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cream or milk and little salt. Fry in
q pan in which there is one-half ounce
of melted butter, over quick fire. In
order that the omelet may remain soft
and Juicy it is necessary that the pan
should be hot before the eggs are poured
in. During the frying move the pan
continually to and fro; continue this
until cake is formed, then let it re-
main still moment to brown. Turn
out and serve Immediately.
BEANS WITHOUT PoRK.-Soak the
beans over night. In the morning put
them on to boil in cold water, having
first strained them. When boiled ten
der, skim them out into your baking
dish; stir in butter the size of an egg,
little salt and a tablespoonful OF
molasses. Then turn cupful of rich
milk over them, or enough to cover
them. Cooked in this way the top
beans will be nicely Drowned, and at
the same time be soft. This is a good
recipe, and beans cooked in this way
are excellent.
ENGLISH TEA CAKE.-Take O light
bread dough, enough for a small loaf;
mix with It one tablespoonful Of lard,
one of sugar, one large spoonful of Cur
rants; let it rise again until very light
then bake. Cut into round slices and
toast them; butter while hot.
IRISH STEw.-Take mutton chops;
cover we'll with water; take the scum
off as it rises; add layer of potatoes, a
layer OF turnips and one onion, sliced ;
season with pepper and salt; add more
potatoes, as before; then add more
water. Dumplings are good with this.
Tho Flower Garden.
To have beautiful flowers and a profu.
sion of them, plant your plants and seeds
in rich soil, as rule. There are only
few plants that do better in q poor
soil than in one that is well enriched,
prominent among which are the differ:
ent varieties of Amaranthus. The soil
should be frequently stirred during the
growing season, and especially soon
after every shower. Finely breaking
the surface with a hoe or small rake,
after it has been beaten down by the
:ain, will enable it to retain moisture
much longer than if left to become hard,
as it will do if thus worked. Without
proper culture and attention weeds will
be certain to put in an appearance in
flower beds, vases. hanging baskets,
grass plats, etc. Their presence will
never be tolerated by any cultivator
who has regard for neat and tasteful
appearances. Provide strings, stakes or
trellises to climbers and top-heayy
plants, and to guide the young tendrils
of climbers that are stretching out for
support, which they perhaps cannot
reach. Dahlias should be provided
with strong stakes early in the season,
if their breaking down would be
avoided. The season of outdoor flow
ers can be extended almost every year,
by protecting the plants during the first
frosty nights. Usually after first frosts
the weather comes warm and pleasant.
-An,erican CuAivator.
VIII Potatoes Mix.
A correspondent of the Vermont
Farmer says: In reply to a question
whether potatoes will mix, | will say
that they will not. New varieties are
produced in two ways-through the
seed-balls and by sprouts. In fifteen
years experience in growing seedlings,
have found that most of the seedlings,
to a great degree, partak ke of the nature
of the parent stock, with tendency to
degenerate, 50 that hardly one out Of
hundred is superior to the parent. In
experimenting with the peachblow
Seeding, I have found both red and
white potatoes on tn same stalk, which,
when planted, in some instances pro,
duces both'red and white in the same hill
and separately. I have often found the
Peerless was produced. have planted
them, and q new variety OF color, with
all the characteristics Of the Peerless,
was produced. A potato OF that kind
was produced at our county fair last
fall. I have one in my cellar now
which is white. with purple cheek.
I account for this only rs taking back
to some ancestral stock, for no pota-
toes of that color were planted in the
deld.
Household Hints.
To brown sugar for sauces or pud-
tlings, put the sugar in a perfectly dry
saucepan. 1.-THE pan is the least bit wet
.he sugar will burn and you will spoil
the saucepan.
Chloride of lime scattered about where
rats and mice frequent will cause them
% desert the spot.
To make macaroni tender, put it in
,old water and bring it to boil. 1t
will then be much more tender than il
out in hot water or stewcd in milk.