Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-19
HOME AND FARM.

Emery powder rubbed on the white
ivory knife handles will remove an ordi-
nary stain. Should the stain be deep,
rub first with emery cloth and then with
the powder.
Stale Bread Breakfast Cakes.-Soak
five or six slices of stale bread over night
in three cupfuls of buttermilk. In the
morning mash the bread fine; add two
well-beaten eggs, three teaspoonfuls of
soda, little salt, and flour to make of
just the right consistence to fry on a
griddle. These are better than the or
binary griddle cakes.
Carbonate of Ammonia.-A few
drops of carbonate of ammonia in q
small quantity of warm rainwater will
prove safe and easy antacid, and will
change, if carefully applied, discolored
spots upon carpets, and indeed all spots,
whether produced by acids or alkalies.
If you have carpet injured by white
wash this will Immediately restore it.
Goldfish and Cheese.-Just bring to
a boil apound of freshened Goldfish, chop
fine and stir in cup of drawn butter,
season with pepper and little minced
parsley or celery leaves and two table,
spoonfuls of grated cheese. Turn into
baking-dish, strew fine bread-crumbs
on top, and brown in the oven.
The Children's Pudding.-Mix six
ounces of bread-crumbs (well grated),
three and half ounces of sugar, and q
pinch of salt; then take one and a half
pounds of apples, pare, core and quarter
them, arrange them in close layers in a
deep tart dish, and strew among them
four ounces of sugar and the grated rind
of fresh lemon; add the strained juice
of the lemon. Then place the bread.
crumbs in thick layer over the apples,
sift powdered sugar over the top, and
bake in quick oven for rather more
than three-quarters of an hour.
Knee Sprung.-The bending for
ward of the front legs at the knee Joint
is caused by contraction of the back
sinews resulting from sprains. The
treatment should be as follows: Let
the animal rest; put on a shoe with high
heel-caulks; apply hot lamentations
every day for two weeks; then remove
the high-heeled shoe and put on a level
one and apply blisters. Confirmed cases
have been completely restored by divid-
ing the tendon below the middle of the
shank and putting on splints to straight
on the limb until new tissue unites the
tendon again. A competent surgeon
can easily perform this operation. In
young horses perseverance in the above
treatment and stiff bandages might pro.
duce relief.
Gaming Fruit and Vegetables
For home use the manner of canning
one kind of fruit or vegetables applies tc
almost all kinds, except corn. Toma.
toes keep best in tin cans in fact, tin is
preferred for vegetables. Nextto toma.
toes, the vegetable most readily canned
is, perhaps, the string bean. Remove
the tough strings at the sides and break
the bean into two or three pieces
When all is ready throw them into 6
little boiling water, scaid, and then car
them. For success the vegetables should
be quite fresh and only so many scalded
at one time as may be carefully canned
while boilirghot. Ascorn requires specia
treatment, separate recipe Is here
given, and housekeepers who are liable
to need the same are requested to pre-
serve it so that there will be no necessity
of repeating it. Fill the cans with the
uncooked corn Qreshly gathered) Gu
from the cob and seal them hermeti
cally; surround them with straw t.
prevent them from striking against
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, over the fire with enough water to cover
them. Heat the water gradually anC
when they have boiled an hour and ;
half puncture the tops of the cans tt
allow the escape of gases, then sea
them Immediately while they are still
hot. Continue to boil them for TIVE
hours and half. In packing the Gu
corn in the cans the liberated milk ant
juices surround the kernels, forming
liquid in which they are cooked.