The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-08-20
1o,,1e and Garnt.
Household knowledge.

Household knowledge.
Green sage put In closet will clear 1t OF
red ants.
MUTTON CHors.-Sprinkle with vinegar,
pepper and salt; dip them in egg, sprinkle
with cracker or bread crumbs and fry.
To CLEAN STAIR RoDs.-Use wooden cloth
wet with water and dipped in sIfted coal
ashes Afterward rub with dry cloth.
DrsENrERY.-Parch brown tablespoonful
of nee; put into cup of cold water and let
1t come to q hard boil; sweeten little.
In DUsTING.-Use soft cloth instead of a
brush or wing; the cloth will catch all the
dust. and you can shake it form the window,
while the others set 1t floating again.
okKA Soup-To five quarts of water and
shin of beef add four dozen okra as, sliced
thin, and a few tomatoes; boil from six to
seven hours and add salt and red pepper to
taste.
An EXCELLENT CAKE.-One cup of butter,
two of sugar, the whites of Elk eggs beaten to
froth, two cups of flour, half cup OF cream,
one teaspoonful of extract vanilla. Bake one
hour slowly.
LEaoN ExrRAcT.-Cut off the yellow out
side peel of five lemons, shave 1t as thin as
you can, put into pint of spirits and cork
tightly. If you want vanilla extract brulse
the bean and proceed as with the lemon.
PorATo NOODLES Crate one dozen of
boiled potatoes add two eggs. little salt,
half a cupful of milk. enough flour to knead
stiff, then cut in small pieces, then roll long
and round, one inch thick; Try In plenty
of lard to a nice brown.
RoAsr CApoNs-Roast two fat capons, dish
them with q small boiled tongue between
them, pour over them a perigord sauce, and
garnish them with boiled cups of new tur
nips, filled with olives or green carrots and
green peas alternately.
An ODB SCRAP BAsKEr.-Take a peach
basket and paint it black on the outside,
cover the handle and line the inside with
red flannel, putting box plating OF the
same around the edge.
FLANNEL CAKEs.-One quart of flour, two
eggs one and one-half pints of boiled milk
FUSED cold), two teaspoontuls of salt, three
tablespoonfuls of yeast added after the
other ingredients have been mixed); beat
light and set to rise till morning; bake on a
griddle.
Sick HEADAcKE.-This distressing COM
plant can generally be relieved by soaking
the feet in very warm water. in which a
spoonful of powdered mustard has been
stirred. Soak as long as possible, or till the
water gets cool; it draws the blood from the
head.
To Boil CHICKENS WITHOUT BURNING
THEM.-Remove occasionally from the fire,
u
follows: Simmer together one half cup of
vinegar, piece of butter the size of an egg,
and salt and pepper TO the taste. Keep it
hot to use.
CUP FRUIT CAKE.-Ons cup of butter two
cups raisins seeded and chopped fine, four
cups flour. two cups brown sugar, one cup
sour cream, three eggs well beaten, one tea
spoonful of soda, one of cloves, four of Gin
namon. Bake slowly, and serve hot or cold,
with sauce.
HERMITs.-Two eggs, cup and one
half cups of sugar, o-thirds cup butter or
lard, one cup currants, one teaspoonful,
each, of cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon, one
teaspoonfu1 of soda Roll out like cookies;
roll the currants in -four, sprinkle sugar on
top before baking.
INDIAN LoAF-Take one pint of sour milk,
one-half pint of sweet milk, one teacupful
of molasses, one-half teacupful of butter,
two teaspoonsfuls of saleratus, oneilarge tea
spoonful of SALT three eggs, one pint of
wheat flour, one quart of yellow Indian
meal; bake In a deep TIN basin lin an oven of
same heat as for cake, for one and q half
hours.
LEMON JELLY.-Take paper of gelatine
and let it soak in pint of cold water for
one hour at least, but the longer it is soaked
the better. Then add TO it quart of boiling
water, the Juice of two or three lemons and
pint and a half of sugar. Set it away
without cooking at all, in a form to cool,
and an excellent article of jelly will be the
result.
NAPKINS "A new way of ornamentIng
table napkins is by drawing designs upon
them in indeliole ink. A clump of reeds
with a stork; a mIngling of flowers and
and vines, or tiny comic figure may be
placed in one corner with very good effect
Embroidery is more artistic, but requires
more time and does not display any more
inventiveness.
Farm Notes.
To cure scab in sheep, rub 1t with plain
petroleum with sponge three times a
week. Dogs can be cured of mango in the
same way.
Land laid down with clover is better than
money in bank, drawing more interest than
any bank can pay and compromising the
interest oftener.
The manure of cows and pigs resist de-
composition for a longer tune than that oil
the sheep and horse both the latter being
drler than the former, and decomposing more
readily IN the soil.
For a kicking horse fill an old sack with
hay and suspend it from the loft by means
will bs able to kick it every time 1t swings
against him. Let him kick until he stops oil
his own accord, and you will have no more
trouble with him that way.
An old stock breeder says: SIN my opin-
ion the best COW ever bred for milk, cream
and butter is high grade Jersey, mixture
OF Jersey and Ayrshire bloods, say seven
eights Jersey and one eighth Ayrshire Such
grade will produce more milk, cream and
butter of equal quality than any other
thoroughbred Jersey.
Probably the very best way to protec
wheat in the bins from the weevil is to thor
oughly fumigate the bins with burning
sulphur. This should be done before the
grain Is put into the bine, and repeated IL
the course of month or SO after the grain il
stored. Some persons use lime and salt, blu
there is nothing better than sulphur
Cows tina. have access to water at all time
will drink often, but little at the time, ant
return to their feeding. Cows deprived of
sufficient supply of water fail in milk an(