The Arizona sentinel., 1885-12-05
HOME AND FARM.

-Ventilate the cellar by opening the windows only at night and early morn- ing in summer and during the middle of the day in winter.-M E. Farmer.
 It is wise, if you are going 10 put English entrants into cake, to dry them on a cloth by the fire after washing them, as sometimes the cold water will cause the cake to fall.-AL6any Journal.
 Graham mush is a good substitute for rich pudding on some occasions. Make just as you do corn-meal mnsh, but add few berries or raisins or En- glish currents. Serve with milk and sugar.--Boston Globe.
 Meat that is to be hashed or used on 8 second day in any way would always be mu h better if the slices were cut from the joint or large piece as soon as it leaves the table and soaked in the gravy of the dish until the next day The Caterer.
 pr. D. N. Patterson writes to the MeW EnglGnd Farmer that on no &C., count should cloth or bandage on boil, carbunce, sore, ulcer, cancer or any raw or healing surface be used a second time. The one thing to do is to burn the cloths.
 The statement that Indian corn de- rives it's nitrogen from the atmosphere is probably not correct. But the clean cultivation given to corn and the thor oughly friable and disintegrated 'ndi- ton of the soil induce the formation of nitrogen within its pores-a fact worthy of attention in view of the costly nature of this important soil constituent Country Gentleman.
 Chicken la cream: Cut the chick. en up and stew until well done; then make thickening of cream or rich milk and fitted flour, seasoning with butter, pepper and salt Have ready baked pair of short~cakes made as for piecrust, but rolled thin and cut in squares. Lay the crusts on dish, and pour over them the chicken and gravy while all are hot Many prefer light soda biscuit instead of piecrust, but both are nice.-1he Household.
 Washing woolens: To wash woolen goods so that they will not shrink, put three of four pails of cold. soft water in the washtub; then take two tablespoon fuls of borax aud one-half pint of soft soap, dissolve in about one quart of hot water; when thoroughly dissolved stir into the tub of water. Put in goods and let stand an hour before washing. Rinse in cold rain-water. Bright col ors should stand but short time -BoS- ton Bulletin.
 For external scalds and burns there is nothing so cooling and curative as an ointment of oxide of zinc, but as every one does not have this in the house it is as well to plunge the injured part in cold water as to do anything else, whenever the plunge is practicable, and when it is not, to keep the cloths upon it wrung out of ice water. This excludes the air. at any rate, and allays the pain, allowing the strength to rally, while it \ is within the reach of everybody. .-E1- change.
 Good Housekeeping gives this rule for making coffee: ''Have coffee finely ground, but grind only the quantity you wish to use; one part Mocha to two of Java is a good mixture. Add, for each cup of coffee, one tablespoon oi Coleo dnu Oue cup Ol CoIu WdteFi stir well together, place upon the fire and let coffee come to a boil, then fill up with boiling water, pour out cup of coffee, then pour back into the coffee pot. Serve with good cream and sugar. This coffee will be clear, fragrant and enjoyable. The use of cold water in making coffee is not fully understood, but its superiority will be aL once ac' knowledged."