The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-01-26
Varietyn0f HOmessTOpics,

To purify room, set pitcher of water
in the apartment and in few hours it will
have absorbed all the respired gases in the
room, the air of which will have become
purer, but the water utterly filthy. The
colder the water is, the greater the capacity
to contain these gases. At ordinary temper
allure pail of water will absorb pint of
carbonic acid gas and several pints of amo-
mia. The capacity is nearly doubled by re-
ducing the water to the temperature of ice.
Hence, water kept in room awhile is unfit
for use. For the same reason water from a
pump should always be pumped out in the
morning before any of it is used. Impure
water is more injurious than impure air.
Every cook who makes tea or coffee in tin
pots knows that after a few months her re-
suits are not the same as when the pots are
new. If she can afford it, she throws them
away and buys new ones. They can be
cleaused in very simple manner, and so
last a long time. Put enough water in to
nearly fill them, and then drop q few live
Goals in the water; gases are absorbed. and
the coffee or tea pot is fresh and almost as
good as new.
A small piece of salt pork boiled with
fricasseed chicken will give richness to the
gravy, and the flavor will be better than if
nothing but butter is used.
Hash made of two parts potato, one part
corned beef, and one part beets, is an ap-
petizing dish for breakfast. The potatoes
and beets should be boiled the day before;
chop them and the beef fine, season with
butter, pepper salt, and some hot vinegar
and mustard may be added if you choose.
Buckwheat cakes are improved for some
people by mixing the buckwheat with era.
ham -four. Put about one third of graham
with it. Start the cakes at night with yeast
"a small teacup Of yeast to one quart of
-four: mix with cool, not cold water, and
set in warm corner. Griddle cakes can
be made of oatmeal by putting one-third
time for cooking than buckwheat cakes do,
and should be Drowned thoroughly.
Enamelled cloth makes neat and USE
full covering for the wide, lower shelf in the
pantry where bread and cake are cut. It is
useful also, and looks we'll on the kitchen
table, and can be kept absolutely clean with
little trouble.
A very good dentifrice for good teeth is
made from all ounce of myrrh in fine pow
der and little powdered green sage,
mixed with two spoonfuls Of white honey.
A druggist will make up the compound,
every night and morning.
Before dipping new pen into ink,
thrust it into fresh-cu potato, and the
lux will never cling. When the pen is
thickly gummed with dried ink few
thrusts will clean it perfectly. When not
in use, some accountants leave their pens
sticking into potato kept on the desk for
the purpose.
"Comfits, to take the place of the con-
ventional doughnut at the breakfast table,
are simple and delicious. They may be
eaten warm or cold. Please observe that
there is no butter or lard in them. One
cup of sugar, one cup Of sweet milk, three
cups of flour, two eggs, one teaspo >nful OF
lemon, pinch of salt, and two teaspoon:
fuls of baking powder. Have some lard
very hot, as for fried cake. Put half a
dessertspoonful of the mixture into the lard,
roll gently from side to side till done.
They are SO light they will cook in few
minutes, or if the lard is heated sufficient
the cakes will not absorb it at all.