Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-06-05
FIELD AND, FIREsIDE.
How to Treat Insect Stings.

insect is the result of certain amount Of acid
poison injected into the blood. Tho first
thing to be done is to press the tube Of .
small key firmly on the wound, moving the
key from side to side to facilitate the expul-
sion of the sting and its accompanying poi
son. The sting. if left in the wound, should
be carefully extracted, otherwise it will great
~ increase the local irritation. The poison of
stings being acid, common sense points to the
alkalies as the proper means of cure. Among
the most easily procured remedies may be
mentioned soft soap, liquor of -ammonia
(spirits of har.shornl, smelling salts washing
soda, quicklime made into . paste with water,
lime. water, the juice of an onion, tobacco
juice, chewed tobacco, bruised dock leaves,
tomato Juice, wood ashes, tobacco ash, and
carbonate Of soda;
IF the sting be severe, rest and GOODNESS
should be added to the other remedies, more
especially in the case of nervous subjects
Nothing is SO apt to make the poison active
as heat, and nothing fayors its activity less
than cold. Let the body be kept cool and at
rest, and the activity Of the poison will be
reduced to minimum. Any active e1ertion
whereby the circulation is quickened will in
crease both pain and swelling. IF the swell
ling be severe, the part may be rubbed with
sweet oil, or drop or two of laudanum.-
Stings in the eye, ear, mouth or throat, some.
times lead to serious consequences in such
cases medical advice should always be sought
as soon as possible.-Lonaon Garden.
How TO FAKE M1RRoR.-Place a sheet
of tin foil, tho size of the glass, upon q per-
fectly smooth solid marble top table, and
carefully rub down all the wrinkles in the
metal with q brush, taking care not to break
the foil. Then pour over it small portion
of mercury, and rub it over the tin foil gent
ly with clean piece of very soft wooden stuff
Then pour ON rs much mercury ss it will
hold, placing . strip of cloth around the
edges to prevent waste, and slide perfectly
clean and dry sheet of glass over the surface
Of the liquid metal, beginning at one end and
ending at the other. Some experience is
necessary in sliding the glass, to make per-
feetmirror. Afterwards the glass is placed
under heavy weights, to remove supsrfuous
mercury. afg O.,
SAUCE P1ouAsT.-Chop some onions, put
In pan, over the ERE, with butter and viE>
sgar. Stir till the vinegar has nearly evap>
Grated. This may be known by the butter
becoming clear. Then mix ia with this the
same quantity of -four as of butter, heat q
few minutes till all becomes brown, then pour
ia sufficient stock broth to make the required
amount of sauce season with pepper, and
brown with caramel or Drowned sugar. AL
low to remain on the fire fifteen minutes, then
add one spoonful of parsley and one of CHER
andit is ready for the table. This is favorite
and popular sauce. - ---
TO Cook CoDF1sH.-Cut up your fish, put
1t on tho fire in cold water and let it heat
very gradually, but it must not get too hot
in about an hour scrape the fish very clean
and get off all the skin, then put it in clean,
cold water; peel your potatoes and put them
onlwith the fish and plenty of water in sea-
son for them to get to boiling in time to be
done for dinner the potatoes are much bet
ter for boiling with the fish. have seen fish
soaked until it was quite tasteless. It should
be served with drawn butter or pork cut fine,
and fried light brown. --.-.. -
LEMON DuMpL1Nos.-Mi1 with ten
ounces of fine bread crumbs, half q pound of
beef suet chopped extremely fine, one large
tablespoonful of flour, the grated rinds of two
four ounces of pounded sugar, three large or
four small eggs. beaten and strained and,
last of all, the juice of the lemons strained.
Divide the mixture into four equal portions,
tie them in we'll figured cloths, and boil them
an hour. The dumplings will be extremely
light and delicate.
LOTION FOR THE HA1a.-Aqua Ammonia,
Oil Sweet Almonds, of each two drains;
Spirits Rosemary one ounce; Oil of Mace
Essentially one.haif dram; rose water, two
and one-half ounces. First, mix the almond
oil with the ammonia; then, having added
the oil of mace to the rosemary, shake them
up with the oil and ammonia and finally add
tho rose water by degrees and mix well. To
be used as a lotion, applied once day with
soft hairbrush.
BASS cooking pans should be cleaned
inside with vinegar and brick, then rinsed,
thoroughly dried at the FIRE, and wiped with
q clean. cloth. White enamelsd pans require
only q little soda and warm water to keep