Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1883-09-22
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

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Baked Eggs Break eight eggs iii
well buttered dish, pug in pepper,
ssltand butter, and three tablespoons
of cream. Bake twenty minutes.
Rige Tomato Pickles Pare ripe,
sound tomatoes tao not scald), pub
in jar scald spices (tied ia q bag)
in vinegar, anu pour while not over
them. Thls recipe is best for persons
who prefer raw tomatoes.
Remedy for Whooping Cough
Mix one lemon sliced, half pint flax
seed, two ounces Of honey and one
quart OF water. Simmer, not boil
four hours. Strain when cool. Dose,
one tablespoonful four times day.
Delicate White Mullins. Delicate
white mullins are made Of one cup
sweet milk, tie well-bsaten whites
of two eggs, two and half-cups OF
flour, one heaping teaspoouful of
baking powder, piece Of butter the
the size OF an egg. Bake in quick
1ayen
Grape PickIe.-Boil the ripe fruit
till it is soft. Ruo through colan-
der, which will retain the seeds only.
Allow three quarters Of pound of
sugar and half cup of vinegar to
pound of grapes. Boil the grapes
and vinegar till almost like Jelly
Add the sugar last. Adj cinnamon
and touch of ground, cloves il you
choose.
Lemon Puffs - Bruise one pound
of double refined sugar and sift it
through a fine seive. Put it into a
bowl, with the j. ice of two lemons,
and mix them together. Beat the
white of an egg to very stiff froth
put into your bowl, add Herewith
the rinds of lemon grated. Mix it
well up drop into the puffs in small
drops and bake in moderately heat
edoven.
To Prevent Moth Ravages.-A
boiling solution of sulphate of cop
per applied to floor before laying
carpet will keep away moths. For
outside coverings Of furniture, es-
pecially Of wool, a solution Of cor
rosive sublimate dissolved in color
iess alcohol can be used without fear
OF discoloration, and is certain ex,
Termination of these pests.
A way to cure bleeding of the nose ,
Vouched for by scientific gentlemen,
rs by vigorous motion of the jaws as
IT in the act of mastication. La the
case ola child, wad fpaper should
be placed in its mouth and the child
instructed to chew it hard. The mo.
ton of the jaws stops the flow of
blood. This remedy is so very sim
pie that many will feel. inclined to
laugh at it, but it has never been
known to fail in single instance,
even in severe cases.
DIR. Haley says that, as rule,
dull heavy headache, situated over
the brows and accompanied by Ian
guor, chilliness and feeling of gen.
eral discomfort, with distaste for
food, which sometimes approaches
20 nausea, can be completely remov,
ed in about ten minutes by a two.
grain dose of iodide of potassium
dissolved in half wineglassfull of
water, this being slipped SO that the
whole quantity may be consumed in
about ten minutes.
Preserved Tomatoes ripe,
but not soft, little yellow tomatoes,
and pour boiling water over them to
take off the skins. Make syrup of
one pound of sugar to one of toma-
toes, putting in only enough water
to dissolve the sugar. Take three
lemons to each seven ponds of to-
matoes, slice and put in the syrup,
flrst removing the seed. When the
syrup is boiled clear put in the to-
Znatoes and boil gently three-quar-
6ers Of an hour.
Peach Shortcake. Make a soft
dough of one quart of sifted flour
mixed with two heaping teaspoons
fuls of baking powder, a generous
teaspoonful of butter, a little salt