheese.—Skim a pan of milk which is only slightly sour and, setting the cream in a cool place, put the milk in the oven to curd; as soon as the whey forms around the curd, and before the curd really hardens, pour into a coarse linen .bag and allow the whey to drip until the curd is quite separated; then mash it, salt it slightly, mix the cream through the mass and place cups to form. It will turn out quite solidly and, if the milk is not more than twenty-four hours old, will have all the flavor of the famous Swiss cream cheese. Pressed ferns are very easily preserved in any unused books or papers, and are always ready for any ornamental purpose. Three or four of these, of different sizes, are very pretty fastened to the wall under a picture, or over a bracket, or attached to the cords by which pictures are suspended. They simulate the living green vines so desirable to have, but which many who can get the ferns would find it difficult to procure, They are also very pretty put up in little groups- in dry moss placed in sea-shells or tiny willow baskets. They retain their bright, green color reasonably .well when pressed, and arc beautiful, arranged with autumn leaves, for winter bouquets; quite large ones can be used for this purpose. It may not be generally known that boiling fruit a long time without sugar and without a cover is very economical, because the bulk of the scum rises from the fruit and not from the sugar; boiling without a cover allows the water to evaporate, and so the fruit is firmer and better flavored. —The reason why a woman requires a large wallet for the transportation of a twenty-flve-cent is as deeply wrapped in mystery as the reason why a dog always turns around three times when he gets up after a nap .—lnter-Ocean. Twenty-one cities in England, with a population of over 6,000,000, do not owe as much money as the single city of New York, with a population of less than I.OOOyOOO.