The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-05-29
THINGS WORTH REMEMBERING.

- Kisses. Whites Oh . eggs, I'D OF
sugar, lemon or rose-water 10 flavor. Beat
the eggs long tine; drop them on paper.
Graham Bread.-Add to Graham flour
warm water, yeast, salt, a large spoonful
or two Of molasses; make the dough stiff
and kncad Ii, and bake two hours.
= Lemon Pie.-2 lemons. CRATE the rind.
squeeze the juice. ? eggs. ? cups sugar, |
cup water. ! tablespoonful flour. little
butter. Bake with an under crust.
"A Japanese author asserts that hens
fed on dry hemp-seed will lay all winter,
and that IL pounded charcoal Is given with
their food the flesh will become "beauti-
fully white and rich"
q ounces of common carbolic acid dis
solved IN 3quarts of water, applied once a
week through the aid of waterproof. after
the house has been carefully swept out.
will rid fowls Of all pests in the way of
vernin.
- To extract ink from cotton, silk, and
wooden goods, saturate the spots with
spirits of turpentine. and let il remain sew
eral hours then rub 1t between the hands.
Ii will crumble away, without injuring
either the color or texture of the article.
- Vinegar gallons water and
a Tbs brown sugar and gills fresh Yeast.
Keep warm three or four days. then draw
il off and add ? ounces each crcam-tartar
and chopped raisins: il will be- ready for
use in few weeks. If kept very warm at
first.
-Corn-Me Pudding pint, meal.
pint grated bread, | of mOlasses. ! Ofbrown
sugar, Of sour milk. tatiespoonfuls
butter, ! teaspoonful Of ginger. , of CHINA
mon, eggs, lteaspoonfiil soda: slice soft,
Juicy apples, and add teacupful, if liked
bake half an hour. Sauce. cream and SUI
gar.
"A very pleasant perfume. and also a
preventive against moths. may be made of
the following ingredients: Take of cloves.
caraway seeds, nutmeg, cinnamon, and
tonquin beans each ! ounce. then add as
much Florcntine orris-root a. will equal
the other ingredients put together. Grini
the whole 10 a fine powder, put 1t in silk.
cotton-tiled bags, and place among
clothes. etc
"A simple method of testing wines is 10
drop into the suspected liquid piece of
potash. II no deposit forms and the wine
turns of \ greenish hue ii is not artificialy
colored. Ii there j. "A violet deposit elder
or mulberries have been used ii there j.
a red deposit. sugar-beet; il a violet red
deposit, eampeachy wood: il violet blue.
privet berries: if "A clear blue deposit. the
coloring matter from sunflowers has been
used.
1t is said that the simplest method of
sharpening razor j. 10 put il for half an
hour in water To which one twentieth of
It's weight of muriatic or sulphuric acid has
been added. then lightly wipe it of. and
after few hours set ii on hoEe. The
acid here supplies the place of. "a whet- |
stone, by eorroding the whole surface uni |
formly, so that nothing further than a |
smooth polish is necessary. The process |
never Injuries good blades. while badly |
hardened ones are frequently improved by |
il. although the cause of this improvement !
remains unexplained.
A lady correspondent of the Chicago |
Inter Ocean gives the following method of
lemonjuice: Toa pint oflemon |
Juice, free from all the seeds. add | pounds |
of white sugar; boil ten minutes; strain |
througha white flannel bag. or fine wire |
strainer; bottle and cork tight. The pulp |
of the lemons. cleaned OF the peel, can be |
boiled with the juice and sugar. or sepa-
rately, In ! pint of water, and the water
added to the Juice, etc. before straning. /
This will keep long time in COOL dry /
place; large spoonfuls in a gla' Of water
make a fine beverage, and it is nice to
flavor puddings, pies and sauces.