The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-02-05
HOUSEHOLD HELPS.

Luminous Ink .-Phosphorus, half
dram; oil of cinnamon, half ounce;
mix In vial, cork tightly, heat 1t
slowly until mixed. A letter written
with this ink can only be read In a
dark room, when the writing will
have the appearance of fire.
An Excellent Recipe for Sausage
To ten pounds of meat take three
ounces OF salt, one OF black pepper,
one half-ounce sage, If desired mix
the seasoning well, and sprinkle 1t
over the meat before 1t is chopped, as
no after mixing will blend the whole
so nicely.
Never put particle of soap near
your silver, If you would have 1t re-
tain its original luster. When 1t wants
polish take piece of soft leather and
whiting, and rub hard. The propri-
etor of one of the Oldest silver estab-
lishments In Philadelphia says that
"housekeepers ruin their silver by
washing 1t in soapsuds, as 1t makes 1t
look like pewter.
1t is said that a solution of two
thirds of a pound of CASTLE soap to a
gallon of water laid on a damp wall as
wash. and the next day followed
by another wash of alum water-twO
ounces dissolved in gallon-will cure
the inconvenience and prevent any
! further recurrence of it. 1t is so sim
pie a thing that hodsekeepers
troubled with damp places in their
dwellings will be glad to try it for
themselves.
Recipe for Cooking Dried Green
Corn.-Put in basin two-thirds of q
cup of dried corn (wash first) add a
quart of water; let it stand back on
the stove, where it will keep hot, but
not boil, four hours. Add more wa
ter, If needed, during this time
When wanted pour in milk till you
have a quart of strip; salt, pepper, q
lump of butter, and thicken with 9
spoonful of flour. Break up few
crackers in tureen; pour over the
corn and serve.
Only those afflicted with chapped
hands can appreciate the sufferings
Of many a hard worker during thu
winter months. We give a recipe
which may be relied on as a cure for
the malady: One ounce each Ofsperm
aceti, white beeswaX, gum camphOr
and two ounces of almond oil. Pu
in a tin cup, place in vessel of boil
ing water, and melt together. Every
time the hands are wet rub little o
this over them. Linseed oil and com
, mon beeswaX will answer the pur
} pose, but ointment is not so nice a
the above.
Bean PorrIdge.-Boil fresh bee
bone (salt beef would probably an
swer, If sufficiently freshened) in
large quantity of water, and use tn
meat for anything you choose. lie
the liquid become cool and remov
, all the grease. Boil teacupful Q
beans in three quarts of this liquor
until thoroughly soft and in pieces
add little rice, the necessary amour
of salt, and just before taking from
the stove little thickening of som
. kind of meal. Use it about the thick
ness of cruel or gravies, and add
little milk when you eat.
To Make Paper Waterproof
Melt in ten pints OF hot water thirt
,, ounces of glue, gelatine or zinc, an
three ounces of gum-arabic, In ar
other thirty pints of hot water mel
twenty ounces of soap and fou
pounds of alum. Mix both liquid
in one pot. This is composition NJ
l. In another pot heat half gallo
of benzole and one gallon of parrafine
and melt in it twenty-fOur ounces {
+ resin. Let it boil till it attains
!, moderate consistency. To these ma
terials resin, oil, and cOpal or masti
+ varnish may in some cases be added
,, This is composition No. =. First di
, the article to be water-proofed i
composition Nc. /. in heated state
and then dry it; next apply compC
, sition No. =. in a cooled state, wit
; brush, or in any other convenien
manner.