South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-02-24
Farmer aud aouso-Kesper.
The following IS said 70 be a cN,,Sd
receipt, and most economical:

ne totsoNRO% IS said 70 be a IsSs-1sl
receipt, and most economical:
Quiek Bacl>wheas Calzes.-To ono
pint Of bGes<whest foGr. while dry.
ada two teaspo,sFGl ROYAL Baking
Powder, y teaSpooDfal salt, one scanf
Tablespoonful of brown Sugar or New
Orleans, 10 make them brown. mix
well together, and. when ready ~
bake, add one pint cold water. or sal.
6cieat 10 form batter. stir bat littlS.
and bake Immediately on hot grid
die.
The Baking Powder should nsvor
be pat into the batter. bat always MIX
Ell with tho Hour IL 4 dry state.
New York Tribune.
on Fashioned Apple Jolly.-Taka
twenty large, Juicy apples, pare and
chop; put mto a jar With the tind
(yeilOw party OF four large lemons.
pared thin & cut in bits, cover the iav
closely and setinapOi OF boiling water.
keep water boiling hard all round il
until the apples are dissolved strain
IN 4 jeliy.bag, and mix with the hanid
the juice of the four lemons: TO one
pint OF mixed Juice one pound SUI
gar put in kettle, and when sugar is
melted set II on the fire, and boil and
skim about twenty minutes. or until
it is a thick, fine jelly.
Mush Mullins. mush il not a
very promising mixture TO the eve,
but when tbinnei with milk and thick.
eEed with little wheat flour aud egrs.
IN the proportion of four TO quart, *
makes very good mullinS
Management OF BTooms.-li broOms
are wetted ia boiling suds once week.
they Will become very tough, VIII not
cut = carpet, last mueh longer, and
always sweep like a new broom.
To Clean Soiled Ribbons and Silks.
A mixture of alcohol ana highly
rectited benzine is excellent for clean
ing ribbons and silks il il applied
with clean sponge Persons who
apply these liquids and mixtures To
cleaning silks, Sc, must be careful TO
( DO 50 IN az apartment where there Is
neither fire nor lamp burning, under
the penalty of an explosion.
4 Sumo dairymen estimate that but
termilk Is worth ono-quarter 20 ono,
half more, and Others twice Is much
rs skim milk.
Whooping Cough Remedy. -Roas,
ted Lemon is said 10 subdue tho
whoopiug cough very effectively. 1t
Is prepared ms follows Roast q lem,
on without burning it. When hot
cut and squeeze the juice upon sugar.
Give = teaspOonful as often ne tho
cough is troublesome. This is a cure
for any kind OF a cough aud perfectly
safe to take.
Mois;ened tea leaves will cure
stye.
/ To Keep Nails from Rusting.-A
scientific journal says: When nails
are used in position in which they arc
greatly subjected to air and moisture,
Il will always pay 70 prepare them in
such manner that they will not rust.
This may be accomplished without
amy difficulty by heating a quantity OF
/ nails on shovel and throwing them.
I while hot, into a vessel containing
coarse oil or melted grease. The
nails should not be SO hot that tho
/ grease will be made to smoke freely.
Cut nails prepared in this manner are
improved IA every respect. They
are rendered tougher and will outlast
any kind of wood, even though buri-
cd IN the ground; while unpreparod
nails are completely destroyed by rus.
in short time
Remedy for Poison Oak DIR. $.
a Brown, United States Navy, states
in the Medical Record that he has
found "a specific 90 the troublesome
/ eruption produced by the poison oak,
or poison ivy, so common IN orr
woods and along old fences. This
\ specific be finds in bromine. which nc
has used with nuyarying success in at
least forty cases. lie uses the drug
dissolved 10 oil, cosmolino, or glycer,
inc, IN the strength OF from ten or
, twenty drops Of bromiue 20 the ounce
OF oil, and rubs the mixture on the AZ
iected parts three or four times a day.
The bromiHo Is so volatile that tho
solution should be renewed every -
hours. The eruption never extends
after the first thorough application.
and 10 promptly disappears within "a
hours u The application IS persisted in.
Worth Knowing. -Atthis season foul
chimney often take Gre and burn out.
" hen such au event causes danger, an
eifcctual remedy is IN reach Of every
prudent housewife Though IL ia famii-
iaT 20 many, itnccds repeating. Sprin.
kio common salt la the fro in iho
stove B such manner as to burn the
salt. IL done wisely huge amount
Of chlorine gas viii be generated.
filling tie pipe and chimney, expell.
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