January, 1891. 
17 
ORCHRRD 
GARDEN 
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For the Sick. 
CREAM TOAST. 
Cut the crust from a slice of stale bread. 
Toast quickly to a delicate, even brown, 
and place on a hot plate. Have a half cup 
full of rich cream, heated nearly to the 
boiling point, stir in a generous pinch of 
salt, and pour over the tcast. Serve at 
once. 
TAPIOCA JELLY. 
Soak over night a third of a cup full of 
tapioca in a cup full of water. In the 
morning, place in a double boiler with a 
pinch of salt, a stick of cinnamon and the 
juice of half a lemon. Boil until perfect- 
ly clear, then pour into molds. When 
cold, turn out on a prettv plate and serve 
with cream and sugar. 
Economical Housekeeping. 
Economy is a relative term, after all, for 
to a person who possesses ten thousand a 
year it would not be extravagant or unecon- 
omical to spend a round sum per annum 
upon luxuries, but such an expenditure for 
a person who has only six or eight hundred 
a year upon which to keep house, 
would be the reverse of econom- 
ical. To keep house economically, then, it 
is necessary, in the first place, to see that 
you get what you order from your trades- 
people; secondly, the books should be 
checked and paid every week regularly. 
Ready money payment is one of the secrets 
of economical living. Waste of all kinds 
should be discouraged in the house. It is 
of very little use for a mistress to complain 
of her servants’ wasefulness if she does not 
set a good example. Besides this, the 
mistress should give her orders daily and 
the quantity of the eatables in the house 
should regulate the ordering of any' new 
supplies. Cold meats may be made into 
very appetizing dishes, and even in the 
matter of peeling pota'ocs a great economy 
may be effected by a careful cook On the 
other hand it is no economy to purchase 
cheap food merely because it is cheap. It 
is very often that cheap articles purchased 
as bargains for use in the household are 
worn out much quicker than really expen- 
sive but good things. True economy con- 
sists in purchasing nothing that is not 
necessary, in checking all bills, and in per- 
sonal and careful supervision of the house- 
hold. It is a virtue, unfortunately — like 
all other virtues — much more talked about 
than practised. 
Pure Water. 
The absolute necessity for a supply of 
pure water has always been acknowledged, 
but it appears not always possible to obtain 
it. The most wholesome water for drinking 
is spring water or that obtained from deep 
wells, and in view of the intimate connec- 
tion between impure water and epidemics 
everyone should be sure that the water he 
drinks is really pure. A filter may very 
easily be obtained by merely placing a com- 
pressed piece of sponge over the hole in a 
deep pan or large flower-pot. On the top 
of the sponge place pebbles, about an inch 
or so in thickness, then some sand— coarse 
sand is the best — next a layer of charcoal, 
and finally another layer of pebbles. This 
will make an excellent filter for domestic 
use. The charcoal should be removed about 
every three months, as, if the water is im- 
pure, it is very likely to deposit small 
worms in the aninidl charcoal, which, after 
a time, will pass out into the water for 
drinking. All filters should have the char- 
coal renewed. Spongy iron is, however, 
the best filtering medium that can be ob- 
tained; this metal being free from all 
organic matter, is safest. Water which is 
filtered through this spongy iron is stated 
to assume all the characteristics of a deep 
well water — that is to say, of a water which 
contains the smallest proportion of organic 
matter, and is almost always bright, spark- 
ling, palatable, and wholesome. Surely 
then, w T e need no longer hesitate or complain 
as to the impurity of the water needed for 
domestic purposes. 
To Make Orange Marmalade. 
Choose the largest Florida oranges, and 
choose them with clear skins, as the skins 
form the largest part of the marmalade. 
Weigh the oranges and weigh also an equal 
quantity of loaf sugar. Peel them, dividing 
the peels into quarters, and put them into 
a preserving pan; cover them well with 
water, and set them on the fire to boil; in 
the meantime prepare your oranges; divide 
them into gores, then scrape with a tea- 
spoon all the pulp from the white skin; or 
instead of peeling the oranges, cut a hole 
in them and scoop out the pulp; removing 
carefully all the pips. Have a large basin 
near with some cold water in it, to throw 
the pips and peels into — a pint is sufficient 
for a dozen oranges. A great deal of glut- 
inous matter adheres to them, w hich, when 
strained through a sieve, should be boiled 
with the other parts. When the peels have 
boiled till they are sufficiently tender to 
admit of a fork being stuck easily into 
them, strain them; scrape clean all the 
pith, or inside, from them; lay them in 
folds, and cut them into thin slices of about 
an inch long. Clarify your sugar; then 
throw the peels and pulp into it, stir it well 
and let i boil for about half an hour. Put 
in jars and tie down with bladders. This 
is an excellent English formula and should 
be made use of when oranges become plen- 
tiful and cheap. 
Gingerbread Snaps. 
One pound of flour, half a pound of mo- 
lasses, half a pound of sugar, quarter of a 
pound of butter, half an ounce of best 
ground ginger, sixteen drops of essence of 
lemon, potash the size of a nut dissolved in 
a tablesnoonful of hot water. 
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