Baking Powder.

One pound pure cream of tartar, 1/2 pound soda and mix with an even pint of flour. Sift four or five times. Keep in covered cans in a dry place. Use three tea-spoonfuls to a quart of flour. Mrs. Charles S. McKelvey.

How to Wash Blankets.

To each pair of blankets 1/2 bar soap. (Do this the day before washing blankets.) Two bucketfuls of warm water, two large tablespoonfuls of pulverized borax and two of liquid ammonia. Place the blankets in a tub to soak for one hour. Do not rub or wring. Lift into another tub in which you have two buckets of warm water, two large tablespoonfuls of borax and two of ammonia and let soak one-half hour. Do not rub nor wring. Hang on line to dry. Select a clear, warm day.

Mrs. Gilmer.

Cream for the Hands.

Three ounces glycerine, 3 ounces alcohol, 1 drachm frangacanth, 3 ounces rosewater, 14 ounces soft water.

Cream Marquis.

Refined white wax 1/4 ounce, Spermaceti 2 ounces, oil of sweet almonds 2 1/2 ounces, rosewater 2 ounces. Heat the first 3 ingredients until wax is melted. Do not let them boil. Remove from fire and add rosewater, stirring briskly until foamy and white. Perfume if you wish.

Mrs. C. A. Gaud

Vinegar.

Five gallons rain water. 5 pounds very dark brown sugar, 1 cake compressed yeast. Mix these well. Toast 5 or 6 slices of bread (one inch thick) a very dark brown, and place on top of earthen jar that contains these ingredients, tie cheese cloth tightly over the jar. Let stand six weeks in the sun. Then strain.

Mrs. Gilmer.