South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-02-20
Farmer and House. Keeper.

Farmer and House. Keeper.
CAKE WrrHour Eeos.-One and one
half cups sugar, one aud onc.half cups
sour milk, one-half cup butter, two cups
chopped raisins, one teaspoonful soda;
spice to taste; -four enough to make
thick batter.
Scorer SHORT BREAp.-One pound
flour. half pound butter, one fourth
pound sugar. cream the butter and SUI
gar together aud add the flour. Roll it
half an inch thick and bake slowly. II
the cake is preferred very sweet use six
ounces sugar.
CHEESE PuppINa.-Grate thrce oun.
ces of cheese, 1--WE ounces Of bread, warm
one ounce Of butter in quarter OF n
pin. of milk, and mix with the above,
then add two well beaten eggs, little
salt, pepper and mustard; mix all well
together, and bake in u pie dish for half
an hour.
CRRAM PuFFs.-To ono quart boiling
water add three.quarters of pound
ter when nearly cold add ten eggs, we'll
beaten, and one half teaspoonful of soda;
drop on buttered tin pans, several inch
es apart, and bake in quick oven. Gus.
tard for the puffs.-One quart of milk.
four eggs, two cups sugar, one cup -four,
cook until well done flavor to taste;
when cold split puffs and fill with cream.
Smaller quantities may be used in eli.
Their receipt than here given.
FRENCH CAKE.-1 pound sugar, /.
pound butter, pound currants washed
clean and dredged with flour, cups
Hour, 4 eggs, nutmeg and cinnamon to
taste, teaspoonful soda dissolved in
three tablespoonsful milk.
To MEND CuISA.-Take n thick solu.
ton of gum arabic in warm water, and
stir into it plaster Of Paris till tho mix
ture is of the proper consistency. Apply
with a brush to the fractured edges of
the china, and stick them together. In
three days the article can not be broken
in the same place. The Wilderness OF
the cement increases its value.
Old daguerrcotypes mourned over as
faded can be restored in nine cases out
of ten by photographer who knows his
business. What ia called fading is Of
ten caused by q film OF oxide, which can
easily be removed.
a CoNvENIENT RULE FOR FARMERS.
TO find the amount of lumber in u log.
first get the diameter of the log and
throw off four inches Tor slab; then null
tiply it by one-balf OF the remaining
diameter; then multiply 1t by the
length Of the log. and divide by eight,
and you will have tue amount Of lumber
in the log.
! REMEDY FOR Chronic DIARRHeA.-
About the year 1882 DIR. Weisse, direc-
tor OF the hospital for foundlings at st.
Petersburg. Russia, called the attention
of tie medical world TO the use OF raw
meat in the treatment OF chronic diar-
rhpa. His method, to which was appli.
ed the title of 'Muscoyite Method was
adopted in England, Germany. Italy.
and France. In the last-named coun-
try Drs. Trousseau and Bouchut were
the first TO test it, and reported it to
have had good results in cases OF chill
| dren severely afflicted. A little DIR.
Labadie, Of Boreaux communicated to
the profession some facts 10 regard to
three children afflicted with tubercles,
whom he treated and cured according
TO the Russian method. We give below
DIR. Trousseaus formula for prepar.
ing the meat Take 100 grammes OF
fllet OF beef, from which the gristle and
fat should be carfully removed; mince
IL fine and bray 1t in wooden mortar
add 20 grammes of powdered sugar ID
! gramme Of choloride OF sodium. ! gram.
me OF chloride OF potassium, * 1-5 gram-
me OF powdered black pepper. Take
by the tablespoonful during the day.
! Soft BEDs.--Tbere are differences OF
opinion in regard TO the best beds for
! refreshing sleep, some persons adyoca-
| ting soft and some hard beds The
| difference between them is that the
weight OF the body on soft bed press
es on larger surface than a hard bed,
and consequently more comfort is en-
! joyed. Hard beds should never be Civ
Gu 10 little children, and parents who
suppose that such beds contri butte TO
health, by hardening and developing the
SchSIibutAOhi Htc surety III citOEs EDl-
nent phyicians-both here and IN Eng
| land--concur in this opinion, and state
that hard beds have often proved inja-
rious TO the shape Of infants. Birds
and animals cover their offspring with
/ the softest materials they eau obtain,
aud also make soft beds for them and
the softness Of a bed is not evidence Of
/ its being unwhoiesome. But IL il is not
kept sweet and clean by daily airings aud
| frequent beatings--w whether il is hard or
soft--it is surely injurious 10 health.
Tue other day We met a gentleman
who gave US piece OF information as
TO ascertaining The age Of a horse after
u has passed the ninth year. which was
quite new IN ma and ~fll no 40 ara