The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-04-25
HOUSE AND FARM.

nO'O0H AMI EAnMs
Cleaning Dissolve oxalic acid In
water or alcohol, and rub the zinc with
it; then polish with whiting or other fine
polishing powder. Be sure TO clean the
acid all of, or it will cozrode the zinc;
Afterwards never wash the zinc with wa
ter. Rub it with cloth moistened with
kerosene oil. The oxalic acid is poison.
Stsbsng for Fish.-Chop = small onion
and fry it I'M tablespoonful of butter;
when turning yellow add three onnces Of
bread crumbs, tablespoonful of water,
pepper, salt, and little chopped parsley ;
stir all we'll together, then take from the
fire and add the yolk Of beaten egg.
If the bread is very dry it can be soaked
for few moments in cold water, then
squeezed dry and the water omitted from
the receipt.
To Bake F3sh.-Rinse the fish in cold
water, wipe the inside dry and fill with
stuffing, then sew up the edges, and place
it in dripping pan with very little hot
water. Melt q tablespoonful of butter
and anoint the top, then sprinkle lightly
with salt and pepper, and lay over it q
few strips of salt pork. Bake in hot
oven, and haste Gerry often; when done
serve with the gravy from the pan, poured
over it, and have Worcestershire. or some
pungent sauce, SO that each one may sea-
son to taste.
Four years ago my barn was regularly
infested with rate; they were so numer-
GUS that I had great fears of my whole
gram being destroyed by them after it was
housed; but having two acres of wild
peppermint that grew in = field of wheat,
after the wheat was harvested, the mint
was cut and placed around, and it drove
the rats from my premises. I have not
been troubled with one since, nor am at
present, while my neighbors have any
quantity of them. I feel confident that
any person who troubled with these
pests could easily get rid Of them by
gathering good supply of mint and
placing it around the walls or base of
their barns-Candda Farmer,
Beef Soup.-Crack the bone of q shin
of beef and put IN to boil in as many
quarts Of cold water as there are pounds
of meat add teaspoonful of salt for each
quart; simmer slowly, ut first, skimming
as often as any scum arises; let boil two
hours, then add four large onions sliced !;
two carrots, scrapcd and sliced; one root
Of celery cut into small pieces--or a tea
spoonful of celery salt. When the vege-
tables and meat are done, strain the soup
and return to the kettle, adding a table,
spoonful Of rice and thicken with a very
lite flour and water. A shin of veal is
nSo for hut <hou1I h. -
cold water an hour before using.
Various Nodes Of Preserving Furs.
1. Lay up along with furs to he pre-
served tallow candle. 2. Take out the
furs from the drawer, ETC., frequently,
beat them we'll, expose them to the air,
| and scent the box where they are kept
either with spirits of turpentinc, cam
| ph0r, Russia leather, or cedar wood. 3.
Pepper them we'll before putting them
away. 4. Wash them over with a
very weak solution of corrosive sublimate
If this solution leaves white powder on
the fur when dry, it is too st,ong; Ten
grains to the pint will be enough.
Housekeepers should know that a
small piece Of paper or linen, moistened
with turpentinc, and put into bureau
or wardrobe, for single day, two or
three times year, is a preservative
against moths.
Whosoever would become good cook,
says Mrs. Mary Olin, must give the mind
to it, and in order to excel in this branch
OF domestic economy, one must have, or
cultivate, taste for it. Seasoning is the
most difficult part Of cooking. One may
know how to stew, roast or Droil, but to
know we'll what scasonings or spices to
add which will improve the flavor, re.
quires patience, practice, and may adj
ideality. Again, badly cooked food is
sheer waste of material, strength and
nerve. What mother can Justly expect
to rear rosy, happy children upon sour
bread, indigestible meats and rich pastry !!
No woman should take upon herself the
duties Of wife or mother, without
thorough knowledge of the art, and no
woman's education is complete, however
brilliant, if this branch be neglected. If
mothers taught their daughters from the
first that it was as much OF an accom-
plishment to manufacture light whole
some bread, snowy biscuits, or to be en-
abled to broil a steak to nicely, as to
master difficult piece of music, or one
of the languages, there would be fewer
divorce cases, fewer complaining hus-
bands and miserable, unhappy wives.
The disclosures that have been made
on one or two occasions lately at inquests
on the bodies of children whose lives
have been insured 60 to Justify the pre-
valent suspicion of close connection be-
tween infant mortality and life insurance.
At an inquest held few days ago as to
the death of two children at Low Spenny-
moor, Durham, which was adjourned for
evidence as to the results of an analytical
examination, a startling statement was
made by DR.. O'Hanlon, medical officer to
the local board, Sin the last few years.
he said, ever since there had been such
an enormous canvassing gong on amongst
insurance companies, there had been a
wonderful increase in the mortality
among children As rule, he found
that the children were always insured
The temptation to get rid Of child
rather than maintain it is, to many par
ents, very great at all times; and when in
addition to being relieved of the burden
of its maintenance they can actually gain
hard cash by its death, the temptation
may become irresistible.-PaN Mall
Gazette.
We give few receipts for luncheon
Dishes" 1st. Cut up what remains from
some roast, broiied, or praised chicken;
remove the outside skin, and trim the
pieces neatly, taking away the superhuQus
bones; slice an onion, and fry it in butter
to light golden color, add thickcning
| IF fionr mt IN tho niocuc of oh;cJ o,> r,,;kh
a little stock, and a small quantity of
French beans or peas; simmer gently un-
til the vegetables are sufficiently cooked,
then serve with the peas or beans in the
center, and the chicken arranged all
round. I'd. Take one pound Of veal,
rabbit, or chicken, and small quantity
of ham, nince, and then compound them
quite smooth, moistening with very lit
tie stock pass it all through q wire seive;
add two ounces Of butter, two eggs well