The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-04-10
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.

USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.
DERBY SHORT CAH.-Rub half
pound of butter into one pound of -four,
and mix one egg, a quarter of pound |
of sifted sugar, and as much milk as
will make a paste. Roll this out thin,
and cut the cakes with any fancy |
shapes, or the top of wineglass.
Place ON tin plates, strew over with
sugar, or cover the top of each with
icing and bake for ten minutes.
NOODLE SoUP.-Make common beef
soup. Then for the noodles break
three eggs into -four, add little salt,
mix with the hands, knead hard, and
roll very thin sprinkle on flour and
roll together, and cut off as fine as pos
sible shake out and throw into your
soup kettle; cook ten or fifteen min
utes. No rice is needed in the soup.
AN INDELIABLE RED INK.-Dr Els
ner states that an indelible red ink can
be prepared as follows: Equal parts
by weight of copperas and cinnabar,
both in fine powder and sifted, are rub
bed@up with linseed oil with a muller
and finally squeezed through CLOTH
The thick paste can be employed for
writing or stamping wooden and cotton
goods, and the color remains fast after
the goods have been bleached. The
reds usually employed are not fast
colors, and do not resist the action of
bleaching agents.
b BREAD.-It is stated that twenty
seven pounds of good bread have been
made of fourteen pounds of -four, and
half a pound of rice, as follows Tie
up the rice IN thick linen bag, allow
ing it ample room to swell. Boil it
three or four hours, until it becomes a
smooth paste. Mix this, while warm,
with the flour, adding the usual guam
tity of yeast and salt allow the dough
to rise near the fire, divide in into
loaves, and bake it. It is said that the
flour thus treated Will yield fifty per
cent. more bread than by the ordinary
method.
New Uses OF II YDRATE OF CHLoRAL.
The hydrate of choral, which is now
made on large scale, has been found
to be useful for other purposes than the
original one of a hypnotic. It is said
to be an excellent antiseptic; it stops
fermentation and destroys germs that
would be likely to develop in organic
substances. One per cent. of hydrate
of choral will prevent the decomposi-
ton of glue and albumen for a great
length of time. Another use of ny
dra;e of choral is as a reducing agent.
1t is said to precipitate metals from So
buttons, and this property suggests its
possible application in photography and
for depositing metals.
Rat Poor CR1Bs.-The following is
given as an effectual plan for excluding
rats from cribs Make your sills square,
say ten inches; saw into and block out
from these so that the joists will be
even, or face with the top the floor
then rests on these sills so that there is
no place to stand to cut his way through
the floor. And as further preventive,
have your posts upon which the house
is to rest three feet long; sink them
into the ground six inches above ground;
at the top of the post tack around a
strip of tin, six or eight inches wide
the tin being hard and smooth, the
mischievous little Iaseals can not climb
over it. and are completely banked
The posts may be round or square, and
old tin may be used, but new is prefer
able.
PoRTABLE DRY INK.-At a recent
! meeting of the Frankfort Polytechni,
Association, Professor Boettger exhibit
ed a novel kind of ink, which is admir-
2 ably adapted to take on journeys anC
? exploring expeditions. White blottinl
. paper is saturated with aniline blacl
= and several sheets are pasted to form
r thin pad When wanted for use.
small piece is torn off and covered witt
' little water. The black liquid whicl
. dissolves out is a good writing ink.
square inch of the paper viii CIV
= enough ink to last for considerable
D writing, and few pads would be al
: that an exploring party need carry wit
, them. AS water is always available, tn
. ink is readily made.
Q NEW TANNING MATERIAL,-A citize
= of Vermont has made a discovery i
e tanning leather, which he claims wi
: revolutionize the business. The ma
e terial he uses is dye from forest leaves
1 He has been experimenting with leave
e for the past two months, and the resul
i is said to be entirely satisfactory. On
/ ton of leaves viii tan rs much leathe
|. as five cords Of hemloek bark, and wi
f do the work in one-half the time. B
+ mixing the leaves and bark in eqna
proporti, ms, one-fourth Of the time
b saved The leather tanned by this pr,
y cess is smooth and more flexible, an
Il yet retains the strength of the IN
4 hide in a greater degree than that tar
e ned by bark.