Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-13
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valuable Hints.
~picE CooEIEs.-Thrae cups Of sugar,
one cap Of butter, four eggs, four table.
.spooutuls each of cloves, cinnamon and
nutmeg, one cupful currants, sufficient
-four to make it stiff enough to roll out.
To REMOVE STAINS FROM TABLE
LISEy-Use b0rax when washing do
not boil, but bleach out the stains in the
sun wet the spots occasionally with a
weak solution of bOraX.
To CURE BUSIoNs.-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 fee!
frequently in strong borax water, using a
te~a,poontul Of pulyerized borax tos basin
OF water.
To CRl,TALLIzE DRIED GRASSES
Take one pound Of powdered alum, pour
on two or three quarts OF boiling water
place the gras-e- in and let them remain
until the solution becomes cold and the
alum cr~ystalizes; do not move them
while crystalizing. takes about twelve
! eurs.
70 PRESERVE AUTUMN LEAyEs.-
Have a middling hot iron end rub on
quickly a little white wax, then quicSly
pres. 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
q newspaper and rub Persian insect
powder well oyer him, and the heas will
drop gu: on the paper and die almost
Immediately. This method is also effect.
i've with cats.
BLUSH not farmer at your brown
hands, OF plain, comfortable garments.
because they are sneerrd at by your city
cousins. Dismiss from your hearts al
envy of the man who controls millions
and makes a noise in the world. Yoy
are probably happier than he is, or you
ought to be. God has given you a goOC
lot in the world, therefore be glad anC
contented.- b,rq State Register.
A GOOD custard is made thus: Scale
a quart OF milk, take off scum, and poul
it hot on the broken eggs. Take five
egg. throw out the yelks of two three
tablespoontuis Of sugar, a pinch Of salt, ;
chip or two et lemon or orange, and
little vanilla. Set it to steaming in
cloze covered vessel, and steam five or sil
minutes then set it on ice and it is Ger
tainly delicious,
A SIMPLE remedy for a choking Gov
or OK is given in the Planter and Farmer
The writer says it has been used hun
dreds of times and never failed. Take
tablespoonful o. saltpetre, open the ami
mails mouth and throw it well back OF
the tongue , let the animal 90 and tn
obstruction will either 90 down or com
up in a few minutes, This is a safe
means than the broomstick or whip-staIk
TO PURIFY THE CONFERENCE.-THE
an orange or two every morning befor
breakfast, drink plenty of lemonade, no
sweetened never drink tea, coffee, no
any kind of stimulants do not use soa
Oh the face or neck take a sponge bat
every morning--either cold or tepid.-.i
water made soft with powdered bora2
%teaIpoonful in a basin of water.
For WASHING FURNITURE. - lie
leaves may be saved from the table for
few days, and when suticientar are collecte
steep, and not boil, them for half an hou
in tin pan; strain the water offthrOug
a s;ive, and use this tea to wash all var
ni'hed paint. 1t removes spots, and give
a fire. her, newer appearance than whe
soap and water : used. For white pain
take up a small quantity of whiting on
damp pi, ce OF old white flannel, and III
over the surface lightly, and it will leay
the paint remarkably bright and new.
To MAKE tomato catsup, cut one pee
Of ripe tomatoes in halves, boil them i
q porcelain kettle until the pulp is a
dissolved, then strain them well througI
a hair sieve ard set the liquor on to boiI
adding one ounce Ct salt, one of mace
one tab, spoonful Of black pepper, the
one tablespoonful of red pepper, then on
tablespoonful of ground cloves, five q
ground mustard let them all boil to
gether for five or six hours, and stir then
most OF the time. Let the mixture stant
eight or ten hours in a cool place, an,
aid m pint of vinegar, and then bottl
it; seal the corks, and keep in a cool
dark place.
WHAT the farmer wants or needs Il
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 ranl
h~orse-rating, or rapid road driving, a
one Of the prime needs OF man, mucI
less of the farmer, in this connection
When that type Of horse can be foun,
which will most nearly fill the aboy
conditions, not one without the other
but both taken together, we have n,
fears but he will in time beco , & the hors
of America National Lire Stock journal
The venerable George Dent, of Geo,
gis, writes: "1he sober second though
caused me to choose the farm AZ nv occu
patton, to which | have devoted n ion,
life and if were to be asked this da1
by any young mar TO recommend 10 hin
the pur:uit he should follow, ! woul,
honestly tell him 10 choose that OF
farmer. True, we have our .rialt
troubles and disappointments, as other
have, but from the very nature Of GU
occupation we can do more to guar
LagainsL Lhem aid overcome them"