Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-19
DOMESTIC RECEIPTS.

DVMESIlC Ii
How TO PREPARE YEAsT.-Mixtwoqu quarts
OF soft water with wheat flour; to the con-
sistency OF thic k cruel; boil it gently for
half an hour, and when almost cool, stir into
1t half pound OF sugar and four spoonsful
OF good yeast. Put the whole into large
jug or earthen vessel, with q narrow top,
and place it before the fire so that it may, by
moderate heat, ferment The fermenta
IS ton will throw up a thin liquor, which pour
on and throw away; keep the remainder
for use Tin cool place. in a bottle or jug,
tied over. The same quantity of this as OF
common yeast will suffice to bake or brew
~ with. -Four spoonsfull of this yeast will
make a fresh quantity as before, and the
stock may Away be kept up by fermentlng
the new with the remainder of the former
quantity.
SURE REMEDY FOR FELoN.-Take soft
soap, and stir in air-slacked lime till it is of
the consistency Of GLACIERS putty. Make
leather thimble, fill it with the composition,
insert the finger and the cure is certain.
FRENCH METHOD OF PRESERVING GRAPES.
Take a cask or barrel inaccessible to the
external air, and put into it layer of bran,
we'll dried in an oven, or of ashes well dried
and sifted Upon this place layer of bunch
es of grapes well cleaned, and gathered in
the afternoon of dry day, before they are
perfectly ripe, proceed thus with alternate
layers of bran and grapes, till the barrel is
full taking care that the grapes do not touch
each other and to let the last layer be that
of bran then close the barrel, so that the
air may not be able to penetrate which is an
essential point Grapes thus packed will
keep nine or twelve months. To restore
them to their freshness, cut the end of the
stalk of each bunch of grapes, and put that
of white grapes into white wine, and that of
black grapes into red wine, as flowers are
put into water to revive or keep them fresh.
To MAKE APPLE WINE.-To every gal
lon of apple juice, Immediately as it comes
from the press, add two pounds of common
loaf sugar; boil it as long as any scum rises,
then strain it through a seive, and let it cool
add some good yeast, and stir it well; let il
work in a tub, for two or three weeks, or til
the head begins to flattten, then skim off the
head, draw it clear off and tun it. Wher
made, year, rack it off and fine it with is
inglass; then add halfa pint OF the best rec
titled spirit of wine or a pint OF French
brandy, to every eight gallons.
BAKED APPLE PUDDING.-Pare and quar-
ter four large apples, boil them tender will
the rind of lemon, in so little water tina
when done no water may remain, bea
them quite fine in a mortar; add the 2Tuml
of small roll, fourth of a pGaid of butte
melted, the yolks Of FIVE and whites of tire
eggs, juice Il @ialf a lemon, sugar to yuo
tsss.. beat all well together, and bake it IN
paste.
No House FL1Es.-The Philadelphia Tel
soraDh saws there are no house flies in tina
section. this season. and wants to know wha
has become of them. We cannot say, pos
itiyely; but conjecture they must have com
West as we never before observed then
half so numerous as in Cairo this season.
They are somewhat thinning out now; but
few DAYS ago they were to be seen IN plat
toons, divisions, land entire army corps. The.
are as numerous, annoying, and in their.wa,
as destructive, and far more courageou
than the copper heads. They make wa
upon everything in the culinary line-tick1
the nose of the cook, and pitch into jellies
Jams, pies, cakes and sugar with vengeance
and not untrequently, in their efforts to b
first at the onset dive into the soup and col
fee: but that generally settles them If it doe
not the coffee In the evening they becom
a little more civil and devote their time t.
yarigating the walls, frescoing the ceiling
and beautifully bespangling the mirror
and windows. Bad as they are in Cairo
they are, according to ''Bob's' account inf
nitely worse in the country. He says, h
visited his uncle's little cross roads stor,
where they were so numerous he had t
breathe through fne-tooth comb to kee
from swallowing them, and in the evenin
they settled on the ceiling so thick that h
couldn't reach through them with his fingel
Our Philadelphia contemporary says that i
1910, when the cholera was prevalent i
that city, there were no flies to be SEEM
The poison in the atmosphere was probal
as fatal to them as to beings of large
growth" If the presence of flies will Pre-
vent the appearance Of cholera we are pei
fectly safe in Cairo, and cordially invit
those denizens of the City of Brotherl
Love" who lament the disappearance of file
Al of !,
cholera, to flee to this city of refuge, wher
the fly roameth free and the cholera is no
MAKE FARM LIFE ATTRACTIvE.-1. B