Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-02-01
Number 17.
oSEF UT RECEIPTS


 shake yt,ur. eJ we'll every morninp and t.l a good dose.- It seldom fails to work t,o desired end.
 EgTo pre- vent the smell of cooking il, a house, Have ,othing for breakfast. an, warm 1t over for dinner and supper
 SORE EYEs.-. 4 gentleman of large ex perience and close observation assures n> that the following is the best remedy he has ever seen tried for sore eyes;-Take 6 grains of white vitriol, and Is grains oi line salt, dissolve in hal f a pint of rain or distilled water, filter thou, yh paper, and drop small portion in the eye s several times d day. If too strong dilute with same kind of water-NasheiHe Union.
 NEUTRALIzING Po1soN.-A poison ofanv conceivable description and degree of Do tency, which has been intentionally or accidentally swallowed, may be almost rendered instantly harmless, by simply swallowing two gills sweet oil. An indi- vldual with a very strong constitution should take nearly twice the quantity. ihls oil will positively neutralize every form of vegetable or mineral poison with which physicians and chemists are ac- quainted-E -Erchange
 A CURE FOR THE HEADACHE. THosp- SON, the Mexican traveller, says the Mex lcans, to cure this troublesome malady, " bend the head down on the side from which the pain proceeds, and pour into the ear spoonful of rum.'' The manner Tn which this remedy is administered in Arkansas IS to incline the head backwards, as II Sfar-gazing, and pour the liquid in an orifice 'twixt the chin and nose. NOTTINGHAM PUDDING-Take small sized, tart apples, pare them and remove the cores with the point of a penknife, with out breaking the apples, cover the bottom oi a puddlnS-dish with them, setting them on the end, so that they may be filled with batter, then make batter with 6 eggs well beaten, as much sweet cream or milk as you have eggs, teaspoonful of salt, and flour enough to make as thick as sponge cake.-Cover the apples with this, then put another layer of apples and more batter, continuing to do so until your dish is fill ed, then bake until the apples are done. which you can ascertain by trying with fork. Serve with any sauce you like. This pudding is also good steamed.
 LIZZIE.
 Fec PUDDNG.-I send you a recipe which you may use if you please-perhaps some of the young housekeepers who take your paper may like it. To one quart sweet milk add six eggs, we'll beaten, together with seven tablespoons of flour, and one teaspoon of salt. Bring the milk to a boil; add three spoontuls (table) of cold sweet milk to the flour and eggs, then stir all slowl y into the boiling milk, and (stn- ring all the time) let it boil one minute; then pour into a wet dish or mould. When cold, serve with rich, sweetened cream. The dish being wet will enable it to be turned out nicely moulded into whatever shape you please- 4. A. T.
 LOAF CAKE.-Six lbs. of flour; 4 of sugar; of butter; eggs; 6 nutmegs; 14 lbs. raisins; cup of good yeast.
 CREAM CAKE.-Two cups of cream: 2 of sugar; of flour; 3 eggs; l teaspoon sale ratus; nutmeg or lemon.
 CooKIEs.-Three cups of sugar. of but ter; l of cream; eggs; l teaspoon salera- tus; nutmeg.
 CUP CAKE.-One cup of butter; ? of su- gar; of flour; eggs.-Mrs. 4. Paine, OrweH, OAio.
 How TO KERP HAMs.-Eas. Tqlzev Farmer. 1 have been subscriber for your valuable paper for nearly four years. and have gained great deal of knowledge from 1t about farming, and read many receipts in late number, '' How to cure smoaked hams" which is very good. Yet permit me say that have been farming and house. keeping for the last twenty years, and have tried almost every plan to preserve hams and find that the best plan is to have the hams well cured and smoked by the last day of February; and then pack them down in dry ashes, and they will keep better than any way l have tried The reason that say the last day of February IS, that after that time, there is fly and a little black bug that come about the first of March: and, when they hang after that time, there will always be some insect in the ham, put 1t up as you may. If you think this worth the space in your valuable paper, you can publish it.
 WM. MORGAN.
 Cape Giradeau County, Mo.
 To KILL LICE ON CATTLE.-Mr Roe has great faith in the efficacy of peck of onions for ridding cows or oxen from lice. He claims to have found them an infallible remedy in his practice They also give tone to the stomach, and are especially valuable in hot weather, when working cattle will lie in the shade at noon-time, and refuse to eat Mr. Roe uses the " scullions," or small, unstable onions and those which become soft or sprouted toward Spring. He gives a feed of half peck once day-at noon and says that two feeds are sufficient to sxtirpate any Lumber of vermin
 RECEIPT FOR CURING HAMs.-To one gal Ion of water take one and half pounds of good salt, one half pound of sugar, and half an ounce salt-peter to be increased in ths ratio to any quantity required to cover the hams. As soon as your pork Is cold cut out the hams and pack them closely in your cask. Sprinkle each layer lightly with fine salt, put on a weight and pour on the brine immediately, and before the juice of the ham has escaped It will require from four to six weeks for the salt to strike through, according to the size of the hams. It will be necessary, perhaps, to add lit- tie salt on top of the hams, sometimes if they are very large, they absorb so much of the salt as to leave the brine so weak it may sour. l would be we'll to take them up after they have been in a week or two. and examine them, and if necessary add little more salt Great care shonld be taken not to salt too much, as by doing so you loose the flavor of the ham. and but just enough should be used to keep them. As the ham absorbs the salt from the brine 1t should be fed by adding litlc salt at the top, and the hams should be well struck through. When the hams are large take out the flat bone, cut off the round socket bone, with chisel leaving always the large bone. With care I never have failed to keep hams sweet.
 TIE FLORIDA FREE NEGRO BILL-The Tallahassa Floridian, of the 31st ult., says:
 The free negro bill, after parsing both bo,coe of tho ranoral osSem blv fa;1aJ +o Lo