The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-11-22

In spite Of the lam9nhble exposure,
tic King laughed and SO pleased was
be with the thiefs cunning ozpelieut
that he granted HIN pardon.
TEACH YoUR DAUGHTEns Cook
ERY.-A great deal is written about
the Importance Of training our daCgh>
ters to be experienced cooks, whatever
their position in life is likely to be.
And that usually means, We should
teach them to prepare a great many
curious dishes inamost marvellous way,
requiring unlimited time and patience,
not to mention very generous supplies
/ ofingredients.
Now, it may be very valuable at
times to know all about these curious
"malo dishes" but for every day Use
/ it would be wcll for Us to tono down
oar chiIlren's tastes. Woshould strive
to give them q taste for simple dishes
prepared to perfection, rather than for
elaborate, highly seasoned ones.
''.'.! ii al- slTs'gl cookery &c Of the
finest and most useful accomplishments
a young lady can have, Let her grad.
uata in lheart Of brcad-m,king, taking
in the whole department. Nothing
conduces more to the health Of house
hold than good bread, and every family
likes a variety in this article. She has
here wide range for her ingenuity.
Simple mashed potatoes, nicely sea>
soncd with cream, salt and pepper, are
much better and more whole7ome than
raw potatoes paroj round and round,
like shaving3, and boiled in lard until
hey are brown and crisp. They may not
look quite 50 ianciful, but | think any
hungry man would prefer the mashed
potatoes. Let the girls learn to cook
wcll--not to drown the peas in too
much water, nor to take up the greens
vixen they are dark and poisonous
looking; not to set ON potatoes when
! they are watery and half cooked; nor
beeG:cak which has soaked half all
hour in lukowarm fat. Let them lcarn
to cook all these simple things pcrlcct-
ly, and then it viii be time enough for
fancy dishes.
Oh, there is such O. world Of comfort
around tables where simple things are
done well. The children grow up with
wholesome tastes that no after years of
! luxurious dissipation can wholly root
ont. They will have gounder bodies
aud more vigorous constitutions than
the children of luxury, and will escape
many temptations which highly sea-
soned dishes are apt to lead them into.
FrREwOoD.-The Hearth ond Home
says; We have heard it stated that
green wood gives out in burning a
| greater heat than dry wood. Now il
is only necessary to reason for a mo-
ment to perceive that this statement
or belief must be flllacious. Green
or nnselsoncd wood contains twenty,
five per cent. more water than air
dried, or what is commonly called drv
or seasoned wood. Then, in burning
one hundred pound Of green wood, an
excess Of twenty-five pounds Of water
must be eyaporatod. To eyaporato
five pounds Of water one and a quar-,
ter pounds OF wood are required. So
that in getting rid Of the excess Of wa
ter in green wood, a loss Of over six
/ per cent. is incurred. This will con,
sumo one cord out Of every sixteen.
| This is The direct loss. fthe winters
supply of wood were now gotten up,
sawed and split, and piled up under
cover, a certain gain in money or
labor would he made, while a prolific
source Of Inconvenience and irritation
to the females Of the family would be
avoided.
In one Of the Kansas towns q citizen
had rendered himself obnoxious to the