The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-07-27

could understood the use of the strainer
clearly enough, but the employment Of
the shell rather puzzled me, until the
miikmaid informed me that it was to pre-
vent the streams Of mill, wearing hole
in the strainer this solved the mystery.
DOMESTIC RECIPES.
WRINKLED SILK.-It may be render
ed nearly as beautiful as when new by
sponging the surface with a weak solu-
ton of gum arabic or white glue; then
IRON on the wrong side.
MEAT CRoQUETTEs. -Mince cold chick
en- very fine: moisten with rich gravy
season with pepper and salt. Shape
them by pressing tightly in jelly glass
or long, pear-shaped wine glass, brush
over with a beaten egg after they are
81 aped and roll in bread crumbs, AID fry
in lard. Drain, and send to the table
hot. Or, beat together one pint Of cream
and one pint of minced chicken, three
table spoons even full of butter, salt and
pepper. Fry in lard.
REMEDY FOR 4 FELoN.-Many per-
sons are liable to extreme suffering from
felols on the finger. The following pre-
scription is recommended as sure cure
for the distressing ailment: fake CON-
corn pork Or beef, dry it in an oven,
then pound it fine and mix with spirits
of turpentine in equal parts. Put 1T in
a rag end wrap around the part affected,
and as it gets dry put on more, and in
tWenty-four hours we are cured the
felon is dead" 1t will do no harm to
try it.
NEURALGIA,-A correspondent of the
Lancet says: \ few years ago. when
in China, / became acquainted with the
fact of the natives, when suffering with
facial neuralgia, using oil of peppermint,
which they lightly apply to the seat of
pain with camel-hair pencil. Since
then, in my own practice, [ frequently
apply this oil as local anesthetlc, not
only in neuralgia, but also in govt. with
remarkably good results
New REMEDIES FOR RURNs.-Two
new remedies for burns ere added to Il e
list The first is charcoal. A piece of
vegetable charcoal IL id on burn at nee
soothes the pain, says the Gazette Med
Gale, and if kept applied for an hour
cures it completely. The second one is
sulphate of iron This was tried by N.
joel in the Childrcn's Hospital, Lausan-
ne. In this case. child, four years of
age, had been extensively burned, sup
Duration was abundant, and SO offensive
that they ordered the child a tepId bath,
containing couple pinches Of sulphate
of iron This gave immediate relief to
the pain, and being repeated twice day
twenty minutes each bath-the suppur-
alton decreased, lost It's odor, and the
| Press and Cjrcr1ar.
WEATHER INDICATIONS.
\ rosy sunset presages good weather
a ruddy sunrise Dad weather.
\ bright yellow sky in the evening il
| dicates wind pale yellow sky in tht
evening indicates wet.
neatral gray color at evening is
favorable sign; in the morning, an III
| favorable one.
Soft and feathery clouds, betoken fin
weather.
Deep. unusual hues in the sky indicat
wind or storm. More delicate tints be
speak fair weather.
A rainbow at morning.
| Tbs sailors take warning;
~ ainbpw at -ht,
| Is the sailors delight
| If>te moon shows like silver shield,
| Be not afraid TO reap your field;
| But il She rises haiued ruuna,
Soon VIII we reap on deluSed ground
The evening red. and the morning gray,
Are certain signs of a beautiful day.
When rocks ~ sporting high in air.
, 1t shows that windy storms are near.
If the cock gees crowing to bed
He's 10 rise with "a wet head.
GREEN CoLo2 IN Pickles.
r 1t is said that to impart an excelIer
green color to pickles they must be i,
,, covered with boiling hot salt water, an
after short time the water poured 0
aud the pickles drained. They are the
placed in an earthen pot ard covered wit
boiling vinegar, the top put on, and tn
whole kept at lukewarm temperatur
for long time the vinegar being poure
, off every day. heated to boiling.
!, turned again upon the pickles. This
to be continued until the color IS a bea'
; titul green. The vinegar used IN tn