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DECEMBER 18, 1908
, The Commoner.
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chopped fine; brown them carefully,
skim out and set to one side for
further use. The fat should now be
"smoking (but not scorching) hot,"
rfhd Into this drop the piece of meat,
turning and scaring every side of the
surface, as you would a pot roast.
When well-browned, cover the meat
with boiling water, add the browned
carrot and onion, and a like amount
of each that Is raw, salt to taste, add
a dashof cayenne pepper (about the
size of a pea), and two teaspoonfuls
of vinegar. Let boil steadily for
twenty minutes or more according to
the size of the piece; set where it
will simmer slowly for four or five
hours (or until tender), replenishing
the water to keep it from boiling
dry, but let the water boil down a
good deal. About half an hour be
fore serving, take the meat out care
fully, place in a pan, and set in the
oven to quickly brown, not to dry
out, then put on the platter and
serve. Thicken what gravy remains
in the pot with a little flour, a cup--ful
of canned tomatoes; pile plain
boiled spaghetti around the meat,
and pour the gravy over it. John
M., S. Dak.
If our brother had not given the
dis.li a name, we should call it a
"pot-roast," and a nicely cooked one,
too. However, it is, as he says,
"good enough for even a Christmas
dinner, where one can not afford
turkey or-goose."
Requested Odds and Ends
For mange on domestic animals,
use the following: Make an oint
ment of half a pound of sulphur, ana
two pounds of lard, thoroughly mix;
rub well on the mange spots every
two or three days, and keep the ani
mal in the sunshine until the oint
ment dries in. Another recipe says:
Make an ointment of tvo drachms
of sulphur, one drachm of carbonate
of potash and one ounce of lard, well
mixdd, and rub on the mange spots.
For' swelling from strain on ani
mals, bathe with strong vinegar sat
urated with common salt; anotner
good remedy for reducing swellings
is a lotion as follows: One ounce of
white vitriol, one ounce of green cop
peras, two teaspoonfuls of gun
powder; all pulverized together and
dissolved in one quart of soft water.
When thoroughly dissolved, use
cold, rubbing it well in. This is
claimed to be one of the best appli
cations for reducing swellings on
animals.
For water-proofing soles of shoes,
get Stockholm tar and rub well on
them, or apply three coats of copal
varnish, having the soles well heated
before applying, to .hasten absorp
tion. Another method: Take beef
tallow, four ounces; resin, one
ounce; beeswax, one ounce; melt to
gether, and when cold add neatsfoot
oil in quantity equal to all the other
ingredients, mixing thoroughly.
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Moorestown, N. J. i
The first package will benefit, If not,
the druggist will return your money.
25 doses, 25 gents. Never sold in bulk,
Warm the boot or shoe until quite
hot, but In no danger of burning,
and rub the mixture well into the
leather with the hand. After it is
well soaked in, give another applica
tion. Two applications will suillco.
For polishing stoves, take any
good stove, polish and wet it with cold
strcng coffee until the consistency of
cream, add for amount needed for
one stove one teaspoonful of turpen
tine, mix all well, and apply with a
soft cloth, polish with a good brush,
and plenty of hard rubbing, and you
will be pleased with the result.
To restore faded ink, it is recom
mended to moisten the paper, then
brush with sulph-hydric ammonni
solution. The iron of the ink unites,
making biacic suipnuic or iron.
Odd Lots -
For polishing silver, nickel plat
ing, etc., mix two pounds of Spanish
whiting and one half ounce of oleic
acid with a gallon of gasoline (less
may be made in proportions as
above), and stir until thoroughly
mixed. This must be done out of
doors, and still out of doors
soak in this compound flannel
rags of convenient size, wring out
and hang to dry in the air, as there
is no safety anywhere for using gaso
line near a fire or flame. Put these
rags away, and when wanted for use,
use as any other poiisning rag. mey
give a fine gloss to silverware, do not
soil the hands, and can be used over
and over again. Mrs. L., Montana.
The scurf that comes on baby's
head should be softened so it will
come off without making the scalp
sore. Mix one ounce of glycerine
and one ounce of cologne in a pint
of soft, warm water; keep the scalp
well moistened with this, and in a
day or two the scurf will come off;
then wash with some pure vegetable
oil soap, rinsing in several waters.
Our mothers used a little clean,
fresh lard, or mutton tallow, until
the scurf softened, then washed it
nff with soan and a soft cloth. A
fine-toothed comb should never be
used. The scurf is sometimes called
"milk-crust." Mrs. 13. "W., Michigan.
To tan skins for rugs, etc., thor
oughly wash the skin and remove
all fleshy matter, then wash the hair
or wool with soap and water, rinsing
well. Dissolve one-fourth pound
each of salt and powdered alum and
half an ounce of borax in hot water,
and to this add sufficient rye meal
to make a thick paste, and spread
vile. nnctA nn the flesh side of the
skin. Fold the skin lengthwise,
flesh-side in; let remain about two
weeks in a cool airy place; then
shake the paste from the surface and
wash and dry, rubbing and pulling
the skin as it dries to make it pli
able. For a heavy skin, the paste
may have to be repeated. After the
skin is about dry, pull, stretch and
rub until soft, and rub the flesh side
with a blunt knife to remove any
shreds of flesh. Jack D.
ing; let boil until it thickens, pour
into a pudding pan and sot In a mod
erate oven, until brown on top; bent
the whites of the five eggs and half
a cupful of sugar until stiff, them
spread on the top of the pudding,
and set in the oven to slightly color.
Use any flavoring liked.- Mrs. 13. C.
H., Tennessee.
Cockle Shells One cupful of
minced fresh Ash, one tablospoonful
each of butter and flour, a cupful of
sweetened milk, snllspoonful of salt,
a dash of cayenne pepper, half tea
spoonful of lemon Juice, one tea
spoonful of minced parsley, and
three eggs. Put the butter in a
sauco pan, and rub into It the flour,
then add milk, salt, cayenne pepper,
lemon and parsley, and last, stir In
the cupful of fish; let the mixture
come to the boiling point, Btlrrlng,
and remove from the fire. Stir In
immediately (he well-beaten yolks of
three eggs, stirring rapidly, then fold
In the banton whltoa; fill buttorod
aholl-paim about two-thirds full, and
iprlnklo over tho top ilnoly rollod
broad or craokor crumb, and bako
about a quartor of an hour, tjr twon
ty minutes in a modorn oven. Eluri
L Ohio. ,
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furnUhlng department of the city
Btores. Many really useful things
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able as those for which a higher price
Is asked in the larger stores. "Whenv
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Contributed Recipes
Cocoanut Cakes One pound grat
ed cocoanut, half pound sugar, whites
of two eggs and yolk of one. Beat
the yolk well and add the sugar,
heating; then add the cocoanut, still
beating and fold in the whites of the
eEKS which should be stiffly beaten.
Have some sheets of buttered paper,
and with a- teaspoon drop the batter
on the buttered paper, lay it on tins
and form each spoonful into little
cone-shaped cakes ana v ' -an
hour in a moderate oven. Mrs.
S Kentucky. . .
Velvet Pudding One quart of
sweet milk brought to boiling point,
yolks ol five eggs, one and one-ha f
cSnfuls of sugar, two tablespoon fu Is
of flour, one tablespoonful of but
?er; Mend egg-yolks, sugar butter
nnd flour by beating unti smooth
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