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The Wilmingtonian., 1885-10-31

never disobey you again. But, uncle, that
isn't allp' she added, rediening exquisitely.
"EhP" said the old gentleman. "What
ncxtP"
"rve promised to marry Harry Stafford "
"Hello!" said MIR. Ennis. "But thought
you disli&ed Harry Satford?"
"Oh, mol" cried Ruby, with earnestncss.
"Only was afraid that he disliked mel He
called me a romp!"
so l did," confessed Harry Stafford.
''But you are the dearest little romp in the
world, and love you better than any one
else in existence!"
So Rlby was married to Judge Stafford S
son, and the two elder Miss Archers were
forced to confess that "our little sister" had
led off the marriage minuet with distinguish
ed success
"But only to think" said Ruby, ''or hi;
being Jealous of jerome FIankinl How
silly men ar9, to-be-surew
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-10-31
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,

THE MODEL FAST LINE, AND THE oNL-
LINE BETWEEN THE EAST AND WEST VIA
WASHINGTON. DOUBLE TRACK, JANNEY
COUPLERS, STEEL RAILS.
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Emore money than at anything else by
EsAH t5sAH taking an agency for the best selling
E93 HVl5 book out Beginners succeed grand
NS &ly. None fail. Terms free. HAL
LETT Book Co., Portland, Maine.
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baltimore 4 PHILADELPHIA RAIL,
ID ROAD, JUNE :, 1855.
Leave Wilmington, 7O5, 1850 a. m; l.3O, $40 p. M
Arrive at Iandenbergs 50 a. M, 1900 M; 25O s.s7
D. m.
Leave Landenberg, 6.55 a. M; 100, 5.50p.m.
Arrive at Wilmington, 500 a. mi 2le, 100, p. m
,tnday trans leave Wilmington lois, a. m. 500
y m Leave LandenbeTg 500 a, m, LSO p m.
D. CONNELL, Superintendent
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-12-18

RAW EGGS FOR THE sICK.-We
may speak of an article, highly nu'
tritious, easily digested and re-
tanned, and but little used, VIZ;
raw eggs. The only objection to
their use is the individual objections
of the patients, and this only be-
fore the first is taken, for they
seldom object aiterward. The
eggs may be broken into a glass,
care being taken that the yolk is
not broken, and little salt and
pepper may be added if desired.
The patient has scarcely the trOu-
BILE of swallowing it, for it goes
down itself. We have seen pat
tents retain easily and even relish a
raw egg who could retain nothing
else; more than six hundred have
been taken in one case within three
or four months. 1t goes without
saying that the eggs should be
carefully selected; and, indeed, for
fear that one which has seen its
best day should disgust the patient
it were better to. prepare the egg
out of his sight.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-12-18
Marketing Poultry.

When killed on the farm, pOul-
try should be starved thirty-six
hours before killed. During this
time they should remain perfectly
quiet, and if possible, in the dark.
At the end of this time, the food
will all have been digested, and the
bowels will be empty, or nearly so.
Then, if they are hung up by the
feet, bled by the mouth, dry-picked
while warm, singed overan alcohol
lamp fame, and laid on a table to
cool, being formed up nicely into
shape, and wrapped or wound with
strips Of muslin to keep them so
while they cool; in twelve hours
they may be packed. 1t is well to
have clean oat-straw to line the
boxes in which they are packed for
shipment, and the boxes them
selves should he light, strong and
tight. Clean barrels are very good.
The manner of packing depends
upon the size of the box or barrel,
and the charaster of the bids. 1t
should be uniform and systematic,
and always in distinct layers and
very close. They must, Of course,
be thoroughly cold before they are
packed,-AmericdR Agriealturist.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-12-18
Farm and Household.
USE FOR OLD FRUIT CANS.

Probably no other waste srti'
cles have given so much trouble in
disposing of them, as fruit cans.
They are known to be valuable,
but to what good use to turn them,
has been a problem which has dis
tnrhed many minds. They are
hard TO get rid of, and hard to use,
and so there have been many de-
wees thought of for the purpose OF
utilizing them. We have seen
them used as q substitute for shin
giles, by having been unsoldered in
the fire and fiattened out, and they
have certainly made an excellent
roof for Out-hOuses, pig-pens and
other small buildings. A coat of
mineral paint makes them last for
many years. A reader Of the
AmericdR AgrieuIturist suggests
another plan for a few Of them,
which is to open them on oae side
and make flap Of the loose tin by
which the cans may be hung upon
nails in the barn or workshop, for
holding small things, as nails,
screws, etc. To this we would add
that few of them thus prepared
might be hung around the chicken
yards for feed and water troughs,
and would beexcelient for this pur-
pose, because the fowls could not
pat their feet in the food, or foul
the water. This device Is really
one of the most promising of all
that have hitherto been proposed
TO utilize these tantalizing things.
No doubt they could be turned to
account in several ways in the
house, and if neatly covered with
gold or silver paper, would be Or
namental as we'll as useful. Smooth
the edges of the tin, in order to
avoid cutting the hands-Agrtcat-
tRrist.
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NORTH BOUND.
PULLMAN SERVICE.


Trains Nos. 80 and 81 Pullman Buffet and
Sleeping Cars, between Washington and
New Orleans without change Pullman
Buffet and Sleeping Cars between New
York and Atlanta without change. Mann
Boudoir Cars Atlanta TO New Orleans via
Bennington.
Train No. 80 makes close connection at
Greensboro with Sleeper to Asheville,
NC.
Trains Nos. 80 and 50, Pullman Palace
Sleeping Cars, between Washington and
New Orleans without change. Pullman
Sleeping Cars between Washington and
Augusta without change.
Trains Nos 81 and 81, Pullman Sleeping
Cars, between Washington and Louisville
without change. Pullman Sleeping Cars,
between Charlottesville and Cincinnati
without change.
BRANCHES.
Manassas Division daily except Sunday.
Westward-leaves Washington $50 p. III.
Alexandria, 800 p. IN. Manassas 1858 p.
IN. Arrive Riverton Al p. m. Strasburg
7 05 y. m. Accommodation leaves Manas-
sas 4 Is n. m. Arrive Rivcrton 10 - a. m.
Strasburg II Scam.
Riverton & 3 q. N. Arrive Alexandria
10 l. q. m. Washington 10 20 a. III. Ac-
commodaiion leave Strasburg T. 90 noon.
Riverton II 80 p. III. Arrive Alexandria
80 p. m. Washington II p. III.
WAIslENTON BRANCH
Trains Nos. 80, 81, - and - connect
daily at Warrcnton Junction to and from
Warrenton. Train No. 80 connects
except Sunday going and returning from
WarrentOn.
Franklin DivisioD-( daily except Sun
day., leave Rocky Mount : 90 a. IN. Ar
rive Franklin Junction 20 Il. m. Leave
Franklin Junction : 90 p. N. Arrive
Rocky Mount II sop. m.
CONNECTIONS.
At Orange with p. I. &P X. X. for
Fredericksburg At Gordonsville and
Charlottesville with Chesapeake and Ohio
railway, for Richmond, Old Point, Staun-
ton, and points East and West and Vir-
GINA Springs. At Lynchburg with Nor
folk and Western railroad for Southwest
Virginia and Bristol, Chattanooga and
Memphis, Nashville and Knoxville, and
with Richmond and Allegheny X. X.
for Lexington and Natural Bridge, as
we'll as points on X. q A. II. X. east of
Lynchburg.
At Danville with Rich. and Danville,
for all points in the Carolinas, Florida,
Georgia and the South AtRiverton with
Shenandoah Valley railroad for Luray
and Points in the Page Valley. AT
Strasburg with the Baltimore and Ohio
Ior Harrisobburg, Winchester and points
in the Shenandoah Valley.
All trains make close connections at
Washington with through trains to and
from the North and West.
Through tickets at lowest prices to all
important points in the United States.
This is the best line for points in Texas
and California.
For all information, tickets and Sleep
ing Car reservations apply to agents of
this company.
". s. b. THOMPSON.
Assistant General Passenger Agent
ROBT. ANDREWS, Eng. and sup
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To DELINQUENT Subscribers.
ORANGE City Ella. J Times.

Orange City Ella Times.
Lightning struck a pine tree just
in the rear of our Office Monday
afternoon, throwing the bark and
limbs of the tree against the win.
dows Of the office. We saw every
thing we had done in our life, and
we saw nothing that could compare
with the meanness of a dropped
delinquent subscriber from the sub
scription list of any newspaper.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
The editor of a newspaper in
this State thus appeals to his de-
linauent subscribers "Toall those
who are in arrears oneyear or more
who will come forward and pay up
arrearages and for one year in ad.
vance, we will give a 6rst-rate
obituary notice gratis in case it
kills them"
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ARemarI1ahIe Case. a

Mrs. Henry Ellis, 600 Scott street.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, writes; DIR. y.
B. HARTMAN & Co, CoLUMBUs,O.: am
induced by a sense of duty TO the suffering
to make brief statement Of your remark
able cure Of myself was most miser-
able sufferer from the various annoying
and distressing diseases Of delicate persons,
which caused me TO be confined to my
bed for a long time, being too weak TO
even bear my weight upon my ieet.
was treated by the most reputable physi-
clans in our city, each and all saying they
could do nothing for me. / had given up
all hopes ofeyer being well. In this con-
dition began to take your MANALlN
and PERUNA, and / am most happy to
say in three months | was perfectly well
entirely cured, without any appliances
or support of any kind"
Mr.. G. a. Proehl, New Portage, Sum
nit County, Ohio, writes: MY wife
has been sick for about five years. In the
first place the doctor called it leucorrhGa,
and treated it about one year, and she
grew worse, and turned TO liberation oil
the womb, and was treated for that two
years, but she grew worse and the doctor
gave her up. Then | employed DR.. IN
derwood, one of the best doctors OF Akron,
but under his treatment she grew worse
She was paralyzed; she had lost all OF the
sense Of feeling and her eyesight. She
could not walk for nearly two years.
About six months ago Underwood gave
her up. She tried your PERUNA. She
-. 49,, .broc b,ffloc and IL did more
good than any other medicine. The pa
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getting better. We will continue the use
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Mr.. Isaac Nicodemus, Schellsburg, Bed
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by a sense of duty to the suffering, to make
brief statement of your remarkable help,
as a sufferer of catarrh in my head and
throat. 1 doctored with one of the best
physicians in our place for that dreaded
disease. catarrh, and found no relief. But
in 1854 lost my speech, and was not able
to do any kind Of work for near three
months. | could neither eat nor sleep.
PERUNA and MANALIN did wonders for
me. used three bottles of PERUNA and
one of MANALIN, and now am in bet
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and can heartily recommend your med
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Mr.. l. w. Wood, Mt. Sterling, Ohio,
SAYS: e." Your medicine gives good salts,
faction. My customers speak highly OF
its curative properties"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-12-18

PUMPKIN MARMALADE.-Pare,
core, and cut into small pieces a
medium -size-ripe pumkin of rich
color take six pound of sugar,
one pint of good cider vinegar, a
dozen cloves an ounce of best
root ginger; bruise the ginger and
tie it with the cloves in a spice
bag, putt with the sugar and vine
gar in an earthen jar or porcelain
lined kettle that will hold two gal
Ions when it gets warm put in as
much pumpkin as the jar will hold
pressing it down, and boil it until
it is well cooked lit will be quite
transparent and soft; take it out
with a strainer and set it near the
fire while the liquid boils to a thin
syrup, put the pumpkin back into
the jar and let it boil for half an
hour, crushing it as much as posi-
BILE the while with a wooden spoon.
Boston Budget.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-12-18
Swine Profitable.

Enthusiastic swine breeders, OF
u statistical turn OF mind, occasion
ally try to show by figures the com
parative importance of the hog
growing interest of the country
But no great array Of figures is
needed to satisfy the farmer OF
moderate means that hog raising
is one of his surest and quickest
ways of making money. 1t takes
less capital than in the rearing OF
horses and cattle, and it brings re-
turns much sooner. The greatest
drawback in swine breeding is tn g
liability to losses frOm the epidem'
ic diseases which so frequently
sweep through the country. Yet
the great prolifcacy aud rapid
growth of hogs render it possible
to soon recover from these losses,
and still come out ahead of even
the fast-hOrse men. a friend re-
Gently remarked that he had fol-
lowed the showing of horses at
fairs for many years, though, from
lack of sufficient capital, not as
largely as he would have liked. At
the same time, he kept a lot of
good hogs at home, and almost
Immediately on returning from the
fairs in the fall he had to sell hogs
to pay his hOrse-showing expenses.
Since thenhe handles fewer horses
ses and more hogs. Now, instead
of standing nearer the foot of the
roll as a breeder OF good horses
aud hogs, he has advanced to the
foremost rank as a breeder of i'm
proved swine.-OhiO Farmer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-12-18
Facts Worth Knowing.


A cubit is two feet.
4 pace is three feet.
A fathom is six feet.
a span is 10B inches.
A palm is three inches.
A great cubitis II feet.
\ league is three miles.
There are $3.50 languages.
Oats, 80 pounds per bushel.
Bran, 80 pounds per bushel.
Barley, As pounds per bushel.
Two persons die every second.
Sound moves 743 miles per hour
a square mile contains GAO acres
a storm blows &c miles per hour
Buck wheat, 30 pounds per bush
ell.
The average human life is 81
years.
A barrel of rice weighs GOO
pounds.
An acre contains 1910 square
yards.
a firkin of butter weighs 90
pounds.
A barrel of -four weighs 1876
pounds.
a barrel of pork weighs 200
pounds.
Slow rivers flow five miles per
hour.
Timothy seed, 45 pounds per
bushel.
A hurricane moves so miles per
hour.
A rifle ball moves 1000 miles
per hour.
Rapid rivers flow seven miles
per hour.
a hand (horse measure) is four
inches.
Electricity moves 2SS,OOO miles
per hour.
The first lucifer match was made
in 1920.
Gold was discovered in California
in 1913.
The first horse railroad was built
in 1861.
A mile is $3.50, or 1,76O yards in
length.
Wheat, beans and clover seed,
60 pounds per bushel.
The FIRST use of a locomotive in
this country was in 1929.
The first steam engine on this !
was brought from Eng ]
land in 1853.
Corn, rye and Aaxseed, So pounds
per bushel.
A moderate wind blows seven
miles per hour.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-12-18
ODDS AND ENDS.

"What is the worst thing about
riches 2 asked the Sunday school
superintendent. And the new boy
said "Not having any,
A poet sings: 81 See flush upon
the cheek If this is the case that
poet would do well to lay down
his hand unless he can beat ii.
"You never saw my hands as
dirty as that" said a petulant
mother to her little girl. "No, but
your ma did, III bet" was the reply.
A minister, having taught his
little girl the Lords Prayer, was
surprised to hear her repeat it with
the following variation : "Give us
this day our daily bread, or biscuit
and honey, if you please"
She "Charlie, they tell me you
were seasick on the yacht yester-
day. He: eyes, to tell the truth,
/ was a little sick and had to go to
the rail once or twice; but what OF
that? Before We got far there was
a regular gale, and the yacht hove
to-
A new explosive has been invent
ed that is said to be abOnt the same
as twin brother to an earthquake
The Republic don't need sure death
at a mile and a quarter half as bad
as it does some sort of a reliable
continuance for hard times.
"What you want p said the bar
Der, as he ran his fingers through
the few remaining hairs on the
head of customer-"what you
want is a bottle ofmy hair restorer.'
"What | want" replied the custom
er, sis a divorce" and the barber
said no more.
An Irishman, fresh from the coun'
try, wanted to cross over from Dub
lin to Holyhead. "What is the
fare y he inquired. Answer: "Sev'
ell shillings.' "What is the fare
for a pigf" he inquired again. An.
swer: "Three shillings." "rhen
book me for a Pig
GeorgeWolf, a farmer of Melrose,
n. Y, has offended his neighbors
by selling his wife, weighing 200
pounds, for two dollars and hall
"a trife over one cent pound
1t is not surprising that his neigh
bors took umbrage at his action.
If a wife is not worth two cents a
pound, she is not worth a cent.
" Well, Etheliuda DE Wigs,
don't see how you could go and en-
gage yourselfto that old Slimpkins.
Why he hasn't a tooth in his head, y
exclaimed Miss Wigg's dearest
friend, when she heard of the en-
gagement.
"Well, dear, was the reply, "you
mustn't be too hard on him on that
account for he was born that way
"Syas he 7 / didn't know that, or
wouldn't have said anything about
it" was the sympathetic response.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-12-18
A Captains Fortunate DiscOV-
cry.

Capt. Coleman, schr. Weymouth,
playing between Atlantic City and
n. Y, had been troubled with a
cough so that he was unable to
sleep, and was induced to try DIR.
Kings New Discovery fO- COnsump.
ton. 1t not only gave him i'll
slant relief, but allayed the ex-
treme soreness in his breast. His
children were similarly affected
and a single dose had the same
happy effect. DIR. Kings New Dis
cOvery is now the standard remedy
in the Coleman household and on
board the schooner.
Free trial bottle Of this Standard
Remedy at B. Schmitt's.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-12-18
6LEAHlNGS.

Squashes keep best in a dry,
rather warm place; cellar with a
furnace, is a good place, or a shelf
in the kitchen closet, near the
chimney. Spinach after being cut
up, is kept best when slightly iIoz
en-, and covered, so as to prevent
thrawing. This can be done in a
steady cold winter, but not east
ly in the open, changeable weather
we often have. A pit, like eel
cry pit, provided with shelves made
of pickets, answers the purpose
better than the more elaborate
spinach houses in fashion few
years ago.
After the ground freezes slightly,
so as to bear a horse, is the best
time to cover strawberry beds and
spinach, or winter onions. All
these crops need covering against
the action of the sun, Which starts
them into growth TOO early in
spring, before severe weather is
over. The covering should lie
lightly, and yet be secure against
being blown Of by gales.
The National StOckmaR says that
next to whitewash for a poultry
house a 'black wash is best. Boil
ing gas tar applied with an old
broom is very penetrating and will
effectually destroy insect life, and
close up the small cracks against
them. 1t must be applied hot or
the coat will be so thick as to run
in warm weather.
Our Consul at Lyons has sent to
the State Department report up
on the use of a mixture of slaked
lime and sulphate Of copper as a
cure for mildew or rot upon grape
vines. This remedy is being ex-
tensively used in France with favor
able results.
Every farmer should grow an
acre or more of roots, and beets
or mangels are preferable to tur-
nips, because OF the absence of any
Objectionable quality in feeding
cows. The farmer who has ex-
perienced the benefits to be derlv-
ed from a crop of roots, will not be
apt to be without them.
A pickle famine is threatened
this winter. The present supply
at the East is set down at 10000
OOO-one- half only of what is need
ed for the Eastern trade. The
Western crops have suffered, and
heavy advances in prices are look
ed for.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-12-18

Potato MUFFINs.-Bake with
their jackets on, four large-sized
potatoes until they are mealy. Then
take them out of the oven, cut
them open, aud beat up the inside
until quite smooth, seasoning with
little saltand adding two ounces
ces OF clarified butter and enough
warm water TO make the mixture a
thin batter. Then add three beat
en- eggs and three pints of the best
-four. Mix into q dOagh and then
knead into il a teaspOonful of soda
dissolved into a pint of luke warm
water, also a c1pful of fresh yeast.
Let the dough rise over night, and
then put it into rings, baking the
mullins on u griddle to u light
brown. When done on one side
they should be turned. They
shOnld not be cut when eaten, but
first toasted little, torn open and
hnttered.-We Caterer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-12-18
VIRGINIA MIDLAND RAILWAY

The greatest thoroughfare between the
North and the South The only line
Offering double daily Pullman Bniiet and
Sleeping Car service, between Washing
ton and New Orleans. This line offers TO
the travelling public accommodations and
facilities such as cannot be found on any
other line entering Washington.
This is the quickest line between New
York and New Orleans-only - hours.
On and after SUNDAY, Nvo. 18th, 1853,
passenger trains will be run as follows:
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-12-18
BoRAx AS AN INrERNAL DIST

BoRAx AS AN INTERNAL DIsIN-
FsCTANTe-In the Union HedicaIe,
Dr. Cyon confirms the statement,
male by Dumas in 1878, that bo-
rax is possessed of most valuablean-
tiscpticio'Owers. independently OF
it's vall'6--lr the preservation OF
f,o'l, it is u great preventive infec-
tio Is diseases, and may be employ,
ed internally to ward off epidemics
IT may be taken for months or years
with IMMUNITY, and constitutes a
valuable prophylactic. DR.. Cyon
states that it is remarkable fact
= 10 all epidemics Of cholera the
~asten in boracic acid factories
for h'eass escaped the disease.
gagemsl does is FIVE or six gram
1t more 90 .rains) daily, taken
is, if she6nissfime.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-12-18

No other medicine has won for
itself such universal appreciation
in its own city, state, and country,
and among all people, as Ayers
Sarsaparilla. 1t is the best com
binatiOn of vegetable blood puri-
fiers. with the Iodide of Potassium
and Iron, ever offered to the public.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-12-18

PRESERVING PLANTS. For the
last three years, says Mr.. p. Hen
nings, certain fruits, flowers, and
other portions Of plants have been
preserved in perfect condition at
the Berlin University botanical
Museum), by means of solution
containing four parts of water and
one part Of alcohol saturated with
saiicylic acid.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-12-18
Fob. 9th, 'S5,--llm.
How Lost! He
How Restored


Just published, a new edition Of Dr.
Culverwell's Celebrated Essay on the
radical cure Of Spermatorrhoea or Semi
nal Weakness, Involuntary Seminal Loss
es, I'm potency, Mental and Physical Inca
pacity, impcdiments to Marriage, etc;
also, Consumption, Epilepsy and Fits, in
duced by self-indulgence, or sexual cX-
trav agance, &c.
The celebrated author, in this admira-
bic essay clearly demonstrates from a
thirty years successful practice, that the
al arming consequences Of self-abuse may
be radically cured ; pointing ont . mode
If cure at once simple, certain, and cilec-
tual, by means Of which every sufferer, no
matter what his condition may be- may
cure himself cheaply, privately and rad
cally.
This Lecture should be in the hands Of
every youth and every man In the land.
Sent under seal, in . plain envelope, to
any address, postpaid, on receipt OF four
cents or two spostage stamps. Address
THE CULVERWELL MEDICAL co.
Al Ann St., New York, n. Y; Post Oiiice
Box $50. Oct 2-ly.
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Vegetables which lose some of
their color by being boiled may
have that color restored by plung-
ing them for an instant in cold
water, Immediately after removing
from the boiling water.