The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-03-18
Valuable Recipes for Everybody.

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Peneira, on Diet The honey gives it a
peculiar softness, and from not being fer
mented with yeast, it is less violent in
It's action when opened, but requires to
be kept longer time than usual before
use, White sugar, FIVE pounds; lemon
juice; one quarter Of pint; honey, one
quarter Of apound; ginger, bruised, Eve
ounces; water, four gallons and a half.
Boil the ginger in three quarts of the
water for half an hour, then add the SUI
gar, lemon juice, and honey, with the re-
mainder of the water and strain through
cloth; when cold, add Il quarter of the
white of an egg, and a small teaspoon
fnl of essence of lemon let the whole
stand four days and bottle; this will keep
many months. This quantity will make
100 bottles.
Sore Throot-l have been subject
to sore throat and have Invariably found
the following preparation Simple and
cheap highly ctlicacious when used in
the early stage; Pour a pint of boiling
water upon twenty-five or thirty leaves
of common sage; let the infusion stand
for half an hour Add vinegar sufficient
to make it moderately acid and honey
according to the taste. This combina-
ton Of the astringent and the emolient
principle seldom fails to produce the de-
sired effect The infusion must be used
as q gargle several times a-day. 1t has
this advantage over many gargles--it is
pleasant to the taste, and may be swal- |
lowed occasionally, not only without dan
ger, but with advantage.
Domestic Icaa-Ladies who are in
the habit land most laudable and COM
Portable habit it is) of making domestic
bread, cake, &c, are informed that they
can easily manufacture their own Yeast
by attending to the following directions
Boil one pound of good -four, quarter
of Il pound of brown sugar, and little
salt, in two gallons of water, for one hour.
When milk warm, bottle it, and cork it
close. 1t will be fit for use in twenty
four hours. One pint Of this yeast will
make lSlbs. of bread
PjchliAg Eggs.-If the following pic
klc were generally known it would be
more generally used We constantly ,
keep it in our family, and find it an cx- {
ccllent pickle to be eaten with cold meat,
&c. The eggs should be boiled hard !
say ten minutes,) and then Invested of /
heir shells; when quite cold put them in
ars, and pour over them vinegar (sufii- :
'ient to quite carer them in which has q
'een previously boiled the usual spices t
or picking; tie the jars down tight with Y
bladder, and keep them till they begin to :
hange color.
Deqfness.-Take three drops of a i
heep's gall, warm, and drop it into the fl
ar on going to bed. The ear must be 81
thoroughly syringed with warm soap and s.
Fater in the morning. The gall must II
e applied for three successive nights "
{ is only efficacious when the deafness I,
J produced by cold. The most coveni- 81
Mt way of warming the gall is by hold
in a silver spoon over the flame of a
andle. The above remedy has been ~ :,
tried with perfect success. Ell
Waterproot'ng far Boats and Shoes st
-Linseed oil, one pint; oil of turpen, h
ne, or camphine, a quarter of a pint; IL IL
elbow wax, a quarter of pound Bur b
indy pitch, quarter of a pound 70 fr
e melted together with a gentle heat, I
nd when required for use, to be warmed >
nd we'll rubbed into the leather before a Y
re, or in the hot sun. Should be pour NJ
|, when melted, into small gallon-pots or v
n boxes, for sale. =
A Mixture for a bad Cold and CougA. '
Solution of acetate of ammonia two
lnces, ipecacuanha wine two drachms. Al
ltimony wine two drachms, solution of Il
uriate Of morphine half drachm, trea-
G four drachms; water add eight oun-
IS. Take two tablespoonful three times
day
A Positiee cure far ColVs.-The strong IN
t acetic acid, applied night and morn On On
Al
eek the corn will disappear. Soft or
nd corns. 50
4 Cure far pceah and Sore Eges.- :
llphate of zinc three grains, tincture of oi
lum ten drops, water two ounces. To We
applied three or four times a-day. tri
It's
Tie Beneficial Effects Of Chaycoal in
piping putrefaction are now we'll ascer- r,
ned; fish or meat may be restored bv u 'm'
ling charcoal with them. r
ligrati0n to the United States and British tn,
North America. tb,
From returns furnished by the Govern an
mt Emigration Office, we learn that in lee
March quarter of the year 1857, 50 YET
ps, OF an aggregate tunnage of 70 $3.50 'he
IS, left Liverpool for the United States,
rying 273 cabin and l6,453 steerage
'sengers; in the June quarter, 90 ships, ty s:
l26.5I7 tuDs with $40 cabin aud Ak ohi