The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-07-29
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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 healthful 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.
If 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 few minutes, and the
operation is one which will ultimately
result in great saving of time and labor
STRAWBERRY OR RASPBERRY ICE Mash
apint of fruit with two large spoonfuls
of fine sugar add a quart of cream, strain
through sieve, and freeze. If you have
no cream, boil a spoonful of arrow-root or
corn starch in quart of milk and stir in
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.-Germaatoacn Telegraph.
CAMPHoR AND
is the most powerful agent to drive away
mosquitoes. A camphor bag hung up in
an open easement will prove an 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, aro-
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 1t on the stems. Put it into the
preserving kettle, mash it, and when hot
strain through coarse linen cloth till the
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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
of. Be careful to observe the time, and
you will have nice jelly, of rich beauti
full color.-Erchange
Mrs. WILLIAM b. HAzLEToN, of Ma
hopac Falls, in the Michigan Farmer,
says: take the sweet or evergreen corn
before it gets old, cut it from the cob, fill
my cans full, pressed down, then take q
boiler, lay some sticks in the bottom for
my cans to lay on, 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.
DIR. CARRIERE, of ST. Jean du Gard, in
reply to the offer of the Marquis d. Orches,
OF premium of twenty thousand francs,
for practical method of determining
death, furnished the following, which he
says he has practiced for forty years
Place the hand with the fingers closely
pAOooOO OhO oSoiAoe tuC OIuCi, ClOoC w d
lighted lamp or candle; if alive, the It's
sues will be observed to be of transpa-
rent, or rosy hue, AMI 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.-Jour. de Ned ct de Chi
rurg.
THE GRINDsToNE.-The periphery of
every grindstOne on which edge-tools are
ground should run as true as the dressed
surface of milestone, as it is impracti-
cable to grind tool correctly on a stone
that revolves with an uneven motion. If
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 rehdng it. Then secure the
bearings of the journal, so that they can
not be easily lifted out of the boxes, and
turn the periphery off true and smooth.
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
thin chip without springing away from
the stone. Stone-turners always employ
for turning-tool the end of bar of Uer.y
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.