Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-12
RECIPES, ETC.

In case you want to pour anything
very hot-boilng-into glass jars, an ex-
change says, you may safely do so if you
Will set the Jars upon cloth wet in hot
water.
-Isinglass Jelly-Boil one ounce of
islnglass shavings with slice of brown
bread crust and a handful of Jamaica
peppers, IN one quart of water, until it
Is reduced to pint Strain into a
mold. tablespoonful of this jelly
taken in milk is a good tonic TOR dys-
pepsia.
-Cistern water sometimes grows hard
by too long standing. 1t can be made
soft by adding boraX Clothes washed
with borax in the water need less rubbing
and look whittier. Persons who are troub-
led with chapped hands can prevent
them from becoming rough by its fire.
quent use.
Doing any kind Of work about home
quietly seems to make it asier A slam
mnig OF oven doors, chatter of dishes, and
kindred noises tire and bewilder all who
hear them. The persons who accomplish
the most and best in anything-and the
rule applies to housework-are usually
the quiet workers.
tAltkbH,
cracker pounded very fine and added to
the water the chickens were boiled in,
and mixed thoroughly with the chopped
meat is a decided Improvement For
two medium ized chickens there should
not be more than cup of water. Season
with salt and pepper
--Gypsum mixed with four per cent. of
powdered marshmallOw root Will harden
in about one hour, and can then be sawn
or turned, and made into dominoes, dice,
etc. With eight per cent of marshmallow,
the hardness of the mass is increased, and
it can be rolled out into thin plates, and
painted or polished-Scientl1ic american.
Rhode Island Johnny Cake.-Scald
four large heaping spooniuls OF siited In
dian meal by pouring over it cup ofhot
wafer; stir well, then add one large
spoonful of flour and a little salt, Re
duCe 1t to thin batter with milk, if YOU
have it; if not, cold water will answer
nearly as well. Fry on hot, well creased
grlddle. The batter should be thin
enough to form in bubbles as ii is
dropped by the spoonful on the gridde.
A Breakfast Bill of Fare tor Every
Day in the Week Sunday Coffee, tea,
cold tongue, rusk, butter, and fruit.
Monday tea, ham and eggs, but
ter, stewed apples, and light bread Tues
day-ChoCOlate, tea, hash with onion and
potatoes, butter, ana corn cakes. Wednes-
day-COtfCc and tea, broiled beeisteak,
Duckwheat cakes and molasses Thurs
day-COtlee, tea, pork steak, fried pota-
toes, hot biscui. and butter. Friday
Coffee, tea, stewed chicken, corn bread,
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mutton chops, toast butered, boiled eggs,
and raspberry jam.-Heart4 and Home,
The virtues of wood ashes are fully
appreciated but in few localities. They
contain all the earthly ingredients which
plants demand for food, and of which our
old lands quite generally have not a full
suppIy-the potash, soda, lime, etc, having
migrated when the milk and stock were
sold. 1t ashes are applied to lana with
out being cOmposted they produce a good
effect tor lew years, but the land, il
pioughed, becomes too destitute Of vege
table matter; or if applied as top dressing
to grass land it becomes SO compact that
air will not penetrate it, and without AGRA
ton only moss and other short rooted
vegetation will grow,-N, Y. Haaia,
Hen lice are among the greatest
drawbacks to the pleasure and profit of
the poultry yard They are especially
troublesome in small yards and coops,
where the fowls cannot have free access
TO green food and dry earth, We have
uied various remedies, and have found
kerosene oil to be very etfectual and safe
one 1t is applied with very little
trouble Pour it from the can upon the
perches where the fowls roost, aud when
the hens are ready to brood saturate the
inside of the box before the clean hay or
straw is put in with the eggs. 1t is very
much less trouble to supply the oil than
to use wash of tobacco or go through a
process OF Whitewashing once a month
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