The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-10-29
AsefuI aud Curious.
UsBFCL- RECIPES.

Hor 10 Make Cream Pies-Taks the cream from
one pan of milk, add egg, one tablespoonful
sugar, and nutmeg or lemon. Bake as you
wonld custard pie.
Hor 10 Bdnisk Rats and Mica French paper
says that petroleum destroys all insects aud BAN
ishes rats and mice. Water slightly impregnae
with petroleum applied to plants infected with
insects will, il is said destroy the latter at once.
Broun Gems-One pint sour milk, two table
spoonfuls of brown sugar; stir IN sniddlings or
shorts until quite stiff; drop in hot gem pans
previously CREASED and bake quick-an egg is AN
improvement. Gems made FROM white Hour, in
the same way, are very nice.
For Keeping Cider S,reet.-Tak- Of ground mus
tarl seed four ounces, new milk one quart; mix
together and put it into the cider. After letting
il stand two CT three days rack II of through
hole the size of gimlet; then wash the barrel
clean and smoke it well with birthstone; put the
cider in and stop il up air-tight
Cracker DesseTt.-Choose whole soda crackers,
and lay each upon separate small plate. Pour
upon it enough boiling water to soak il well, and
leave none upon the plate; cover with dressing
of good sweetened cream with spoonful of Jelly
in the centre if yOn choose, or dip upon it por-
ton of nice fruit, canned, stewed, FRESH as is
convenient.
Geese aud Ducks.-Boiling wafer shnnN be
poured all over aud inside of gooSe duck he
fore preparing it for cooking, to take out the
strong, oily taste. If a lemon that has been care
fully pared without breaking the thin inner
white skin be placed inside wild duck, and kept
there for orty-eight hours before cooking it will
remove all traces of a fieshy flavor.
Charcoal for HoHnds.-A correspondent of the
Scientific american says: The best simple Remedy
have found for surface wounds, such as cuts,
abrnsions of the skim &c, is charcoal. Take
coal from the stove, puverize it, apply it to the
wound and cover the whole with rag. The
charcoal absorbs the fluids secreted by the wound.
and lays the foundation of the Scab; it also pre-
vents the rag from irritating the flesh, aud it is
antseptic.
Grape Leaf Pickles.-The Moravians in Salem,
n. e., are said Ia put up cucumber pickles as fol-
lows: Pit layer of sour, wild grapes with the
leaves of the vine in the bntt IN ia vessel; then
a layer of the cncumlers, and alternate thus I'M
til the vessel is full, ornnti ynu have put in as
many cucumbers yOu desire. Then put in
water enough to cover Them place boards and
weights on top to keep them under water. They
do not require any further attention, although
you may, if you desire, take chem out and finish
them with vinegar. They called grape leaf
pickles.
Jute Cdrpets.-Certain foreign carpet mannfac-
turrrs trying the Experiment of using jute in
stead of wool tn form the flce Of the Fabric. In
preparing the jute the fibers are taken they
come from the cardingenge, and twisted only
much as needed to convert them into soft, thick
yarns, Of which the face warps made. BY the
aid of the usual terry wires, plain terry fabric
is produced. On cutting The terry loops the IL
beers open ont like wOrsted yarn, and form a
similar looking surface. The jufe takes the same
1t is asserted that carpets of this material
have rich appearance, and capable of good
service, while their cost far below that of the
most ordinary WOODEN drusget.