Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1877 — About the House. [ARTICLE]

About the House.

To Prevent Blisters. —A plaster composed of ground mustard, mixed with white of an egg in place of water, will prevent a blister upon the surface of the skin. Chocolate Caramels. —One cupful sweet milk, two of sugar, one cupful molasses, one-half cupful Baker’s chocolate, grated ; flavor with vanilla to suit the taste; boil for one and a quarter hours; cool on buttered tins. Cooking Cauliflowers. —Three answers were given the lady wishing to know how to make cauliflower white for the table, none of which show knowledge of the great secret, which is to boil it in two-thirds milk and one-third water, or even more milk if it can be spared. To Clean Marble. —Take two parts common soda, one part pulverized pu-mice-stone, one part finely-powdered chalk ; sift the mixture through a fine sieve and then mix with water; rub it thoroughly over the surface of the marble, and the stains will be removed; then wash the marble over with soap and water. Loose but Sound Teeth. —Turkish myrrh diluted in water—at first a teaspoonful to a tumbler and gradually strengthened—and used as a wash four or five times a day, will generally give relief. There are only two causes for the above trouble, viz., calomel and soda, and the use of both must be stopped entirely. Crust for Meat-Pies. —One quart of sifted flour, three table-spoonfuls of good firm lard, well chopped in, two and onehalf cupfuls of sweet milk, one teaspoonful of soda, wet with a very little hot water and mix in with the milk; two teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar, sifted into the dry flour; little salt; work quickly, and not make very stiff. Poached Eggs. —When the water has boiled in the frying-pan break the eggs separately in a saucer; remove the pan from the stove, and slip the eggs (one at a time) on the surface of the water: when all are in place the pan again on the lire, and boil about three minutes ; take them out with a skimmer, drain well, lay them upon pieces of buttered toast, place on a hot ctish, salt to taste; garnish with parsley. To Press Ferns.— Gather before the sporangia break open and carefully place between the leaves of a large book, leaving several thicknesses of paper between each frond; put the book under heavy pressure and in a moderately warm place. The ferns should be changed at least every other day; if fertile fronds of the Osmunda are pressed, the change should be made much oftener. A Paste for Family Use. —The Druggists' Circular gives the following recipe for making a paste similar to that used on postage stamps and gummed labels: Dextrine, two ounces; acetic acid, four draclims; alcohol, four drachms; water, two and a half ounces. Mix the dextrine, acetic acid, and water, stirring until thoroughly mixed; then add alcohol. For attaching labels to tin, first rub the surface with a mixture of muriatic acid and alcohol; then apply the label with a very thin coating of the paste, and it will adhere almost as well as on glass.

The Great Coal Fields of Arizona. The great carboniferous basin of Arizona, and in all probability the greatesf of the world, exists within 140 miles of Prescott. This immense coal deposit makes its first appearance in Southwestern Colorado and Northwestern Mexico, but its great nucleus extends from Tierra Ausarilla, in Rio Arriba,. New Mexico, to the Colorado river, a distance of 276 miles, and from the San Juan river, a distance of 138 miles. This immense area of 88,088 square miles is one continuous mass of coal. It lies between the parallels of 109 and 112 degrees longitude, and 35 and 37 degrees north latitude, and all in Yavapai oounty. The great Appalachian coal fields, covering parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Kentuoky, Tennessee, and Alabama, ig estimated at 40,000 square miles. The Illinois and Missouri, covering a very considerable of

nois, Indiana, lowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Arkansas, is estimated at an area of 40,000 square miles. The estimated area of the New Brunswick and Nora Scotia ooal fields, covering parts of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward island, and Newfoundland, is 18,000 square miles. So that all the coal measures known on the American continent amount to 98,000 square miles. In this vast area the coal does not crop out or disclose itself on the surface, but simply the geological carboniferous area is exposed. So that in Yavapai county we have nearly one-half the whole known ooal area of this great continent! In the 38,000 square miles of coal area in our county, the coal crops out or exposes itself on the surface over the entire space. —Prescott Miner.