The Placer herald., 1873-10-18
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n.,-, sBoHED LErTUoE.--This is delicious
"a vegetable, resembling asparagus sea kale,
20 and yet not quite like either. Lettuce may
. be simply boiled and eaten as other greens,
but they can be boiled and served as entre-
NETS in variety of ways Have ready
II some neaty-cut pieces of toast, of a pale
=, Z brown color lay them dish, hot one
ss let each piece be of size to hold the let
tuce and one poached egg; pour over the
toast little Of the water and some gravy.
- If the latter be not handy, little fresh
butter should be spread on the toast, pre-
vious to pouring tie water from the lettuce;
place on each piece of toast enough of the
boiled lettuce to form fiat layer; neatly
trim the edges of the vegetable, and place
poached egg on the top. Or prepare
some iast as above, and spread over each
piece thin layer Of anchovy or bloaer
paste, on which lay the lettuce; then sea-
son to taste. To prepare the lettuce for
boiling they should be well cleansed, and
n the top of the leaves, if they have the
slightest appearance of fading, should be
cut off; leave as much Of the stalk as pos
: ? sible, cutting off the strong outer skin.
When boiled, the stalk is the most delicious
.ASApart.g The large Cos lettuce makes the
handsomest dish, but prefer the flavor of
.- the Drumhead.-The Garden.
HOUSEKEEPING Hints Never put par
ticle of soap about your silver if You would
have it retain its original lustre. When it
rs wants polish, take piece of soft leather
and whiting ard rub hard. The proprietor
.o of one of the oldest silver establishments in
the city of Philadelphia, says that "house-
90 Keepers ruin their silver by washing 1t in
soap suds as it makes it look like pewter"
Stove lustre, when mixed with turpen-
tine and applied in the usual manner, is
Sd blacker, more glossy, and more durable
81, than when mixed with any other liquid.
The turpenne prevents rust and when put
on an old rusty stove will make it look as
well as new. M
(. To extract ink from cotton, silk and wool
en- goods, saturate the spot with spirits of
sEturpentine, andslet it remain several hours;
then rub it between the hands. 1t will
crumbe away without injurng either the
90 color or the texture of the article
RICE WAFFLEs.-Take a teacup and a
half of rice that has been well boiled, and
warm it in a pint of rich milk, stirring it
- till smooth and thoroughly mixed. Then
sN remove it from the fire and stir in pint of
cold milk and teaspoonful of salt Beat
four eggs very light and stir them into the
mixture, in turn, with sufficient rice -four to
y "a make thick batter. Bake in wafle-iron.
lss Send them to the table hot; butter them,
'ra ind eat them with powdered sugar and Gina
mon, prepared in small bowl for the pur
~ pose.
~eEs PolNT, or any kind Of fine lace, may be
cleaned easily by soaking in a preparation
of sapoline and warm water If this is not
procurable ammonia may be used with al
most equal effect Let it soak till fit to
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the ironing board over clean linen, and iron
lightly on the wrong side with cool iron,
Atterward pin the lace the linen covered
board, inserting pin in every open loop to
81 keep the pattern clear.
FISH AS A D1ET-Dr. Merryweather
says: 'sA fish diet is great humanizer of
m the tempers of mankind. Its consumption
tends wonderfully to render them more
kirdy to another, and consequently
tames the passionate disposition to crime.
AS carnivorous animals are always the most
~ fierce and violent, so become human beings
aa who have earnivorous stomachs Could
such stomachs have an occasional respite by
the consumption of fish, the world would be
all the better for it. | speak as medical
.s man and firmly assert that many maladcs
would be mitigated and perhaps annihilated
by such a process.
Coop CEMENT "A very adhesive ce
w r. ment, and one particularly useful for fasten-
's ing the brass mountings on glass lamps, as
it is unaffected by petroleum, may be pre-
pared by boiling three parts of rosin with
one part of csustic soda, and five parts OF
water, thus making kind of soap, which
is mixed with one half its weight of plaster
of Paris. Zinc white, white lead, or precip-
itated chalk may be used instead of the plas-
ter, but when they are used the cement will
be longer in hardening. Artjzan.
s. BUrrERM1K MuFFISs.-One quart of
sour buttermik, one teacupful of sour
cream, two eggs, one teaspoontul of soda,
little salt, flour enough to make as thick as
pound cake. Bake in muffin rings placed
.. upon tins in the oven, from 20 to 80 min
utes, according to the temperature of the
stove
TEMPER OF TooIs.-A correspondent of
- the Detroit Tribune says:-lf an edged
tool is SO hard as to crumble, grind it on a
dry stone until the edge turns blue; it will
s4a then cease to break and the temper will
generally prove to be about right. Scythes
and axes are sometimes too hard at the
edge, but if treated in this way will give no
further trouble.
.ass~ ARTIFICIAL CoRA..-To two drachms of
yaruiIion odd ono Ounce of resn and rnalt