Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-07-30
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USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.

RASPBERRY SHoRTCAKE.--Made the
same way as the strawberry cake, only
cooking the berries little while, with the
sugar, before spreading them on the cake.
This is nice and more healthtul than pie.
RASPBERRY VINEGAR.-One pint of
vinegar to two quarts of berries, washed.
Let stand two or three days, then strain,
and add pint of white sugar to each
pint of Juice. Boil ten minutes after it
begins to boil. Bottle when cold.
TT wood screws are warmed and dipped
in melted tallow, it will prevent their
rusting, and they can always be unscrewed
with ease A large quantity OF screws
can be creased in a few minutes, and the
operation is one which will ultimately
result in great saving Of time and labor.
STRAWBERRY OR RASPBERRY IcE--Mash
pint of fruit with two large spoonfuls
of fine sugar; add quart of cream, strain
through sieve, and freeze If you have
no cream, boil spoonful of arrow-root or
corn starch in quart of milk and stir in
q beaten egg, then add the fruit, strain and
freeze.
EGGS FOR BURNs.--The white, of an
egg has proved Of late the most efficacious
remedy for burns. Seven or eight success
sive applications of this substance soothe
pain and effectually exclude the burned
parts from the air. This simple remedy
seems far preferable to collodion or even
cotton Germantoaop Telegraph, ~
CAMPHoR AND MosQUIToEs.-Cam
is the most powerful agent to drive away
mosquitoes. A camphor bag hung up in
an open easement will prove al effectual
barrier to their entrance. Camphorated
spirits applied as a perfume to the face
and hands will act as an effectual pre-
ventive but when bitten by them, arc
matte vinegar is the. best antidote.
RICE FLOUR CEMENT.-This cement,
much used in China and Japan, is made
by mixing fine, rice -four with cold water,
and simmering over slow fire until a
| thick paste is formed. This is said to be
superior to any other paste either for par
| lor or workshop purposes. When made
| of the consistence of plaster clay, models,
busts, bas -reliefs, &c, may be formed of it,
| and the articles, when dry, are susceptible
of high polish, and very durable.
| CURRANT JELLY.-Pick over the fruit,
| but leave it On the stems Put it into the
preserving kettle, mash it, and when hot
strain through a coarse linen cloth till the
| juice is all out. Use pound of sugar to
pint OF juice, Sift the sugar and heat it
| as-.hot~ as possible without burning or
melting. Boil the juice five minutes, and
| while boiling add the hot sugar, stir it
well, boil five minutes longer, then take it
off. Be careful to observe the time, and
you will have nice jelly, of rich beauti-
full color. Exchange.
MRS. WILLIAM B.. HAzLEToN, of Ma
hopac Falls, in the Michigan Farmer,
says: take the sweet or ever green corn
before it gets old, cut it from the cob, fill
my, cans full, pressed down, l then take a
boiler, lay some sticks in the bottom for
my cans to lay on, l then lay the covers of
the cans ON loose, fill the boiler with wa
ter SO that it will cover half way up the
sides of the cans, put the cover on the
boiler, boil for three hours briskly, take
out and press the covers on tight. Will
keep well and have all the flavor of green
corn.
DR.. CARRIERE, of St. Jean du Gard, in
reply to the offer Of the Marquis d. Orches,
OF a premium OF twenty thousand francs,
for practical method of determining
death, furnished the following, which he
says he has practiced for forty years
pressed one. against the other, close to a
lighted lamp or candle; if alive, the It's
sues will be observed to be of a transpa-
rent, or rosy hue, ana the capillary cir
culation of life in, full play if, on the
contrary, the hand OF dead person be
placed in the same relation to light, none
of the phenomena are observed-we see
but hand as of marble, without circula-
! ton, without life.-Joab'. de Med. ct de ChS-
Turg.
THE GRINDST0NE.-Th periphery oil
every grindstone on which edge-tools are
ground should run as true IS the dressed
| surface of a milestone, as it is impracti.
| cable to grind tool correctly on stone
that revolves with an uneven motion. II
the. periphery of stone varies half an
inch In each revolution, the most ex-
peditious way to put it in order is to loosen
the wedges with which it is keyed to the
journal, and rehGpg it. Then secure the
/ bearings of the journal, so that they can
Lot be easily lifted out of the boxes, and
turn the periphery off true and smoo h.
| Let firm rest be fixed close to the peri
phery before attempting to turn off the
prominent portions. The rest must be
solid with the surface close to the stone SO
that when the turning instrument comes
in contact with the stone, it will remove a
thin chip without springing away from
| the stone. Stone-turners always employ
| for q turning tool the end of bar of geru
| soft iron, drawn out to point, and turned
| up at the end for gouging A piece OF
soft iron is far more effective than STEEL
| Hearth and Home.