Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-10-06
TO THE HOUSEWIFE.


 gar, one tea-cup of milk, one tea spoonful of cream of tartar, half a tea-spoonful of soda, and butter or lard size of two eggs.
 KING CAKE-Three- quarters of pound of butter, one and quarter gound of sugar, one nutmeg, six eggs, and one cup of milk.
 WEARING VElls-A celebrated wri ter says that the wearing of wells per mancntly weakens many naturally good eyes, on account of the endeav- ors of the eye to adjust itself to the ceaseless vibration of that too com mon article of dress.
 GINGER NUTs Two cups of molas- ses, one cup of butter, one cup Of milk, one tablespoonful of saleratus, three tablespoonfuls of ginger, one tablespoonful of cinnamon, and lit tie salt
 LEMON CAKE.--One tea-cup of but ter, three tea-cups of sugar, five eggs, fourteen cups of flour, one tea-cup of milk, and one tea-spoonful of salera- tus dissolved in the milk. Crate the skin, and juice of one and a half lemon. Bake in tins a half hour.
 CoLDs-How TO Halls Jour nal of Health, says: Every intelli- gent physician knows that the best possible method of promptly curing a cold is, that the very day in which it is observed to have been taken, the patient should cease absolutely from eating a particle for twenty-lour or forty eight hours, and should be strict ly confined to a warm room, or be covered up we'll in bed, taking freely hot drinks"
 TIE FEMALE TEMpER.-No trait of character is more valuable in a fe- male than the possession of a sweet temper. Home can never be made happy without it. It is like the flow CTS that spring up in our pathway receiving and cheering us. Let a man go home at night, wearied and worn by the tolls of the day, and how sooth- ingis a word by a good disposition! It is sunshine falling on his heart He is happy, and the cares of life are f0fe 0HeeasubeaaAer has a soothing influence over the minds of a whole family When it is found in the wife and mother, you observe kindness and love predominating over the natural feeling of a bad heart Smiles, kind words and looks charac- terize the children, and peace and love have theirdwelling there. Study then, to acquire and retain a sweet temper. It is more valuable than gold, it captivates more than beauty; and to the close of life, it retains all of its freshness and power.
 PRESERVING FRUIT.--One of our ex- changes contains the following method pursued by an experienced housekeep- CT to preserve strawberries, peaches, cherries, raspberries, pine apple, etc. She says: :" For four seasons l have sealed up fruit with perfect success, without losing single jar; and the fla vorof each has been preserved as per fectly as possible, after going through the process of heating. l use self scaling glass jars, and my method is this: put fruit into my porcelain pre- serving kettle, enough to fill two quart jars; sprinkle over it about one quarter of pound of sugar; place it over slo,o fire and let it very grad ually heat through. {Tho secret is in having the fruit thoroughly heated through, not coohed) While the fruit is heating, keep the jars filled with hot water till the fruit is ready, which of course prevents them from crack ing. Fill up to the brm with hot fruit and seal tight. As it cools, a sufficient vacuum is formed in the jar to prevent bursting. In this way fruit of every kind will retain it's flavor My strawberries taste precisely like those picked from the vines, sprinkled with sugar, and set away long enough to let the sugar melt. There is no mistake in preserving fruit in this way. Sometimes a thick, leathery mould forms on Inc top: if so, all the better"
 WEARING THIN SnoEs.-The Cleve- land Plaindealer, of recent date, in alluding to the deplofable effects re- sulting from the use of these paper soled shoes which grace the feet of our ladies now a-days, relates an in cident which only recently occurred as fellows:
 A yousg= lady of sixteen summers took final leave of father, mother and all earthly friends, Including hus- band to whom she had beel married less than half year. A sad, sad half honeymoon it has been to her and her husband, as well as the pa rents who dotted over this, their only child; for even year ago the alarm ing hectic elicited the whisper of pos sible consumption.
 Like thousands of others in bloom ing youth, she needed not sufficiently the kind caution against little viola tions of the laws of health, and ad mired little light feet. Yesterday a very dear friend, about her age, who instinctively lowered about the dying bed of her youthful friend, was pre- sent when the interesting scene clos ed. During the leave taking, which occupied considerable time on account of the shortness of breath, the dying bride looked earnestly at her young friend and said: " Matte, come here, and then summoning her strength for an extra effort, added, "Thin Shoes Thin Shoes"
 At what fearful cost was that les son learned and how few seem willing to learn it for less. Tomorrow. in | her flll Iyeddinu rohar J,. "