South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-08-11

tcucuinbcrS add one pint Of kno nolt.
dissolved in boiling water and poured
on them hot Let il stand "a bonrs:
turn. off and rinse. Then dissolve in
boiling water . picco OF alum OF tho
size Of email egg, and pour il On tho
cucumbcrs. Let ID stand nix hours,
pour off and rinse. Then scald sufIi-
cicnt OF the bost cider vinegar TO co.
yer, spioed with half an ounce each of
cloves, cinnamon aud white mustard.
with cup full Of sugar. Put this
upon the cucnmbcrs boiling hot. and
you have nice brittle pickles, with no
moro trouble than when they arc
packed i'm salt
Egg Balls for Soup.-Egg balls to
be served in soup make n welcome ad.
dition to plain beef or mutton soup.
Boil four eggs hard. say for ten min.
utes, then put them in cold water
when cold cut the yolk soft with the
yolk OF one raw egg. & one teaspoon
iul OF flour add pepper and salt and
some bits OF parsley. Mako in tho
shape of balls and drop them in the
soup; let them boil for about two
minutes. The whites Of the eggs can
be used to garnish platter Of cold
meat for supper, or may be chopped
fine or be added to the soup.
Scrambled Eggs.-IIeat ono cup
Of milk in spider with piece of but
ter, little salt and white Pepper;
beat five eggs, pour in, set over ve-
~ slow fire, and keep scraping from
the bottom with spoon until very
little remains thin; then scrape into
a dish without delay. as allowing It TO
harden with whey spoils il.
II n teaspoonful OF powdered borax
is added to every pint Of starch used
in starching cotton goods, they cannot
be made to burn with a blaze. The
borax can have no injurious effect
upon the cloth or upon the wcarer,
and is so cheap that every one can
afford it,
Camphor on q handkerchief placed
on your pillow at night, will prevent
the mosquitoes from disturbing your
slumber.
A remedy for fieas Is to place
handful of tobacco stems in the
Place where the dog or horses sleep,
or IL leaf or two of the same weed will
rid a setting hen of the pests.
A western egg merchant gives the
following rule for keeping eggs TO
one pint OF salt and Quo pint of lime
add four gallons of boiling WATER
Slack the lime first III O small quanti-
ty of hot water. When cold put i'm
stone jars or anything that will not
absorb the liquid Ia vessel of wood
or brown earthcnwarc will not dol.
Then, with dish, let down your
fresh egg into it, tipping tic dish af.
ter 1t fills with water, so that they will
roll out without cracking tho shell,
for If the she'll is cracked the egg will
spoil. Put the eggs in whenever you
have them fresh (they should not be
over two or three days old). Keep
them covered in cool place, and
they will keep fresh for a year.
Lady readers who have not tested
the magic properties of borax have
been losing great help and comfort.
Ii once used, you will never be With
out bottle on your toilet table. Ii
removes stains and dirt from the
hands better than soap, and mt the
safne time soitoDs and smooths the
skin. 1t is splendid for washing the
hair, and will, without injury cleanse
brushes and combs ia a few minutes.
For washing purposes il saves both
soap and labor. IL will extract tho
dirt from articles Of delicate texture
witho Ut rubbing, il being only neces.
cary to put the articles to soak in n
solution of borax over night, and they
need only TO be rinsed i'm the morning.
Two tablespoonsfuI of puIverized boz
rax dissolved in quart Of water, to
which water enough is added to cover
n pair of blankets, will cleanse them
beautifully.
When to Cut Brush. THE latter
part of August is the time for cutting
willows, alders and all kinds Of bush
es, with the hope that one cutting will
be the only surgical operation they
viii require. An old physician, and
at the same time n largo and observ.
ing farmer, said TO US long years ago
rs he saw us cutting hard hacks in
June: My boy, If you wish to ex-
terminate your bushes cut them in the
old Of the moon in August. We
thought ut the time that the idea was
an old mans within, us we were not
so lubatic as to believe that the moon
had much influence on vegetation. nor
do we believe it now; still, we had
too much respect for our old friend
not to try bis suggestion, and after
cutting bushes for many years in the
latter part OF August We are satisfied
that it IL q COOL time to attend TO this
job. The philosophy of its destroy.
instAo bushes lies rot in the moon,
bus probsbly ia the fact that at this