$ 4/* ^5 TX 715 .N425 Copy 1 OTHCE B0IMSTIO ABTISli^, Being a ValuahU Compendium of ^ T 11 or ^-"cpPYR/G,,;:v^^J;^ And a Companion to i r q ^f THE "0. K." DOUBLE WASHBOARD. Published by the Manufacturer /OF THE K." DOUBLE WASHBOARD, J. H.'NELLIS, Caxajoharie, New York. ^-^'>^.< Publishers' Preface. No apolog^y seems necessary for ])resentiug another book of Recipes for public consideration. It cannot be denied that many, in fact most of the Heceipt books, are too voluminous, and ar^-loadcM:! with much useless matter, that the inexperi- eticed housewife cannot cull out except by experl; , -nts, which are ex})ensive and many times exasperating-. In publisliing- a book for gratuitous distribution to purchasers of aii article which necessarily bears but a small margin of prolit. tlie con- clusion of the reader must be that tho Ijook cannot be very largv. or c:>stly. While we exptx-t to [)resent a little book of CTwlitabki appearance, its sterling merit will consist iu the UEAL'VjVlUK of KAOir AXI) EVERY llKCll'V.. Thei'*' i- UO gUCSS work' regarding the utilits' of these recipes, as lh(^ compiler is a pe.r.>on of extended experience, and by test and comparison l>as iriubmitted only such as are known to he valuable. If tho usefulness of this . little work b(^ such as to make it very popular, the publisher, may, at no remote day, deem it prudent to publish a more comprehensive and tlioroughly clasiUlled work. In the meantime, we submit for your hearty approval our little. "Domestic AuvisePv," and its most ex- cellent companion, the ''O. K." Double ^V'asli Board. The Plblishek. Entered acoonling to tho act of Congres.s, In tlie year 1880, by J. II. NELLIS, In the office of tho Librarian of Conyress, at Washinjirtou. ®hc IJontcsittc :^dri5iev, SOFT SOAP. To a pound can of Babbitt's cositeiitratod potash, add 3 gallons water, boil until all is dissolved, then tai^e half of the lye and add 3 pounds good, clean soap grease and boil till it becomes thick. As it begins to thiclven add the remainder of the lye gradually. Let it boil slowly so that it will not boil over, if it boils down before it becomes soap, add 8utRd. The salt causes tlie soan to separat'^ from the wntcr and I'ise upon the top. Wlien cold it <;an be taken off. or dij)ped into moulds while hot. CHEAP HARB SOAP. .Vtiil io 10 quarts Of waLer, G pound.- of quick liine and 6 pounds of C'oninioa washintr soda. Put together and boil 0!ie-half liour. I^et it stand over night to clear. Draw off the lye and add 1 pound common rosiii and 7 pounds fat. P.oSl one-half hour. Let it stand to cool and cut into bars. HARD SOAP. Take. 3 pounds sal soda. U. pounds stone lime. 2 gallons rain water, boil 15 minutes, tlien let it settle and i)Our off the clear lye. Put 3 pounds clean grease in a ketth\ and bring to ii boiliiig heat, then aov(; hard soa))?; may b(; {iterfunuHJ Just before tliey jwre cold. ' - The zinc used in the*''0. K." Double Washboard is heavier than is ordinarily cmployiMl, honc'O the boivrd is more dnrabh- thun most of the waehtioardM in the market. W^ ASHING FLUID. One pound sal soda, one-half pound stone lime. 5 quarts rain water. P»oil a sli<»rt time, stirring occasioj)ally. Then let it settle and pour off the clear fluid into a stone jug. and cork for use. One teacup of the fluid is used to a boiler *>f cio'thes, and one-half cup should be added to each subse- quent boiler full. The "O. K." Double Wusliboanl is as cheap as any other board ehiitn tag half its nK>rit,4. HOW^ TO MAKE WASHING EASY. Placn the hands. Squeeze < ut the cuff's and collars and hang all up to dry. AVhen dry, tlu- linen is dipped in thin, cold starch, and ironed in the ordinary way. Then it is dampened with a wet cloth and a polishing iicu pressed over it. This is an ordinary iron, ground eft" so that the edges are rounding. To this last manipulation, the lineti is indebted for the peiMiliar laundry gloss which we all so much admire. The boiled starch remaining should be thim ed with cold water, then table linen, skirts, &c., can be starched and dried. When the clothes are perfectly dry, lay all starch- ed articles (except (Miffs, collars and shirts.) upon a sheet and sprinkle with a whisk broonj kept for the purpose. Cover with i; fchcct ti^!o:: LliC tu.bl',;, liuJ, takl.ig u ucw broom, pouud the clothes for 5 or 10 minutes, then straighten and roll tightly, letting ihem remain covered in si cool place one hour before ironing. Muslin dresses should be starclied in rice water, made by boiling 2 tablespoons rice in 1 jdnt water until entirely dis- solved. This will stiften 2 dresses. Lace curtains should be starched with thick starch and treated as described farther on. Tlic "O. K." Double Wasliboard is constructed in such a manner that it cannot warp, twi.st, get out of shape or dry apart. IRONING. In ironing, much depends upon the manner in which it is done. Good irons arc essential, and the light, smooth, idckel- plated ones, arc by tar the best. If i)()ssible. use a gas or kerosene stove, for these tiny couiforts can l)c set on a stool or stand by your side, and save hundreds of steps. Above all, if you value, your iiealth and feeling, learn to iron, sitting. Standing is wearing and wearying work. Have two "ironing- boards,"' one about three feet by f )ur feet, whicli can be used for skirts, if rested upon two cliair backs, or tor ordinary arti- cles, upon a table, then anotht-r the size of a sliirt-bosom ; cover both with a i>iece of old blanket, and then a sti'ong ])iece of CJtton clotii. Always liave a strip of white N\ith strings, and tie over whili ironing, and whieli can then be removed, and thus kei)t clean for a 1 )ng time. When one can be pro- cured, a board hoUowetl out in the centi'e. like a '"cutting or lap-board." is very comfortable, as it enables the ironer to sit up close to her work. A piece of sotY. ohl towel or other linen, or a small spoiige, is always requisite to wipe oif starch- ed articles and little specks and spots from various pieces. An old book or pamphlet should alwnys be at han.d on which to rub the iron. Linen goods should be ironed on the right side, cotto I a id emln-oider}^ on th '. wrong. Never use heavy ii-ons for muslins; but iron'off rapidly, ami iinish the gathers, &c., on the right side. Lace curtains must never be ironed, but pinned to a rod on whicii a strip of cotton is tacked, and a heavy rod, with weights fastened to the ends, pinned to the bottom. Two rods li.dshed with thi strips of cotton should be in every family who own lace curtains. If your flat irons are rough, rub them with fino salt. If a shirt bosom or other article lias been scorched in iron- ing, lay it where briglit sunlight will fall directly on it. It will take it out at once. The "O. K." Double Washboard washes eleaner with less exertion thiin any oth'T board. CHOLERA MIXTURE. Take ecjual ])arts of tincture of opium, red ])epper, rhubarb, popi)ermint and camphor. Mix, and to about 2-^ ounces of the mixture add 1 teaspoon oil of anise. Dose, 10 to 30 drops in 3 or 4 teaspoons of water. Good for cholera morbus and all sudden, violent attacks of summer complaint. After the attack is broken, follow this with the ''Remedy for Diarrhoea," given ])el<.\v. REMEDY FOR DIARRHCEA. Also valuable to tone the stomach and bowels after an at- tack of cholera morbus. Take a large handful of dried spear- mint. 1 teaspoonful i)ulverized Turkey rhubarb, 1 of powdered cinnaujon, 1 pint of l)oiling water. Let all simmer for 10 minutes; straia and add 1 teaspoon good soda, and sugar to suit the taste. 1) )se, 1 or 2 tablespoo'ifuls ever}' 4 to 5 hours, as the case recpures. Children — one-half teaspoon or more, ac- cording to size. This is a harmless and perfect agent, and can be given to the youngest infant with impunity, if spear- mint cannot be obtained, a smaller quantity of dried pepper- mint can be substituted. The -'O. K." Double Wi'.shboard combines all the advanlageM of a zinc and of a wooden board. REMOVING WARTS. liub the warts night and morning with a moistened piece of nmriate of anunonia. They soften ard dwindle away, leaving no disagreeable scars. REMEDY rOR INFLAMED EYES. One teas^:)oon ])owdered borax, 1 teaspoon spirits camphor, druggists' strength, dissolved in 1 pint rain water. Bathe the eyes frequently. 6 REMEDY FOR COLD FEET. Soak the feet in -vvarin water with a littlo Caj^enne pepper added, two or three tini'^s a week. Try this tV-r a month or longer if necessary, and you will llnd it an excellent remedy. TO BREAK UP A COLD. Squeeze a lemon, cut it in slices, put with sugar and cover witli one-half pint of batter nvd fry biovvn in buttej-. Serve hot. SPONGE CAKE. Beat 5 eggs 20 minutes, stir iu 1 cup sugar and 1 cup tlour. Bake in a luoderate oven. AiiotSici' liecipt) for felpongtf. Two cups sugar, 2 cups flour, one-half cup water, one-half teaspoon soUa, i teaspoon cream tartar, 5 eggs. Beat tiie water and yoiKS of tne eggs together and mix with the sugar. Beat the wnites to a Irota, iheu mix in witn tne hour, having put the cream tartar in tUe last cup liour. Bake slowly. MOX.ASSES CAKE. \ .'ry line, rhree cups molasses, 1 cup sugar, 1 quart sour cream, 'Z taDlespoons soua, i leaspoon aium uissoived ma little water, 2 eggs, uue-lourin cup ouLter; siir la nour until stitf, then uip in paas tne same as iruuKies. COCOANUT CAKE. Three cups ilour, two-thirds cup sweet milk, one-half cup butter, li cups sugar, tne vvnites of 3 eggs beaten to a stiif frotn, one-haif teaspoon soda dissolved in the milk, 1 teaspoon cream tartar sifted in the last cup of Hour. Bake iu 3 layers.^ Beat the whites of 2 eggs to a stiff froth, stir in one-half cup sugar and 1 cup cocoaaut. Layer this between the cake. "I say Charley, how is it you always liave on such a nice clean ehirt?" "Why? because uiy wife us«.'S t\w " 0. K.'^ Doulle Wasnoourdt and says I can liave a clean shirt every day if 1 Avant it, it is so easy to wasli them on the "O. K." 11 MINNEHAHA CAKE* Stir li cups granulated sugar and one-half cup butter to a cream : to one-half cup milk dissolve 1 teaspoon sodi\, and stir this into the cream. Beat the whites of 6 eggs to a stiff froth. Add alternately to the cream the beaten (;ggs and i cups tlour. luiving added 2 teaspooi»s cream tartar to the las*, cup flour. Viixko in ;? layers. Filling foi AI»«v«;. One cup hickory nut meats, 1 cup raisins chopped line. Make a syrui) of 2 cupe sugar with 1 of water, boiled. Wheu nearly cold add the beaten white of one egg^ and lastly th« nuts and raisins. Tlio "O. K." Double Washboard washes quicker than other )>oanfs and 8j>al1:or» tho water about, much less than a zinc board i ' • DELICATE CAKE. Nearly .'> cups of flour, 2 cups of sugar, three-fourths cup of sweet milk, whites of G eggs, 1 teaspoonful cream tartar, halt tcaspoonful soda, half a cup of butter, lemon for flavoring. JELLY CAKE. To 3 well-beaten eggs, add 1 cup of powdered sugar, 1 of flower, stir well, and add 1 teaspoonful cream tartar, one-half teaspoonful of soda dissolved in 3 teaspoonfuls of water. Bake in 2 pie pans, spread as even as possible. Have ready a towel, and as soon as done, turn the cake on it, bottom side up, then sx)rend evenly witli jelly, roll up qinckly, and wrap in a towel. Another Recipe for Jelly Cake. Two cups flour; 14 cups sugar, one-half cup butter, one- half cup milk, 1 teaspoon soda, 2 teaspoons cream tartar, 3 eggs. Bake in 2 or "i layers and add fruit jelly. FROSTING. Beat tlie white of 1 ogg to a stilT froth, stir into it 7 tea- spoonfuls pulverized wliiie sugar; ttiis quantity will be enough for a common sized cuk.'.. .-nn-ad on while the cake is hot. 12 COOKIES. One Clip butter, 1 cup sweet milk. 2 cups snoar, 2 tea'.poons CTeam tartar, 1 teaspoon soda, tlour to roll: roll thin, cut in siuall cakes, and bake 10 minutes. An}' spice you choose. TRENCH ]L,OAF. Three eggs, 2 cups sugar, tvvo-tliirds cups butter, 1 cup Bweefc milk, one-half toaspoonful soda, 1 teaspoonful cream tartar, 3 cups flour. Flavor to taste. JOHNNY CAKE. One and one-half cups Indian meal, I cup wheat flour. 2 cups sour milk, 1, egg, 1 teaspoonful soda, 1 tablespoonful melted butter; salt. POTATO CAKES. Take cold mash'xl potatoes. 1 pint. 3 eggs, well beaten, 1 cup flour, season with salt. pe!>per. butter and cream. Make into cakes and t'vy in butter. To be eaten warm. Thi- "0. K." Doable Washboard is marie of good materials, in a work- maul iko and soicntiiio manner, and is bound to become i)Oimlar whe rover introur i u.i n > wu nav .• cxaaiiued tlie "O. K^" 13 GINGER SNAPS. Melt one-half cup lard, the same quantity of butter, mix the shortening with 1 cup niolasssog, 1 cup sugar, 1 large spoonful ginger, and a little flour, dissolve 1 teaspoonful of eoda in a cup of water, and stir it to the above ingredients, adding Hour until stilf enough to roll out. Roll out one-half inch thick, and cut in small circular cakes. Bake in buttered tins in oven moderately hot. Bake slowly till hard and crisp. COrrEE CAKE. Four eggs, 2 cups molasses. 1 cup sugar, 1 cup butter, I cup lOfFee, 4 cups flour. 2 teaspoons saleratns, 2 teaspoons ctovos, 2 teaspoons mace, 2 teaspoons cinnamon, one-half pound raisiijs. CREAM CAKE. (Like Jelly < a!ic.) One cup sugar, 1 cup flour. 3 eggs, 1 teaspoonful hoda, a teaspoonsful cream tartar, pinch salt. Beat the eggs well be- fore adding the sugar. The cake is cut in two, da, 1 t^gg. Dissolve the soda in the sour cream. Cn? ;)" • :-v i : h)rd. • ./ 14 RAISED DOUGHNUTS. Take 1 quart of sponge, for bread, after it is light, 1 pint warm water, 2 eggs, 1 eup sugar, a piiieli of salt, 1 teaspoon- ful ground cinnamun, 3 tablespounfuls larii or fried porlc gravy ; mix this well and mould in Hour the same as fur bread. Let the dough stand until light, then eut and fry in liot lard. Lard is better to shorten them with than butter. They can be made without sugar, occasionally, and it makes an agreeable change. Tell your friouds that we give a valuable book of recipjis with each *'0. K."-i>ouble WsisUboanl that we send out. LEMON CREAM PIE. One cup .sugar, 1 cup .water, 1 raw potato, grated, juice and grated rind of L lemon, bake in pastry, top and bottom. This will make 1 pie. EEMON PIE. Take one lemon, grate off the yellow, but do not use the white part of the rind, squeeze out the juice and cut the pulp very fine, add one cup white sugar, 1 cup water, 1 vg^ well beate.ij, 1 tablespoonful flour and 2 tablespoonfuls sweet cream. Bake between two crusts, or instead of a top crust, beat the white of 1 ogg to a froth, with a little sugar, and lay over the top, when done; then return to the oveii for a few uiinutes. BAKED APPLES OR PEARS. If large, cut in half, and put in a deep dish with a little wa- ter. Sprinkle them with sugar, and add a few cloves, a little ginger or cinnamon, and cover close and bake till tender. OMELETTE SOUEELE. One cup flour, 1 pint milk, 1 spoonful sugar, small piece butter, size of a walnut; scald milk, flour and butter together. After the batter is cold, stir iii the ^olks of 5 eggs ; stir in the froth of the whites just before bakuig. Bake in a quick oven. Sauce. We iatend to see that every grocer and hardware merchant in the laud lf» supplied with the "O. K." Double Wtunhboard. 15 TAPIOCA CREAM. Soak oire-half coffee cup of tapioca in a pint of milk over night and next inoniing add 1 quart of milk, yolks of H eggs well beaten ; sweeten and salt to taste ; cook in a kettle of warm water, stir until about as thick as cream ; when done Jlavor with lemon or vanilla, pour out into a dish, and lay on top or stir in gradually the white of three eggs beaten to a 8titr froth. Stand away to cool. COCOANUT MERANGUE. Whites of eggs, 1 cup of cocoanut ; beat the whites to a stiff froth, and i cup sugar and the cocoanut nnxed, all at once, stir gently, mix liiorouguly together, spread on the cake, sift sugar over it, then put it in a cool oven till a light fawn color, (Mr. Jones.) "I declare, Mrs. Jones, I thought this was wash-day." (Mrs. Jones.) "Well, my ileur, so it is, what of it?' (Mr. J.) "Wliy, you don't usually dress yourseli up so rarly on wash days." (3Ir.s. J.) "Well, it is all owing to Umt " O. K." Double Washboard you brought home the other day. 1 declare, 1 never saw anything like it. it boata all washboards I evei used. Why, just think ol it, I was all through with my big wash in two hours, and it used to take me at lea;st i'our." (Mr. J.) "Well, I am glad I bought one, it does seem so good to como home and hnd you all through, and looking so nice. I must tell my fritnd about it, he says his wife is forever in the wash-tub." (Mrs. J ) Oh, .»e8, do,- I know Mrs. S. will thaulc you. and will never use any other after she tries the "O. K." CHICKEN PIE. Make the crust like bakhig powder biscuit, only a little shorter. KoU half an inch thick and line a 4 quart tiii pan, have ready 2 small chickens, boiled till tender, piuce tiie pieces of chicken smoothly in the pan. sprinkle salt and peper and a little flour over them, add a piece of butter the size of a but- ternut. Pour on a little of the liquor they were boiled in, then roll the top crust rather more than half an inch thick, cut air holes in it. Bake till the crust is thoroughly done. Thicken and season the remainder of the liquor the chickens were boiled in. and serve with the ]«ie. 16 CREAM PIE. For one pie, take 2 tablespoons corn starch, disHolve the starch and add boili!i<^ water to cook it. add 1 pint of milk and yolks of 2 QggSy sweeten and llavor wltii va;ii.ila or other ex- tracts to taste. Ba'ce. oa odc eriisr,. VV;ii skin removed, still retaining their red cheeks. STUFFING FOR FDW^LS. Cut up a pint bowl of bread. Take a lump of butter the pize of a bnttenmt. put in a pan. ad'l the bread and fry till of I l"g It brown color, all a quirt of milk, boil till soft, season wir/i salt, pepper and par->ley to ta'^te; boat the yolks of 6 eg ;s to a froth, stir in and set back over a slow fire to "boil, when it is ready to fill into the fowls, or it can be baked in the oven in pans. The Gseat Peack Makep..— Statistics show that there has n-ver been a quarrol or a divorcj suit in a family whcrj tlio "O. K*" Double Wasiibourd was used. 19 TO PICKLE CABBAGE. Quarter them till they are thin enougli to let the vinegar strike through, put theiu down in layers? with spice, salt and vinegar; scald j-our vinegar as often as it, is )iecessary to make ihem tender. RA-W CABBAGE. A nice way t(^ i)iepare raw cabbage is as follows : Select a line good he*ad, chop tlnely in a bowl what you think will be needed, and to every quart add one-half teacupful of thick, sweet cream, two tablespoonfuls of strong vinegar or lemon Juice, one cupful of sugar, and mix thoroughly. '•Patrick," says Bridget, to her worthy Iclgo loril, "Go buy me an "O.K." Double ^yashboanl, And I'll wash you some shirts, so neut, so clean, The bogs of old Ireland were never so gi-een." IRON RUST AND MILDEW. To remove iron rust, mildew, and for bleaching white goods. To 1 gallon of buttermilk add 1 double handful grated horse- radish root. The goods should not remain in it more than M hours, as there is danger of their rotting in warm weather. It will also take the color out of lawn that fades, when boiling in lye will not. TO COLOR YELLOW^. Dissolve 2 ounces of sugar of load in 2 quarts of water, dis- solve 1 ounce bichromate of potash in another vessel, and dip in the goods, one piece at a time, first into the sugar of lead and then into the bichromate of potash. Rinse in lime water if orange color is wanted ; the water should be hot. TO DYE WOOL SCARLET. Take 1 gallon water to 1 pound cloth or yarn, also 1 ounce cochineal, 2 ounces cream tartar, and 2^ ounces muriate of tin; when the water boils put in the cream tartar, then the cochi- neal pulverized; when dissolved add the muriate of tin and then the yarn, stirring all the time; let it boil 15 minutes, air it once or twice and rinse well in soft water. Wet the goods in warm soap suds before putting them into the dye. 20 TO RENOVATE BLACK GOODS. Take one-fiftli of a pound of extract of logwood and 1 ounce of saleratus, put in a boiler witli 10 oiuices of water, cold or hot, stand over the tire, and when boiinig hot put in tlie goods, either wet or dry, let stand twenty minutes, moving about oc- casionally, rinse in cold water until the goods drip clear, and iron immediately. This will be found a most excellent receipt for restoring black goods of any kind that have become rusty or brown — cloth, cashmere, a waterproof, vvrorsted or g^rena- dine, or any material that will not cockle ia wetting, rress^ on the wrong side. CONDIMENTS. The most important condiments are salt, peper and mustard ; of these salt alone is a necessary of life; a sufficient quantity does not exist iii oav food to supply the wants of t'le body. The young should avoid all high seasoning; their digestion is good and tiiey do not uoed stimulants. Mrs. P3rkin9 hangyl horsclf with a piece of sash cord, Bocaus3 h jr liusband woul Jii't bay an '^O. K." Double Washboard. And now h3 has another wife, and thinks ha will afford, And go in time to save her life, and buy an "O. K," "Washboard. ROASTING MEATS. Little or no preparation is necessary. The only requisites are a brigntlire and hot oven; then place the joint i;i the pan, and if it is very lean, put a tablespoonful, or t\v >, of water — not more — into the pan; if fat, it will not require aiiy. No flour is necessary if the meat has not been waslu (L and if you buy from a good butcher. Tliis Avill only be needed ii sum- m^r if it has been kept an hour (-r two too long; then wash it oflf with vinegar, dry it carefully, and very lightly dust it with flour to absoro any moisture that may remain on the surface. While th^ meat is in the oven, baste it several times, and when about half done turn it — always keeping the thickest part of the moat in the hottest part of the oven. ^Vhilo the meat is in the oven, fire should be kept hot and bright. If the oven has been i \ good condition the meat will be a beautiful brown and the bottom of the pan covered with a thick glaze. Gently 21 pour off the fat, holding the pan steadily as you do it, that the gravy may not go with it; then put the pan on the stove and pour into it haif a cup of boiling water (more if the joint is very large and less if very smuil) and a little salt. Stir it with a spoon until the adliering glaze or gravy is entirely re- moved from the pan. it will dissolve as it mingles with the liquid, and make a rich brown gravy. Before the joint is served, sift over it evenly— not \n patches— tine salt. This must never be done befor:? it i.s cooked, as it diaws onr the juice of the meat. It must be repeated tliat nothing so injures meat as to put it i;itrh«M-s. Pork and ve;d much longer than mutton and ])oef 'i'he former meals rc((i!ii-e to be very well done — the latter, most .people like underdone; but even where this is the case, it, should be remeniber.'d thnt the texture should be changed all through; the gravy is then released and runs red v, ith the knife, while the grain of the meat is seen through it. of a bright red in- stead of the livid puqile so frequently called rare, but which is simply raw. Yaiiketi DooiUe. came lo town, .straihlk'. of a Ijuckboanl, In Kueh Krcat hastv, his wife to buy an "O. K." Doiible Wa8h]x)arvi. nO'W TO MAKE FRUIT JEULY. The process for all jelly making is materially the same. Cook the fruit in a porcelain or granite kettle and stir with a wooden or silver spoon. Iron and tin utensils injure both taste and color. If a brass kettle is used be particular to scour it thoroughlv with hot salt and vinegar just before ushig, and remove the contents directly on taking from the lire. VVTien the fruit is well softened, with or without the addition of water, according to its nature, turn it into a large, three- cornered bag, that has been wrung out of hot water. The bag may I)e made of either coarse linen, cotton or flannel^ and must be stout as W(>11 as course. Suspend this bag ot hot fruit over an earthen bowl or jar. and if coiivenient, in a warm place; leave it to drip for twelve hours. This does away wUh all the miisance of -squeezing," and the bag being suspended over night, the jellv will oidv take a litMe while in the morn- ing to complete. When stra!ner each pint and be particular about it too, Dout '"g-uess, " if yoii waiit to make good jelly, but if you prtifcr to measure instead of weigldug use a heaping pint of sugar for every pint of juice; and if the fruit is very sour mlivo the latter measure scant. Boil tiie juice fast for twenty mi lutes, skim it well, then add the sugar, and when it is dis- sjlvjd the jelly will fall from the spoon in tlakes; if it does not, then let it boil fjr tive minutes, but it will seldom be ni3 5ut th3 addition of gelatine, and ripe grapes cannot b3 depended oi. Grapes should be used before they are fully ripened. Gooseberries are also better for jelly while partially gram. The late wild plums make a jelly that can scarcely be surpassed either in appearance or flavor." By bruising slightly tiie jnic •. can be liberated from all of these fruits without the U33 of w Iter, except that which clings to them after rinsing. Crab-aooles, both the wild and Siberian, and quinces are par- ticularly easy to jelly. Wash, and cut them into pieces with- out p-^^ling or coring, cook in water enough to cover, adding ni^r'* if necessry to render them perff^ctly soft. A beautiful amb^rHllv maybe made from tart apples, but it should be flavorr>d with lemon juice. The "O. K." Double Washboard i.^ thoroughly covered by patents, and all infringora avUI Ih' promptly r(>8ent wc know of, is an "O. K." Double Washboard. VEAL CUTLET. Fry the ui »ak, as usual, whm done, have prepared some crushed crackers and eggs well beaten, dip the meat in the eggs, then roll in th ; cracker, put back in the pan and fry till brown. OMELET. To n. tablespoon of fiour' add a teacup of milk, and stir till smooth, beat 4 eggs to a froth, i)our in the inilk and flour and stir; havt' r^ady a frying pan with a little butter, ])onr in and stir till tiiick. theii let fry till you can cntit in segments; turn over and fry the other side till done. This makes a dish for f> persons. GELATINE PUDDING. One-half box of Cox's gelatine dissolved in ou'^-half pint of boiling water, and v.'iien cold, add tiie jiice of :{ lemons, 2 cups of sugar, and the beaten whites of 4 eggs; pour in a mold and set away until the following day. Sauce foi- the Above Puddins* Put a quart of milk in a pan, place in a kettle of boiling water, when it is near boiling, add the yolks of 4 eggs, beaten very light with 2 or 3 tablespoons of sugar, 1 tablespoon of corn starch di:ut i-i a pan again and cook until thick, then pour in bowls or jelly glasses and seal. HO-W TO MAKE COFFEr. One pound Java, 2 pounds Rio, mix and grind. i)ut in tight cans to kee]) from losing its strength. To 1 large tablespoon of coffee add two cu])S of boiling water, h t it just come to a boil, place it wliere it will k(^cp hot till your meal is ready, then take it off the stove 2 or 3 minutes l)efore pouring out. BISCUIT. Five cups even fidl of flour, two cups of sweet milk, four teaspoons of good 5^east ])owd"r. and a litth> salt and butter. Mix and knead until smooth, roll out about three-fourth of an Inch thick, and bake as quickly as possible. CHOCOLATE CAKE. One cup sugar, 3 eggs, 1 cup sweet milk, oiushalf cup but- ter, 2 cups flour. 1 teaspoon baking powder, or 1 teaspoon soda and 2 ot" cnvun tartar. Bake in 3 tins. For the filling take the whites of 2 eggs, and yolk of 1, beat ver}' light, add from l-^to 2 cups pulvcriz(Hl sugar, one- half cup of grated chocolate melteil in boiling watei", vanilla to taste, put between the layers and on the top and sides of the cake. Don't preach charity and leave somebody else to practice it. IJetter buy an "O. K " Double Washboard, and make a present of it to your washwoman. TO CAN TRUIT. Prepai-e the fruit and weigh, fill the cans jind place them on a thin board i i a moderately hot oven. Prepare the syrup in the proportions given below; scald the syrup, and when the fruit i I Ihe cans is heated through, lill tlie cans with syrup and seal up ; c xaminc next morning and if not light, beat in 26 the oven again, leaving the syrup on the fruit. The rubber gaskets sbould not be put iuthe oven or they would be spoiled. .y tliis metliod the fruit is preserved intact and has a beautiful appearance. Syrup to pour over the fruit requires 3-4 pound of sugar to 1 pound cherries, plums and strawberries; one-half pound of sugar to 1 pound of raspberries, peaches, quinces, pineapples and apples ; one-fourth pound of sugar to 1 pound pears, blackberries and citron. PARKER HOUSE ROLLS. Put 1 quart flour ia bread pan, have ic cover the boltoni and push it up around tiie sides; in tliis put four tablespoons sugar, a little salt and one cup of good yeast. Scald 1 quart of new milk, vvnen it cools so it wid not scald the ycasr. pour it in the pan, set in a warm place; wnen it looks foamy or has bubbles in it, add Hour enougn to have it knead without stick- ing, if you have time knead longer; place it back and when it is risen light and nice, kacail io again, roll out half as thick as we roll biscuit, cut with a biscuit cutter and double it over; the roll will be a half circle; butter the outside with nicltc bake them, then bring them where it is warm; let I hem rise fast; when light bake in a quick oven. If you want them a l.ctle extra, keep the dough where it is warm and knead a fj\v mi.intes every time it comes up. lie that lags behind in the road where many arc driving will always bo ia a tloud cf dust; but ho who buys au "O. K." Double Washboard Will always wcar the cleanest shirt. PRESSED CHICKEN. Boil a chicken until tpudcr, chop fine, season well with pe; - per, salt and butter, put into a cloth, put a weight upon it. aiid press like headcheese. CHICKEN CROQUETS. Chop pieces of cold chicken fine, and add an egg, or small piece of butter, well powdered crackers, salt and pepper. Make into fiat caVes, dip them in raw egg and cracker crumbs, as for oysters, and fry. 28 GENERAL HINTS. Cabbage should always bo boiled in two waters. Fat should always be very hot before fish arc put in, and the lish should be turned frequentl}'. Stewed meat sliould be put ia l)oiling water and boiled very slowly. When making soups, put the meat in cold water and boil slowdy. In baking cakes, the cream tartar or baking powder should always be addeti to the Hour, and the whole passed through a seive. Lemon juice and glycerine will remove tan and freckles, and .soften the hajids. Benzine and common clay will clean marble. Castor oil is excellent to soften leather. Parsley, eaten with vinegar, will remove the unpleasant eflects of eating onions. To Clean Jewelry.— VVasli in soap suds, rinse in diluted alcohol, and lay in a box of dry sawdust to dry. For soft corns, dip a piece of linen clotli in turpentine and wrap it round tlie toe on which the corn is situated, night and morning. Tlie relief will be immediate, and after a few days the corn will disapi)ear. To Deaden a Fire. — If you are in a linrry to broil a steak and the tire is to brisk, a little salt will deaden it. Wet a flannel cloth in kerosene, dip it in dry whiting, and rub the plate ware. Let it dry on it. and then polisli it with a chamois skin. Chalk, or magnesia, rubbed on silk or ribbon that has been greased, and held near the lire will absorb the grease so that It may be brushed off. In warm weather lay eggs in very cold water half an hour befjre using, and they will beat up as light as ia cold weather. Always stir cake one way, from left to right. Sugar is an admirable ingredient ia curing meat or lish. WASr Stino. — A lump of wet saleratus applied to the spot stung by a wasp will atford instant ndief. The alkali property neautralizes the poison. A free use of lemon juice and sugar will always relieve a cough. Most people "feel poorly in the spring, but if they would eat a lemon before breakfast every day for a week — with or without sugar, as they like— they would lind it better than any medicine. Keep 3'east in wood or glass. Keep meal and flour in a cool, dry place. Keep vinegar in wood or glass. I.ard for pastry should be used hard as it can be cut with a knifvi. It shouUf be cut through the Hour, not rubbed. A cheerful face is nearlv as good for an invali 1 as healthy woathor. An "O K." Double Washboard will cure thj worst caso of dlriij shirt that ever existed. Lemon and Okangk Tinctuke.— Xever throw away lemon or oranga peel; cut tne yellow outside off carefully, and put into a tigtitly corked bottle, with enough alcohol to cover it. Let it stand until the alcohol i-s brightly yellow, then pour it off, bottle it tight, and use it for llavoring. Add lemon nnd alcohol as often an you have it, and you will always hav- a nice llavoring. If the '-tronbh-d housekeeper" will keep lier lard in a cool, dry place, or on a table in a well-aired cellar, where the can or j ir will not come in contact with a damp wall, trouble will h^ at au end. B,).t,AX.— Ladies who have not tested the magic properties id* b)rax, have been losin<| a great help and comfort. If Oiice Ui'.A, you will never be witliout a bottle on your toilet table. Ic r.i-noves stains and dirt from the hands better tha i sonp, ail It the san; tini> softens a id smooth U,h > skin. It is splen- did far wasiiing tlie hair, and will without injury, cleanse brushes and combs in a few moments. Th'j: Housewife's Table.— rh^ following is a very valua- ble iions nvifj s table, by which persons not having scales at hi id may readily measure the articles wanted to form any rjn 0.3 without tlr^ trouble of weighing, allowance to be mado f >r a!i extraordinary dryness or moisture of the articles weigh ed or measured; , Wiieat Hour, I pound is 1 qiart; Indian meal,! pound 3 ounces are 1 quart ; butter, when soft, 1 pound is 1 quart ; 28 loaf sugar, broken, 1 pound is 1 quart; white sup:ar, powder- ed, 1 pound 1 ounce are 1 quart; best brown sugar, 1 pound 2 ounces are 1 quart; 16 tablespoonfuls are ^ pint; 4 table- spoons are A gill; 2 gills are -i pint; 2 pints are 1 qnart; 4 qnarts are 1 gallon; a connnon sized tnnibler holds h piiit; a teacup is 1 gill; a large tablespoon is h tluid ounce; 60 drops are eqnal to 1 teaspoonful; 4 teaspoontuls are equal to 1 table- spoonful. Like th(? music of tlv Hphcn'a, Tliat never make u discord, Is the music in the tub Of the "O. K." Doubh; Washboai'il. TO PRESERVE A BOUQUET. Sprinkle it lightl}' with fresh water, and put it in a vase con- taining soap suds. Each morning take it out of the suds and lay it sidewaj'S in clean water; keep ir thei'c a minute or two. then take it out and sprinkle the llowers liglitly by the hand with water. Replace it in the suds, and it will bloom as fresh- ly as when first gathered. Change the suds every tliree or four days. This method will keep a bouquet bright and beau- tifid for at least a month. TO REMOVE MiEDElV FROM LINEN. Wet the linen which contains mildew, in soft water, ruh it well with wiiite soap, then scrape some line chalk to powder, and rub it well into the linen, lay it out on the grass in the Bimshine, watching it to keep it damp with soft water. Re- peat thf^ process the next day, and in a few hours the mildew will entirely disappear. TO REMC iTB STAINS FROM THE HANDS. Put a small quantity of oxalic acid in a bottle with sufficient soft water to dissolve. To use, droj) a little of the solution in a wash dish of water, in which wash the hands. Verdant John. "What is tlie reason the "O. K." is called a Doubk WusJu^o^crd?" Enterprising CI. i k. "Why, because the women can wash dotiuleih.'. iwimhar of sJiirts on it in tm; hame ti'ue lliat lh<.y can. oxi any other boaru." 29 TO RESTORE COLORS TAKKN OUT BY ACIDS. Sal-volatile of hartshorn will remove score colors taken out bv acids. TO KILL RATS. Mix carbonate of bjuytes. 2 ounces, with grease, 1 pound This is tasteless, odorless and a deadly poison, hence care must be exercised. Water must be set near as it produces thirst innnediately, and after drinking they die before they have time to go back into their holes. TO DRIVE AW^AY RATS, Scotch snuff or cayenne pepper, spread freely in their Ijolea will cause rats to lefive at a sneezing pace. HORN DISTEMPER IN CATTLE. Many a valuabh; cow is lost every season, that might be saved if the following dose was administered : Six tablespoons soot from a i;liimncy where wood is burned, 1 tablespoon each of salt, ground black pepper, and ginger, add 3 eggs, stir, thicken With meal, and make into balls; elevate the head, draw out the tongue, and place the balls far back in the throat, where they must be swallowed, liepeat the doses 3 or 4 mornings. FURNITURE POLISH. Take 1 coffee-cupful of cold drawn linseed oil, 1 of turpen- tine ;ind one of vinegar, with three tablespoonfuls alc(»bol mixed into it. Pour iiito a bottle and shake rapidly. Takc^ a little of it iii a saucer; ilip into it a bit of llaniu.4. and rub the furniture until nearlvdry; then roll a bit of flannel into a tight roll at least three inches in diameter; sew it up closely, and rub the polish in until it shines. BRINE FOR MEAT. Two gallons water, S pounds salt, 2 ounces saltpetre, 1 quart molasses. (Mrs. Peters.) "1 often wondered liow it way that Mrs. Jonrs could get time to make calls on wash day. I'vi'. found out; she has got one of those "Q. K." D uhlt; Washboards. 1 mean to have one too; I'll ask Sam to buy mo oiu- la is very night." UBRARVOFCONGRE^^^ 014 480 045 A GRAMMAR IN Three little words you Are articles, a, an and i A Noun 's the name of ; As school^ or garden^ ho< Adjectives tell the kind of Noun, As greats small^ pretty^ vjhita orlroion. Instead of Nouns the Pronouns stand — Her face, hU face, your arm, my hand. Verbs tell of something to be done — To read^ count, sing^ laugh^ jump or run. How things are done, the adverbs tell, As sloidy, quickly, ill or icell. Conjunctions join the words together, As men and women, wind or weather. The Preposition stands before A Noun, as in or through a door. The Interjection shows surprise. As ''o/i/ how pretty," "ah I how wise."" The whole are called nine, parts of speech, Which reading, writing, speaking, teach. Witliin this little book is storod A fund of Wit and Wisdom; Given free with a Washboard, The best one in all Christendom. And of our worthy patron We here would kindly ask, Ts it not the very best one, And \ our wash an easy task? And if our words are true, As you can justly say; Pi*ay tell your neighbors, do! Our Washboards are "O. K." LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ■Hi 014 480 045 P W