The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-01-02
THINGS WORTH REMEMBERING.


:. Daisy Eyebright y contributes TO
|,he C,anfry Gentleman the following chap
|,er on kerosene Lamps y: This Is the
|season when nearly every paper we take
M relates some horrible casualty from the
|sxnlosion Of a kerosene lamp. or the like.
|sni women and children are either killed
|ontrioht or terribly burned and Scared Tor
|ns A simple knowledge of the iniain-
|mahle nature of the fuid would probably
|nur an end 10 nearly all the accidents.
|Eir~t no lamps should ever be- filled after
|hrk bv The light of "A candle. Always do
|,his work after the breakfast dishes are put
|avav. and then not only fill them, but wash
|tbe chimncys. for il they are dim and smoky
| Won cannot expect To have bright light.
|rake the chimney in one hand, and breathe
Through il /; then draw large wisp Of pa
ner M aud down il, and all the blur Will
| N removed. II the chimney i blackcncd
with lamp smoke. turn warni-h water
Through The tube. and then wipe out with
naper In the same style ~ before. II The
| anp- are glass. and they become cloudcd
| with deposit from the Kerosene. take linic
water that is milky with the lime and shake
| II up in the lamp. DO this with Two dllier-
| rnt washings, and all the deposit will be-
XrVlflAfNl. y nun ililNi wv ~ AflAi's 'At7
.olVel in warm water. and lcit in q
lamp or can which has held kerosene. will
|Jeolorize il very soon. Lamps must be
filled every morning. This Is an mpera-
W. datv for every housckeeper 10 see per-
formed. for a. the oil burns down in "A
lamp. there j. created highly inflamma-
bic gas. which gathers imperceptibly over
| fine surface. and a. fast ~ the oil l. con-
.umed this gas increases, 80 when the oil
/. nearly out of the lamp. the slightest jar
| of the table will set the gas on fire; an cX-
plo.ion follows in~tantancOusly and a
hombshell would not be more destructive.
for IL touches are deathly. But II the oil
| /. burned only half way down i'm your
lamp the gsts j. not of sufficient power To
do any injury therefore let me beg of you
| neNer To defer the operation of lamp-tilling
10 another day. bat see yourself that IL Is
| done. When | read of deaths occurring
from irving 10 light fires with kerosene. |
always think the verdict OF the coroner :
| mrv should be-, - Serred them right," for il
seems impossible To believe that any NOR
ml could be- 30 foolish as to tampcr with
,uch highly inllammablc liquid. Better
try Ia kindle fires with a powder can well
| filed than with the contents OF your kero-
,ene can.
-R0sela Rice gives in Arthur's Maga-
zine the following hints on bread making
We went To the late Ohio State Fair with
both eyes wide open. bound To investigate
the bread question. We always wanted
| 10 make good bread we desired 10 excel
| IN il. What 10 us was music. or poetry.
or pretty things if the bread. the work OF
our hands. was dark. or sour. or heavy
We felt about right this morning az break
fast when the professor took the second
Slice broad. beautiful. white slice. clear
acro., the loaf. AMI. looking down al il af-
icrtionaiely, said Miss Rice. YOU do
make such delicious bread. You are real
" accomplished" We settled back into
our linen collar. and smiled benignly on
the apprcciatiyc professor. Well, we
wadcd through years OF turmoil and trial
before We reached this delectable height.
We tried and tried Ia make good bread: il
was tolersablc bread: our family said il
was good: but we knew they were par
| iial our ambition was not satisfied. il was
not the best of bread. Sometimes we
would give il up in despair, and say
the making of good bread belonged only
d chemists. None OF the bread nj the
state Fair was just what we had hoped TO
lind. and we We're leaving disappointed.
when little lady rushed I'm with two
loayes Of excellent quality. baked pale
|mIcl-nut-brOwn. soft. white. and 20
spOngy that YOU could press them flat and
| they would pun ont again To their usual
| ,iLe. We obtained her recipe. but that was
nothing very new. all good bakers use
about the same formula. She used the hes.
Of dry yeast. After il was soaked soft
he stirred up thick batter of Hour and
warm water. and putting il in the soaked
yeast set II in a warm place To rise. She
arranged 20 that it would be light about
bedtime. An hour or two before this.
she boiled potatoes cut in slices with the
skins on. pressed them through colander.
and when cool enough not 10 scald, poured
it into the hollow in the center of the pan
u Hour. and then put in the light yeast
and mix the two thoroughly. In the
morning she made up her bread. and took
lhe dough on the brcad-boarl and kneadcd
tuntil Il was smooth. say twenty minutes
~ half an hour. BY this time the mass
will be so thoroughly kneaded that
no -four will be required 10 pre-.
vent il sticking to the bread.
board. When il rises she does moi
kncad il back, the way we usually do. but
mOld> it into loaves. with Just n it'll,
handling a. possible. so | found out two
or three new things: one was 10 boil IN,
potatoes with the skins on because the
best part OF them lies next the skin: the
very thorough kncading. and the light
handling while moldng i'm shape. Now
i any troubled housewife reads this. and il
teaches her something new. If ii lets on,
ray Of light in upon her perplexed mind
! will be very glad -