The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-15

BRoILINa STKAK.-BroiIste with.
out sait: it draws out the juices; it is
desirable to keep these if possible.
Cook over hot fire, turning frequently,
sesring both sides, place in a platter,
salt and pepper to taste.
To REMOVE PUTTY. - Soft soap,
mixed with a solution of potash or caus-
tic soda, or pearl ash mixed with sufi-
cient water to form paste, if laid on
with brush or rag and left for some
hours, will easily remove old putty and
paint.
COOP CoFFEE-Take the coffee out
into the back-shed and administer several
healthy Hckings. If it don't get good
then, FIRE it out. 1.-THE same process was
used before the war for making good
cuffee.) sEs
DUPLICATING PAPER.-Those who de-
sire to make their own duplicating paper
may do 80 by rubbing into a suitable
tissue mixture of six parts of lard, one
part of beeswax, and sufficient fine black
to give it good color.-The mixture
should be warm and not applied to
excess.
TOUGH HBEEF.-beefha having tendency
to be tough, can be made very palatable
by stewing for two hours with salt and
pepper, taking ont pint of liquor when
half done, and letting the rest boil into
the meat. Brown the meat in the pot.
After taking up, make a gravy of the
pint of liquor saved.
ESTAINsSThere are several ways of
removing ink from polished wood, viz,
with spirits of salts and muriatic acid,
or with few drops of spirits of nitre
in teaspoonful of water. In both cases
touch the spot with feather, and rub
it we'll with morsel of soft linen
"Cheapside asks
"Would you inform me how to remove
dandruff from the head ?' The best
means is to wash the head once week
with the yolk of an egg beaten up ia
tepid water. Wash off in other tepid
water, and finish up with the coolest
water procurable. - -s9
To CLEAN WHITE KNITTED GAR
MENTs.-Take those not needing wash
ing, being only slightly soiled, place
them in q pillow-csse, one at q time,
sprinkle -four through it and shake
well, until it looks bright as new.
Borax is excellent to wash fanEels with,
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COSMETIC GLoyEs.-( For night wear)
-Yolk Of two fresh eggs, two teaspoon
fuls; tincture bepzoin, one dessert
spoonful; rosewater, one tablespoonful.
Beat we'll together. Keep tightly
Ecorked. Paint, the inside of the gloves
every night, and do not wear the same
pair longer than two weeks. Use kid or
dog skin gloves, if you cannot get
india-rubber gloves, which are the best.
CHICKEN SALAD.-Take a cold
boiled chicken; chop it fne; take an
equal quantity ofcelery cut fine as the
chicken, little salt, mustard, pepper,
and gill of vinegar; stir all together !;
take the yolk of one egg raw, four tea
spoonfuls of salad oil; add the oil, drop
at a time, to the yolk, beating it..all the
time; then pour the dressing over the
salad after you put it in the dish to
serve.
FRENCH RAREBIT. three ounces
of cheese, cut in small square pieces,
and set it to fry with little piece of
butter. When your cheese begins to
melt, have three eggs beaten up with
salt and pepper. Pour them upon your
cheese. Stir and roll it all into sort
of muff, and take it of. The whole
operation should not take more than
one or two minutes. sa sd
ssTERY STRONG GLUE. by
application of moderate heat. one ounce
of best isinglass in pint OF soft water.
Strain through piece of cloth and add
an ounce Of glue, previously soaked for
few hours in q small quantity of water,
and q gill of vinegar. After the isin-
glass and glue are brought to solution,
boil up once and strain off the i'm
purities.