Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-01-15
RECIPES, ETC.

Luminous Neutrality-suspicious., half
dram; oil of cinnamon, half ounce ;
mix IN vial, cork tightly, heat it slowly
until mixed. a letter written with this
ink can only be read in a dark room,
when the writing will have the appear
ance of fire.
An Excellent Recipe for Sausage
To ten pounds of meat take three ounces
of salt, one Of black pepper, one-half
ounce sage, if desired mix the seasoning
we'll and sprinkle it over the meat before
it is chopped, as no ALTERNATING will
blend the whole SO nicely.
Never put a particle of soap near
your silver, if you would have it retain
its original luster. When it wants polish
and rub hard. The proprietor of one of
the oldest silver establishments in Phila-
delphia says that "housekeepers ruin
their silver by washing it in soap suds, as
it makes it look like pewter"
Recipe for Cooking Dried Green
CORRUPT in basin two-thirds Of IL cup
dried corn (wash frsO; add a quart of
water; let 1t stand back on the stove,
where it will keep hot, but not boil, for
four hours. Add more water, if needed,
during this time. When wanted pour in
milk till you have quart of strip; salt,
pepper, lump of butter, and thicken
with a spoonful of flour Break up few
crackers in tureen; pour over the corn
and serve.
1t is said thata solution of twothirds
of a pound of CASTLE soap to gallon of
water laid on damp wall as 81 wash, and
next day followed by another wash of
alum water-two ounces dissolved in a
gallon-will cure the Inconvenience and
prevent any further recurrence of it. 1t
is so simple a thing that housekeepers
troubled with damp places in their dwell
ings will be glad to try it for themselves
Only those afflicted with chapped
hands can appreciate the sutferings of
many a hard worker during the winter
months. We give a recipe that may be
relied on as q cure for the malady: One
ounce each of spermaceti, white beeswaX,
gum camphor, and two ounces of almond
oil. Put in tin cup, place in vessel of
boiling water, and melt together. Every
time the hands are wet rub little of this
over them. Linseed oil and common
beeswax will answer the purpose, but
ointment is not 50 nice as the above
Bean Porrdge-B fresh beef
bone (salt beef would probably answer, if
sufficiently treshened) in a large quantity
of water, and use the meat for anything
you choose lie. the liquid become cool
and remove all the grease. Boil a teaCup-
full of beans in three quarts of this liquor,
until thoroughly soft and in pieces; add
little rice, the necessary amount of salt,
and just before taking from the stove "a
little thickening of some kind of meal
Use it about the thickness of cruel or
gravies, and add little milk when you
eat.
To Make Paper Water proof-Melt
in ten pints Of hot water thirty ounces of
glue, gelatine or zinc, and three ounces of
gum arabic. In another thirty pints of
hot water melt twenty ounces of soap and
four pounds of alum. Mix both liquids
in one pot This is composition No. /.
In another pot heat half a gallon of ben
cole and one gallon of parrafne, and melt
in it twentyIour ounces of resin Let il
boil till it attains moderate degree OF
consistency. To these materials resin,
oil, and cOpal or mastic yarnsh may in
some cases be added This is composition
No. 3 First dip the article to be water
proof into composition No. / in heated
state, and then dry it; next apply compo-
sition No. 2 in cooled state, with a
brush, or in any other convenient man
ncr.