The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-07-02
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN. T,
"A celebrated physician says that Il Is
cake that ruins The teeth, and not candy,
a. Is generally supposed. h,
-Rioe Fritters-Yolk Of one egg in a
cup Of sweet milk two cups n -four cup
Of boiled rice one quarter Of teaspoon
iul soda, stir In white Of one egg, well
beaten drop In hot lard.
1t is advisable 10 set a hen at night,
and without a lightif she be a timid one.
II Is said that eggs sprinkled with water,
on the lith, nth and Goth day after they
are set, will rarely have dead chickens In
them at the end Of the time for incuba.
ton.
Strawberry Tarts-Take two quarts
Of ripe strawberries; add a pint Of wine,
half a pint Of clarified sugar-it must be
cOld-the juice Of two lemons; mix these
without breaking the berries, and put in
q puff paste, previously baked.
Chatting wax.-Take good, clean
beeswax, one-third; rosin, %two-thirds
melt together; boil one hour, then pour
ii into cold water. When cold enough
work II with the hands until you think 1t
well mixed. If not soft enough to spread
easy add a little more a
The Rural Mep Yorker, while admit
ting the value Of some OF the new varieties
of fruits, vegetables and grains, insists
that farmers would be better rewarded
If they spent part Of the money now in
vested In new things, In taking care Of
and improving the old.
"A mixture of three parts fine charcoal,
two parts bone meal, and one part plaster
(gypsuml applied In quantity Of about
two TO four quarts to the roots OF a tree
or vine when planting, we have found to
fully repay the cost in increased vigor
and growth during the season.-Kr-
change.
TO Clean Carpets.-A few drops Of
carbonate Of ammonia In a small quantity
Of warm rain water, will prove a safe and
easy anti-acid, and will change, If careful.
ly applied. discolored spots upon carpets,
and all spots whether produced by acids
or alkalies, lfyou have a carpet injured
, by whitewash, this will restore il.
, A correspondent Of the Cincinnati
: Gazette gives this remedy for the destruc-
{ ton Of sheep ticks Take hogs lard and
. salt in equal proportions mix together
: and warm till melted. When you shear,
. apply this TO the back, from the cars TO
: the tail. The ticks viii soon leave. |
have tried II for q number Of years, and
y have never known ii to fail"
4 strawberry Jelly.-Putth them in q par
n and bruise well, adding a little water ant
powdered sugar; in an hour or two strair
q through a ielly-bag with isinglass dis
solved in half q pint Of cold water mi'
~ well, and pour into mods. Raspberry
A blackberry, or almost any other kind 0
fruit, may be made in the same way, ]
!, cherries are used, they must be boiled
and the juice Of lemons added.
" The Lowell Courier says that an in
n cenious gardener In Lowell makes a fam
IA movement on the weeds in his onion bed
Is He sows the rows the width ola boar
w ssunder, and then places boards on tn
ID spaces between them. The weeds com
he up as far as the boards, and are discOul
le aged. He leaves the lumber on tn
10 ground until the onions get strong, an
finds It useful for standing on while weed
We ing the rows, as well as for keeping dow
NJ the weeds.
ny An exchange gives the followin
nd remedy for identifying teeth "Dissolv
q two unces Of horax In three pints {
ok boiling water. and before il is cold ad
ny one teaspoonful OF the spirits Of campho
id and bottle for use. A tablespoonful
igs this mixture, mixed with an equal quaint
ne. ty Of tepid water, and applied with a so
In brush, preserves and beauties the teetl
'us extirpates all tartarous adhesion, arres
are decay, induces healthy action Of the gum
we and makes the teeth nearly white"
ew Salad Dressing.-Beat thorough
to three raw eggs, add six spoonfuls of thiC
not cream, three Of melted butter and one
salt one teaspoon Of mustard, n
Tor black pepper, one teacup Of strong win
'er- gar. Beat all together and boil, SirriI
constantly so the eggs win not curdl
until thick as a boiled custard. VIII,
cool, pour over cabbage, lettuce, or celer
1t will keep several days. If cream
ids, not used, take five spoonfuls Of melt
butter and three of milk.
-wahes-with two fresh eggs, half
;6, pound Of -four, quarter of a pound
90 sifed sugar, two slices of butter melt
in a little milk, and some drops Of oran
flower water, compose q halter we'll e
ed, containing no Jumps, and which ror
in pouring. Heat your wsfile.irol
' , grease Ii inside with butter, fill It wi
batter, close 1t and return 10 the Fl
h.n browning the waffle on both sides. AT
has nenng sssu,eu tnSe ~ Is suVu 01lor, "a
serving.
emit. A writer in the Germantown II
d, a erIph corsiaers il a great pity that the
ger lightful odor emanating from the fields
,blv hlossoming clover should all be lost int
/ its ordinary method of curing, and sugge
less the following mode "Let the grass
her cut IS usual and then piled immediat,
,esY into heaps, and when moved be placed
|, in layers alternately with well dried strs
ness 1t is said 1t will keep thus remarksl
au,y well, retaining both color and perfur
and that the cows fed upon il will vi,
un. that most desirable luxury, grass butt
fire. all the season.
yeet The editor Of the dsrseRyuYist s.
ugh that Mr.. Knox, Of Pittsburgh, tiled sew
the al modes Of c~ultivating the strawberry
ium- order to reach his present success
fire first he set the plants in rows two {
bed. one-hslf feet wide, and eighteen inches
the the row. This gave too much room.
we next plan wa beds consisting of re
after eighteen inches apart, plants one I
asunder In the rows This increased
n in productiveness but the cultivation '
. his difficult The third and last plan
she tried, and, being satisfactory, was adopi
last The rows are two feet apart, plants
n on foot asunder in the row, the hill syst