The Indiana State sentinel., 1879-02-12
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Household Matters
Hchoked, go upon all fours and cough.
For appoplexy, raise the head and body;
for faintness, lay the person Hat.
If any artery be cut, compress it above the
wound; if a vein is cut, compress it below.
Remove insects from the ear by tepid
water; never put a hard instrument in the
ear.
For slight burns, dip the part IN cold
water; if the skin be destroyed, cover with
varnish.
Common glue is the best fertilizer for
house plants. An ounce of glue is sufficient
for gallon of water.
As pin worms are caused by lack of salt
in the system, an inj ection of salt water rids
the patient of them Immediately.
For dust in the eyes, avoid rubbing-dash
cold water in them; remove cinders, ETC.,
with the round point OF lead pencil.
Vomiting can frequently be prevented, SO
it is said, by holding the hands in water as
hot as can be borne, letting it extend over
the wrists.
A good remedy for cough is one ounce
of elecampane root ounce wild cherry bark;
one ounce of hoarhouud. Boil well in two
quarts of water; add one pound of brown
sugar; strain and add one pint of the best
spirits. Take half wine glass three times
day.
In order to free house plants from dust it
is well to once week remove them to the
bath tub, kitchen sink or even kitchen floor,
and take warm water and shower them
thoroughly, wiping the leaves with sponge.
During February and March they need
great care, and it is well, when not too cool,
to open the window for q short time each
day.
The wicks of kerosene lamps should be
changed frequently, or, if not too short,
washed IN strong, hot soapsuds, with some
ammonia in the rinsing water. We think
the trouble with poor light from kerosene
lamps probably arises from the wicks being
comes from the oil, and that impedes the
free passage of the kerosene through the
Wicks.
The washing fluid made by the following
rule is Invaluable in cleaning wooden goods
in washing wooleD tides, or worsted goods
of any kind: One half bar of good hard
soap, one ounce saltpeter. one ounce borax,
four quarts soft water. Dissolve all together
over fire; when half cold, add five ounces
spirits of ammonia. The compound may
be bottled, and is good for an indefinite
length OF time. It is used just as you would
use soft soap.
USEFUL RECEIPTS
Carrot Custard.-Boil and mash six me-
dunn sized carrots, add three pints milk, SIX
eggs, two tablespoons melted butter, Juice
and grated rind of half a lemon, sweeten and
bake ia pudding dish.
Fruit Custard PIe.-Make custard with
milk, sugar, eggs and nutmeg, as you would
make a custard pie, only adding berries of
any kind you like, and a little more sugar,
or apples or peaches chopped fine are good
Fried Potatoes.-Take cold bolted potatoes,
a.,
fry them In butter. You may vary these
cakes by dipping them in the beaten yolk of
an egg and rolling them in bread crumbs
frying them in boiling lard.
New Hampshire Johnny Cake.-Two tea
cups of Indian meal one teacup of flour, one
and one half teacups of sweet milk, one-balf
teacup of cream, one-half teacup of sour
milk, two tablespoonfuls of nolasses, one
small teaspoonful of saleratus, one half tea
spoon OF salt.
Ginger Snaps.-One cup of lard, one cup OF
molasses, one cup of sugar, one teaspoonful
of ginger one teaspoonful of soda, dissolved
In q little water. Boil the sugar, molasses
and lard five minutes; let it cool, then add
the other Ingredients and flour to make stiff;
bake in quick oven and keep in a dry,
open place.
Brown Bread.-Two cups Indian meal, two
cups OF rye meal one cup of molasses, two
cups of sweet milk, one cup of sour milk,
one tesspoonful of soda, pour into tin pud-
ding dish or two quart pail shut cloth in
under the cover 70 make it tight, set it into
a kettle of boiling water, and let it boil stead
lily four hours
Crust for Meat Pies-One Quart OF Hour.
three tablespoonfuls of lard, Two aud one
half cups of milk, one teaspoonful of coda,
wet with hot water and stirred into the
milk. two tablespoonful cream of tarter sift-
ed into the dry -four, one teaspoonfdl of salt.
Work up very lightly and quickly, and do
not get it too stiff.
Apple Black Cap-Divide II large apples
in halves, core them and place them on
thin patty pan close to each other, with sides
downward; squeeze a lemon over them,
shred some fine lemon peel, throw it over
them, and crate fine sugar over all; set in a
quick oven and bake half an hour. When
served, strew the sugar all over the dish.
Delicious Toasted Cheese-Cut the cheese
into slices of moderate thickness, and put
them in a timed copper saucepan, with a
little butter and cream, simmer very gently
until quite dissolved, then remove it from
the fire. allow it to cool little, and add
some yolk OF egg. well beaten; make it into q
shape and brown it before the fire.
Pumpkin Shortcake-One cup of ssewed or
strained pumpkin or squash, one cup s'Cp'
oatmeal porridge and one cup of water.
Beat these up together and then add three
cups of fine graham -four. Mix Thoroughly
spread half an inch thick on baking tin,
and bake halt an hour in a good oven. Cover
for 10 minutes and serve warm or cold.
Agricultural Notes.
France continues to buy largely of Amer
ican and Russian wheat
There is no animal that will better repay
the cost Of good extra keep than dairy COW
in full milk.
Road locomotive engines are becoming
quite common in England for heavy team
ing, plowing, etc. The excellent roads of
that country favor their usefulness.