570.  To make Stilton cheese

Take the night’s cream, and put it in the morning’s new milk, with the rennet; when the curd is come it is not to be broken, as is done with other cheeses, but take it out with a soil dish all together, and place it on a sieve to drain gradually, and, as it drains, keep gradually pressing it, till it becomes firm and dry; then place it in a wooden hoop; afterwards to be kept dry on boards, turned frequently, with cloth-binders round it, which are to be tightened as occasion requires.  In some dairies the cheese, after being taken out of the wooden hoop, are bound tight round with a cloth, which cloth is changed every day until the cheese becomes firm enough to support itself; after the cloth is taken away, they are rubbed every day all over, for two or three months, with a brush; and if the weather is damp or moist, twice a day; and even before the cloth is taken off, the top and bottom are well rubbed every day.

571.  To preserve beer

In a cask containing eighteen gallons of beer, becoming vapid, put a pint of ground malt, suspended in a bag, and close the bung perfectly; the beer will be improved during the whole time of drawing it for use.

572.  To recover sour beer

When beer has become sour, put into the barrel some oyster-shells, calcined to whiteness, or a little fine chalk or whiting.  Any of these will correct the acidity, and make the beer brisk and sparkling; but it cannot be kept long after these additions are made.

573.  Carvacrol—­the new remedy for tooth-ache

Dr. Bushman gives (in the Medical Times) the following account of this new compound, which, though well known in Germany as a quick and effectual cure for one of the most worrying ills “that flesh is heir to,” is now for the first time published in England.  Carvacrol is an oily liquid, with a strong taste and unpleasant odor.  It may be made by the action of iodine on oil of caraway or on camphor.  A few drops applied on cotton wool (to a decayed and painful tooth) give immediate relief.  Carvacrol much resembles creosote in appearance, and is used in similar cases of tooth-ache, but its effect is much more speedy and certain.

574.  Camphor cerate for chapped hands

The following receipt was given to the contributor by a maid of honour to Queen Victoria.  It is an excellent one.  Scrape into an earthen vessel one ounce and a half of spermaceti and half an ounce of white wax; add six drachms of pounded camphor, and four tablespoonsful of the best olive oil.  Let it stand near the fire till it dissolves, stirring it well when liquid.  Before the hands are washed, rub them thoroughly with a little of the cerate, then wash them as usual.  Putting the cerate on before retiring answers very well.  This quantity costs about twenty-five cents, and will last three winters.  The vessel it is kept in should be covered, to prevent evaporation.