The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-01-15
Useful Receipt.

, White mustard SEED, swallowed whole,
will relieve constipation.
To keep vinegar good IN pickles, pu, in Il
few frost grapes.
, CURING PORK CHovs.-Curc them with a
little salt and then vita sugar, and they will
be excellent
}, To prevent mold in ink, add some acctic
acid or strong vinegar; but mercurial subli.
mate Is the best. A few grams in a quart
are sufficient.
4 New linen may be embroidered more east.
ly by rlbbing It over with a fine white soap.
1t prevents the thread from cracking.
A screen or blower of wire gauze of from
36 to 40 wires to the inch, placed IN front OF
u range or stove fire. Will prevent, 1t Is said,
smoke coming into the room when the chin.
ney fails to draw we'll.
Lemon Juice fresh, Will often remove ink
stains. Ii that fails. use oXoiic acid (poiSOn)
Moisten the acid with a little warm rain wa
ter, apply, rub and rinse in clear, cold soft
water.
REMOVING CREASE SPoTs FROM CARPETS
TO take spots out Of carpets, mix little
soap in gallon of soft warm water, then add
half an ounce Of borax; wash the part well
WIN Il Clean CIOll, anu lnc grease or ulTly
spot Will soon be Invisible.
A NICE Recommendations quart of
| New Orleans molasses, one qGart thick milk,
two eggs, half pound of butter, one ounce
of saleratus, two pounds Of flour, plenty of
ginger. Mix together in one soft batter put
in pans; oven not too hot Soon baked
Every one can make his own troches, by
following this receipt, given in the House
h0ld: "One ounce pulverIzed cubeb;, one
ounce pulverzed licorice, one ounce pulver.
Aed gum arabic, one-haf pound puvcrized
sugar just water enough to mois,en, warm
slightly, stirring constantly, roll thin, and cut
out with a thimble and dry.
| WATERPROOF BoOTs.-If you are troubled
with boots or shoes wetting through in the
snow mix tar and oil thoroughly, by heat
| ing moderately and, when nearly cold apply
with brush and you will have no further
trouble.
RUFFs.-Siy heaping tablcspoontus of
flour, one pint Of milk, two eggs bake in
cups not quite half full. Put IN the oven
when you sit down to dinner and they will
be ready for dessert. Serve with cream and
sugar or maple syrup
CRACXERs.-Take one large cupful of
bread dough, very light roll it out on yoar
moulding board; then spiead on piece of
butter and lard together, large as goose egg |
dredge little -four over it, fold it up, and |
pound 1t with something heavy long time |
take small piece at a time, roll out very /
thin, and camp with a clock key. Bake
quickly.
LIGHT PuDpyNa.--Put Two tablespoonfuis
of light sayo, taploca, or rice into pie dish !
pour over apint or pint and a halt of milk
add one and half tablespoonful of sugar,
a little grated nutmeg if liked; bake two
hours ia slow oven; if rice is used, bake
three hours.
For WASHING STRIPPED STOCKINGS -
Make a jelly the night before it is wanted of
the best yellow soap; wash the stockings in |
warm water, with little salt in it, using the
Jelly instead Of soap; rinse in clear water,
also little salt in II; wiring as dry as posi-
bic, and dry quickly.
There are many recipes given for boiling
coffee IF the ground coffee ia placed IN tin |
biggD, and absolutely boiling water poured |
upon ii, it will take less coffee, less time,
and less trouble and make better coffee, as
we'll as more wholesome beverage. Physi-
clans in this country and in England tell US
that the Injurious quality in coffee Is ex-
tracted by boiling
BOILED RICE WITH SWEET SAUCE.--Wash
the rice, throw into boiling water. and boil it
with pinch OF salt in plenty of water. III
should be done in about twenty minutes, and
this will readily be ascertained by rubbing a
grain between the Fingers and thumb. If it
crumbles, it Is properly cooked Drain the
rice in cOlander, pour over it cup Of cold
water, put it back into a saucepan, let 1t
stand few minutes TO dry, and serve.
SWEET SAUCE FOR THE AEOvE,-Mix a
tablespoonful Ct flour quite smooth in four
OF wafer; sugar or syrup to
taste; stir over the fire until the sauce boils,
when, it allowed, an ounce Of butter may be
added, with tablespoonful of lemon Juice
When sweoteneG with sugar, a little nutmeg
or ground cinnamon may be used, instead of!
lemon juice, ifprefeired. A tablespoonful OF
raspberry jam, or fruit syrup, may be used
!" flavor the sauce, and is generally much
liked Il
The olcandcr, in order to insure winter
hi"om, requires very high temperature.
The grand objection made to the beautiful
: yer jewclry that has been in use during
.r last few years was its furnishing so soon
| looks like white frost.worx when new, but !
directly becomes dull and leaden in hue, nor
will scrubbiug or rubbing with any ordinary G
composition bring back its beauty. BY a
very simple process It can be restored in
few minutes. Place rod CT some filings of
zinc in via! containing strong spirits of am
moria, aud let il stand for few days: then
by immersing .hc articles therein and drying
hem before fire they Will become bright
and clean.-Hdrpet's B0,ar.
To TRAIN FCCHEsIAs.-Whcn slip has
grown six or eight inches high. nip out the
op down TO The last set OF leaves. it will
hen throw out branches on the side. Let these
yrOw eight or ten inches then nip them out
,s before: the tops Of each branch, when
grown the same height as the others, nip
ut again. Then procure stick the size of
;Our finger, eighteen inches IN length, take
loopsk int wire, twiuc back and forth alter.
latcly, through holes made in the stick equal
distances apart; place this firmly in the pot
pack Of the plant. tic the branches to it and I