Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-19
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BUDGET OF GOOD RECIPEs-oLD-TIME AND
MODERN ADMINISTRATORS SUGGESTIONS.

BUDGET OF GOOD RECrPEs-oLD-TIME AND
MODERN LUxURIEs-vARIOUs SUGGESTIONS.
To MEND BROKEN IyoRY.-MOisten thorough
. small quantity of very finely powdered good
quicklime with white Of egg to form a paste.
Use at once, clamp the, parts, and do not dis
turb for twenty-four hours. Do not use an ex-
cess of the cement.
DELICIOUS MUFFINs.-Take two cups of -four
and work into it thoroughly two teaspoonfuls
of baking powder; wet the flour with milk I'M
til it is about the consistency of pancake batter;
then add three weil-beaten eggs the last thing;
mix well and drop quickly into muffin rings
well buttered and bake in quick, hot oven.
PUMPKIN PIE.-Stew the pumpkin the day
before you wish to bake pies; cook till very soft,
so that you can easily rub it through a sieve;
take three eggs TO two pies If eggs are not
plenty; if they are. put two i'm each pie a large
cup Of stewed pumpkin to one pie, milk enough
to thin it sufficiently. that is to make it like
custard; season with ginger molasses and
brown SUGAR; if You choose. bake till brown
crust forms over the top.-Holselaod HINTS,
Emma WhitcOntb BdbcOck.
How TO PERFUME NOTE PAPER, ETC.-Get a
few quires of blctting-paper and sprinkle the
sheets with the perfume desired; then put the
blOtting under a weight until it becomes dry.
When dry put note-paper envelopes, etc. be-
tween the sheets, and place them under
weight for few hours; remove them and they
will be found perfumed. The blotting sheets
may be utilized again and can be made to re-
tain their perfume for a long time by keeping
them free from exposure to air.
BONE FELON.-A person who has to suffer
with bone felOn has to endure excrucating
pain. Upon the high authority of the London
Lancet the following (said to be- certain cure is
given: .As soon as the disease is felt, put di
rectly over the spot fly blister about the size
of your thumb nall and let it remain for six
hours at the expiration of which time, directly
under the surface of the blister, may be seen
the feOn which can be instantly taken out with
the point of a needle or a lancet"
FOoT AND MOUTH DIsEAsE.-It cannot be too
extensively known that cure of foot and
mouth disease can be effected in few days by
the use of salicylic acid solution OF the acid
is prepared by dissolving three tablespoonfuls
of acid in a gallon of water. with which the
mouth and feet are washed three times day.
A little of the powder should also be sprinkled,
after washing between the hOOfs. Two table
spOonfuls OF the acid should also be added to
the drink of each beast during the day. A
cooling aperient of half pound Of salts.
quarter OF an ounce of nitre, and quarter of an
ounce of ginger will be of advantage, together
with great attention to cleanliness.
OLD TINE PORK AND BEANs.-Take two pounds
of moderately lean side pork, to two quarts of
soak over night In the morning after break
fast scald and scrape the rind of the pork and
put on to boil an hour before putting in the
beans. Set the beans to boil in separate pot,
in halfwarm water. If the water used is of
hard lime stone use teaspoonful of soda to the
first water. After boiling short time drain
through cullender and put on fresh water and
let boil until quite tender. Then add the pork
to the beans and let simmer until nearly as stiff
as mashed potatoes. Then put into baking
1iuh. fbn 6,ala in, fhao
brown in the oven one hour. Great care should
be taken not to let the beans scOrch when they
are bOiling.-Ne,o York Tribune.
SUGAR AND COFFEE.-Sugar, which with many
doctors has bad reputation, is an excellent
aliment which assists digestion, and should not,
says NJ. Leyen, be prescribed in dyspepsia. By
experiment, digestion Of meat is found to take
place much more completely when sugar is adj
ded. Coffee exerts both local and general &C
ton, operating locally by means Of its tannin,
by diminishing the calibre of the vessels, but
acting on the general economy by exciting the
nervous centers and the muscular system. 1t
renders digestion slower. and is only OF good
effect by relieving the feeling of tOrpor after
meals. Its Injurious action on digestion may
be corrected by adding sugar so as to counter
balance its effects on the mucous membrane.
Thus adding sugar to coffee is not only pleas
ant practice. but one contributing to digestion.
The WASHING AND SHRINKING OF WOODEN AR
fICLEs.-PrOfessor Artus, who has devoted him
self to the discovery Of the reason why wooden
clothing, when washed with soap and water,
will insist upon shrinking and becoming thick
and acquiring that peculiar odOr and feeling
which SO annoy hOusekeepers. says these evil
effects are due to the decomposition of soap by
the acids present in the Precipitation and other
waste of the skin which the clothing absorbS.
The fat of the soap is then precipitated upon the
wool. These effects may be prevented by
N q fInn 0f
washing soda for several hours. then adding
some warm water and a few drops of ammonia.
The wOOlens are then to be washed out and
rinsed in lukewarm water The Professor
further tells US that flannel which has become
yellow by use may be whitened by putting it for
some time in solution Of hard soap to which
strong ammonia has been added. The proper
lions he gives are one and half pound of hard
curded soap and twO-thirds of pound Of strong
ammonia to fifty pounds OF soft water.
MAKE-BELIEvE TERRAPIN.-Of course, It's
sham for there amt nothing in this world that
can take the shine out of real terrapin STILL If
you amt got none of these nice creeturs YOU can
manage to make shift with calf's head. You
don't want whole head of a calf. but boil it
just the same, but don't sluice it with all the
water in the reservoir, only enough to cover it.
and In that water put couple of onions and salt
and pepper. When boiled tender, take say half
the meat half the tongue, and tablespoonful
OF the brains. Cut it up, but not too fine Put
into frying pan a quarter of pound Of the
best butter, and bring it up to light brown.
mixing in a very little sifted flour when it is off
the fire, and little cayenne pepper and just a
pinch of sweet marjOram- If you put herbs into
hot boiling butter it maks a bitter taste. Then
stir the sauce with alittle of the water the calls
head was boiled in. Then put in your chopped
up calls head. Place on the fire again-nOt to
cook, but TO get hot Only-and last of all pour i'm
two wine-glasses of Madeira but if you haven't
that, let it besherry. Though it amt terrapin
It's good all the same.-BO6 tie Sea Cook, IN "
y. Times.
VIENNA COFFEE.-In making coffee at the
large cafes of the Kathner Ring. in Vienna, the
coffee is prepared as follows: To make six
quarts, one pound six ounces of coffee are used
Within very heavy cylinder or urn that is
securely pinned to the floor or table, there is
fitted a coarse sieve. piece of cord or rope sur
rounding the sieve making 1t hit tightly. Over
the sieve there is placed piece of canton fan
mel. fastened down by means of an iron ring
that fits into the ring which holds the sieve. At
tached to the sieve Is an iron Frame with a
hook at the top. The sieve is pressed to the
bottom of the cylinder. the coffee placed upon
the flannel. and boiling-hot water poured upon
it. This receptacle is then closed and covered