Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-03-31
sUsEFUI AND s0dagsfloE.

rCr cOtnS anu Duulon5 othln Is 80
cooling ms tho white OF nn e.yg.
Mix. cream and bu,tor all nbsorb
strong odors very readily md shorll
therefore DO kept IN u cool. sweet o
or on ice.
II a dish gets burnt In using. do
not scrapo it; put q little water and
ashes in'it and let 1t 80: warm. 1t will
come OF nicely.
IL a child Is suffering from cslsache.
lay upon tho car ii flannel bug. stuffed.
with hops aud wr,my irom hot vinegar.
1t will speedily elect u cura-Tae
Housewife.
When your stove is burned red.
and Your blac'iing won't stic,s u Il. put
a little fat fried fcom salt pork into the
water you dissolve your blncking in,
and try again.
Clean knives with q soft flannel and
Bath brick. II rusty. us wood ash $,
rubbed On with II newly cut bit OF irish
potato. This will remov spots when
nothing else will.
The makers of some OF the most
popular brands of apple butter uso
twenty-five pounds OF sugar to 6vs
bushels OF apples and scason with ono
and u half pounds OF cinnamon.
Fat from mutton, lamb. geese, tu,s
key or ducks will givo I'm unpleasant
flavor TO any thing with which it is
used. snys Miss Pa"loa, and tho best
place for it is with the SOAP grease.
-Mlolasses Pufis. -Onn GU, OF sugar,
hall cup OF butter, ono cup OF molasses.
one egg. one tcaspoonfnl Of ginger, ono
tcaspoonful soda. one cap hot wate-.
four cups OF flour, and II plpch OF sal..
Remove dust from q silk dress nf-
ter wearing it by rubbing lightly with
n piece o! soft flannel Use white fan
mel for light silks 4 brush. unless oil
the very iinost kind, should nevcr touch
silk.
For consumptive7. sard'ncs. rich in
oil, small bones aal all. Is rich, we'll
selected form Of fool-if it will not
prove unacceptable 20 tho stomach,
which in such cas- Is, Is often an irritn-
bic member.
Household ammonia will be found
an excellent fertilizer for plants grown
in the window, especially roses; 1t adds
n ncw beauty TO tho foliage ana forces
II growth OF tho plant wonderfully.
Use In the proportion Of n tablespoon
lul OF the ammonia TO Il quart of water.
"A piper weight Offering many nG-
vnntagcs can be made by filling II stout
lystitchcd chnmois skin bag, two inches
broad by four inches long, with bird
shot. 1t is heavy, will not tear any
paper, or maze i~ndcntutions, and
adapts itself easily 10 irregularities of
surface.
10 boil n pudding in n bag. dip tho
bag in hot water and rub the inside
with flour before putting in tho pad
ding; when done dip the bag in cold
water and the pudding will turn out
easily. Always put II plato on tho bot
tom OF tho kettle to keep the pudding
from burning.
1t IS Il common occurrence for chill
drcn TO got beans, grains OF corn ard
other foreign substances up their noses.
This simple rcmcdy is worth rcmcm-
bering. Get tho child TO open its
mouth. Apply your mouth over it and
blow hard. Tho offending substance
will be expelled from It's nose.
Angel Cocoanut Cake.-Two Guns
OF sugar, half II cup OF butter, three OF
-four, IL lc~aspoonful of baking pow
der, whites OF eight eggs ana half a
cup OF milk. Flavor with Vanilla
Ba!lc in jelly cake pans. Spread tho
to- OF each with thick icing, then tho
bottom; let dry mud sprinkle thickly
with %cDcoanut. Ice all over and sprin-
klo with coconnut.
An excellent wash for this dis
agreeable affection is an ounce each Of
roso water and glycerinc, with six
drops Of carbolic acid. Whenever tho
hands arc washed, after drying them
apply n few drops of the mixture and
rub IL in we'll. While IL may not who'll
ly prevent chnpping il will greatly al-
loyiate II. 1t may also be used for tho
face with impunity.
Baked rice and tomatoes mako q
very appealing hot dish. Bill Il
cotfce-cupful OF rice; when cooked.
strain perfectly dry ana mix with an
ordinary-sizcd can of tomatoes. Add u
little onion chopped worry fino and u
small piece OF butter; season with pop
pcr and salt 10 tasto. Put tho rice and
tomatoes In a dish that Is well buticrcd
and slowed with bread crumbs, and put
n few small pieces OF butter over tho
top. Then baio in an oven to a rich
golden color.
1t Is needless TO say that tho INT OF
beef Is as wholesome rs butter; or that
hogs lard Is IL Of tho most unwholc-
some ingredients OF our food; yet. in spite
OF this acknowledged fact. II Is tho beef
that Is often thrown away, aud lard
that IL purchased for use. II may not
DO known that ovcry bit OF beef drip
ping, every bit of fat steak, tho skim
ming from water IN which beet haa
boiled, can be tried out and clarified
into tho purcst and sweetest beef lard.
Catherine Owens Progressive ~Iiousu-
keeping.
Chocolate Turts. - Grato four
ounces OF the best chocolate, and add to
IL u pinch OF powdered cinnamon. tho
grated rind'of hall u lemon, II pinch Of
salt and enough siftod loaf sugar to
swcc.on 10 tusto. Then boat we'll tic
yclks OF six eggs together with two
spoonfuls Of milk, md stir this grad.
ually into tho chocolate. Put the whole
into a stCw-pun adding n t~cnannnnfri