Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-05-27
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

TO Take Ink Out of Linen.-Im-
merse the part that has ink on it in boil
ing hot tallow; when cocl, wash out in
soapsuds and the linen will be as white
as ever.
"A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Times says the striped bug can be pre-
vented from destroying cucumber vines
by planting three to five beet seeds in
each hill.
Wash floor-cloths in clear, warm
water, then go over them again with a
wash composed Of an egg well beaten
and mixed with pint of warm, clear
water. This will give them a newness
which will be quite lasting.
Lettuce Salad-Most housekeepers
use vinegar, vinegar and sugar, or
vinegar and meat gravy for lettuce, but
sour cream from clabbered milk, and
sugar added to the lettuce after it is cut
up fine, make most delicious and
healthy salad.
In sowing seeds it is well to remem-
Der that, though the soil should be deep
and finely pulverized, loose condition
is unfavorable to good growth. After
the seeds are sown, a heavy rolling would
be great advantage. The farmer knows
this, and we have often wondered that
the practice never extended to garden
work.-Gordener's Monthly.
Domestic Hair Renewer-Steep a
handful of sage in a pint OF hot water.
When cold strain it, adding one table
spoonful OF salt, one gill of bay rum or
other spirits. Bottle and cork closely.
If very dark shade is desirable put
few rusty nails into the bottle or in the
sage while it is sleeping. This not only
promotes the growth of the hair, pre-
venting it from coming out, but restores
the color-N. Y. Herald.
In the cultivation of garden crops
the hoe and rake should be continually
at work. Weeds should be taken in hand
before they are barely out at the seed
leaf, and one-half the usual labor of
vegetable gardening will be avoided.
Hoeing or earthing up of most garden
crops is of immense advantage in nearly
every case. One would suppose that in
our hot climate flat culture would be
much more beneficial; but fair trial,
say on every other row Of a bed of cab
bages, will show a great difference in
favor OF the earthed-up plants.
Every country neighborhood has
woods which are full of ferns and brakes,
which usually die and go to seed with
out doing any good save as gratitica-
ton to the sense of sight. The softer
parts, if stripped from the stems and dried
in the sun, retain their toughness and elias
ITCHY for long time, and are said to be su.
perior to straw and husks, and even to EEK
celsior," for stuffing mattresses. The ticks,
when filled, should be stitched firmly
with mattress needle, dsing strong
linen Irvine, and making the intervals be.
tween the stitches about an eighth of a
yard --E1change.
Homeopathic Pudding-Take ba-
sin or any earthenware mold, the size you
wish; you need not grease or flour it.
Line it entirely with moderately thin
slices of crumb bread, sweeten and boil
tender any garden fruit, and when fast
boiling pour into the bread; Immediately
put layer u crumb over the top and
quickly cover it over with a plate, so as
to shut in the steam. When quite cold
this viii turn out a firm pudding the
shape of the mold used, and saturated
with the juice of the fruit. a little loaf
sugar may be thrown over it. This pud-
ding is particularly suitable to those in
yalids who may eat fruit but not pastry.