Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-07-30
RECIPES, ETC.

-Corns can easily and surely be cured
by applying a good coat OF gum arabic
mucilage every evening on going to bed.
One who had them for nearly forty years,
and tried nearly all the corn remedies IN
existence, tried the above, which readily
cured him in few weeks.
TO make a pretty, graceful screen
Tor the front of CRATE, take yard and
quarter of white tarlatan OF quite
coarse quality and sew one end of it
along a strip of muslin; then begin at the
opposite end and cut the whole piece
INTO lengthwise strips three inches wide,
up 10 the end where the muslin strip IS.
-lmmersing hides twentyfour hours in
< per cent. solution of carbolic acid and
then simply driving them has been re-
Gently substituted for the tedious and
expensive process of sailing them for
transportation from South America and
Australia, and with most satisfactory re-
suits. Bones have been similarly treated
for transportation.
10 make thyme dumplings Ewash
some sprigs of thyme we'll; picks of,
slngiy, quarter of an ounce of the ten
Oer leaves; mix them with the crumbs of
ron grated; three-quarters Of a pound
OF ,nneely-shred beef-suet, a dessert spoon
luI OF sugar, four eggs well beaten and
enough brandy to make it the consis-
Iency OF paste. Form it into dumplings,
llouT mem well outside, put them into
ciothS and boil them for three-quarters
of an hour Serve with wine sauce
poured over them.
10 make violet oil-pigment for print
ing on 1abrlcS, pour alcoholic solution of
Vlolet anlllne B. B. upon finely-pOwdered
chalk ma saucer, stir we'll with a rod,
ana allow 1t to dry on a hot plate or in
the stove, then stir to a powder, and
again simply moisten it with the aniline
solutlon, dry again, pulverize, and pre-
serve IN dry place. For use, rub some
with zlnc-White, according to the shade
desired The pigment is rich, and prints
well, but is not permanent in the irwin
ordinary usage, and the best B. B. must
therefore be employed, of a greenish cast,
like diamond fuchsine. With this the oil
color wears as well as much more eXpen-
Sive ones
10 make linen water proof, pass the
linen flrSt through bath of one part of
sulphate of alumina in ten parts of water,
then through soap bath, of which the
soap is prepared by boiling one part of
hght-colored rOSin and one of crystallized
carbonate of soda with ten parts of water
until the rosin is dissolved. The rosin
soap thus formed is to be separated by
the addition of one-third of common salt.
In the soap bath the rOsin soap is dis
solved, together with one part of soda
soap, by boiling it in thirty parts of
water. From this bath pass the articles
finally through water, then dry and cal
ender. Made-up articles may be brushed
with the solutions in succession and be
rinsed in the rain. Wooden vessels may
be employed.
10 make huckieperry pies, put a
quart of picked huckleberries into a
basin of water, take off whatever floats,
take up the berries by the handful, pick
out all the stems and unripe berries and
put them into dish; line buttered pie
dish with pie paste, put in the berries
half an inch deep, and to quart of Der
ries put teacup of brown sugar and
half teacup of water; dredge tea
spoonful of flour over, strew saltspoon-
full of salt and half anutmeg grated over;
cover the pie, cut slit in the center, OF
make several small incisions on either
side of it, press the two crusts together
around the edge, trim it off neatly with
a sharp knife and bake in quick oven
for three-quarters Of an hour.