The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

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 cans
tic soda, or pearl ash mixed with sufti-
cient water to form a paste, it laid on
with a brush or rag and left for some
hours, will easily remove old putty and
paint.
DUPLICATING PAPER.-Those who de-
sire to make their own duplicating paper
NAV do so by rubbing into a suitable
tissue mixture of six parts of lard, one
part of beeswax, and sufficient fine black
to give it a good color. The mixture
should be warm and not applied to
excess.
ToUGH BEEF.-beef having tendency
to be tough, can be made very palatable
by stewing for two hours with salt and
pepper, taking out 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. z@A
Coon CoFFEE.-Tak the coffee out
into the back-shed and administer several
healthy kickings. IL it don't get good
then, fire it out. (The same process was
| used before the war for making good
cufee.)
STAINs.-There are several ways of
removing ink from polished wood, viz ,
| with spirits of salts and muriaric acid,
or with "a 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.
DANDRUFF. =" Cheapside asks
"Would you inform me how to remove
dandruff from the headf" The best
means is to wash the head once week
with the yolk of an egg beaten up in
tepid water. Wash off in other tepid
water, and finish up with the coldest
water prOcurable.
| To CLEAN WHITE KNITTED GAR.
MENTs-Take those not needing wash
ing, being only slightly soiled, place
them in pillow.case, one at a time,
sprinkle -four through it and shake
well, until it looks bright az new
Borax is excellent to wash fannels with
dissolved in lukewarm water.
CHICKEN SALAD-Take a cold
boiled chicken; chop it fine; take an
equal quantity of celery 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, dror
at time, to the yolk, beating it:all the
time; then pour the dressing over the
salad after you put it in the dish te
serve.
I VERY STRONG GLUE.-Dissolve by
application of moderate heat, one ounce
of best isinglass in a pint of soft water
Strain through piece of cloth and ado
an ounce of glue, previously soaked fol
/ few hours in small quantity of water
and gill uf vinegar. After the isin
glass and glue are brought to solution
boil up once and strain off the i'm
purities. ssaa
COSMETIC GLovEs.-(F For night wear
/. -Yolk of two fresh eggs, two teaspoon
fuls; tincture benzoin, one desser
spoonful; rosewater, one tablespoonful
Beat well together. Keep Tight,
corked. Paint the inside of the glove
4 every night, and do not wear the sam
pair longer than two weeks. Use kid o
dog skin gloves, if you cannot ge
india-rubber gloves, which are the best
FRENCH RAREBIT.-Take three ounce
of cheese, cut in small square pieces
: and set it TO fry with a little piece Q
butter. When your cheese begins t
: melt, have three eggs beaten up wit
salt and pepper. Pour them upon you
cheese. Stir and roll it all into sol
of muff, and take it off. The whol
operation should not take more tina
one or two minutes.