ladies’ department. 
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Cabins’ ©apartment 
The accompanying is a sketch of 
a pot I have had made for layering- 
in, &c. There are two openings 
opposite each other, with a notch on 
- one side of each to hold the branch, 
on the right of one opening, and the left of the 
other. These pots may be raised on stakes, 
and fixed with wires to enable the amateur to 
propagate any favorite standard rose, and culti¬ 
vate it on its own roots, which insures against 
loss of the particular kind; few roses on their 
own foundations being destroyed by our win¬ 
ters, although budded varieties frequently per¬ 
ish. I have not seen any similar pots, and be¬ 
lieve the idea to be new, but it may not be so.— 
Gardners ’ Chronicle. 
Fancy Biscuits. —Reduce one pound of 
blanched almonds to powder, and moisten with 
orange-flower water until you have a smooth 
paste; add a little fine flour and mix well, and 
then place in a pan over a slow fire; stir the 
mass constantly to prevent burning, until it be¬ 
comes hard enough not to stick to the fingers; 
then mould it into various sorts of fancy shapes. 
Now make an icing of various colors and dip 
your forms to suit color and taste, and set 
them upon a clean sieve to dry. You may 
make them still more fanciful, by strewing 
over them different-colored pistachio nuts. To 
be served with nuts and cakes, at evening par¬ 
ties, or any other extraordinary occasion. 
Coloring Green Tea.— Large portions of the 
tea imported under the name of green , are made 
so by throwing into the pans at the last heating 
of the leaves, a mixture of finely powdered in¬ 
digo and gypsum , in proportion of three of the 
former to four of the latter. For every 100 lbs 
of green tea used, the consumer will swallow 
from 8 to 12 oz. of the latter. But the same 
persons who will exclaim against the celestials 
for munching rats, cats, and bow-wows, will 
swallow indigo and gypsum, or what is much 
worse, prussic acid or verdigris, both deadly 
poisons, and which are furnished us outside 
barbarians, simply because our market demands 
it, as it did annattoed cheese a few years since. 
Alum Whey, made by boiling a quarter of an 
ounce of alum in a pint of milk, and strained, is 
a good medicine for bowel complaints of chil¬ 
dren. Give a wine-glass ful three or four times 
a-day. 
Preserving Wild Fowl.— Remove the intes¬ 
tines carefully, and wipe out all the blood with 
an old soft towel, until the flesh is quite dry; 
then dust flour over the inside, and scatter two 
or three drops of creosote upon a piece of 
blotting paper, and put that in and tie the bird 
up tight in another piece of similar paper, upon 
which put a few drops more creosote; then 
hang up each carcass, separate, in a cool, dry 
place, and it will keep sweet for a long time. 
Never remove the feathers from a bird you 
wish to preserve. 
Almond Flavor for Pastry, &c.— Dissolve 
one ounce of oil of almonds in one pint of spir¬ 
its of wine, and use one drop to a pound of 
dough. It is powerful and poisonous, but not 
injurious in small quantities, and imparts a 
pleasant flavor. 
Almond paste is often adulterated. Every 
lady can make her own by beating the almonds 
into a smooth paste, in a mortar and then adding 
white of eggs and rose water, with half as much 
spirits of wine, to give the mass a proper con¬ 
sistency. It is a harmless cosmetic when made 
in this way, and very useful to prevent chapped 
hands. 
To Make Blanc. —Grate 1 lb. old dry bacon, 
and add 1 lb. beef suet, lb. of butter, two lem¬ 
ons, two carrots cut into dice-sized cubes, three 
or four chopped onions, and just water enough 
to make a stew; boil about an hour. Some pre¬ 
fer to add a little boiled rice on dishing up, if 
there is much water remaining uriabsorbed. 
A Valuable Cement for Household Use.— 
Take new milk, half a pint, and curdle with 
sharp vinegar; separate the whey and mix with 
the curd, the whites of five eggs, beat well; add 
fine quicklime, and mix till you have a ductile 
paste or putty. It will stop cracks, and is fire 
and water proof. 
Egg BiscuiTs.--Beat separately the whites and 
yolks of twelve eggs; mix, and add 1£ lbs. of 
powdered white sugar; whisk all into bubbles* 
add 1 lb. of flour and the grated rinds of two 
lemons. Fill buttered tin molds; grate sugar 
on top; bake one hour in a quick oven. 
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To Remove Grease Spots from Furniture, 
Wood, or Marble. —Make a paste with Fuller’s 
earth, soft soap, and pearlash, and spread over 
the spot, and let it dry for twenty-four hours, 
and then wash off the paste. 
