South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-04-13

Vol. l3-,NO. 9.
Kavwser AVID Mousse Keeper.
FsECELEs.-Lsneu Juice end Rlyce.
rino will rsm0ve tan and ftechlee. M
WARfA-Lunar caussic, cars0slly -.
Piled 90 - uot % toocA IL shin VIII d.
stroy warts.
CLEANING -Spirits OF anoais.
diluted little. will clsanss The hair
thoroughly.
A CnEAr LsNIxESr.--TAks equal
parts Of hog's lard snd coal oil, melt tho
lard and put the coal oil into It while
hot and stir we'll before each using
Rub the part anected with the prepare.
tions rub we'll and heat by the ors
until the skin IL hot. More Sene6t will
be derived ftom this preparation than
many OF the costly liniments.
NAIL IN A HoRsE's Foor.--A nsigh-
Dor OF mine recently informed me that
he had lost most valuable horse by
casualty by no means uncommon. A
knowledge Of q simple remedy wonld
have prevented this loss. Tho horse
trod upon . nail which had entered his
foot. Lamcncss followed, tho nail was
extracted, but lock jaw supervcned. re.
sulting in death. An unfailing remedy
In such cases IS muriatic acid. II when
a nail Is Withdrawn from horses foot.
the foot should be held mp and soms
muriatic acid he poured into tho wound.
neither lnmcness nor lock.ja need be
feared. Why the iron should have tho
effect which IL frequently has. and the
rationale Of the above remedy, / am
unable TO explain; but OF tue certainty
of counteraction of disease by this per.
fectly safe application am we'll con.
vinced.
CURING ConNs.-A gentleman who
knows all about t." and who has tfied
the experiment with success, recon-
mends the following remedy for bunions
and corns. from which SO many suffer
daily: Obtain at the druggists Eve or
six cents worth Of saltpcter. put into q
bottle with sufficient olive oil 10 nearly
dissolve 1t, shake up we'll and rub the
infaned parts night and morning, and
more frequently ir painful. This Is .
well tried remedy.
To REMOVE STATNs.--A dimes worth
Of salts Of lemon. dissolved In pint OF
cold water, will remove all ordinary
stains from white clothing, also from
black or colored. Care must he taken
to rinse thoroughly in several waters a.
soon as the stains are removed. It may
require two or three applications to com.
plete the erasurc. This is also very
useful article for the toilet. TO remove
stains from the hands or from the nails.
EGGs AND APPLEs. BEAT UP the eggs
as for omelet. pare and slice the apples.
fry them in a little butter; thcn stir
them in with the eggs. Melt n little
butter In the frying.paD. put in the eggs
and apples fry turning over once, and
serve hot.
BAKED BEETs.-The roots must be
clean, large, and very fresh, or unwiItei.
The oven should be slow. Some place
them inside of a jar or closely covered
tin pm or an old saucepan. Cook from
three to five hours. When tender 10 the
fingers. pare, slice, and serve warm or
cold.
tV Tue following recipe Is for a mod.
erately plain cake thai will keep six
months: -Four eggs. fiye cups or fiour.
one pound OF seeded raisins, two cup.
OF sugar, one cup OF molasses, one anl
half OF butter. one OF milk, and ono
teaspoonful Of soda. one small teaspoon.
ful each OF cloves, mace. aIlspice and
cinnamon--half nutmeg.
FRIED PsTTIEs.-Mince little cold
mutton. beef. or veal. allowing one.third
ham to two-thirds OF the other meat add
an egg boiled hard and chopped fine;
season with salt. pepper, mace. aud n
little grated lemon.peel; moisten with
cream. Make a good puff paste roll
thin and cut into round pieces put the
mincemeat between Of them pinot, the
fry light brown. To be eaten warm
or cold, as liked.
A New WRINKLE ~ SwEgPIxo Can.
PETs.--in all our experiments, VIC have
found nothing so safe and serviceable
as moistencd bran. Instead OF stoppinu
TO clean the broom every few minutes.
sweeping the carpets with bran no. only
cleans the carpets. frees it almost en-
tlreiy from dust, but keeps the broom
clean at the same time. Il must DO
moistened only enough TO hold the par
ticles together. If too wet. there arc
the same objections as 10 each OF the
vsrions ways above mentioned. Ii will
leave tie Garnet so damn that the duaf
which will settle over IL will dcTace the
carpet more than 10 will clean il. He
sides. IL makes the work much harder.