Barkham Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889

JELLY OF SIBERIAN CRABS--Take off the stalks, weigh and wash the crabs. To each one and a half pounds, add one pint of water. Boil them gently until broken, but do not allow the...

BAKED APPLES.--Take a dozen tart apples, pare and core them, place sugar and small lump of butter in centre of each, put them in a pan with half pint of water, bake until tender...

A GOOD KETCHUP.--Boil one bushel of tomatoes until soft enough to rub through a sieve. Then add to the liquid a half gallon of vinegar, 1-1/2 pints salt, 2 ounces of cloves, 1/4...

CREAM PIE--Take eight eggs, eight ounces pounded sugar, eight ounces flour, put all together into a stew-pan with two glasses of milk, stir until it boils, then add quarter poun...

SIMPLE BREAD PUDDING.--Take the crumbs of a stale roll, pour over it one pint of boiling milk, and set it by to cool. When quite cold, beat it up very fine with two ounces of bu...

HOW TO MAKE 32 KINDS OF SOLDER.--1. Plumbers' solder.--Lead 2 parts, tin I part. 2. Tinmen's solder.--Lead 1 part, tin 1 part. 3. Zinc solder.--Tin 1 part, [Transcriber's Note:...

HOW TO POT HERRINGS.--Clean, cut off the heads, and lay them close in an earthen pot. Strew a little salt between every layer; put in cloves, mace, whole pepper, cayenne and nut...

Air extracted from pure water, under an air pump, contains 34.8 per cent. of oxygen. Fish breathe this air, respiring about 35 times per minute. The oxhydrogen lime light may be...

GAME SOUPS.--Cut in pieces a partridge, pheasant, or rabbit; add slices of veal, ham, onions, carrots, etc. Add a little water, heat a little on slow fire, as gravy is done; the...

THE REMARKABLE STORY OF CHARLIE ROSS.--Charlie Ross was the son of Christian K. Ross of Germantown, Pa., and at the time of his disappearance was a little over 4 years of age. T...

SUGGESTIONS IN MAKING CAKE.--It is very desirable that the materials be of the finest quality. Sweet, fresh butter, eggs, and good flour are the first essentials. The process of...

HOW TO DESTROY RED ANTS.--The best way to get rid of ants, is to set a quantity of cracked walnuts or shell-barks on plates, and put them in the closet or places where the ants...

How to Caseharden Large Pieces of Steel.--A box of cast or wrought iron should be provided large enough to hold one or two of the pieces, with sufficient room all around to pack...

NEW POTATOES.--Have them as freshly dug as may be convenient; the longer they have been out of the ground the less well-flavored they are. Well wash them, rub off the skins with...

Salary of President, $50,000; additional appropriations are about $75,000. A total of $125,000. The President has the following corps of assistants: Private Secretary, $3,250; A...

CURE FOR DRUNKENNESS.--- The following singular means of curing habitual drunkenness is employed by a Russian physician. Dr. Schreiber, of Brzese Litewski: It consists in confin...

Natural Gas the Fuel of the Future.--The house of the near future will have no fireplace, steam pipes, chimneys, or flues. Wood, coal oil, and other forms of fuel are about to d...

ENGRAVING ON EGGS.--The art of engraving on eggs is very puzzling to the uninitiated, but in reality it is very simple. It merely consists in writing upon the egg-shell with wax...

SPRAINED ANKLE.--Wash the ankle frequently with cold salt and water, which is far better than warm vinegar or decoctions of herbs. Keep your foot as cold as possible to prevent...

Receipts for Dyeing Cotton Fabric Red, Blue and Ecru.--Red: Muriate of tin, two-thirds cupful, add water to cover goods; raise to boiling heat; put in goods one hour; stir often...

On the other hand, there are some women so clever at making up their faces that one feels almost inclined to condone the practice in admiration of the result. These are the smal...

Never visit a sick person (especially if the complaint be of a contagious nature) with an empty stomach, as this disposes the system more readily to receive the contagion. And i...

BLEEDING FROM VARICOSE VEINS.--Serious and even fatal hemorrhage may occur from the bursting of a large varicose or "broken" vein. Should such an accident occur, the bleeding ma...

Sometimes water and sky are done with the ruling engine, and when they are, no counterfeiter can successfully imitate them. Fine vignettes are seldom seen on counterfeit notes....

An [Transcriber's Note: The original text reads 'employe'] employee should not confine himself to his mere obligatory duties. He should be ready to work sometimes over hours or...

2. Dr. J. Knox Hodge recommends the following as an application which will relieve facial or any other neuralgia almost instantaneously: Albumen of egg, one drachm; rhigolene, f...

Including: 521 Recipes * 236 Remedies * 150 Themes for Debate * How to Be Handsome * Mother Shipton's Prophesy * The Cure for Baldness * How to Distinguish Death * PLUS 20,000 T...

Cypress Hill, N. Y.: 3,675; 70 Woodlawn, Elmira, N. Y.: 3,096; ---- Beverly, N. J.: 142; 7 Finn's Point, N.J.: ----; 2,644 Gettysburg, Pa.: 1,967; 1,608 Philadelphia, Pa.: 1,880...

For use in stamping any desired pattern upon goods for needle work, embroidery, etc. Draw pattern upon heavy paper, and perforate with small holes all the lines with some sharp...

Portugal--Gold coin: Crown, $10.80; half-crown, $5.40; one-fifth crown, $2.16; one-tenth crown, $1.08. These gold pieces are also known respectively as 10, 5, 2 and 1 dollar [Tr...

HOW THE UNITED STATES GOT ITS LANDS.--The United States bought Louisiana, the vast region between the Mississippi River, the eastern and northern boundary of Texas (then belongi...

PRUSSIC OR HYDROCYANIC ACID--LAUREL WATER, CYANIDE OF POTASSIUM, BITTER ALMOND OIL, ETC.--Symptoms: In large doses almost invariably instantaneously fatal, when not immediately...

A Receipt for Marshmallows, as Made by Confectioners.--Dissolve one-half pound of gum arabic in one pint of water, strain, and add one-half pound of fine sugar, and place over t...

Gentian--Intrinsic worth. Geranium, Ivy--Your hand for the next dance. Geranium, Nutmeg--I expect a meeting. Geranium, Oak--Lady, deign to smile. Geranium, Rose--Preference. Ger...

In the signature of a letter, especial care should be exercised. Bear in mind that names of persons are not governed by the rules of spelling, and words which precede or follow,...

Having succeeded to some extent with these exercises, the learner may next undertake the vertical movement. In order to obtain the lateral movement, which enables one to write l...

CHINESE PROVERBS.--The Chinese are indeed remarkably fond of proverbs. They not only employ them in conversation--and even to a greater degree than the Spaniards, who are noted...

A painter of Toledo, having to represent the three wise men of the East coming to worship on the nativity of Christ, depicted three Arabian or Indian kings, two of them white an...