The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-25
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SILVER CAKE.-2lb, sugar, 1 Id. OF
-four, lb. butter, whites of 10 eggs,
I whipped very stiff, teaspoonful essence
bitter almonds, cream tartar and sugar
put next the whites of the eggs then
| the -four, lastly the favoring.
| Should YOU have a rent in a dress TO
repair, use rawlings Of the same mate
rial they are easily to be obtained from
the top Of the skirt, if you have no
pieces but generally some are left by
the dressmaker, and should be kept for
such accidents Harper's Bazaar.
JENNIE's JELLY CAKE.-3 eggs, l cup
Of sugar. butter the size of an egg, cup
Of -four, l teaspoonfth Of cream tartar
sifted in the flour, J teaspoonful soda
dissolved in teaspoonful Of Milk. Bake
in jelly cake tins, and spread, when cold,
with fruit jelly.
Charles Heller thinks if he had a
crop Of potatoes to sell, and could get
fiftv cents from the field, he would never
hesitate about selling. Surprising po-
tatoes to keep without wasting, he
thinks fifty cents as good in the fall as
seventy-five cents in the spring.
ra Farmers Club.
BoTs IN HoRsEs.-Give at first 2 ats.
new milk and | at. molasses; in ID min
utes afterward give 2 qts. strong sage
tea in 30 minutes after give 2 pints
lidseed oil The molasses and tea cause
the bots to let 20 their hold, the tea
FUCKERS them up and the oil carries them
away.
Soar FOR WAx.-A piece Of white
CASTLE soap is better than wax for
smoothing white sewing-cotton, and j.
good for the use Of very
Young seamstresses who have not learned
to keep their small fingers quite clean.
The blacklist seam will be white after
one washing, if soaped cotton be used.
Many persons dislike lettuce as a
salad. They may not be aware that,
when boiled, minced and properly pre-
pared with butter, salt and pepper, it is
a very pleasant addition TO the dinner
table, and finer than cabbages, which
are a great deal more expensive. y
trial will convince the most skeptical Of
this fact.
This item is going the rounds: ct +
may not be generally known that com
mon cooking soda is a sure remedy for
the bite Of rattlesnake, if applied soon
enough. An incision may be made +
to the depth of the wound made by I
the fangs Of the snake, and into this /
cut the soda should be sprinkled. /
1t viii Immediately bubble up and +
turn green, caused by the action Of the I
soda in neutralizing the acid Of the poi /
SON"
The wicks Of kerosene lamps should .
be changed frequently, or, if not too
short, washed in strong, hot sOapsuds,
with some ammonia In the rinsing wa
.er We think the trouble with poor
light from Kerosene lamps probably
lrises from the wicks being full of the
or refuse matter which comes
rom the oil, and that impedes the free
passage of the kerosene through the
yicks Christian Union.
They are many farmers who have
Extra good butter cows and do not
ummer, and no shelter and Indifferent
eed in winter. In the house they have
10 convenienccs for making butter, the
milk is set where there are no arrange
nents for keeping it cool in summer,
nd in the living-room, exposed to
he odors of the kitchen in winter; and {
either the quantity nor the quality |
ere any index Of what COW can do
:
CARE OF CANARIEs. this way t
nswer the question Of - how | have L
Ich luck with birds ?" Simply by allow
lg the birds to attend to their own af- t
lirs and by letting them understand that G
leir mistress would never harm them. c
lso, by accustoming them to plenty of =
ght and company, rather than, as re o
in books, keeping the cage t
il dark room for fear Of frightening
he birds. Make just half the fuss di- I
,cted in the bird-books over the matter, !
ld you will have double the success in i
Using birds. Never give them sugar, a
1t all the red pepper they will eat. o
is the best thing for them. and if E
our bird feels hoarse at any time, put a
piece of fat salt pork in the cage, see G
NV the little fellow will enjoy it, and Il
stem for the result. Give him fax-seed il
ice in awhile, and if he appears dumpy II
,casionally, give diet of bread and but i
r, with some red pepper sprinkled in.
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