The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-08-17

PRESERVING BUTTER-Thc farmers Of Aber-
deem, Scotland, are said to practice the following
method for curing their butter, which gives it IA
greater superiority over that of their neighbors:
"Take two quarts of the best common salt, one
ounce Of sugar. and one of satpetre; take ounce
of this composition for one pound of butter; work
we'll into the mass and close it up for use. The
butter cured with this mixture appears of rich and
niarroWy substance and fine color, and acquires a
little hardness DR.. Anderson says: 4 have
eaten the butter cured with the above composition
that has been kept for four years, and it was as
sweet as at first. 1t must be noted, however, that
butter that is thus cured requires to stand three
weeks or a month before it is used fit is sooner
opened, the salt is not sufficiently blended with it,
and some times the GOODNESS Of the nitre will be
perceived, which totally disappears afterwards
A CAT NOT CONSIDERED PRopERTY.-A ''cat
may look at king" says quaint old proyerb, but
jury of twelve men have decided that cat has
right to forfeit it's life when disturbing the quiet
ofany neghborhood in this community. We learn
from the Newark Evening Journal, that suit was
tried in that enlightened city last week, before
losses sustained in the death of cat alleged to have
been shot by defendant. Counsel on both sides
made eloquent addresses to the jury, the main
point being whether cat is is not property.
The jury retired about o'clock, and came in
about half past 9 with verdict of No cause for
action" The case excited great interest," and the
Justices office was crowded with anxious spectators
during the trial.--Lct this be a warning to the
feline species.
THE VIRTUES OF BoRAX.-The washer-women
of Holland and Belgium, SO proverbially clean,
and who get up their linen so proverbially white,
use refined borax as washing powder, instead of
soda, in the proportion of one large handful of
borax powder to about ten gallons Of boiling water,
they save in soap nearly half All the large
washing establishments adopt the same mode For
laccs, cambrics, &c, an extra quantity of powder
is used, and for crinolines (requiring to be made
stiff strong solution is necessary. Borax being
neutral salt docs not in the slightest degree in ure
the texture Of the linen; its effects is to soften the
hardest water and therefore it should be kept on
every toilet table To the taste it is rather sweet,
is used for cleaning the hair is an excellent
dentrifce and in hot countries is used in combina-
ton with tartaric acid and bcarbonate of soda a
cooling beverage. Good tea cannot be made with
hard water; all water may be made soft by adding
an ordinary teaspoonful of borax powder to
ordinary sized kettle of water, in which it should
boil. The saving in the quantity of tea used will
be at least one fifth.-Er. Paper.
Harpers new CyclorGda of Commerce has the
foil owing first-rate notice of protection =
"Protection, in commercial lcgislotton, means
the protection bolstering up of certain branches
of domestic industry by prohibiting the importa-
ton of the product of such branches from abroad,
or loading it, when imported, with heavy duties
This policy at one time universally prevalent.
But its extremely injurious influence having been
demonstrated and over again, it has been
abandoned by all intelligent statesmen. And not
withstanding the powerful interest by which it
laton; and it will, doubt, eventually disappear
from the legislation of all countries"