Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-04-12
USEFUL SUGGESTIONS.

SMoTHERED VENUS" is a California
dish. and in spite OF its name, it's only
beefsteak and onions.
A CORRESPONDENT says: Cut your
soiled paper collars into strips for tapers.
They burn slowly and are not easily eX-
tinguished.
IRON-RUsT FROM LINEN.-To remove
iron-rust from linen, apply lemOn-juice
and salt, and put i'm the sun. Use two ap-
plicatiOns if necessary.
RECIPE FOR INK.-Take two ounces eX-
tract lOgwOod, One-tenth of an ounce BIZ
chromate potash, one gallon warm water.
Mix it well, but don't mix it with any
other ink.
TO CLEAN BRASS ORNAMENTS.-Wash
the brasswOrk with rock alum boiled to
strong lyc in the proportion of an ounce
to a pint; when dry it must be rubbed
with fine tripOli.
MIXTURE FOR INDIGESTION.-lnfusi
of columbia, six ounces; carbonate of pO-
tassa, one drachm compound tincture of
gentian, three drachms. Mix. Dose,
two or three tablespoonful daily at noon.
CLEANING TINwARE.-The best thing
for cleaning tinware is common soda.
Damp cloth and dip in soda, and rub
Il W
Any blackened or dirty ware can be made
to look as well as new.
To TAKE GREASE OUT OF VELVET OR
CLOTH.-Get some turpentine and pour it
over The place that is greasy, rub it till
quite dry with a piece of clean flannel; if
| the grease be not quite removed, repeat
the application. and when done brush the
place well, and hang up the garment in
the open air to take away the smell.
AGREEABLE EFFERvEsCENT DRINK FOR
HEARTBURN, ETC.-Juice of one orange,
water, and lump-sugar to flavor, and, in
pl opOrtiOn to acidity of orange, bicarbOn-
ate of soda half a teaspoenful; mix Or
ange-iuice, water, and sugar together in a
tumbler, then put in the soda, stir, and
the effervescence ensues.
| CHOCOLATE CARAMELs.-One cup OF
water, one cup of sugar, piece of butter
the size of a hickory nut. Cook sugar,
water and butter to syrup, add chOcO-
late when nearly done. Spread thin on
creased paper, and cut in squares. This
will make good and cheap candy for the
children. Put in more sugar if you
wish.
| PRESERVING SALMON IN TINS.-Salmon
! is preserved in tins in much the same way
as other provisions the tins are filled
with the fish. the lids sOldered on, with a
small hole in them; they are then placed
in bath of chloride of calcium, raised to
the proper temperature, and when the air
! is excluded from the tins drop of solder
closes the hole in the lid; lobster is pre-
| served in a similar way.
FURNITURE PoLIsH.-Take half pint
of linseed oil, one gill of vinegar, half an
ounce of resin dissolved in a liqueur glass
of spirits of wine; mix the ingredients
| together, and cork in a stone bottle
shake well before using. and apply it to
the furniture with soft silk rag first
rub well all spots, then rub over the TOP
of the table, piano, or whatever piece OF
| furniture you may be cleaning; be sure
| not to miss any part: then quickly rub
| dry, and polish with an old silk under
vest.
! CRACKS IN GLASs.-A cement to STOP
| cracks in glass vessels to resist moisture
and heat is thus made Dissolve caSein,
| in cold saturated solution of boraX. and
with this solution paste strips of pigs OF
| bullOck's bladder (sOftened in water on
the cracks of glass and dry at a gentl,
| heat; if the vessel is to be heated coat
| the bladder on the outside. before it ha:
| become quite dry with paste of a rather
concentrated solution of silicate of soda
and quicklme, or plaster of Paris.
! BRINE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF BI-T
TER.-To three gallons of brine strong
enough 10 bear an egg. add quarter of /;
/ pound of nice white sugar and one table
/ spoonful of saltpeter. Boil the brine. ano
when it is cold strain carefully. Max,
your butter into rolls, and wrap each roll
| separately in clean white muslin cloth
tying up with string. Pack large jar
full, weight the butter down. and pour
over the brine until all is submerged
This brine will keep really good butter
perfectly sweet and fresh for whole year
Be careful not TO put upon ice butter that
you wish to keep for any length of time
In summer, when the heat will not admit
of butter being made into rolls, pack
closely in small jars, and, using the same
brine, allow it to cover the butter to q
depth of at least four inches. This eX-
cludes the air, and answers very nearly
as well as the first method suggested.