Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-31
Domestic.

LOTION FOR FRECKLEs. -Borax three
grains; rose water five drachms; orange
flower water, five drcahms wash the
skin once or twice a week.
PRESERVING STUFFED ANIMALS. Rub
the flesh side of the skin with com
position OF one pound of tobacco ashes,
one-half pound alum, two pounds of
dry slaked lime.
HONEY SOAP Dissolve two pounds
of yellew soap in dish suspended in a
kettle Of boiling water. Add quarter
of pound each of strained honey and
palm oil, and three cents worth of oil
of cinnamon. When cold 1t is ready
for use. NETTIE E.
CRACKED WHEAT--Which can be had
at almost any grocery, boiled in a
small quantity of water for five or six
hours, and eaten cold with cream,
makes a very healthy and palatable
article for tea or breakfast Nothing
can be better for children, but it must
be well cooked, adding water as it
seems inclined to stick. 9a SID
MuFF1Ns. This is a splendid recipe
for mullins, and ] make them nearly
every morning for breakfast One pint
of -four, two we'll beaten eggs, one tea
spoonful of butter, two tablespoonfuls
of Yeast, and what sweet milk it will
take to make them a little thicker than
griddle cakes. Mix over night and
bake then on a buttered griddle in
muffin rings.
How TO MAKE CHEAP FRAMES. Gut
strips of stiff pasteboerd about an inch
wide, the desired length, clip the ends
to a point, and cover with any nice
cloth, like broadcloth hr fine cashmere;
lap the end at the corners of the
frames and fasten with white or gilt
button. Bind your picture and glass
together with strips of gummed paper
and glu>, Old to the frame. Hang
against light wall. Bronzed paper,
which can be bought for eight cents a
sheet, may be used instead of cloth, in
which case short strip across the cor
ners Of the frame is q great advantage
to it's comeliness. American Artizun.
TAINTED MEAT BARRELS. en-
quires how to cleanse barrels Fill
them with tame hay and pour boiling
water on it; cover tight and let it stand
over night; then empty and fill with
cold water and let it stand till it takes
the color out [ cleansed fish barrels
fit for butter in this way.
CEMENT FOR FASTENING METALS ON
GLASS. THE following cement is high
ly recommended, and may be found
generally useful in fastening metals on
glass securely and rapidly. To an
intimate mixture OF two parts of finely
powdered siIver-litharge, and one part
dry white lead, add as much of mix
ture of three parts boiled inseed oil
and one Of copal varnish, as will form a
doughty mass. It is only necessary to
cover the lower face of the metal with
this cement. press it upon the glass,
and remove the excess of cement.
CALF's FEET JELLY. Take two calves
feet and add to them one gallon of wa
ter, which reduce by boiling to one
quart. Strain it, and when cold, skim
the fat entirely off. Add to this the
whites of six eggs we'll beaten, pint of
wine, half pound of loaf sugar, add
the juice of four lemons and let them
get well mixed. Boil the whole for a
few inmates, stirring constantly, and
then pass it through flannel strainer
This forms very nutritious article
of diet for the sick and convalescent.
The wine may be added or omitted at
option. Druggist.
SA1T-RIsING BREAD.-A correspondent
of the Household gives the following
recipe for making salt-rising bread
roI, 10
bread and is considered by some as
more wholesome.
."Put three teacups of water. as
warm as you can bear your finger, in a
two-quart cup or bowl, and three
fourths Of teaspoonful of salt; stir in
-four enough to make quite stiff bat
ter; this is for the rising, as some call
it. Set the bowl, closely covered, in a
kettle, in water, as warm as you can
bear your finger in, and keep it as near
this temperature as possible. Notice
the time when you set your rising; in
three hours stir in two tablespoonful
of -four, put 1t back, and in five and
one half hours from the time of setting
it will be within one inch of the top of
the bowl. It is then light enough, and
will raise up eightquarts of -four, make a
spunge in the center of the Hour with
one quart of water of the same temper
allure as rising, stir the rising into it.,
cover over with little dry -four, and
put it where it Will keep very warm,
but not scald; in tbree-fourths of an
hour mix this into stiff dough: if
water is used be sare it is very warm,
and do not work as much as yeast
bread; make the loaves little larger
and keep it warm or another three
quarters Of an hour: II will then be
ready to bake. While rising this last
time have your oven heating it needs
a hotter oven than yeast bread. If
rules are followed, yo-- will have bread
as white as snow, With a light brown
crust, deiiciously sweet.
Consumption of Horse Flesh in France.
According to the report of the Com
lite de la Viande de Cheval, there were
consumed in Paris, during the first half
of the year 1867, 1913 horses, asses and