The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-03
HOME AND FARM.

OF all the products of the soil none
are SO prolific as weeds; 10000 seeds
nave been counted upon one mullen
stalk.
BRooMs should always be hung w,
ana Kerosene cans should always be sci
INTO an old tin dish which is past using
Tor baking purposes.
SOWING for succession is useful
method of prolonging the season OF
many vegetables, and should be more
generally practiced. By sowing beans,
peas, corn, etc., at intervals of week
or SO, these valuable vegetables may be
had through the season.
SUMNER SALAD.-Three heads OF
lettuce, two handfuls crosses, one Gu
cumber, pared and sliced thin, four
radishes, also pared and cut up, three
hard-boiled eggs, cut up into sixths.
Cut lettuce and crosses with a sharp
knife, and mix with the other vegetables
IN bowl. Pour over them the above
dressing for lettuce and cress salad) =,
and lay the sliced eggs on top.
GRAPEvINEs one year old set this
spring should grow only one shoot; let
it be the strongest and best one put
forth. Older vines recently set should
not be allowed to bear this year. The
young growing shoots of old vines
should be tied up before they fall over
Or are broken by the winds; soft cotton
Irvine or bast bark are the best for the
purpose.
REFr EDITION FROM LAMBS Noyor
set the lamp upon red table-cover; if
you can not find time to make a green
lamp mat, put a piece of green card
board under the lamp, and you will find
the reflection upon your work much
more agreeable to the eyes than that
from the red cover.
To CLEAN A TEAPoT.-f tin teapot
has become brown inside, and the tea
made in it tastes brackish, put in little
sal soda, soft soap and water, and boil.
Have your dish-rag wrung out of hot
water, pour the water out in pan, put
in your dish-cloth and wipe quickly.
Pour the water back and boil again re-
peat several times and it will all wipe off
almost as bright as new.
RICE CAKE.-Eight beaten eggs, a
pound of white sugar, half pound of
butter, pound of rice ground very fine,
a little salt, three tablespoonful of milk
and any flavoring liked. Cream the
butter and sugar, add the eggs, then the
milk and salt, stirring in the rice last.
Bake in small pans.
BEEFSTEAK PIE.-Take cold roast
beef, cut it into thin slices about an inch
and half long. Take raw potatoes,
peel them, and cut them into thin slices.
Have ready deep dish, lay some of the
potatoes at the bottom, then layer of
beef, and so on till the dish is filled.
Season it as you would chicken-pie, fill
it with boiling water, cover it with a
crust, and bake it.
A FRENCH paper relates the follow
ing experiment: A COW was MIXED
three times day for eleven days, and
yielded 40 quarts of milk. With two
milkings daily, she gave onIv 146 quarts
in the same number of days. Analysis
moreover showed that the milk in the
first case was richer in butter globules
by more than one-seventh, than in the
second case.
HARD SOAP.-Take three pounds of
unslacked lime, six pounds of washing
soda, four pailfuls of soft water, boiling
hot, turned over the soda and lime; let
it stand over night. In the morning
pour it off; then put in six pounds of
tallow and boil one hour and half, STIR
ring occasionally; then put in one pail
full of cold water and boil half an hour;
then put in two handfuls of salt, and let
it stand until cold. Cut into bars and
dry. If wanted to be striped and scent
ed, melt and stir in anything you desire.
For soft soap leave out the salt.
For burns or scalds nothing is more
soothing than the white of an egg, which
may be poured over the wound. 1t is
softer, as varnish for burn, than
collodion, and being always at hand,
can be applied Immediately. 1t is also
more cooling than the "sweet oil and
cotton which was formerly supposed
to be the surest application to allay the
smarting pain. 1t is the contact with
the air which gives the extreme dis
comfort experienced from ordinary
accidents of this kind; and any thing
which excludes the air and prevents
inflammation is the thing to be at once
applied.