Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1874 — RECIPES, ETC. [ARTICLE]

RECIPES, ETC.

—Wax for Sealing Pickles;—ln an old earthen dish mix two pounds of resin with a quarter of. a pound of beeswax, or a couple of tablespoonfuls of beef or mutton tallow; when well, melted together, dip in the necks of the bottles, as well as the corks, and it will seal them air-tight. But take care not to have the mixture boiling hot, as it might cause the necks of the bottles to crack. It can be put on the corks of the pickle jars with an old iron spoon.— Country Gentleman. —Fried oysters are delicious but indigestible, and will therefore seldom be brought.to table by those who Vallie the health of thei? family. Select the very largest and finest oysters for this purpose. Have ready a skillet of boiling lard. Dip your oysters, one at a time, in beaten yolk of egg, then in grated bread-crumbs, lastly in sifted meal, and then drop into the lard. Turn, and allow them to become only slightly browned. Drain upon a sieve, and send to table hot. — Harper's Bazar. —Any number of figures you may wish to multiply by 5 will give the same result if divided by 2 —a much quicker operation; but you must remember to annex a otot he answer when there is no remainder, and when there is a remainder, whatever it may be, annex a 5 to the answer. Multiply 404 by 5, and the answer w ill be 2;J24); div i d e th e s ame-by ffand you will have 232, and as there is no remainder you add aO. Now take 350; multiply by 5, the answer is 1,795; and diviiling thus by 2, there is 179 and a remainder; you therefore place a 5 at the end. of the line and the result is again 1,795. —Cider Vinegar.—Expose a large surface of the cider to the action of the atmosphere, it will turn rapidly to vinegar; for instance, if the cider is put into buckets or tubs in the sun, and a mosquito netting is laid over the top of it so that the flies will not tondrit, and shield it also from rain by boards, in three or four weeks you will have strong vinegar. The larger the surface exposed to the air the sooner the fermentation will take place and vinegar be formed. Place a bucket of cider behind a cooking-stove constantly in use, and you will soon have vinegar. Warmth and air are all that are needful. — Country Gentleman. —To Polish Cuffs and Shirt-Fronts. — Procure at the hardware store a polishing iron, that with a bulge at both ends is the best and will cost one dollar! iron the with a layer of muslin on the board, pass a damp cloth over the linen and rub with the polishing iron until the desired degree of glossiness is obtained. The iron should not be very hot, or it will scorch; if it, is too cool the polish will be long coming. Gum arabic dissolved and added in small quantities to the starch improves it; a lump of sugar is almost as good, and so is sperm, or soap, or butter, or white wax.— Science of Health. —The pernicious habit of breathing through the mouth while sleeping or .w_aking is verylmrtful. There are many persons who sleep with the mouth open anflTlmJßot'knoiw it. They may ,go to sleep with it closed and awake with it closed; but if the mouth is dry and parchecLon waking it is a sign that the month has been, open during sleep. Snoring is a certain sign. This habit should be overcome. At all times, except when eating, drinking or speaking, keep the mouth firmly closed, and breathe through the nostrils, and retire with a firm determination to conquer. The nostrils are the proper breathing apparatus —not the mouth. A -man may inhale poisonous gases through the mouth without being aware of it, but not through the nose.— Science of Health. J.'..J