Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-10-24
HELPS IN HOUSEKEEPING.

1T - mistake, aflirms culinary author.
ity, TO cook corn as much as most persons
do. Long boiling does not make 10 tender
but hardcns it like an egg overlooked.
SCIENTIFIC authority claims that il is a
mistake to clean brass with acid, as it soon
becomes dull after such treatment. Sweet
oil and putty powder followed by soap and
water is recommended as one of the best
mediums for Frightening brass or copper
KIDNEYS on ToAST.-Scald the kidneys,
divide them partially, lay them on plate
with lump of butter, pepper, salt ana a
squeeze Of lemon juice place them before
the lire, bastug them frequently with the
butter; when done, serve each kidney on
half a slice Of toast.
FRE~H boiled salmon, cold. Is an inviting
dish for hot summers dinner. Take care
in boiling 10 keep the fish whole Put it on
the ice when done, 20 cool II will take an
hour or two 10 be mot only cold but firm.
Serve with &c Muyonnaisc dressing with a
good deal of lemon juice ia IT,
ONE of the prctticst climbers is the cy-
press vine. lis dark green, feathery foliage
and bright star-shapCd flowers are most
beautiful and graceful. IL is easily cuti-
waited, and blooms % long time. II requires
q rich soil. and supports 90 twinc around.
bur wcl rcpoys The care bestowed upon il.
Cu IEITErt--l irute three ounces OF
,H.U-0 u.H BASIN. mis- with {. about one
Iut a.u.4 ounces or Hue breed crumbs.
r..Hgr. .a.. aud '.ue wcu-h...au eggs:
,r.. I.r I. .urC r.u 3D. tal .DaUoau u
eu.t .ely- into ono boiling butter ard
fs. i-u. brown OBJ. both SIDES; serve very
hot
f0B Extracting the juice OF meat 20 make
% broth or soap. sol- water. uuslited and
cold at irst. Is the best. for 70 much more
readily pouCtratcs the tissue: but for boil
ing where tho juices should De retained
hard water or SOFT wIcr slltc1 is prefer
Dh.o. srd thc mcat should be- put in while
tc wtt.r b. boiling. ~ as 20 seal UP the
pores at once.
DEr housewife ST. r.st5 thut. after scnld-
ING. pcciug and cu.Dug into pieces toma-
toes for canning. thew should be thrown on
a sieve coarse enough 20 let seeds pass
I through and pressed with the hand This
I gets rid Of some Of the water in the fruit.
and also OF many bitter and unsightly
I seeds. There is still water enough In them
I when heated, aud the flavor is improved
! Az excellent and easily-prcpared salad
\ can be made 81 one cucumber and six small
/ tomatoes cut in the thtnnest of slices Peel
the cucumber and let IL lie in salted ice
water for half an hour. DO not peel the
tomatoes, but slice them alternately with
the cucumber, and cover with a dressing
made Of a tablespoonful Of vinegar and two
OF olive oil, with a little salt and pepper.
"ONE dose Of tea in the twenty-four
hours - quite sufficient SAYS n London
exchange and many people who are at
present troubled with headaches and many
Of the sO-calcd nervous diseases, would be
far better if they never drank tea at all.
Especially should oil avoid that very great
mistake known as high tea. Tea and meat
should never be taken together, at least as
forming the principal meal. The tannin,
| an important constituent Of the tea, pre-
vents the digestion OF the meat
IT has been discovered IN France that
glass bottles in which wine Is kept affect
is quality. Peligot, chemist, says that
the changes which wine kept long in bottles
undergo Is due &c the action of the ingre-
dents used In the preparation of the glass.
An undue admixture OF lime and magnesia,
which are often substituted for soda and
potash, beng cheaper, acts injuriously upon
the wine In those bottles in which the
wine actually improves, the proportion OF
lime Is found not 10 exceed eighteen OF
twenty per cent