Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-09-05
PRESERVED GOLDFISH.
A ToothsOmo Article of Food FurnIshe,
by American Ingenuity.

Toothsomo Article of Food Furnished
by American Ingenuity.
For number Of years New York firm
emulous OF the success that has attended
the canning Of baked beans, has been try
ing 70 discover a method for preserving the
freshness and flavor Of that other essential
ly Boston product, the Goldfish ball. They
have at last succeeded, says the New York
Mad and Express, and the rapid demand for
the article the world over seems to prove
either WIDE dispersion Of New England
ers or else widespread need of such an ad-
dition 10 the worlds kitchen supplies.
The fish are killed by being stuck on the
necks, and are hung up until every drop of
blood Is removed and the napes are care
fully scraped and cleaned. When sailed
and dried the fish are equal to the best
beach fish. Nova Scotia potatoes are used,
and instead Of pork fat the best New York
dairy butter Is contracted for at a reason
able price. The fish-balls are packed solid
In tin cans and Theoretically sealed, after
which they are put up in cases Of ten dozen,
when they are ready for the market The
first sale was made in this city last year,
and 20 such an extent has the business
grown In few months that the firm en-
ploys $50 men and women in preparing and
packing hsh-balls and sixty timers in max
ing the cans. Since the first Of October
last 10000 bushels Of potatoes have been
used, and the Goldfish comprises several
hundred quintals. The goods are shipped
by the carload 10 Chicago, st. Louis, San
Francisco, Pittsburgh and other Western
points. Orders have been filed and goods
sent TO France, England, Scotland, South
America, Turkey and China. The industry
promises TO be q very remunerative one,
and Is capable Of considerable extension, to
which the projectors are bending their en-
ergies, and no doubt within q few years
large and growing trade will be the result.
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CoRKs may be made air and water-tiehtby
keeping them for five minutes under melted
paraffine; they must be kept down with q
wire screen.
MAKE starch with soapy water and YOU
will hnd II pleasure TO do up your starched
goods. 1t prevents the iron from sticking
and makes glossy surface.
A SIMPLE dessert is made by lining the
sides OF mould with sponge cake and the
bottom with sliced bananas. Fill the mold
with stih whipped cream. Set it on ice
until eaten.
WHEN the potter's ware Is boiled for the
purpose of hardening it, a handful or two
OF bran should be thrown into the water.
and the glazing will never be injured by
acids or salt
WIEN molasses is used in cooking Il Il q
great Improvement to boil and skim It be-
lore using. The raw, rather unpleasant
taste OF the poor qualities Of molasses IA
much improved by this process.
BoNE plates placed at the side of the dim
ner plates for the reception of fruit and
vegetable skins, cores, pits and various
things that are often laid on the tablecloth,
are very popular with tidy housekeepers.
Embroidered plush frames for mirrors.
with graceful spray of clover or daisies on
one side, are very artistic and effective.
They are still further ornamcnted by plac-
ing full bow OF satin ribbon in one corner.
MOTHS are very destructive to the cloth
and felt used in a piano, and may bo kept
out Of II by placing a lump of camphor,
wrapped In soft paper, in the inside corner,
care being taken TO renew it from time TO
time.
WHEN any person finds IL caster TO eft or
stand or walk or sleep IN a crooked position
than a straight one, such person may be
sure his muscular system Is badly deranged,
and the more haste that man OF woman
makes 20 hold the spine straight the better.
PUT dishes, tumblers and other glass arti-
cles into kettle; cover them entirely with
cold water, and put the kettle where il win
soon boil. When II has boiled q few
minutes, set Il aside, covered close When
the water Is cold take out the glass. This
process win harden the articles so that they
viii not be so easily broken.
A wELL-KSowS physician says, II you
wish to keep dust and germs of disease ous
OF your lungs, keep your mouth shut when
you breathe. II you wish to have a clear,
sweet voice; to avoid colds, to look 90 II
you knew something, 70 avoid sore throats
and coughs, in short II you wish to DO
healthy, wealthy and wise, shut your mouth
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