The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-25
USEFUL AND sUGGESTIYE.
SoAPsUDs is recommended as an excel
lent manure for grapevipes.

SoAPsUDs is recommended as an excel
lent manure Tor grapeVlnes.
ALL plants grow stronger and ripcn
better when the air clrcul3tes freely
around them, and the sun is not prevent
ed from an immediate influence.
REMEDY FOR BURNs.-Take castillo
soap !; spread it on a piece of cloth thick
enough to exclude the air then wet the
cloth with cold water occasionally.
To PRESERVE EGGs FOR One YEAR
One pint OF quick lime, ore Of salt, to
three gallons of water; no care is needed
in putting in the eggs, as they will be
rignt end up, and will settle just below
the surisce, ii proportional rightly.
SPICE CAKE.-Four eggs, Il cup of
sugar, One cup Of mOlasSes, one cup OF
buttermilk, half cup Of butter, one tea.
spoonful of soda, one tablespoonful OF
cloves, one tablespoonful Of cinnamon,
two cups Of ourTants Or r~aisins, one nut
meg; mix not very stiff.
TOMAToEs.-The thing with tomatoes
is to give them ali the heat you can, hut
little MANURE and restrain their tendency
10 grow vines instead Of fruit. Hence s
warm exposure, dark soil, aud "piHching
in" both fruit stalk and vine, leaving q
rather small cTop to grow, which will be
sound and early and uniform in size, snd
not coarse ana OvUrgrown. But you may
plant the closer. DO not train up on
poles. but keep close to the hot ground
Hreh9Rge.
To PRESERVE \ B~OUQUET-A writer
in the Western RurGL says: "Sprinkle il
lightly with fresh water, and put it in a
vase containing soap suds. Each morning
take the bouquet III of the suds, and lay
it sideways in clean water keep it there
q minute or two, then take it out and
sprinkle the flowers lightly by the hand
with water. Replace 1t in the suds, and
it will bloom as freshly az when first
gathered. Change the suds every three
or four days. This method Will keep a
bouquet bright and beautiful for at least q
month. Tryit."
CLEANING TINwARE.-No acids should
bc employed to clean tirwGTe, because
thay Rtt-oz tho a."sflo-n ni remove it from
the lion on which it forms a thin coat.
We refer to articles made OF tin plate,
which consists OF iron covered with tin.
Rub the article first with rotten stone and
S . Get OIL, then finish with whitening and
2 piece Of soft leather. Articles made
wholly of tn should be cleaned in the
same manner. In q dry atmosphere
plaHished tinwsr will remain bright FOR
q long period, bt they SOON become tar
nished in moist air.
PEACH JELLv.-Cut 8 dozen peaches
in halves, take out tie stones, and peel
them. Into a clear, boiling syrup, made
OF a pound OF white sugar, put the peaches
and kernels. Boil very gently for ten
minutes, lay half the peaches on a plate,
boil The rest ten minutes longer. Then
mix with the liquor of the peaches the
strained juice OF three lemons end az
4 Of lsinglass dissolved and strained.
Fill the mould half full Of Jelly when
that is set, pu5 in part OF the peaches and
2 little more Jelly, and when that Is set
add the rest Of the peaches, AMI fiji the
mould with jelly. 1ci3 makes en- elegant
table ornament.
TRANSMITTING PIE PLANT-The Vest
en PomdOgist says: We have cultivated
pie plant extensively for market, and find
the best ZINE to transplant is in the fail
after the first frost. II the stools are large
and require a division DO not dig them up,
but divide them as they stand with spade,
by cutting ell or dividing through the
centre cf the plant, leaving the part in
the ground undisturbcd. BY this method
you Will have a good crop the ne xt spring
on those left in the ground, and the bal
ancc you can divide up and reset and they
VIII bear q good crop the second year, but
no the first. W. have plants now stand
ing ten years, divided in the above man
ner when they get too large and each
year produce & good crop. The ground
cannot be too rich, but must not be wet or
the plants die out"
Phosphorus FOR CURCUIIos.-At a re-
cent meeting OF the Cincinnati Horticul-
twal Society, Mr.. WEIGH stated that he
placed a small qusntity OF phosphorus in
The crotch of a plum tree. That season
the tree was loaded with plums, while
other trees had none. Whether il was
the unpleasant Odor which drove the cur
culios away er not, he did not pretend to
say. MI. Price SAID that the way Mr..
Keller Kept the curcnliO away from his
lrees was 10 place damp oat straw under
the trees once a week, and burn the same.
The curculios did not seem 20 like the
smoke. Nrs. Bickbsm sad that the plum
trees near her house, around which the
dish water and kitchen slCps were thrown,
were exempt from the Curculi0, while
others, not 20 treated, bore no fruit.
LICE on HoGs.-A correspondent OF the
RHyal Neo Yorker says: The past five
years have used the following remedy,
which will clean off the lice in two days:
Put about one gill OF kerosene oil in II
old dish, and with a paint brush OF old
wooden rag rub the oil up and down the
back of the animsl and behind the fore
legs aud en- the flank. BE particular about
the last Two places, Cor it is where the lice
deposit their eggs, which, if not destroy.
ed, VIII hatch out in about five days. IL
it be a black hog, these eggs can be plain
ly seen, being about the size of timothy
seed and lying close To the skin fast to the
hair. No one need fear 10 use the oil
freely. rs IL will not iriurc the hog in the
least. Hot water Will not kill these lice,
for | have seen them crawl after the hog
| had been scalded in q barrel alter being