The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-11-23


well, and If there is any danger OF
their being greasy, drain before
serving.
BREAD CRUMBS FOR PASTRY
Many buildings that are commonly
baked i'll crust, such as cocoanut,
potato, apple and lemon, are equally
good and more wholesome, made by
strewing grated bread crumbs over
a butterei pie plate or pudding dish
to The usual depth of crust; pour IN
the pudding, strew another layer OF
bread crumbs over the top and bake.
HAM COOKED IN CIDER.-Put a
pint of cider and a cup OF brown
sugar into enough water to cover
the ham; boil three hours, or
until the skin will peel oil
easily. Remove the skin, cover the
ham with crust of sugar, and bake
in slow oven three hours. Dis
solve a cup of sugar IN pint OF
cider and haste the ham frequently
while baking. If the cider is sweet
use less sugar.
STEAMED FIsH.-Place tail of fish
in its mouth and secure it, Law on a
plate, pour over ii half pint OF
vinegar seasoned with pepper and
salt {; let stand an hour in the refrige-
rator, then pour off the vinegar and
put in a steamer over boiling water ;
steam twenty minutes, or longer if
the fish is very large (when done the
meat easily parts from the bone);
drain well and serve on a napkin
garnished with curled parsley.
Domestic Receipts.
Kerosene will soften leather hard
ened by water and render it as plia-
BILE as new.
To heal cut fingers with rspidity
wrap them in q cloth satuated with
alum water.
To clean willow furniture use salt
and water, and apply with a course
brush aud dry thoroughly.
Machine grease may be removed
from wash goods by dipping the
fabric in cold rain water and soda.
The best treatment for sprains and
bruises is the application of water of
such temperature as is most agreea-
BILE.
To remove tar rub thoroughly
with clean lard, and wash with soap
and warm water. This may be APP
piled to either the hands or cloth
ing.
Kitchen tables may be made as
white as snow if washed with hard
soap and wool ashes. Floors look
pest scrubbed with cold water and
wood ashes.
Tea stains and many fruit stains
may be removed with boiling water
pour the water through the stain In
order to prevent it from spreading
through the material.
To make good starch, mix with
cold water and add boiling water
until it thickens; then add a desert
spoon of sugar and small piece OF
butter. This makes stiff and glossy
finish equal to new.
A few drops of hartshorn put into
little clean water will clean a hair
brush very nicely. If very dirty,
use little soap also. After clean
ing rinse in clear water, tie string
around the handle and hang it up to
dry.
To remove the stains of French
shoe polish, either from wooden OIL
cotton goods, wash the spot with
tallow soap and let it stand an hour
or so, then wash it in clean water and
afterwards proceed as with any
soiled article.
stock NoIes.
Most of the large cattle companies
hold their beeves until they are foul
years old.
Cattle which are given salt regu
larly are less liable to disease thai
those not so treated.
A Texas man makes the point thai
the finer the sheep the more liable
they are to scsb and that more pre-
caution is necessary to keep then
free of the disease. He dips his fin,
rams twice as often as he does his
common stock.
Washington county, Pennsylvania
produces more wool, in proportion
| to the area of territory, than any
county in the United States. Thi
county was a pioneer in wool. grow
ing, especially in the production o
Merino and Saxony woods.
One of the many causes of failure
and waste i'll raising stock is expo
sure to the weather. The natura
condition of all animals is that of ex
posture, more or less, but a grea
many of our animals are not in thei
natural condition. We have bre(
away beyond that.
The fibres of fine wool are yer,
closely seated upon the skin. TIL,
pure Merino has 10000 fibres on
square inch. The twentieth cross o
q pure Merino on a cOarse-wooleC
race, it is said, (though this is proba
bly, a great exaggeration) will show
a diminution of only $4,000 fibres t.
the square inch.
The Kentucky Gazette is response
BILE for the statement that colt onl,
few months old, owned in Wash
ington county, that state, can trot
full mile in 2:42. This is a prett,
lively gait for youngster living OF
milk diet, and would seem to indi
cate that it may yet be possible t,
breed the developed trotter.
In 1880, Ohio produced one-sixtl
of all the wool in the United States
California, Michigan, New York
Pennsylvania and Missouri follow
ing in the order named, and the 81,
states named produced more than al
the other states in the Union. Ii
1888 Texas will stand first on tn
list, and in five years will produc
more wool than all six of the state
PANIED.
The total value of the live stocl
importations to the United States il
1881 was $S,675,518. A large pc
cent of this amount was on Scotcl
cattle imported to the country
Polled Angus cattle constitute th
largest number and greatest valn
of animals imported. We are pay
ing to European raisers very heav,
tax on imported blood.
A contract has been made wit
Chicago parties to kill 10000 sheel
IN Montana during November. Tn
carcasses are to be hung up till Janu
airy or February, and then shippe,
to the New York market. The alti
tude Of this territory is about 700
feet above sea level, air pure an,
dry. This experiment has been sue