The Household.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 645, 11 February 1882, Page 2 (Supplement)

The Household.

The poison of a bec, sfc * n g '"ay bo forced out by pressing the barrel"?* a small key fi-mly for a minute over the wbV»d. No wourd f.r swelling will result. N mtok*"*' Soot falling on the carpet neys or carelessly-handled stovTHftmrfl, if covered thickly with salt, can be iSßshed up without injury to the carpet. • A paste made of whiting and benzoin wIW clean marble, and one made of whiting imdS chloride of soda, spread and left to dry (in"* the sun if possible) on the marble, will remove spots.

Cough Syrup.—S. A. B. sends the following : For making the best cough syrup take one ounce eadi of thoroughwort, slippery-elm, flaxseed, gum arable and stick liquorice. Simmer together in one quart of water until the strength is entirely extracted. Strain carefully; add one pint best molasses and and half a pound of loaf sugar ; simmer all well together, and when cold bottle tightly. Dose, table-spoonfull. Macaroni.—People who like macaroni will find pleasure in eating it when prepared In this way : Roll it until it is tender, taking care to preserve the shape so far as possible. When it is done drain off all the water- and pour over it a little sweet milk, with a lump of butter and plenty of pepper and salt. While the macaroni is boiling cook in a separate saucepan enough tomatoes to make a jtfmt when stewed. When the macaroni is ready for the table pour the tomatoes over it; servo hot.

Peach Pie. —Peel, stone and slice the peaches ; line a pie-plate with a good crußt and lay on your fruit, sprinkling sugar liberally over them in proportion to their sweetness—very ripe peaches require comparatively little—allow three peach kernels, chopped fine, to each pie ; pour in a very little water, and bake with an upper crust, with crossbars of paste across the top. Some simply par* the peaches and put in whole, packing them well and sweetening freely ; in this caeo they should be covered entirely with crust.