The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-07-22
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.


To PRESERVE DRIED. FRUIT FROM
MoTHs--A fruit-growing subscriber
sends us the following recipe for pre-
venting dried fruit being damaged by
moths. AS last years crop Of apples
was large, and that Of the present year
promises to be scanty, those Of our
readers who have some Of the old stock
on hand, may find it of account to try
the recipe:
Put the dried apples or peaches into
a tin vessel with a perforated bottom;
cover closely with flannel; place the YES
sci into a boiler or kettle containing two
or three quarts Of boiling water, having
some sticks across the water to prevent
the tin touching it, boil briskly, and the
fruit will soon be thoroughly heated
without loss Of flavor Spread it out;
the heat will soon eyapOrate the moist
uro.
DRIED PEACHEs-Peachcs as usually
dried are a very good fruit; but can be
made vastly better if treated in the
right way. Last season the recipe which
had quite a circulation in the papers,
Of drying the fruit by a stove after haly-
ing it and sprinkling litule sugar into
the cavity left by the extracted pits, was
tried in our family. The fruit was found
to be most excellent; better to the taste
Of nine out of ten persons than any
peach preserves, by far. The peaches
however, were good ones before drying;
for it is doubtful whether poor fruit can
be made good by that process or any
other Prairie Farmer.
BED BUG ExTERauNAToR.-A cor
respondent Of the Christian Advocate
! is answorablo for the following recipe
for destroying bed-bugs:
Thoroughly fumigate every room with
birthstone. TO do this, first stop the
Gues Of chimneys, open the doors Of
closets, &C., and so arrange beds and
bcdcIothes as to leave all the bedstoads
completely uncovered. Next, heat an
old pot or skillet so that the birthstone
will instantly blaze when dropped into
it, Set the pot thus heated on the
hearth, or in any safe place in the room;
drop into it three or four ounces of roll
birthstone; leave the room, close the
door, and let it stay closed at least three
or four hours THE smoke of the burn
ing birthstone will soon fill the room
and every creyioe in it, and it will COM
plotely exterminato the bugs.
A SIMPLE AND EFTECTUAL REMEDY
FOR DIARRHGA,-Take q large table
spoonful Of flour and mix it thoroughly
with little less than half a tumbler Of
water Drink it, and if the disease is
not checked in half or throo-quarters of
an hour, repeat until tits 1t will-soon
arrest the most obstinate case, and can
not do any harm.
SIMPLE RECIPE T6romove frecklos
and make the skin clear, bright and soft,
take two ounces of barley four Of bran,
one Of ground rice, two Of owisToot and
three of fresh house-leek, together with
half a dozen ivy leaves; boil altogether
in q gallon of rain-water for one hour
and then strain When cold, any per-
fume may be added that is agreeable.
CURE FOR BURNs.-The Gazette Med
ioale of France says that, by ain acci-
dent, charcoal has been discovered to be
a cure for burns BY laying a piece Of
cold charcoal upon a burn, the pain sub
sides Immediately. BY leaving the char
coal on one hour, the wound is healed,
as has been demonstrated on several oo-
casions Tho remedy is cheap and sim
pie, and certainly deserves trial.