South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-12-01
Farmer and House. Keeper.


To MAKE STEAK Tgxprk. -Pa,thrca
tatlespoonfa's of salad oil aud ono of
vinegar. we'll mixed together. on a large
dish. aud on this lay the steak. Salt
nut never be put on steak before eook.
ed. The steak must lac on this I, njer
mak'nS mixture. for at least half an
hour 10 side. The toughest viii sue.
cumh TO this and be perfectly tender
when cooked.
When about Ia poaoA cQys. grease
the vessel before putting In the water
and they will not stick.
COTTAGE PUDpiNo.-One egg, on,
cup each OF sugar aud milk, three ia
bespooniuls melted butter. two tea
spoonin's cream tartar. one teaspoonful
oil soda siited In a pint OF flour; bake
half an hour ani eat with butter or
cream sweetened aud favored With nut.
meg.
WALNUT CAKE.-Oae cup butter. tw,
cups sugar. one cup milk, four cups
Hour Two cups walnut meats. choppeJ
hue, three eggs. two teaspoonsful cream
tartar, one of soda. Two loavcs.
PUMPKIN PIE.-One cup Of stewed
pumpkin, one half cup of sugar. two
eggs aud milk enough to FL tho MI,
plate FIRST lire pie plate with a plain
crust, then beat eggs aud sugar toce-
Their. adding pumpkin and milk. Sea-
son with ginger and nutmeg TO suit tho
taste. Bake we'll.
SNOW BALL PUpDfNa.-Ta,xe tv,
teacups OF rice, wash nci boil until ten.
der Pare and core twelve large sour
apples. Leaving the apples whole. Fill
the apples with rice. aad put around
outside. Ito each one in n separate
cloth and drop in boiling water. Serve
while hot with cream and sugar. or any
CREAM CAKE. -Threc fourths cup Of
sour cream, I'll up the cup with milk a
cup OF sugar. two eggs well beaten. two
cups hour with teaspoonful cream tar
Tar siited through IL, flavor With lemon.
For boiled cheese put n tablesnoon-
iul OF milk In n sauce pan with a small
piece "t butter and half a pound Of cool
cheese grated line. Boil over n slow
hre, ana when 1t commences TO bubble
aad one egg well beaten; stir thorough
~ AMI turn into u dish and brown.
Serve when very hot Chicago Neps.
Those VINO use limo as a fertilizer
apply from 10 To so bashes To the acre
ashes may he applied at tue Same rate
OF 200 to 400 pounds.
10 ~hitcn and preserve the teeth
take one ounce OF borax and put it. in
three pints OF boiling water; before IL
IS q ii'o. cold add TO it a teaspoon -ui Of
spirits OF carnphor. When cold put IN
bottle AMI corr tightly. a table
spoonful is to lie used daily in Tie same
quantity Of tepid water.
Professor BPAL furnishes n sta cement
TO the Rural Ne,c Yorker. th Z n ma, n
Dor who was poor cuitivator had iipe
tomatoes two weeks before some OF his
neighbors. simply because bis soil was
poor an had not been MANFRED, while
the nelghbors hal rich soil. which keIt
Inc plants growing with more luxuri-
ahce, with later ripening If the fruit.
IL Is easy TO test the matter another
season.
CoFFEE GROUNDS AS FERTuIzEa.
"A lady OF San Francisco rately re-
ceived some plants from Mexico, and
With the piant$ came the advice 70 fer.
tiize them with waste coffee and coffee
grounds This was done. and the re-
suits we're so satisfactory that tie samo
Treatment was tried on roses, and tho
effect was healthy sndvigorous growth
and more ard better flowers and of
richer colOTs.
In troublesoms bleeiing from the
nose, snuiiling up powdered alum will
generally control il. " will also alnos,
always stop excessive hemorrhsge from
a cavity caused by the extraction Of n
tooth, by being placed In IL.
One Of the best methods Of kcep;na
manure is 10 have il under a Ieaky
roof, which keeps it moist but prevents
washing and dfeuching by rsins.
a handful OF lour bound on a cut
will Immediately stop tho bleeding.
The best treatment for sprains and
bruises is the application Of water OF
such temperature - Is most agreeable.
How TO OBTAIN LoSG IIfE. -Tbon-
sands OF people annually ruin their
constitutions by simply swallowing TOO
much medicine. IL may seem a strange
thing f1r medical men TO say, but IL Is
nevertheless fact. II ia a dargercn,