Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-02-21
Farmer and HOusekeeper.


Of an egg, two small teaspoonfuls
cream tartar, teaspoonful Of So
ia; ieaspoonful of sugar. a beat
en- egg, two cupfuls of -four, and a
half cupful Of Indian mea, anu a
sittle salt; bake In gem pans, and
serve hot.
RAIsIN PIE.-Take one pound
of raisins; turn over :ht III one
quart Of boiling water. Keep
adding, so there wsll be one quart
when done. Crate the rind OF one
iemLn into cup of sugar, then
add three teaspoonfnls Of -four and
one egg; mix well together. Turn
the raislns over the mixture, stir
ring the while. This makes three
pies. Bake as other pies.
SWEET OMELET.-M the yolks
of two eggs, teaspoonfuI Of sugar
and some essence Of. v.iilla la a
small bowl. Add eual pinch
OF salt to the whites Ut the eggs
and whip till stiff. L en- lightly
mix The whites and yeiks, and
pour quickly into an on-l { pan
in which half an ounce VI butter
has been previously melted. Re-
move the egg from the fire in one
minute. and let it dry in the oven
five minutes, after which sprinkle
it with sugar
CHOCOLATE. Melt four ounces
of grated chocolate over a boiling
kettle, add gradually three cups of
boiling water and one ounce of
sugar. Setit upon the fire, and
when scalding hot, pour it upon
two eggs, well beaten, with one
and one-half gills of cold water;
add pinch of cinnamon, and re-
tlrn it to the fire for faw mo-
ments to- cook the eggs. 1t must
not boil, but should be beaten
with an egg-beater, or milled all
the time. Serve very not.
Leather betting can De perma-
nently mended with tie following
cement: Melt TO, ether in an iron
vessel guttapercha and pitch in
about equal parts. Dry the parts
to be mended With hot iron, and
while hot apply the cement to the
edges, previously shaved, aud
press the parts firmly together un-
Gil set.
Turnips are healthful for horse. I.
They should he cut in slices, or
what is better pulped finely and
mixed with little meal and salt.
Rutabagas are better than white
turnips.
The scientific American" says
cOpperas is the dread of rats. In
every crevice or in every hole
where the rat treads we scatter
the grains of copperas, and the
result is stampede OF rats and
mice, and not a football of either
has been heard about the house
since. Every spring a coat of yell
low wash is given the cellars as a
purifier as well as rat extermi-
natOr, and no typhoid, dysentery
or fever attacks the family.
A PLEASANT REMEDY FOR
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES cook" says
II. G. Osborn, NJ. D., Greensboro,
Ala, presented herself TO me
Srith a swollen cheek, asking for
something to relieve the toothache,
from which she had been suffering
all night, and for which she refus-
ed to have the tooth extracted.
AS there was nothing of the usual
kind at hand, was on the point
OF telling her to call later at my
office, or go to to dentist, when
1t occurred TO my mind that there
was in the house a vial of COM
pound tincture of benzoin, which
4 had been using upon a young
mother as a prOtt elton against
sore nipples.
latter cleansing the decayed
tooth, | saturated plenget of cot
ton lint with the tincture and
packed it well into the cavity,
hoping this would suffice for the
time, and bidding her come back
in Two or three hours If she was
not relieved | was turning away,
when she remarked that it might
not be necessary, perhaps, as the
pain was already gone. Suppos-
ing her faith had large share in
the relief, l would not allow N.Y.
self 10 think that the medicine
had anything to do with the cure
any more than so much hot water
would have done.
But when arrived at my Of
fice there were two other patients
awaiting me with the same affiic-
lion, and l determined by way of
experiment TO use the same reme-
dy. To my agreeably surprise
both patients declared themselves
Immediately relieved, and begged
a vial of the tincture for further
use.
During the wiuter a number OF
similar cases applied. and were