The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-03-14

10 extract INK IRON. cottop, MIX
and wooden goods, saturate the
spots with spirits Of turpentine, and
let IL remain several hours, Then
rub Il between the hands. It viii
crumble. away. without injurlng
eitherytbe color Or texture Of the
article.
Eight gallons of water, twelve
pounds OF salt, four pounds ofsugar
and four ounces Of saltpeter make
al i excellent pickle fr beef Or pork.
Let the water boil, skimming off
i'll impurities, before adding the
other ingredients. y M
Fruit may be preserved with
honey by putting the fruit first in
the can, then pouring honey over
it, and seal air tight; when the
honey is poured from the fruit 1t
win have the favor and appearance
Of jelly, making . delicious dessert.
Harmless hair-curling liquid;
Borax, 2. ounces gum arabic, ]
drachm; hot wat (not boiling), ]
quart. Stir ami as soon as the in
gradients are dissolved add three
tablespoontuls bf' strong spirits Of
camplor. Oniretiring to rest wet
the hair with the above liquid, and
roll it in twists Of paper, as usual.
Veal croquettes: Take very fine
minced veal, moisten it with cream,
and q beaten egg Season with
pepper, salt, sweet maUoram, and
q little pounded mace Form into
small cones, either BY hand or in a
wine-glass; crGmb the outside, and
fry, orelse set into the oven and
bake, basting frequently.
In order to ascertain whether
ground coffee has been mixed With
either roasted corn OF amylaceous
substances generally, it IS only
necessary to treat the powder, first
with dilute csustic potash and
after filtration and addition Of a
large quantity of pure water, .
solution of iodine is added, whereby
the starch is detected.
Old corsets make the best stowe
cloths. Just one-half at a time is
a convenient size; they are ready
mades and much better when un-
folded to take bold Of anything
With than q made holder, and much
easier to wash. just throw them
10 with the brown towels, as many
as you happen to get during the
week, and they come out clean and
ready to use again.
To remove adhesive plsster-the
portion of the plaster which is left
adheriDg to the skinmay be quickly
and completely removed by the use
of oil Of turpentine and sweet oil.
Use a little more than half turpen-
tine. This compound, carefully
rubbed over the parts with q bit Of
cloth or sponge, and then washed
off with warm soapsuds, will leave
the surface as clean as nature ever
intended
A correspondent writes: 81 have
found the White Sweet Swede tur-
nip is good for bigcLickens cooked
and then mashed ard mixed with
an equal amount 81 corn meal
Mix It 50 that It Will Be as near
dry as you can. The same when
You mix . potato mash. Mix it
too thick to pour. Potatoes mixed
with corn meal | think cannot be
beaten TO feed laying hens.
Keep some strong spirits OF
.hartshorillin a ground glass stopped
bottle. A teaspoontul in a teas
poontul of water will clean combs
and brushes and restore coiors in
jured by acids. A weaker solution,
applied to ill-smellmg ieet and arm
pits removes the odor, aid removes
the grease spots from carpets and
clothing. IA 9 weak 9 0so;ution in
water makes a good wash for the
hair, ], aid stimulates its growth
when impaired by fever, and
cleanses the scalp efectually. A
weak solution, scattered over the
leayes pf plants strpm a soft, fine,
Timber brush, gives new life to
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