The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-10-02

until you reach the top of the jar,
where you will put about one inch of
salt then cover the jar with any thing
that Will keep ont the dirt, and you
have good article for the table any
time during the year, by soaking a short
time in cold water before using.
DETERMINATION OF BED BUGs.-A cor
respondent of the Country Gentleman
says: eve moved into frame house.
about two years old, and my consterna-
ton was very great to find it thoroughly
stocked with these pests there was not
a crack or crevice that was free; thew
were under the base boards and over
them. After fighting them eight years
learned from a girl that had served as
a chamber-maid in q large boarding
house that bugs can be entirely exter-
minated for all time. I Immediately
followed her direction, which was to
take grease that was cooked out of salt
pork, to melt it, and to keep it melted
(the vessel can be kept in a pan of
coals) and to put it with the feather end
of a quill in every place I could find a
bug. 1t is necessary to see that the bed
cords are entirely free from the pests,
and will warrant there will be no more
trouble. 1t is more than thirty years
since bug has been seen in my house"
BOTTLED GINGER BEER.-The Jour-
nal of Chemistry gives a seRsonabIe re-
cipe, one that affords a harme and re-
freshing substitute for beverages that
eve their stimulating properties to a!co-
hOl. 1t is made thus Lump sugar,
one pound good uableached Jamaica
ginger well bruised), one ounce cream
of tartar, three-fourths of an ounce Tor
tartaric acid, one-half of an ounce; two
or three lemons, sliced boiling water.
one gallon. Macerate with freuu mt
stirring, IN a covered vessel, until bare
" lukewarm, then add of yeast one
and half or two ounces about two
thirds of wineglassfulD, and keep it
in moderately warm place to excite
brisk fermentation the next day rack
or decant the liquor and strain it
through iellybag or flannel allow il
TO work for another day or two, accord
ing 20 the weather; then skim it. again
Gecant OF strain and put it into bottles,
the cOrks of which should be "wired"
down.
baking POWDERS. are very
useful for the housewife, and can be
prepared at home from the receipts /
append. They are very useful in the
preparation of bread, biscuits, ries.
cakes, etc. Half teaspOonful of the
mixture is sufficient quantity for one
pound of -four if used for pastry. and
vii render less amount of lard and
butter necessary. In making bread
with them, two teaspoonfuls OF the now
der will make a loaf that will weigh two
pounds, or will make two quarts of -four
into light biscuits. The powder must
be we'll mixed with the -four. after
which cold water is used for mixing mn.
and the dough should be put intS this
at once, and baked in hot oven. Oaick
work makes the best biscuits. bread.
etc, but the mixing must be thorough.
l. Take five ounces of tartaric acid.
eight ounces of equi-carbonate of
soda, and sixteen ounces of potato
starch dry them all separately in a
cool oven, not hot enough to brown
them, aud mix the whole by rubbing
through a small sieve. 2. Take six
ounces of tartaric acid, nine ounces of
bi-carbanate of soda, and nine ounces
OF powdered arrow root; dry them sep
arately and mix as before. 3. Take
ten ounces of corn flour and dry it
well then mix with it eight ounces of
bi-carbonate of soda, and five ounces of
tartaric acid. Rice flour can be sub
stituted for the corn -four. All baking
powders should be keptin wide-mouthed
bottles we'll corked, so as to exclude
all air and damp.-COIHltTy Gentleman.
THE USES OF SALT.-To be sure none
OF us can keep house without salt. and
Mrs. alright will say "Who needs to
be told of its uses? OF course we all
know that it enters into the preparation
of all animal and vegetable food; we
cannot make butter without it's use :;
We cannot keep meat, fish, pickles, etc.
We don't need an article in the news
papers to tell MS that. Softly, softly,
Mrs. alright. Doubtless Won do know
all its uses, but perhaps your next
neighhor does not. Nor did yoH know
until the other day, when you turned
your ink-stand all over the carpet, that
it would take the stain entirely ont of
the wooden material. It will also some
times help sick headache. Dissolve a
teaspoOnful of ii into tumbIer of wa
ter, and try it for yourself, the next
time You are afflicted. The same dose
viii rid your child of the terrible
trouble of worms, and it will also ease
the pain of irritable diseases of the skin,
such as hives, etc. It will stop vomit-
ing frequently when all other remedies
fail, and it will also stop hemorrhages
from the lungs. There is no more fer
tilizing medium for the growth of many
kinds of vegetables celerly, cabbage,
asparagus, sea kale and many other
varieties are all raised in a superior con-
dition by its assistance. Add tea
spoonful of it to your warm water bath,
and you will soon geel the benefit of its
influence upon your skin. Indeed we
possess no more valuable remedial ar
ticle than salt, and its uses are yearly
developed in new ways.-CO Country GEN
HCnldR.