The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-12-23
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Frozen potatoes are said to make more
starch than those that are not frozen;
| they also make nice cakes.
WASHINGTON PfEs --One heaping cup
of butter, two and half cups Of sugar,
five cups of -four. Add four eggs, one
cup of milk, one teaspoonful OF soda and
nutmeg. This makes four pies.
LIQUID GLUE.-Dissolve one pound OF
best glue in about one pound of water;
add gradually, one ounce Of nitric acid,
and heat the mixture for short time
This will save the trouble of heat in ths
glue pot.
A piece of red pepper, the size Of your
finger nail, put into meat or vegetables
when first beginning to cook. will aid
greatly in killing the unpleasant odor ari.
sing therefrom. Remember this for boil.
ed cabbage, green beans, onions, chick
ems, mutton, etc.
1t is not generally known that the
leaves of geranium are an excellent ap.
plication for cuts where the skin is rub
bed off, and other wounds of that kind
One or two leaves must be bruised and
applied to the part, and the wound will
be cicatrized in short time.
To MEND CHINA Takes very thick
solution of gum-arabic in water, and stir
into it plaster of Paris, until the mixture
becomes of the proper consistency. .Ap-
ply it with brush to the fractured edges
of the china, and stick them together
In three days the article cannot be bro,
ken in the same place.. The whiteness Of
the cement renders itdoubly valuable.
O1LING.-N Never allow door to creak
require slamming to make it latch. !, For
this purpose pass around once week at
a regular time, say Saturday evening or
Monday morning, with a drop Of oil on
a feather, or on the tip of finger, and
give every rubbing part, latch, hinge,&c.,
a touch. The door and walls will last
longer than wien necessarily pounded
and battered, and the disagreeable noise
will not make sick persons worse nor an
noy well ones.
MAYoNNAIsE DRESSING FOR CHICKEN OR
LOBSTER SALAD Break the yelk Of
three raw eggs into salad bowl, add
little salt and white pepper; stir it with q
wooden spoon with the right hand, while
with the left you add, very slowly, about
half a pint of pure salad-oil poured from
the bottle held in the left hand Baatit
for twenty minutes, and add pepper aud
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eggs to stiff froth, and stir rapidly into
the dressing. Now add about two large
spoonfuls of vinegar, more or less ac-;
cording to its strength, and blend all
thoroughly together until tits as smooth
as glass if not so, add few drops Of
cold water to mingle the whole mixture.
1 KEEPING APPLES IN SAW DUsT-I
made an experiment last spring of keep
ing apples in dry sawdust, with good re-
suits. Ipacked several barrels putting
in few at time, and then filing with
+ dust by shaking down. These kept
fresher and better than the others. I
kept Vicar pears by this means until late
in the spring. In March and April, l put
some choice Roxbury Russets into bar
rel with sawdust, and having more than
we wished to use, some were left In ths
bottom. On the 4th of October emp
tied the contents and found one apple al
most sound-the rest III perfect form
though decayed. Later, about the 18th,
emptied box of English Streaks, left
in the same way, and found one entirely
sound.-Bre,0ster's Putnam Co. Stand-
ard