The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-11-07
THINGS WORTH REMEMBERING.


Protecting Orchard Trees. Mulch the
roots with straw or coarse manure aud lit
ter, being careful. however. not 10 throw
II Immediately about the bodies of The
trees. No matter how heavily YOU mulch.
Then 10 protect the bodies Of the trees
nom sun and frost alternately. as well a.
rom rabbits. bind them about with corn
stalks stripped Of the foliage.
--Cocoanut Cake. -Oncand onc-halfcups
sugar. one-half cup butter, whites OF three
eggs, one tcacup milk, three teacups flour,
one teaspoon soda one teaspoon cream
tartar, one grated cocoanut. leaving half a
lcacupiu TO sprinkle over the top. either
before baking or just after icing. a. is pre-
tcrrcd. Any kind or baking-powder may
be substituted Tor the soda and crcanl-tar-
tar.
Il new way of preserving autumn
leaves j. given a follows Iron them
fresh with Il warm (not hot) iron. on which
some spcrInaceti has been lightly rubbed
Tins method preserves perfectly their love
~ tints. and gives a waNy gloss which no
other one secures. The process i very
rapid and very agreeable. and no lady who
has ever tried the tedious and uncertain
experiment of pressing will ever again re-
sort To II after once trying this new and
better way.
Pie made OF Cold Roast Bcef.-Cut
about half "A pound of cold undcr-done
beef into small pieces; add pepper and
saltto taste Line deep pic-disb with
paste; put in a layer OF meat. over this
strcw some fincly-minced onion; dredgc
flour over it. then add another LAYER OF
meat, onion and -four. till the pie is full.
Pour in little water, AMI on the top layer
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the tOp with paste. leaving a hole in the
center. Bake it. and serve with oyster
sauce; or. in the place of the onions. LAYERS
of oysters may be substituted.
The best time for painting the exterior
of buildings is late in the autumn or dur
ing the winter. Paint then applied will
endure twice a. long a. when applied in
early summer, or i'm hot weather. In the
former il dries slowly aud becomes hard.
like glazed surface, not easily affected af-
icrWard by The weather. or worn by the
beating OF storms. But in very hot wealth
en- the oil In the paint sOaks into the wood
al once. n into a sponge. leaving the lead
nearly dry. and nearly ready 10 crumble
OF. This last difficulty however. might
bc guarded against. though at an increased
expense. by first going over the surface
with raw oil. By painting in cold weather.
one annoyance might certainly be- escaped.
namely. the collection OF small flies on the
fresh paint--Wc Tcchaologisf.
The only requisites for preserving
fresh egg~ are to protect them from CON
tact with the mir. and to keep them in u
cool. moist place. Large dealers keep
them for several weeks. while they are
plentiful. so n to sell them when scarce.
by a process called Inning The eggs are
immersed in very strong lime water. or
milk of lime. aud they are then known As
lined eggs. and arr 80 sold IN the market
no very small reduction in price from that
of fresh eggs. \ KEY. barrel or jar would
answer 10 Keep them ia. Eggs have been
kept for months perfectly good, by simply
smearing the shells with lin-ecd oil and
placing them upon their ends in sand so
that thrce-fourth~ Of their surface was cX-
posed. Al the end Of the test they had lost
only three per cent. OF their weight aud
were equal i'm flavor 10 fresh cggs. For
family use. eggs might be- thus prepared.
layer OF them placed upon their ends in
sand M the bottom of the box. when fine
sand might be- poured upon them. and
other layers put IN the same manner. We
have kept eggs this season until after the
Newly ear by simply filling net. and ty-
ing them up and hanging them in a cool
cellar. changing the mesh upon which
they were hung every day.-N y. Times.