The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-04-26
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

FOR COLDS.-Pour one quart boiling
water over four tablespoonful Of flaxseed.
steep, not boil, thee hours; cover closely
wnile sleeping; then strain, sweeten to
taste, and add the juic, of two lemons,
puttlng In more water if too thick to be
agreeable. 1t will break up q cold on
short n0tice.-Erchanas
CHEAP ROLY- PoLY PUDDING. half
pound beef dripping into one and half
pounds hour, with pinch of salt; wet it
with water and roll it out about half an
inch in thickness; mince any kind of cold
meat; season and add few teaspoonfuls
OF gravy, which can be made by simmer
ing the bones and gristles; spread the
mince on the crust; roll it all round; tie
tightly at both ends In cloth and boil it
for one and half hours.
The Scientific american gives the fol-
lowing remedy for badness: Pour three
pints of hot water on four handfuls of the
stems and leaves of the garden box boil
u 1or hfteen minutes in closed vessel,
then pour it in an earthen jar and let it
stand ten hours next strain the liquid and
add three teaspo0nfuls of cologne water.
wash the head every morning. It is
cleansing and tonic and will make the
hair grow if the roots are not dead"
ECCLEs CAKEs.-Take one-half pound
OF dried currants, wash them we'll, and
dry in towel; add two tablespoonfuls of
light brown sugar, quart of flour, one tea
spoonful baking powder, one half cup of
shortening. and mix lightly; cut in pieces
about the size of an egg; roll thin, and
place in the center of each piece a small
dessert-spOOnful of currants; pinch the
paste to cover the currants, fatten with
rolling pin, and cross with knife; bake
quickly, ten minutes. This recipe will
make about twenty cakes.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Gardener
Monthty treats the calla-lily thus: During
the summer keep it in shady place. In
September cut it down, take out the bulbs
and wash them thoroughly. II you wish
for more bulbs in the pot, divide by cut
ting it in two. Procure some old manure
from the horse stable, first pouring hot
water over the manure, to kill the worms
and insects; then fill the pot half full of
the manure; fill the remainder of the pot
with rich earth. Every morning pour
boiling hot water into the saucer, as callas
require bottom heat. 1t is we'll to keep
the flower pot in pan of water, as calla-
lilies need great quantities of water.
Wash the leaves every week.
The Semi Tropical, of Florida, says:
The jujube tree is worthy the attention
of all lovers of fancy trees and shrubs.
1t is both useful and ornamental, and can
not be surpassed for beauty. From the
first of April until late in November, or
until frost, it is covered with a dense,
deep green foliage, intcrspersed with its
tiny, ornamental fruit, in all stages of
growth. The fruit is specklcd aud red
dish when ripe. The leaves and fruit are
borne on small, wire-likc stem, from
six to ten inches long, which grows down.
ward, and presents q beautiful, weeping
appearance. The tree is a native Of
Syria, but has been cultivated for many
years in Spain, Italy and France, for its
traits, which, manufactured into paste,
better known as chewing gum. is relished
by schoolgirls and annoying to teachers.
When the fruit is ripe it closely resembles
the cranberry in size and shape"