Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-04-29
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though there are but few who'ate not ac-
.cuslomed TO the use of coffee as a bever-
age. and who acquire b. habit Pccnllar
iondness for it, still bat very few, compar-
a;yely, partalle Of the article in It's trne fla
yor and richness. In order TO do this, pro-
cure the best coffee in market, wash Il
clean, and roast it, but MOTTO blackneSS.-
( 4 rich brown or bronze color is all sulh
cient for the purpose Of giving 1t the requ-
site favor. Then take the white OF , eggs
TO each pound of coffee, while warm, and
Immediately transfer to earthen vessels,
tying them over with bladders or warm
( ished muslin. 10 render them air-light.-
Take from these vessels sufficient coffee
for one making only at time, grind II IN
a fine muslin bag, susPending itabout mid
way in the pot, turn on the boiling water,
L and put on the cover TO prevent the escape
of steem. The result Of this will be very
strong dacoction, which should be re-
duced by tie addition of boiling hot milk,
constituting a most delicious beverage,
very different, indeed, from that which Is
produced by boiling the ground coffee IN
water. The above process may At fist
appear too Troublesome, butwe very much
doubt, if our lady readers will once make
the experiment for themselves, whether
.thev will ever return to the old method Of
boiling the drugs to produce good coliee.
/ 70 WASH WHITE SILK.-Dissolve some
white soap in boiling water, and, when
the water is sufficiently cooled no. to burn
| the hand put the silk into it, and press II
! repeatedly, opening II again from time to
time, and taking care not to wiring 1t. II
there be any obstinate stain, dip 1t INTO
strong solution of soap, and rub ii gently
/ between the Gpgers, until il disappears,
adding if necessary, llule spirits OF wine.
When the washing is finished, rinse the
silk in several tepId waters and having
made some water blue to the required
shade, with the blue sold by the color
dealers for that purpose, dip the silk in il,
and hang il out 10 dry, brush ii with a soft
brush, to give it a luser.
VALUABLE REcEIPT.-Take plaster and
soak it in a saturated solution Of alum,
then bake the two in an oven the same as
gypsum is baked to make II Plaster OF
Paris, after which they are ground 10 pow
der. It's then used as wanted, being mixed
up with water like plaster, and applied.
1t sets into IA very hard composition capa-
BILE of taking very high polish. 1t may
be mixed with various colorlng minerals
to produce a cement of any color capable
of initiating marble. This is very rare
receipt, and it is worth twenty dollars to
our subscribers, who can prepare II for
themselves.
WHAT IS DIRT ?-Old DR.. Cooper, of
South Carolina, used to say to his Students:
Don't be afraid of little dirt, gentlemen.
What is dirt? Why, nothing al all olen-
sivc, when chemically viewed. Rub lit
tie alkali upon that "diry grease spot
upon your coat, and ilundergoes il cheml-
cal change and becomes soap. Now rub
it with 4 lttle water and it disappears 1t
is neither grease, soap, water, nor dirt.
THAT is not a very oderous pile of dit,
YOU observe there. Well scatter litIe
gypsum erit, and It's no longer dirty.
Every thing yon call dIt is worth your
notice as students of chemistry. AnaIyze
it! 1t will separate into very clean eIe-
ments. Dirt makes corn ; corn makes
bread and meat. and that makes a very
sweet Young lady that saw one OF you
were kissing last night. SO after all, you
were kissing dirt-parlicuarIy II she Will
tened her skin with chalk or Fuler's earth.
There is no eIlinggen!iemen, what IS dirt,
though may say that rubbing such stuff
upon the beautiful skin Of a young lady,
is a dirty practice. Pearl powder, think
is made of misunderstanding but dirt
Breach OF PRomsE.--A damscI Of 20
years Of age recently sued widower aged
10, in Indiana, for breach OF promise, and
laid her damages ST. 600. The testimony
was that the defendant had visited her four
different times, and that the plaintiff once
rode behind him, on his grey mare, from
church,and ihalshe had upon one occasion,
sent her gay Lolhario' sugar Kiss verse,
Of about tie following effect.
slyhy 90 yo1 Iop-sided, thus al alone,
Why not take a rib to re place thine own" .
The Jury, after mature deiberauon. a.
warded The sutor ninety dollars damages
for her crushed affections, believing that
sum sufficient to plaster up her broken