Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1877 — USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE. [ARTICLE]

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

The plow is the emblem of civilization and Christianity.— lowa Stale Regitter. To save cabbages and cucumbers from flies and bugs sprinkle dry lime on them when the dew is on, or, which Is as well, go over the plants first with the sprinkler. To give glass great brilliancy wash with a damp sponge, dipped in spirits, then dust with powdered blue or whiting (tied in a thin muslin bag) and polish with chamois skin. To Remove Bunions.—Take a band of fine, stout linen, three inches bind tightly around the foot and over the bunion —sew it on, if necessary, to keep in place, and wear it almost constantly. This is the only safe way to do. — Exchange. The right time to harrow corn is from the time it is planted until it is coming up, and is nearly showing itself. And again from the time it is two inces high until it five inches. Machines and markers regulated at three feet eight inches generally plant too much seed, and if the harrow disturbs a stalk occasionally, don’t cry.— lowa State Register - Coffee Custard.—Boil one quart of milk with five spoonfuls sugar. Add one cup very strong hot coffee, four beaten eggs, one-half cup corn starch, rubbed very smooth, in a little cold milk. Stir well till smooth, put into cups, and when cool ornament with the beaten whites, just before serving. Another good method is to crush the coffee grains coarsely, and add one spoonful to the boiling quart of milk; then proceed as in an ordinary boiled custard, and strain into cups. Veal Sweet-breads with Tomatoes. —Set over the fire two quarts of nice, ripe, peeled tomatoes; stew half an hour slowly in their own liquor and strain through a coarse sieve; then put in tour or five sweet breads, well trimmed and soaked in warm water; add a little salt and cayenne, and one-quarter of a pound of butter, smoothed in three spoonfuls of flour. Stew slowly till the sweet-breads are well done, or about an hour and a half. A few minutes before dishing stir in the beaten yelks of three eggs. Strawbekby Shobccake. —Into one quart of sifted, prepared flour rub two good tablespoons of butter; mix with about half a pint of sweet milk, handling as little as possible and leaving it soft as it can be molded. Roll out lightly and bake on a flat, round dish, in a quick oven. After allowingdt to cool a little, separate the edges all eround with a fork, and then pull it in two pieces; spread a layer of strawberries, plentifully sprinkled with sugar, upon the bottom layer; on this put tiie other half of the shortcake, with the crust down; add another layer of fruit and sugar, and serve with powdered sugar and milk or cream.

A simple and inexpensive process for making sac-simile cqpies of letters with an ordinary copying I press Is announced. The letter is first written with a very strong aniline ink, acd is then suffered to dry naturally without the use of a blotter. When diy, a sheet of transfer-paper is dampened (as in ordinary copying) and laid over the letter, and both are placed in a leather folio or “ printing pad,” and placed in a common press. On taking these from the press, the transfer-paper has a copy of the letter in reverse, and, while this is still wet, writing-paper is laid on it, and the two are again submitted to the press. This gives a sac-simile of the letter, and a number of copies may be taken from the transfer-paper in the same way till the copies become faint. To take more copies, the transfer may be restored by dampening the back of the transfer paper, or by taking a second, or even third, transfer from the original letter. This process recommends Itself for simplicity and cheapness, and seems likely to prove as useful as the ordinary copy-ing-presis.—Scribner for June.