Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-01-18

FISH FRESH WITH SUGAR.


A method adopted In Portugal for pr, serv-
ing fish consists in removing the yiscera anil
spTinkling sugar over the interior, keeping the
fish in horizontal position, 80 that the sugar
NAV penetrate as much possible. Ii is said
that fish prepared i'm this way can be kept COM
pletely fresh for long time. the flavor being
spoonful of sugar is sufficient for a ive-pouni
fish.
WHAT AN ENGLISH GROOM SAID TO A YANKEE
HosTLER.
When a horse comes in all wet with perspra-
ton, YOU let him stand in the stable aud ,lrv
with all the dirt on. In England, we take the
horse as he comes in from drive and sprinkle
biOod-warm water all over him, from his head
to his feet. Then we scrape him down and
blanket him rubbing his legs and face dry. Thus
in an hour, he is clean and airy and ready To
stand and swelter for hours. and finally dry
sticky and dirty. Our horses never founder and
never take cold. We never use a curry-comb
You scratch your horses too hard. The only care
necessary, is to have the water not very cold.
tlen bath then instantly, while YOU are rub
bng their legs.
BEST TIME FOR PAINTING HOUSES.
The best time for painting the exterior OF
buildings is late in autumn or during the WIN
ter. Paint then employed will endure twice a.
long when applied in early summer or hot
weather. In the former it dries slowly and be-
com hard, like a glazed surface, not easily
affected aft,rward by the weather, or worn OF
by the beating of storms. But in very hot
weather the oil in the paint soaks into the wood
dry. and nearly ready to crumble of This last
difficulty, however. might be guarded against,
though at an increased expense, by first going
over the surface with raw oil. By painting in
cold weather. one ANNOYANCE light certainly be
escaped namely, the collection OF small flies in
the fresh paint.
HOW FIX THE CLOCK.
When the clock stops do not take IL 70 the
repair shop, till YOU have tried as follows: Take
of the pointers and the face; take of the pen
dulum and its wire. Remove the ratchet from
,p,a. Oh nha.l md clnc mill
with great velocity. Let il go; the increasing
speed wears away the gum and dust from the
pinions-the clock cleans itself. If Won have
any sperm oil, put the least bit on the axles. Pat
the machine together, and nine times in ten il
will run just as well As II IL mad been taken 20
the shop. In fact, this is the way most shop
men clean clocks. If, instead of a pendulum
the clock has a watch escapement, the latter
can be taken out in an instant. without taking
the works apart, and the result is the SAM. IL
takes about twenty minutes TO 50 clean brass
clock and saves dollar.
WASHING CoMPoUNp.
The use OF soda for washing linen is very in
furious to the tissue and imparts TO IL yellow
color. I'm Germany and Belgium the following
mixture is now extensively and beneficiallv used;
Two pounds of soap is dissolved i'm about five
gallons Of water as hot as the hand can bear IL;
then next is added to this fluid three large-sizei
tablespOOnfus of liquid ammonia and one SPOON
full of best oil of turpentine. These fluids are
incorporated rapidly by means of beating them
together with small birch broom. The linen
is then soaked in this liquid for three hours care
being taken!tO cover the washing tub by a close
y-fitting wooded cover. BY this means the
linen is thoroughly cleaned, saving much rub
bling. time and fuel. Ammonia does not affect
the linen or woolen goods, and is largely used "a
liquor i'm the north of England.
HOW TO KILL AN ANIMAL WITHOUT SUFFER-
ING.
Many persons would be glad to know how 20
kill an animal without giving suffering and We
venture to give the benefit of our experience
We are constantly called upon TO destroy horses
dogs and cats, and have little difficulty in doing
it, For horses we use large sponge, say six
inches in diameter, thoroughlN1saturated with
chlOrofOrm, which is dropped into 4 bag large
enough to be drawn over the horses nose. Ii is
not desirable to have the bag '.air-tight;v for
if so, suffocat ion IS likely to ensue: In two OF
three minutes the horse is unconscious, AMI in
eight OF ten minutes dead, without suffering.
For dogs and eats a similar process, uSnr a
small sponge and bag; or these animals with
the saturated sponge, may be put in a box adj
hitting some air, when they soon '.gO TO SLEEP
Seventy-five cents worth of chlorotorm will kin
saturation of the sponge does not complete the
work, repeat it.-Oar Dumb Animals.
THE POTATO TO BE SUPERSEDED.
In Germany there exists a decided prejudice
against potatoes, because they are composed OF
three-fOurths water, with but 10 to Is per cent
starch contained in indgestible cells. The
French, who make perfect science ofthe whole
business of nOurishment and cookery, rarely
eat potatoes except occasionally fried for the
Second breakfast. They consume beans more
than any other vegetable, and with reason foS
m, and
50 of starch. and the common lentiles o5 per
cent of albumen and IS of starch. In the mon
asteries OF France and Italy great quantities of
beans are used, especially during the lenten
season. German naturalists are now searching
all over the world FOR substitute for potatoes
and this is believed to have been fOnnd i'm Chi
ma in the dioscOrea japOnica, which eniureS
the greatest cold and Is more nOurishing and
better favored than the potato, In the museum
OF natural history at Paris specimen, three
feet long, and weighing threel pounds. was ex-
hibitep.
FILTERS AND FILTsRINe.
In every well-appOnted kitchen. there are
tin or porcelain tunnels. For filtering waterv
fluids, it is only necessary to insert i'm the choke
Of the funnel N-shaped piece of fine sponge
All such liquids. on being put into the funnel
clear. When this effect ceases, the sponge met
be removed and we'll cleansed. Vinous fluids
are best cleared by filtering a cone OF white
blotting paper, shaped by folding square piece
OF the paper from corner to corner, then fold
ing the triangle into half its size, and opening
the folds; it will fit any funnel which will act as
a much needed support t. the paper. Wines,
etc, poured into this, will run through perfect
ly bright. In some cases where the wine is only
a little thick from lees, cork or other mechanic
ally suspended substance, il can he made quite
clear by filtering through wad of white cotton
put in the choke of the funnel; and when this
answers, it is much quicker than the paper Ill
ter. For jelly and oil, wood alone is the proper
medium for filterng. The felted wool jelly -bag
is pretty well known as the best means of clear
ing calves foot jelly, and it also answers for
olive and other Oil These bags are, however.
too expensive to be generally used; hence they
are rarely seen in kitchens. A good substitute
for the wood bag is culiender. on the Inside of
which new flannel lining should be fitted,
made OF double stuff. 4 wad of white knitting
wool, put in the choke of a funnel, will do to
American.