The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-05-13
Things Worth Knowing.

LEMON HONEY.-lake one pound oil lcaf
sugar, six eggs, the juice of three lemons.
the grated rinds of two. and quarter of
pound of butter. Put the sugar, butter and
lemons in saucepan, and melt slowly over
a gentle fire; when they are dissolved. stir in
the eggs which have been well whisked stir
rapidly until it is as thick as honey. It
will keep twelve months at least, and is very
nice on either jelly cake or pastry.
GOOD RoLLs-The famous Parker House
(Boston) rolls are made in the following de-
scribed manner Make hole in two quarts
Of flour, and pour in one pint of curd milk
that has beer boiled with cup Of butter
melted in it. Add quarter of a cup of
sugar and one-half cup of good yeast. Let
it stand without mixing two or three hours.
Salt to taste. Then knead it, and set it to
rise again in the pans before baking. The
rolls require about fifteen minutes to bake in
quick oven.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Ohio Fnmer SAYS
that he saved the fruit of one of his plum
trees from the curculio in the following
manner Early every morning while the
:ree was in bloom corn meal was strewn over
the ground beneith the branches, and the
whole flock Of poultry were allowed to gather
itup. The ground was thoroughly scrascl e I
everything edible picked up. Later in the
season, brood of chicks were ccoped beneath
the tree, and the operation of sowing meal
continued. This tree, and this alone, was
loaded with fruit, and that so heavily that
the branches had to be propped up. Nota
plum matured on any other tree.
FIVE WAYS To DESTROY ANTs-1. Pour
hot water as near the boiling point as posi-
BILE, copiously down their burrows and over
their hills. and repeat the operation several
times. 2 Entrap the ants by means If uar>
row sheets of stiff paper. or strips of board
covered with some sweet, sticky substance.
The ants attracted by the sweets. and
sticking fast. can be destroyed as often as
sufficient Eumber are entrapped. 5. Lay
fresh bones around their haunts They will
leave everything else to attack these, end
when thus accumulated, can be dipped in
hot water. a. Pour two or three spoonfuls
of coal oil into their holes, and they will
abandon the nest. 5. Bury a few slices Of
onion in their nests, and they will abandon
them.
UTILIz1NG FURNACE SLAG.-The new
methods of utilizing the slags of furnaces
bid fair to become of much practical import
ance, and to convert what is now source
of great annoyance into product of positive
commercial value. The Stag is, of course.
to be collected in troughs or moulds OF pro-
per size and shape. But the great difficulty
has heretofore been in the CLASSY character
Of the product. 1t is now stated that if the
surface of the melted Stag, after II is run into
moulds, be covered with earth or ashes. so
as to prevent too rapid cooIing-which, in
fact. should extend over a considerable
period-and if proper precautions be OBJ
served, the result will be an artificial por-
phyry, equal, for purpo-es of building or
road-making, to the genuine porphyaitic
rock.
SAw-DUsT AS MANURE, &C The com
mon practice Of throwing this article into the
streams on which saw-mills and shinge-milIs IS
are situated, is reprehensible 1t would not
pay to spread it upon muck swamp, but
upon any sandy land, or light graveIly loan
deficient in vegetable matter. it would prove
a good dressing, and in time would show
good results. The best use we have ever
seen Ii put to, was bedding for animals IL
stables. 1t is an excellent absorbent, and
will keep cows clean even better than straw.
1t is also very light. handy article in the
hennery, and more cleanly to handle than
muck IN common, open privy vaults. The
article is merchantable in cities and is quite
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and for other purposes. At country mills it
can generally be had for the carting. as mill
owners are glad to get rid of it.. 1t is a good
substitute for straw, and this is now worth
SO much for manufacturing purposes, in many
parts OF the country, that no thrifty farmer
can afford to use it for bedding.
THIRST QUENCRKD WITHOUT DRINKING -
1t may not be generally known to our rea-
ders that water, even salt water, imbibed
through the skin appeases thirst almost as
well as fresh water taken inwardly. In
illustration Of this subject, correspondent
has sent US the following abridged quotation
from Narrative of Captain Kennedy
losing his Vessel and his Distresses after
wards" which was noticed in I'D D1dsley's
Annual Register for 1862"
al cannot conclude without making men
tior Of the great advantage received from
soaking my clothes twice day in salt water
and putting them on without wrineiug 1t
was considerable time before could make
the people comply with this measure. al
though from seeing the good effects produced.
they afterwards practiced it twice a day of
their own accord. To this discovery NAV
with justice attribute the preser walton of nv
own life ard six other persons. who must
have perished if il had not been put in use
me hint was hrst communicated to me
from the psrusal Of a treatise written hv DR..
Land. The writer absorbed through the
pores OF the skin producing in every respect
the same effects as woald have resulted from
the moderate drinking of any liquor The
saline particles however, which remained in
our clothes, became incrusted by the heat
OF the sun and that Of our own bodies
lacerating our skins and being otherwise
inconvenient but we found that by washing
ont these particles, aDd frequently wetting
our clothes without ringing twice in the
course of day. the skin became well in
short time. After those operations we uni
forInly found that the violent drought went
off and the parched tongue was cured in g.
few minutes after bathing and washing our
clothes and at the same time we found our
selves as much refreshed as if we had received
actual nourishment. Four persons in the
boat hO