South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-05-09


! LEMON PupDlNe.--Three eggs, one
scant emp Of snger. t~o liberal table,
juice aud Sind. two cups OF milk. ono
heaping teaspoonful OF butter. Scald
the milk and stir in the cornstarch vet
up In four teaspoonsful o: cold water.
Cook-stirring all the time-until 1t
thickens we'll; add the butter and sct
aside until perfectly cold. Then beat
the eggs light, add tho sugar. the lem.
on juice and grated peel and whip In
great spoonful at time, the stifrencd
cornstarch milk. Bake In battered
dish and eat cold.
FISK Pre- Take of the skin, and re.
move the bones Of any odds and ends OF
cold fish, that may DO possessed; add
this to IN equal weight of cold mashed
potatoes and any cooked rice that may
be over from q dish Of curry, Season
With pepper aud salt and place the mix
ture in well.greascd dish with some
Jumps Of dripping at the TORN tho oven
AMI bake until II IL light brown color.
SAvoRY RICE.--Put quarter pound
Of rice in saucepan with suffient cold
water TO cover Il, and bring it to a boil;
then drain aud replace in the saucepan
with three. quarters OF . pint Of milk
and little pepper aud salt, aud boil
gently until It Il rather dry and quite
soft. Place alternate layers OF this boil
ed rice and grated cheese in small pud-
ding dish which has been well creased.
making cheese The top layer. Put some
small pieces CT dripping on top OF the
cheese, brown in tue oven, and serve We
~ hot.
BLrNpEns.-One OF tho most unac>
countable OF follies Is that OF compelling
horses to wear binders. They are the
cause Of more runaways and other acct.
dents than rhe railroads. Men and hor-
ses are always moro frightened at nois-
cs they cannot account for than at any.
thing else. Allow o horse to see every
thing about him and he soon loses his
timidity. Binders are liable to impair
the eyc-sight, by keeping the air from
the eyes and shortening the vision.
Horses are constantly being struck by
objects that they would avoid IL oppors
tunity were given them TO do 30. A
correspondent in nm agricultural ex-
change says:I drove horse for two
years with binders, aud be was never
safe at times he Was almost unmana-
geabIe from fear. took Off his blind-
crs and used an open bride for two
years moro, during which time o child
could drive him safely indeed, q lad of
/ ten years now cwns him and uses him
4 l. -.
on him again he would be unmansgea-
blc.'
TIE MULLEN PLANT.-A good deal
has been written lately about the null
lein plant and its efficiency as q cure
for consumption. Extracts and decoc.
tons OF this plant (Vcr6ascum Mopsus)
we're recently exhibited al the Cork tx
hibitiou, but the judges would not pass
any verdict. as the chemical and physio-
logical properties have not yet been in.
vestigated. 1t Is, under the synonym OF
cows lungwort, popularity looked upon
IS OF value in diseases Of the respirato-
| ~ organs.
In reference to the use o. tho above,
DIR. QuinlaD, OF Dublin, writes to the
British Medical Journal that three oun-
ces Of the green leaves shou be boiled
for ten minutes in pint Of new milk
The liquid is then strained, sweetene led
to taste, and drunk while warm. This
dose car be- repeated twice or three times
a day. THIS high authority has no dorbt
of its efficacy as curative in the earlier
and palliative 10 the later stages OF
pulmonary consumption. Care should
be taken to use the leaves of the great
mullen, known by its thick, muciiagin.
Gus, and woody lcaves.-Scientific Amer.
Why BEES Work IN TIE DARK.-A
lifetime may be spent In investig ating
the mysteries hidden in a beehive, and
still half Of the secrets would be undis-
covered. The formation Of the cell
has long been problem for the mathe
matician, whilo the changes which the
honey undergoes offer at least an equal
interest TO the chemist. Every one
knows what honey fresh from the comb
is like.
i. is n clear yellow syrup, without a
trace OF solid sugar in it. Upon strain
ing, however, it gradually assumes q
crystalline appearanco--it candles, AS The
saying is, aud ultimately becomes sol.
id mass OF sugar. II has not been sus-
pected that this change is due 10 pbo.
tograpbic action that the same agent
which determines the formation Of cam.
phor and iodine cry stalls 10 bottle eau
es the syrup honey 10 assume n crysta.
line form. This, however, is the case
NJ. Schleblcr, an eminent chemist, baI
Enclosed honey in stoppered fasks, some
or which be has kept ia perfect darkness
while others have been exposed 70 til,
light. The invariable result has beer
that the summed portion rapidly crystal.
Uses. while that kept in tho dark has re.
NAMED perfectly liquid, aud this is wins
bees work in perfect darkness, aad WHY
they are so careful 20 obscure the glass
windo rs which are sometimes placed in
their hives. The existence Of theit
young depends on their Iiquidity OF the
saccbarine food presented 20 them, and
if light was allowed access TO this, the
syrup would gradually acquire q more
or less solid consistency IL would seal
np the cells, and in all probability prove
fatal TO the inmates OF the hive.