Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-11-24

Don't drive and push and swear and scold,
but accomplish your object, whether it be
| with child or dumb animal, by means Of
incentive to the performance OF duty,
which shall recall pleasures past, or be an
earnest of joys to come. Cor. "OT Dumb
Animals"
PRESERVATION or PorAroEs. The follow
ing is given as q method Of preparing an
extract OF the a!imentary portions OF the
potato:
The potatoes, after being washed, are
| digested in water not hot enough to rem
| der the starch Of gelatinous consistency,
| but sufficiently SO TO soften the throus
| portions of the TUDOR and allow OF the
solid aiimentary portion being retracted
with the water by mechanical pressure.
| This result, it Is said, is produced IN from
six TO ten hours by digesting In water
heated TO l04 deg. Fahrenheit, the extract
| heat, as well "a the duration of the d.
gestion, depending upon the state OF ma
turity. and the natural soitness or hard
ness OF tho cellular tissues OF the potato.
| In general, eight hours in water heated to
about 100 deg is said TO be sufficient for
| the purpose. When the digestion liz COM
pleted, the potatoes are allowed to cool,
or what is better are plunged into cold
water. they are then reduced to such q con-
dition that all but the cellular matter may
| be squeezed ont without difficulty by means
of any kind of press, the pressure being
slight at first and gradually augmented,
This second process occupies three, SIX or
even twelve hours, according to the degree
Of hexibility given to the tissues by the
previous digestion and refrigeration.
The liquld thus obtained 10 boiled and
condensed by evaporation until 1t assumes
the consistency OF Liebig extract of meat,
to which it bears considerable resem-
b.ance like that preparation, it is almost
incapable OF decomposition IN contact with
air under an average temperature and an
ordinary amount of moisture, and conse-
quently can be preserved with little Diff
Guilty.
BEAUTY OF FARMING. There is nothing
mean about farm work. There is nothing
ungeperous or ungrateiul in the stock.
There are no such sore and sour things to
deal with as We meet every day among
mean men. Deiaulters, liars, and thieves,
have no place on the farm. These misera-
! BILE charac lers are in towls. The farmer
ought to be "a good man. He has less
" hC 10 th.' luoh sAiot Gay Sh"A'
scter We know of. But his work is enno-
! bling. His contact is with nature. his
dealing is with the old earth, which is the
mother Of MS all, and which will take us
| all into her kindly arms again, when hte's
| htful fever is over.
o. it is delightful to turn the back upon
anxious, qusrrelsome, struggling men
aud look upon the green fields, and COM
mune with the honest cattle, and hvSwith
nature and her children. The farmers no
BILE work is worthy Of noble consecra.
ton.
WHITENING Flannel 1t is said tina. fan
nell which has become yellow by age. may
be restored to its original whiteness by the
use Of solution OF one and half pounds
Of white Marseiiles soap in fifty pounds Of
soft river water, TO which is added two
thirds OF an ounce of spirit of sal ammonia,
and the whole thoroughly mixed. The
flannel is TO be immersed in this solution
and well stirred around, and afterwards
washed of IN pure water. The same re-
suit may Also, It is said. be obtained still
more quickly by immersing the flannel for
an hour in y dilute solution Of acid sui
phate of soda, and then stirring in dilute
hydrochloric acid, in the proportion OF one
par. of acid to fifty OF water. The VESSELS
then to be covered over and allowed to re.
main for quarter of an hour, when the