The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-10-12

Valuable Hints.
SPICE CooKIEs.-Three cupso of sugar
one cup of butter, four eggs, four table.
spoonfuls each Of cloves, cinnamon and
nutmeg, one cupful c%urrants, sufficient
flour to make it stiff enough to roll out
To REMOVE STAINS FROM TABLE
LINEN.-Use borax when washing dc
not boil, but bleach out the stains in the
sur wet the spots occasionally with
weak solution of borax.
To CURE BUNIoNs.-Bind a fine linen
band tightly around the foot and over
the bunion, sew it on if necessary, and
wear it day and night; battle the feet
frequently in strong borax water, using a
teaspoonful of pulverized borax to- basin
of water.
To CRYsTALLIzE DRIED GRASSES
Take one pound of powdered alum, poul
on two or three quarts of boiling water,
place the grasses in and let them remain
until the solution becomes cold and the
alum crystalizes; do not move them
while crystalizing. 1t takes about twelve
hours.
To PRESERVE AUTUMN LEAVES
Have a middling hot iron end rub on
quickly a little white wax, then quickly
press both sides o. the leaves; wax the
iron anew for each side of the leaf; only
rub the iron once over the leaf. Forest
tree leaves for wreaths" are prepared in
the same way.
To RID A DOG OF FLEAs.-Wash him
thoroughly with common soft soap, such
as they use aboard ships or place him on
a newspaper and rub Persian insect
powder well over him, and the fleas will
drop out on the paper and die almost
Immediately. This method is also effect
i've with cats.
BLUSH not farmer at your brown
hands, or plain, comfortable garments,
because they are sneered at by your city
| cousins. Dismiss from your hearts al
| envy of the man who controls millions
| and makes a noise in the world. You
are probably happier than he is, or you
ought to be. God has given you a good
lot in the world, therefore be glad and
contented.-- Iona State Register.
A GOOD custard is made thus: Scald
a quart of milk, take off scum, and pour
it hot on the broken eggs. Take five
eggs; throw out the yelks OF two three
tablespoonfuls of sugar, a pinch OF salt, a
chip or two OF lemon or orange, and a
little vanilla. Set it to steaming in a
close covered vessel, and steam five or six
minutes; then set it on ice and it is GER
tainly delicious.
A SIMPLE remedy for a choking COW
| or OK is given in the Planter and Farmer
| The writer says it has been used hun
dreds of times and never failed. Take a
| tablespoonful oc saltpetre, open the ami
mails mouth and throw it well back on
| the tongue let the animal go and the
| obstruction will either go down or come
up in a few minutes. This is a safer
| means than the broomstick or whip-stalk'
10 PURIFY THE CoMPLEXIoN.-Eat
an orange or two every morning before
breakfast, drink plenty of lemonade, not
| sweetened; never drink tea, coffee, noi
any kind of stimulants do not use SOAP
on the face or neck; take a sponge bath
every mOrning--either cold or tepld.-ir
water made soft with powdered borax.
teaspoonful in a basin of water.
For WASHING FURNITURE. - Tea
leaves may be saved from the table for 8
few DAYS, and when sufficienta are collected
steep. and not boil, them for haitian houl
in a tin pan; strain the water offthrougf
a scive, and use this tea to wash all var
nished paint. 1t removes spots, and gives
a fresher, newer appearance than wher
SOAP and water Is used. For white paint
take up a small quantity of whiting on {
damn piece of old white flannel, and rut
over the surface lightly, and it will leave
the paint remarkably bright and new.
To MAKE tomato catsup, cut one peel
of ripe tomatoes in halves, boil them il
a porcelain kettle until the pulp is al
dissolved, then strain them well through
a hair sieve and set the liquor on to boil
adding one ounce of salt, one of mace
one tablespoonful of black pepper, thel
one tablespoonful of red pepper, then ont
tablespoonful of ground cloves, five o
ground mustard let them all boil 10
9etber for five or six hours, and stir then
most OF the time. Let the mixture stan'
eight or ten hours in a cool place, ant
add one pint of vinegar, and then bottl
it; seal the corks, N keep IN a cool
dark place.
WHAT the farmer wants or needs L
produce is, first, that horse which sell
for the largest profit on his cost, and
secondly, that horse which supplies tn
greatest number of uses for which
farmer needs a horse. We do not ran
~borse-racing, or rapid road driving, a
one of the prime needs of man, muc
less of the farmer, in this connection
When that type Of horse a be foun
which will most nearly fill the abov
conditions, not one without the othel
hut both taken together, we have n
fears but he will in time become the hors
of America.-Nationa Lire Stock Journd
, THE venerable George Dent, OF Geo
/ g;a. writes: "The sober second though
, caused me to choose the farm as my oecl
J nation. to which / have devoted a lon
! life: and if | were to be asked this ds
5 by any young man to recommend to hi
: the pursuit he should follow, | woul
: honestly tell him to choose that OF
farmer. True, we have our trial
0 troubles and dissppointments, as othe
have, but from the very nature OF o.
occupation we can do more to qua
e.. ~ A.. II nrraronpaa than "