The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-23
Farm and Household.

The practice of washing harness in warm
water and soap is very damaging unless
coat of oil is Immediately applied. A damp
sponge will remove any dirt on the harness,
and then 1T is desirable to apply light coat
of oil by using another sponge.
The easiest way to get rid of stumps of
tree. is to bore hole in the top, say one or
two inches, and eighteen inches deep. Put
in the hole from one to two ounces of salt
petre, fill the hole with water, and plug up
tight In the spring take out the plug,
pour in half gill of kerosene oil, and set
fire to it. The stump will burn entirely Up,
even the smallest roots.
The cardinal maxim in breeding horses as
in all other classes of live stock, and human
beings as we'll, is that "hke produces like"
and that the longer the line of ancestry uni
formly noted Cor excellence in any particu-
lar direction the more certainty is there
that this excellence will be transmitted.
Again, it mast be borne In mind that all
animals equally well bred and possessing to
all appearance, equal individual excellence,
are not equally prepoteRt as sires; and when
a horse has proven himself successful in the
stud. he is always to be preferred to one
wholly untried.-NatiOaal Live Stock Jour
nal.
The cause of bone SPAWN may be either of
the following: Overwerking animals while
they are too young the bones being then
soft; using caulked shoes, or on account of
the dam or sire having been subject to the
same disease. Treatment-Clip the hair off
the SPAWN for some distance all round,
then apply about half an ounce of the fol-
lowing blister with the fingers: Take of
biniodide of mercury in fine powder, pow
dered cantharides and rodine, of each one
drachm; lard, two ounces Mix thoroughly,
and rub in four minutes Repeat every
three weeks for three applications, and allow
from three 10 four months absolute rest in
comfortable, roomy box stall.-American
Gentleman's Newspaper.
MOULD olECATsUP.-To keep mould from
rising on catsup or pickles, AIDA table
spoonful of ground horseraddish to every
quart.
To MAKE TIE COMPLEXION WHITE S.iD SoFT.
Use tepid water containing a little pow
dered borax for bathing the face and hands
every morning and evening.
LEMON PEm CAKE.-0ne cup of SUGAR. but
ter size of an egg three eggs, three table
spoons of sour cream, one and one-half cups
Of -four, one teaspoon of cream tartar, one
teaspoon of soda
OUTDOOR WHIrEwAsH. TO every four
squartsof slackened lime allow one half pint
of boiled glue. a lump Of alum about twice
the size of hickory nut and one table
spoonful of salt. with just sufficient bluing
to give pure white tint.
LEMON JELLY.-Grate the peels of tive lem
ons, and squeeze the juice out with three
EGGS, two cups Of sugar, butter size of an egg,
stir ii over slow fire until il boils. The
above cake shogld be baked in four LAYERS
and the jelly spread on the layers as for Jelly
cake.
CScoASUT CAKE.-One egg, one cup of SUI
gar, one tablespoon of butter, two.thirds cup
Of mil and fr.rn 81
-four, one teaspoon of cream tartar, one-half
teaspoon of soda Cake should be split open,
frosted, and cocoanut sprinklea on the frost
ing
To DYE ScARLEr.-For 20 pounds of cloth
or yarn, 2X pounds OF argol, 2H pounds of
lac p-ounds of muriate of tin, u pound of
quin citron bark. Put the argol and bark
into boiling water. Mix the lac and muri-
ate of tin in copper brass or esrthen Put
it into the water when we'll mixed. As soon
as 1t boils put in the goods wet TO prevent
spotting.
OUTDOOR WHuTEwAsmss.-Slack lime in
the usual way; mix handful of -four with
cold water, taking care to have no Jumps:
then pour on boiling water until it becomes
like common starch; pour it while hot into
the slaked lime; add one pound OF whiting
and two ounces of powdered borax; stir all
well together in q bucket
y To FLAVOR WITH LKxoE.-The white part
E of a lemon should never be used for flavor
ing. II is bitter. The golbules of oil in the
surface OF the rind contain all the pleasant
flavor of the peel. This should be thinly
pared of. Some experienced cooks rub loaf
sugar over the surface. The friction breaks
the oil-ducts and the sugar absorbs the oil.
The sugar is afterv ard pounded fine for fla
voring certain dishes, such as icecreams, etc,
or 1t can be simply melted in custards and
beverages.
To DIE SEAL Bsows.-For 10 pounds Of