Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1859-11-10
NO. 18.
Things Worth knowing.


Hon 10 Preserve Eggs for Winter Uss
-Quicklime, one -blshel; common salt,
two and a half pounds; cream Of tartar,
one pound mix these ingredients 4ogeth-
er; then add as much water as will bring
to the Consistence Of thin batter. Pour
layer Of this enough 10 cover the bot
tom of the cask in which the eggs are 10
be kept. Upon that a layer Of eggs
placed sideways. Then enough mixture
to coxer them. So proceed till all are
deposited, and covered with the mixture.
Care will be requisite in taking them out,
and each egg should be Washed before
boiling. This method efFectualIy bFeser.
YES the eggs for a very long time and
for puddings, cakes, &c, answers exceed-
ingly WE'LL Bot for table use, though
eggs thus treated are often sold at high
price for new laid eggs, they certainly
taste of the lime.
To make .fIum Baskets. Success in
making this kind Of baskets depends
somewhat upon chance; for the crystals
will sometimes form Irregularly, even
when the utmost care has been taken.-
Dissolve alum in a little more than twice
as much water as viii be necessary for
the depth of the basket, handle and ALL
Put in as much alum as the water will
dissolve; when it will taie 10 more, il is
then called a saturated solution Of alum.
In this state, it should be poured into a
saucepan or earthern jar, (by no means
put 1t in an iron vessel) and slowly boil
1t until 1t is nearly half evaporated. The
basket should then be suspended from a.
little stick laid across the top of the Jar,
in such manner that both basket and
handle will be covered with the solution.
1t must be set away ina cool place where
not the slightest motion will disturb the
formation of the crystals. The frame
may be made in any shape you please .;.it
is usually made Of small wires wOven ~
and out like basket; many prefer q COM
/ mon willow basket; but whether il be
wire or willow, a rough surface should be-
produced by binding every part with
thread or worsted. Bright yellow crys-
tails may be droduced by boiling ganboge,
saffron, or tumeric in the solution; and.
purple of logwood.
a Soothing BeUerage for a Cough.--.
Take two ounces Of 6gs. and the same
quantity of raisins and pearl barley. Boil
them altogether in q pint and a half Of
water, with half an ounce of liQuorice,
root and half an ounce of linseed, until.
reduced TO one pint of liquor, which should
then be strained off, and 4 wineglassful.
taken morning and evening, or whenever.
the cough is troublesome.
To Keep GeraniumS through tie Van
ter.-Those who have no place in their
greenhouses for geraniums, Sc, viii do
well to put them in window with a south
aspect, carefully covering the pots with a
little straw or moss, in order to prevent
the frost hurting the roots.
Or: Take them from the pots and
hang them up by the roots in dark place
where the frost cannot touch them; IL
planted again in the spring they Will.
shoot and flourish remarkably well i
have heard the same plan recommended.
for fuchsias, out have never been sue
cessful with them.
Il Cheap Pomatum.-Half an ounce OF
white wax, half an ounce of spermaceti,
eight ounces of olive oil, Dissolve in a
basin set in hot water before the water;
and some scent just before pouring into.
bottles.
Spiders WeJJ.-Mr. Schlossberger has
recently ascertained tie chemical identity
of silk and the spiders webb. lie pro-
poses to call their immediate principle
Sericene, from serica, silk. Who knows
but the spider may yet become an object
of "cultivation," like the silk-worm.