The Red Cloud chief., 1880-12-30
HONE, FAIRY AND GARDEN.

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AsrRsL rcsid-a, e. t,s,rsally planned
and richly zisrne 1 with s0rai beauties.
Is generally found To DC the abode OF
refinement and intelligence
A pEErs snow II cal Ell the poor nan .
manure. for the reason thai it IL \ goot
winter mulch. And n large amount of
Ammonia il brought from the atmos-
phere TO the earth vy the falling no~
PLowIss should be done only when
he soil will c.umbls ho ely; whea The
pillow smears the up;urned surface. the
soil vii be injured Yet 20 make
haste with cauiioa' d. advisable
X CENT experiments In Enyisnd
show that thin sowing OF wheat IN dnils
il more productive tbaa thick sowing.
By special culture on small plots 3
single grain 10 the hill has gwen \ yield
Of LOO TO l6s bushels 20 the acre. accord
ing TO the Ekpsrs'aeni Record
CHEESE SoUrFE- The dish mus; be
sent 10 table direct from the oven IN
the pan in which IL has been baked. as
!. falls il kept standing. Beat separate
Is The whites and yelks Of two eggs
add To the yelks one tablespoonful OF
siftei -four. two 81 graiel cheese. a
pinch ri CAYENNE. n 81 salt. and one
cup OF milk: when well mixed add the
whites beaten TO n roth. and stir bri.k-
ly. pour into a buttered shallow pan.
and bake in = quick oven until n rich
brown about fifteen minutes
We would sugges; To those who have
no woodlands that, rs a mea>are oil
economy. il is well % plant cuttings or
roofs Of fast-growing trees Ike The
weeping willow. catiipa and silver ma
pie. These planted in Of fields
or out-ofthe-w way places soon make
large trees and may then be cut down.
without be NJ missed. and used for tire
wood. The weeping willow. for in
stance. in six years from a cutting viii
maze a tree eighteen inches in diameter
and thirty feet in height -Rnrdl SeD
Yorker.
A CONFECTIONERY Of the New York
Tribune says Tor the last nine years he
has used the soft-soIp wash ON
apple trees. About June Is lac takes a
sufiCien. quantity Of the soap. thin q
little. LET stand half a day TO thoroughly
mix, and then paste or plaster or paint
il on the trees with a large paint brush.
Fir-t scraping the body OF the tree and
! seeing that the trunk ~ clean. put on
| plenty of sap a. high on the limbs rs
one has time and pat ence. and extend
ing well Il the ground. One Will be
astonished II the bene lcial effect.
BAKED BEASs.-Pick over a quart oil
beans at night. aud put over them warm
water to cover them well. In the
morning drain them and put them In
cold water, with One-quarter of a spoon
full of soda, and boil them half an hour;
drain again, free from water. and put
them in a bean-pot, with two table
spoonfuls OF molasscs and half a pound
of salt pork. which has been well
washed; ill the pot with sufficient boil
ing water to the beans; place the
cover on the pot, and put a rim of paste,
made of flour and water, around 1t. and
bake in a very moderate oven eight or
ten hours. II you have not rcgula,
| bean-pot, put them in a baking-dish and
cut the pork into small pieces. placing
one i'm the center of the beans and the
rest at ever distances around il.
To RESTORE SCRATCHED FURNITURE.
-Scrape one pound of beeswax into
shavings in a pan; add half a gallon
spirits of turpentine and n pint lin
seed oil. Let it remain twelve hours
then stir it well with a stick. into O
liquid; while stirring add one-quartel
of a pound of shellac varnish and one
ounce of alkanet root. Put this mix
ture into a gallon jar and stand it be
fore the fire or in an oven, for a week
90 keep it Just warm. shake it up three
or four times n day. Then strain Il
through a hair sieve and bottle it. Poul
about a Tablespoonful II wad OF baize,
90 lightly over the face and other parts
Of mahogany furniture. then rub brisk
IL with a similar dry wad. and in three
minutes it will produce a dark
brilliant polish unequaled. Another
preparation may he made a'
follows: Make a mixture OF three parts
linseed oil and n part spirits OF tur'
p%entine. IL not only covers the dislig
ured surface, but restores wood TO it
original co,or, and leaves . luster upor
the surface. Put on with a wooler
cloth, and when dry rub with wooden
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