Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-11-05
RECIPES, ETC.

Wax for Sealing Pickles-In an old
earthen dish mix two pounds of resin
with quarter of pound of beeswax,
or a couple of tablespoonfuls of beef or
mutton lallow; when well melted to-
gether, dip in the necks of the bottles,
as well as the cOrks, and it will seal
have tie mixture boiling hot, as it might
cause the necks of the bottles to crack.
1t can be put on the corks of the pickle
jars with an old iron spoon.-Count'y
Gentleman.
Fired oysters are delicious but indi-
gestible, and will therefore seldom be
brought to table by those who value the
health of their family Select the very
largest and finest oysters for this pur-
pose. Have ready a skillet Of boiling
lard. Dip your oysters, one at time,
in beaten yolk of egg, then in grated
bread-crumbs, lastly in sfted meal, and
then drop into the lard. Turn, and allow
them to become only slightly Drowned.
Drain upon sieve, and send to table
Bazar.
ANY number of figures you may wish
to multiply by 5 will give the same result
IL Nl'ldCA ny 90 ihuCh HNiSnSi ORSAo
ton; but you must remember to annex
mainder, and when there is a remainder,
whatever it may be, annex a to the an
swer. Multiply AGA by o. and the answer
will be 2 800; divide the same by 2 and you
will have 232, and as there is no remainder
you add a 0. Now take 1853; multiply by
5, the answer is 1898; and dividing thus
by 2, there is 179 and remainder; you
therefore place at the end of the line
and the result is again l,795.
Cider Vinegar.-Expose "a large sur
face of the cider to the action OF the at
it will turn rapidly to vinegar;
for instance, if the cider is put into
buckets or tubs in the sun, and mos
quito netting is laid over the top of it so
that the flies will not touch it, and shield
it also from rain by boards, in three or
four weeks you will have strong vine
gar. The larger the surface exposed to
the air the sooner the fermentation will
take place and vinegar be formed. Place
a bucket of cider behind cooking stove
constantly in use, and you will soon have
vinegar. Warmth and air are all that
are eedful.-Country Gentleman.
TO Polish Cuffs and Shirt Fronts
Procure at the hardware store polishing
iror that with bulge at both ends is the
best and will cost one dollar. Iron the
linen as usual, then place it on board
with layer of muslin on the board, pass
a damp cloth over the linen and rub with
the polishing iron until the desired de-
gree of glossiness is obtained. The iron
should not be very hot, or it will scorch;
if it is too cool the polish will be long
coming Gum arabic dissolved and
added in small quantities to the starch
improves it; lump of sugar is almost
as good, and so is sperm, or soap, or but
ter, or white wax--.Science Of Heath.
The pernicious habit of breathing
through the mouth while sleeping or
is very hurtful. There are many
persons who sleep with the mouth open
and do not know it. They may go to
sleep with it closed and awake with it
closed; but if the mouth is dry and
parched on waking it is sign that the
mouth has been open during sleep. Snor
ing is certain sign. This habit should
be overcome. AT all times, except when
eating drinking or speaking, keep the
mouth firmly closed, and breathe through
the nostrils, and retire with firm deter
mination to conquer The nostrils are
the proper breathing pparatus-not the
mouth A man may inhale poisonous
gases through the mouth without being
aware of it, but not through the nose
Science # HeoM.