Mushroom Catsup.

Gather mushrooms when dry; break them into bits, and put them into a dish. Sprinkle each layer with salt. Let them remain for two days; stir occasionally; strain the liquid through a hair-sieve, and put it into a pan. Add mixed spices, and the beat whites of two or more eggs. Boil for about five minutes, then strain it through a napkin into a basin. When cold, put it into bottles; cork and seal them, and keep in a dry place.

Cream Cheese.

Place a piece of linen inside a round basin; pour therein about two quarts of thick sweet cream; gather up the edges of the cloth, and tie with twine close to the cream; suspend it upon a hook or nail; place a basin under it to receive the thin cream as it passes through the linen cloth. When the cream ceases to run, remove the twine nearer to the cream; then let it drip for twenty-four hours. Turn it upside down, and place a heavy weight on the top, with nettles under and over the cheese. When about to serve, remove the cloth; place the cheese upon its dish; garnish round the base with small nettle-leaves, and serve with oatmeal cakes or hard biscuits.

Preserved Eggs.

Get new-laid eggs while warm, and rub them all over with a cloth soaked in butter; then take a box or barrel, and put a layer of salt into it. Lay the

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eggs among the salt, and cover them over with it to exclude the air, and keep in a dry place.

To Sponge Black Silk.

Put a teacupful of whisky into a basin; add a table-spoonful of black soap and a teaspoonful of honey. Mix well. Dip a sponge into the mixture, and rub on each side of the silk; then dip the silk in two clean waters. Hang it on a screen to drip. Whenhalf dry, iron it on the inside.

To Clean Hair-Brushes.

Spread a double sheet of newspaper upon a table, and place thereon two handfuls of flour. Take two brushes, and dip them into the flour. Rub the two together, and then shake out the soiled flour. Dip them again, and go on rubbing and dipping until they are clean. Rub them with a cloth. Brushes cleaned

in this manner do not get soft.

Wash for the Hair.

Dissolve one ounce of borax and

half an ounce of

camphor in a pint of boiling water. When cold, dip a sponge or piece of flannel into the wash and rub it to the roots of the hair. Brush well afterwards.

Pomade for the Hair.

Take one pint of salad-oil, three ounces spermaceti, six drams bergamot, one dram palm-oil, and four drops otto of roses. Mix these together in a basin; dissolve before the fire, and put it into pots.

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