Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-05-26
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c,sr FOR CHILDREN.-Mix well two
oounds of flour in one pint Of warm milk,
md a tablespoonful of yeast; let it rise
about half an hour; then add three-quar-
ters of pound of sugar, one-fourth
mound raisins, stoned and chopped, two
ounces candied peel, shred fine, and one
Quarter pound of good fresh beef drip
pings; beat the mixture we'll for quarter
of an hour, and bake in a moderate oven.
DREADED EaGs.-Boil hard and cut III
thick round slices. Pepper and salt; dip
each i'm beaten raw egg, then III me
bread crumbs or powdered cracker, and
fry in nice dripping or butter, very hot.
Drain off every drop Of grease, and serve
on q hot dish. Have ready ssme veal
gravy or chicken broth, heat to boiling in
a saucepan with little chopped parsley,
salt. pepper, and three tablespoonsful of
cream to sup of broth. Boil up. and
pour smoking hot over the eggs, serving
for the table in covered dish.
TIE CABBAGE WoRN.-As the season
for gardening is here the question of pre-
serving cabbage from destruction by the
cabbage worm is Of especial interest. 1t
10 said on good authority that the most
satisfactory remedy yet tested consists OF
\ mixture of half a pound each OF hard
soav and kerosene oil in three gallons OF
water. Two or three applications are
generally sufficient. The growing cab
bage presents such mass of leaves in
which the worms may be concealed that
1t Is hardly possible to reach all at one
application. 1t is of Importance, there
fore, to repeat the use of any remedy at
frequent intervals.
PARIS GREEN on POTATOES.
cautious writers have not yet ceased
warning their readers against the danger
of using so deadly poison as Paris green
on such vegetables as the potatoes when
are to be eaten as food, and in the absence
of examination, the caution would seem
to be well grounded. But the following
facts should set all possible apprehen-
sion at rest: 1. The poison is applied to
the rops aad not to the roots, which are
separated from it by some inches of soil.
3. II it entered the top soil, the quantity
used is so small as not to constitute over
millionth part. 5. 1t is insoluble, anG IS
not taken into the leaves and stems, much
less into the tubers. 4. There is in most
soils about one hundred times as much
iron as will neutralize the poison; so that
even if il were soluble, and were in dan
ger of being absorbed by the plant, the
iron would preclude the danger. D. Mil
lions of people every year eat freely Oh
potatoes which have been treated by IL,
and not one has been hurt from the use OF
the tubers, although some have suffered
from Il careless use of the poison in apply
ing it, as have cattle from breaking into
tho potato field and eating the poisoned
tops. 6. In addition to all the provisions
Of safety, another reason has been pup
lished for the relief of timid persons, IN
the following experiment made by Prof.
Thompson of the Worcester Institute Tor
Analysis: A hill of potatoes was opened
in July and an ounce of the best Paris
green put in and around and on the peta-
toes, which were then about one-third
grown. They were dug in September,
and without washing, and with the Paris
green adhering to them, taken to Prof.
Thompson. He examined them, and iouhu
the Paris green adhering to the skins cas-
lily removed by washing. They were
thoroughly boiled, but no trace of arsenic
detected, either in the skin or in the starch
they contained. Being insoluble, the
poison could not enter them.
A SeusntiOn in Court.