The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-05-18
ITEMS FOR FIELD AND HOUSE..

To brighten stove zines, rub with kero-
sene.
POWDERED potash will drive away
rats.
Do not put nice handled knives in hot
water.
KITCHEN floors, when oiled, will not
show grease.
HANG up brooms or stand them on
the end of the handle. They will last
much longer.
A PIECE of rag soaked in solution
of cayenne, is capital thing to put in a
rat or mouse-hole. They will not make
an attempt to eat it.
ALL the disinfectants that can be used
in sick-rooms, unless accompanied with
good ventilation, are useless Ventila-
ton first, in all cases; this is of primary
Importance and should not be forgotten.
TEACH the boys and girls how to use
the irons as soon as they are old enough,
though ne yer allowing them to continue
their work until they are tired cf it.
As they grow older they will often re-
lieve your aching back and tired hands,
A GOOD cream dressing for salad is
made by beating together thoroughly
three raw eggs and six tablespoonful of
cream, three tablespoonful of melted
butter, one teaspoonful of salt, one of
mustard, one-half of black pepper, and
one teacup of vinegar. Heat, stirring
it constantly, until it thickens like
boiled custard. If it boils it will curdle.
Let it cool, then mix with salad.
CHARLOTTE Russo is thus made by a
correspondent: One-quarter of a paper
of gelatine put in a cup of milk, and set
where it is warm until it dissolves; one
quart of cream sweetened and favored
to taste; add the milk and gelatine, and
beat with an egg-beater until it is light :;
take lady fingers" cut them straight,
dip their edges in the white of an egg to
make them adhere; put them in the
mold, and then pour in the beaten cream.
TINE, half an hour, for Scotch oat-
meal porridge. Two ounces of oatmeal,
one pint of water, half a pint of cold
milk. Put pint of warm water into a
stewpan over the fire, and az it boils
dredge in the oatmeal with your left
hand; stir with the right. When it is
made turn it into soup-plate, adding a
little salt or a little sugar, according to
taste. Send it to the table with a Jug
of hot milk, which should be added to it
by degrees for eating.
DISSOLVE one tablespoonful of butter
in one pint of sweet milk whip the
whites of four eggs to a stiff froth, and
beat the yolks and one eggcupful of
pulverized sugar light; stir the yolks
and sugar in the warm milk, and add
four coffeecups of sifted -four, three tea
spoonfuls of yeast powder, and the
whites of the eggs; pour the batter in
creased cake-mold; bake in a quick
oven thirty minutes. This gives you a
model sally Lunn."
WHAT is it that constitutes the value
in every horse? 1t is quickness of
action; power to carry weight, and en-
durance; having bottom enough to
travel long distance at the same gait,
and be able to work year in and year out,
with the same strength and vigor. And
1T IS unnecessary to say that all this
cannot be done, unless the animal has
the highest breeding and high degree
of health. In former days, it was the
fashion to underrate the value of speed,
and to laugh at the advantage of blood :
but all this has materially changed, and
the owner of every horse in these days
knows that "blood will tell"
To broil shad, split the fish on the
back, wash quickly in sailed cold water