Longitude And Time
Longitude And Time Longitude Is Distance East Or West From A Given Meridian. It Is Meas Ured By Degrees, Minutes, And Sec Onds. Thus, 15° 24' 40" East Longi Tude Denotes A Position 15° 94' 40" East Of The Meridian From Which Lon Gitude Is Reckoned. A Meridian Is An ...
Lozenges
Lozenges Peppermint Lozenges. — Place 1 Ounce Of Picked Gum Tragacanth In An Earthenware Vessel Covered With 5 Ounces Of Warm Water And Let Stand Over Night. Squeeze It Through A Cheese Cloth, Pour It Out On A Marble Or Other Hard, Smooth Surface, And Knead It With The Palms ...
Ltjbeicators Oils
Oils, Ltjbeicators, Etc. Oils. — Oils Exist Ready Made In Nature, And May Be Divided Into Fixed Oils, Which Are Either Of Animal Or Vegetable Origin, And Essential Or Vola Tile Oils, Which Are Principally Vege Table Products. Fixed Oils Are Mostly Liquid At Or Dinary Temperatures, Smooth To The ...
Lumber And Board Measure
Wood, Lumber And Board Measure Measurement Of Wood And Lum Ber.—among The Most Frequent Ap Plications Of Cubic Or Capacity Meas Ure Is The Measurement Of Cord Wood For Fuel And Of Round Timber Or Sawed Lumber For Building And Other 'pur Poses. Wood Is Usually Cut For Fuel Into ...
M Farmer
M. Farmer. Puree De Lentilles (french Recipe). Take 6 Heads Celery, 3 Onions, 2 Turnips, And 4 Carrots; Put Them Into A Stewpan With 1 Pound Lentils, A Slice Of Ham, 4 Tablespoonfuls Butter; Set It Upon A Stove To Stew Slowly For An Hour, Then Add 2 Quarts Stock; ...
Making And Iceeping Sausage
Making And Iceeping Sausage Sausage.— Fresh Pork, Beef, And Other Meats May Be Preserved In The Same Manner As Sausage Meat By Seasoning Them Highly With Spices And Packing Them In Air-tigbt Cases, Or In Earthenware Or Other Tight Re Ceptacles, And Running Over Them A Layer Of Melted Lard ...
Making Over
Making Over To Lengthen A Skirt. — To Make A Girl's Wash Skirts And Petticoats Keep Pace With Her Rapid Growth, Have On Hand A Few Yards Of In Sertion. If This Is Too Expensive Or Is Unsuitable, Then It Is Possible To Make An Attractive Band By Taking A ...
Manicuring
Manicuring Finger Nails. — The Condition Of The Finger Nails Is One Of The Best Tests Of The Care Given To The Toilet. Well-groomed Finger Nails Are, As Far As They Go, A Mark Of Refinement. Needless To Say, The Toilet For Any Social Occasion Is Not Complete Until The ...
Mare Of Lamps
Mare Of Lamps Lamps Should Be Cleaned And Then Filled Each Morning And The Wicks Trimmed. The Improved Steadiness Of The Light Will Repay For The Trouble. When Buying A Lamp, Get Two Or Three Extra Chimneys And Burners, And A Yard Or Two Of Wicking. This Will Save Much ...
Maria Parloa
Maria Parloa. Stewed Okra. Use Only The Small Green Pods, Not More Than Two And A Half Inches Long. Wipe The Pods, Cut Off The Stems And Tips, If The Latter Be Dis Colored. Put Them Into Boiling Salted Water And Cook Gently For Twenty To Thirty Minutes. Drain Off ...
Marion
Marion Haaland. Ginger Beer. 6 Ounces Bruised Ginger, 6 Quarts Water, 5 Pounds Loaf Sugar, 1 Gill Lemon Juice, I Pound Honey, 17 Quarts Cold Water, 1 Egg, 2 Teaspoonfuls Essence Lemon. Boil The Ginger And Water For Half An Hour; Then Add The Sugar, Lemon Juice, Honey, The Balance ...
Marion Harland
Marion Harland. Spaghetti With Cheese. Pound Spaghetti, Cupful Swiss Cheese, 3 Tablespoonfuls Melted Butter, Dash Mcilhenny's Tab As Co Sauce. Break The Spaghetti Into Bits And Boil In Salted Water. Grate Tbe Cheese And Turn Into A Saucepan With The Butter. Stir Well, Add The Hot Spaghetti; Just Long Enough ...
Marking Inks
Marking Inks Marking Inks.—on Account Of The Resistance It Offers To Acids And Other Chemicals, Carbon, In The Form Of Lampblack, Is Often Used As The Basis Of Marking Inks. But Carbon Cannot Be Dissolved. Hence It Must Be Held In Suspension In Some Gummy Or Res Inous Liquid, And ...
May E Sherwood
May E. Sherwood. Summer Salad. 2 Stalks Celery, 2 Seeded Green Peppers, 2 Tomatoes, 2 Tablespoonfuls Cream, 2 Tablespoonfuls Mayonnaise, Vinegar, Salt And Pepper. Finely Slice The Celery And Peppers, Add The Tomatoes Skinned And Cut In Quarters. Beat The Cream Until Stiff, Add To The Mayonnaise, With Vinegar, Salt, ...
Measurement Of Stone And
Measurement Of Stone And Brick Cost Of Brick And Stone Work.— A Common Application Of Capacity Measure Is In Preparing Estimates For Brick And Stone Work. Masons Com Monly Measure Stone Work By The Perch, 161 Feet Long, Feet Wide, And 1 Foot Thick, Or 241 Cubic Feet. Brick Work ...
Measures Of Weight
Measures Of Weight Origin Of Use Of Weights Depends Upon The Principle Of Balance. Hence They Were Proba Bly Not Introduced Until Some Time After Measures Of Length, Surface, And Capacity. The First English Statute On The Subject Founded Measures Of Weight Upon A Given Quantity Of Wheat Corns. The ...
Meat Or Fish Sauces
Meat Or Fish Sauces Celery Sauce. 1 Tablespoonful Flour, 2 Tablespoonfuls Butter, 9 Cupfuls Milk, 1 Head Celery. Cut Celery Into Pieces Two Inches Long- And Boil In Salted Water For An Hour. Mix Smoothly Flour, Butter, And Milk, Stir Until Boiling; Add The Celery Pulp, Season With Salt And ...
Meats
Meats Regard To Meat More Than Any Other Food, It Pays The Housewife To Do Her Own Marketing. A Study Of The Cuts Laid Out On A Butcher's Stall Often Reveals Something Good And Cheap, Which Would Not Have Been Thought Of If One Were Giving Her Or Ders To ...
Medicated Soap
Medicated Soap Soaps Are Frequently Used As The Vehicle For Various Remedial Agents, As Sulphur, Iodine, Tar, And The Like, For Diseases Of The Skin. Also For Disinfectants, As Carbolic Acid, Chlo Rine, And Others. Any Neutral White Hard Soap May Be Medicated By Being Dissolved In Water. The Following ...
Mending
Mending Garments That Are Neatly Mended Will Last Much Longer Than Those Care Lessly Repaired. It Is Impossible, There Fore, To Expend Too Much Pains On This Homely And Prosaic Occupation. There Are Many American Women Who Think That It Is Not Economy To Spend Much Time In Mending. In ...
Mercury And Its Amalgams
Mercury And Its Amalgams Mercury.—mercury Is The Only Pure Metal Which Is Liquid At Ordinary Tem Peratures. It Has Been Known From Remote Antiquity Together With Its Chlorides, Corrosive Sublimate And Red Oxide, Which Were Known To The Ara Bians, And Calomel, Known To The Al Chemists. Its Sulphide Cinnabar ...
Metric System Of Weights
Metric System Of Weights And Measures The Metric System Has Been Adopted By Mexico, Brazil, Chili, Peru, Etc., And Except Russia And Great Britain, Where It Is Permissive, By All European Nations. Various Names Of The Preceding Systems Are, However, Frequently Used: Ln Ger Many, I Kilogram = 1 Pound; ...
Miscellaneous Objects
Miscellaneous Objects Screens.—have A Carpenter Nail To Gether Strips Of Pine Or Other Cheap Well-seasoned Wood In Any Desired Shape Or Size And In One Or More Pan Els. Hinge These Together And Have Straight Bottom Supports With Braces To Prevent The Screen Overturning. Cover This With Burlap, Grass Cloth, ...
Mixed Pickles
Mixed Pickles To Make Cheap Mixed Pickles Have At Hand A Keg Containing Vinegar And Put Into It From Time To Time Odds And Ends Of Vegetables, As Small Green Beans, Young Cucumbers, Small Onions, Radish Pods, Bits Of Cauliflower, And The Like, Adding Vinegar From Time To Time To ...
Morsicy
Morsicy. Aspic Salad (russian Recipe). 1 Cupful Green Peas, Cupful Cold Carrots, 1 Tablespoonful Capers, 1 Cupful Aspic Jelly. Cut The Carrots Into Tiny Cubes. Ornament The Bottom Of A Mold With The Peas, Carrot, And Capers, And Fix Them With Aspic Jelly. When Hard, Fill The Mold With Jelly. ...
Mousse Parfait
Parfait, Mousse, And Frozen Pudding Apricot Pudding. 1 Quart Cream, Yolks 4 Eggs, 11 Cupfuls Sugar, 12 Apricots. Scald 1 Pint Cream. Beat Together The Egg Yolks, And Sugar, Stir Into Hot Cream, Cook One Minute, Take From The Fire, And Add The Remaining Pint Cream. When Frozen, Stir In ...
Mucilage
Mucilage Gum Arabic And Similar Substances, As Gum Tragacanth, Senegal, And The Like, Are Readily Soluble In Water, And Hence Form The Base Of The Liquid Ad Hesives Known As Mucilage. Gum-arabic Paste. — Dissolve 2i Ounces Of Gum Acacia In 2 Quarts Of Warm Water. Stir In 1 Pound ...
Mustache The Beard
The Beard, Mustache, And Shaving Care Of The Beard.—unless Prop Erly Cared For A Full Beard May Seri Ously Interfere With Cleanliness. The Beard Should Be Frequently Washed With Soap, Thoroughly Dried, And Treated With Some Simple Prepara Tion. The Object Of Care Of The Beard, As In The Case ...
Name
Name. Imams. Billet Not,e 6 X 8 Octavo Note 7 X 9 Commercial Note 8 X 10 Packet Note 9 X 11 Bath Note Six 14 Letter 10 X 16 Commercial Letter 11 X 17 Packet Post Llf X 18 Ex. Packet Post 111 X 18i Foolscap 12i X 16 ...
Nature Of The Process
Nature Of The Process Objects Of Washing.—dirt Has Been Described As " Matter Which Is Out Of Place." The Substances Which Soil Garments And Household Linen Are Un Objectionable In Their Proper Places, But Become Dirt When Transferred To Wearing Apparel And Linen, And Re Quire To Be Removed By ...
Nickel And Its Alloys
Nickel And Its Alloys Nickel.—pure Nickel Is A Metal Of A Silvery-wbite Polish And Strong Lus Ter. When Highly Polished It Is Dif Ficult To Tell Nickel From Polished Sil Ver. It Has The Valuable Property Of Not Tarnishing On Exposure To The Air. To Break A Nickel Wire Requires ...
Niscellaneous Rules And Suggestions
Niscellaneous Rules And Suggestions Rules For Preserving Frnit.—cer Tain Rules Are Necessary To Be Observed In Every Branch Of Confectionery. Thus, In Making Sirups, The Sugar Should Always Be Well Dissolved Before It Is Placed On The Fire. If This Is Not Done The Scum Will Not Rise Well, Nor ...
Noitgats
Noitgats Nougats. — Nougat Is Made By Melting In A Copper Sugar Boiler Granulated Sugar With The Addition Of Lemon J Uice At The Rate Of A Dessert Spoonful To Each Pound Of Sugar And Twice The Weight Of The Sugar In Alm Onds Or Other Nuts, As Filberts, Pis ...
Notes About Bread Marino
Notes About Bread Marino Some Cooks Prefer To Set A Sponge When Making Bread, Allowing It To Rise In The Shape Of A Well-beaten Batter Before Adding Flour Enough To Do The Kneading. " Sponging " Makes A Fine-grained Bread, But It Lengthens The Time Required For Making, As Two ...
Nuts Pickled Vegetables
Pickled Vegetables, Nuts, And Fruits To Pickle Tomatoes.—slice I Peck Green Tomatoes, Bring To A Boil Gal Lon Of Any Good Spiced Pickling Liq Uid, And Put The Tomatoes To Boil In This For A Quarter Of An Hour. When Cold Pack Away In Tubs Or Jars And Seal. Or ...
Oilcloth And Linoleum
Oilcloth And Linoleum To Clean Oilcloth.—oilcloth Should Not Be Scrubbed With A Stiff Brush Or Mop, Or Saturated With Water, Nor Should Sal Soda Or Other Strong Wash Ing Compounds Be Used Upon It. The Surface Is Nothing But Paint, And If It Becomes Soaked, Especially With Water Containing Strong ...
Old Fashioned Recipes
Old-fashioned Recipes Apple Preserves.—pippins Are Con Sidered Among The Best Apples For Preserves. They May Be Cut In Quar Ters. Weigh, And To Each Pound Al Low A Pound Of Granulated Sugar And A Half Pint Of Boiling Water. Place The Sugar And Water Upon The Stove And Let It ...
Other Hair Topics
Other Hair. Topics Superfluous Hair.— There Is No Known Method Which Is Entirely Sat Isfactory For Removing Superfluous Hairs. Among The Various Methods Recommended Are Shaving, Plucking Out The Hairs With Tweezers, The Use Of The Electric Needle, And Various De Pilatories. The Active Principle In These Compounds Is Usually ...
Overshoes
Overshoes Box For Overshoes.—take Up The Boards From The Back Doorstep, Cleat And Hinge Them, And Make A Box Un Derneath For The Family Rubbers. Or Make A Shoe Pocket To Hang On The Back Of The Outside Door. Take A Piece Of Any Old Waste Material The Width Of ...
Packing
Packing Packing — To Nave. — Obtain Plenty Of Barrels, And A Relatively Large Number Of Small Packing Cases Rather Than A Few Large Ones, A Quan Tity Of Excelsior, Burlap, And Strong Manila Cord. Also A Number Of Strong Manila Tags On Which Write, Stamp, Or Print Your Name ...
Paper Hanging
Paper Hanging. To Remove Wall Pre Pare A Wall For Fresh Treatment, Whether By Painting, Calcimining, Or Hanging Fresh Paper, First Remove Any Paper That May Be On The Walls. Never Lay One Paper Over Another. The Germ Of Disease, Eggs Of Ver Min, And Other Obnoxious Matter Are Not ...
Parloa
Parloa, Winter Okra Soup (a New Orleans 4 Recipe). 1 Can Okra, 1 Can Tomatoes, 2 Onions, 2 Tablespoonfuls Butter, 1 Dozen Oysters, 3 Tablespoonfuls Rice, 1 Red Pepper Pod Without The Seeds. Chop The Onions And Fry Them In The Butter. Wash The Rice Well, Stew The Onions, Tomatoes, ...
Parloa_2
Parloa. Boiled Onions In White Sauce. Peel The Onions And Drop In Cold Water. Put In A Stewpan With Boil Ing Salted Water. Cook Rapidly For Ten Minutes. Drain Off The Water And Cover The Onions With Hot Milk. Simmer Half An Hour. Beat Together 1 Tablespoonful Butter And 1 ...
Pastes
Pastes Flour Paste. — Ordinary Paste Is Made By Mixing Wheat Flour Or Rice Flour With Water, With Or Without Boil Ing. It May Be Improved By The Ad Dition Of Various Other Adhesives, As Rosin, Gum Arabic, And Glue, And Also By The Addition Of Alum. To Make Simple ...
Pastils Or Candy Drops
Pastils Or Candy Drops Special Utensils Are Required For This Purpose—namely, A Round-bot Tom Sugar Boiler With Pointed Spout And A Large Piece Of Wrought Iron Or Other Metal With A Hole In The Center Large Enough To Receive The Bottom Of The Sugar Boiler. The Object Is To Prevent ...
Pickles Vinegar
Vinegar, Pickles, And Pickling All Vinegar, Of Which There Are Several Kinds, Consists Of Et Dilute So Lution Of Acetic Acid In Water With A Small Amount Of Sugar And Other Organic Matter. Vinegar Is The Result Of The Action Of The Oxygen Of The Air, In The Presence Of ...
Pickles And Pickling
Pickles And Pickling Pickling Vegetables. — Almost Every Sort Of Esculent May Be Pre Served For Table Use By Means Of Spiced Vinegar. The Objects To Be Obtained Are To Secure Firmness Or Hardness Of Texture, To Impart A Fine Bright Green Or Other Color, To Kill All Germs Of ...