Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-06-01
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.
Abaut the House.

SAe HOUSE,
Cut flowers may be kept for week or
more by placing them in eamphor water.
Treatment for paint brushes, to keep
them from getting hard and matted to-
7 gether; Soak in linseed OIL and wash off
in sOapy water.
Process of sil1ering glass: A solution
| of nitrate of silver aud Rochelle salts is ap-
piled to the glass, film of metallic silver
being deposited.
KITCHEN PEPPER.-Mix in the finest
powder an ounce each of ginger, einna-
mon, black pepper; of nutmeg and alspice
half ounce each; ten cloves and six
ounces of salt. Keep IN a bottle; it is in
agreeable addition to brown sauces, soups
or stews.
STUFFING FOR POULTRY OR FIsH.-Oue
cup of bread crumbs, one egg, one teacup-
full mashed potatoes, butter size Of an egg,
savory, sage, pepper and salt. The above,
with the addition of a chopped onion, is
excellent for goose, duck or wild meat of
any kind.
PRESSED. OR JELLIED MEAT.-Take the
lean bits and sparerib, cook with a chick
en- until tender, season and chop fine. pack
and put a plate over it with weight to press
dish ornamental as well as useful for a
grange feast.-FGgmer' Friend.
WARTs.-Frequently apply muriatic
acid to the wart only. it will soon disap-
pear. In the absence of this, scrape enough
soap from q common bar to make a pOul-
tice and wear at night, and the wart will
eventually dissolve. The same is true of
corns.
AMBRosIA is made by placing upon
glass stand, or other deep vessel, alternate
layers of grated cocoanut, oranges peeled
and sliced round, and a pineapple sliced
thin. Begin with the oranges, and use CO..
coanut last, spreading between each layer
sifted loaf sugar. Sweeten the cocoant
milk and pour over it.
CUCUMBERs in the early part of July are
luxury, and eaten in moderation are not
unwholesome They should always he
picked early in the morning, when the dew
is on them. Gathered later in the day, u1l-
der broiling sun, they are wholly unfit to
eat. This is no doubt one reason why they
are considered unwholesome by many per-
sons.
A GOOD way to start slips Of plants is to
get an old glass fruit jar, sift nice mellow
earth in it till it is two or three inches deep
or till it touches the end of the slip, then
pour water over it till it is full. Set the
jar where it will not be moved. often. AT
ter the roots start sift more earth over, fill
again with water, if needed, and so on till
it is full and filed with roots, then care
fully break the glass off and transplant to
a pot, and you will have no trouble in start
ing it. = :.
FLIES (To DESTROY. THE only thing
that keeps down the plague of flies is to
shut up the room for an hour or two, when
the flies will generally fly to the window;
then, with small bellows full of insect
powder. carefully dust every accessible
place In short time the flies become tor
pid, and may be swept up in a dust-pan
and burnt. They should be killed at once,
for heyrevive very quickly if the fresh air
gets at them. If this is done about once a
week it certainly reduces, though nothing
will entirely get rid OF the nuisance.
f LEG AcHE.-A ''Relieved Mother" tells
another mother how to relieve this really
distressing pain; "When one of the small
fry makes night hideous with the cries of
''leg ache, ;" let her rise, wiring a common
towel out Of cold water, wrap it around
the offending member its whole length, and
instantly cover it with flannel. A flannel
skirt is usually the most convenient article
and it should be thoroughly wrapped
around and pinned or tied to its place.
The mother can then return to her bed,
and the patient-after one gasp-will howl
no more. ..tri f @