The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-06-19

vtRI AND FlKESiDh'
=. a seed often decides the
p1n peas and beans contain
No. sdnrteen and one-half per
49, y .ssr: potatoes seventy-hye
= q ;s6ofes eighty per cent,
r -: 80 ninety-three per cent en-. ,v..h
~Spepgss smmonia and water luse
4i1sn ,s;ou q . teaspoonful 10 TWO
b Fslo. p A.; afterwards in a solution OF
- 81 ca. one part acid to twenty.
suistie az wster. Sponges are not
ie ~ -. Without care, They shouid
n els .''ss S,' rinsed, then aired and
ktlacasssy ery using, and unless they
ID 's a'.' Ter teot scrupulously neat they
- 3 = S' dissolved in water, or I've
Fo1ssJd ashes. IS the best wash for
ipa ses. mi large limbs offruit trees.
h t5unk sho,,ld not be used, as 1t
ulfe. ~ norss Of the bark, which
d., = ~ tsrt open in order to insure
hea,a = -. n Potash or lye answers
beSfhJ 49, which whitewash would,
e q , psr Of its objections.
~ - 80 rretty screens either Tor win
-vs at In frames may be made
i.ss .'';. |" lined with any plain-colored
mn, ~ muslin to be painted WIN
~ W 'iors mixed with Chinese white
v',sl.sys; s,le LIQUID gum. Painting on
. - ! i sasy because it can De done
sn' ,'a = Who possess no talent for
INIT who can color well. The
t1sn rl.ced underneath the muslin
- e u.s,o COOK Asparagus to be Served
T"t-Cut the stalks OF equal
2 ERECTING the woody portions
r. lining the white part which re-
THROW into cold water. Then
bupch with q soft string and put
9. h.;I;uc water slightly salted. Boil
's ~ tsudsr-from twenty to forty MN
sreordipg to age. Just before re-
.,;.s The asparagus from the water
- .s,eral slices OF bread, cutting Oh
y s,ter crust, dip in the boiling
80 hitler and lay in a hot dish.
~. ,he asparagus. unbind the bundle
u hesu II upon the toast with bits OF
,s,ter between the stalks.
~ Boiled Eggs.-1. Place the
-s;u 4 warm saucepan, and cover
bo;ling water; let them stand
-, tbey viii keep hot, but not boil
:, 3. minutes. This method will cook
~ Whites and yelks. 2. Place the
- n boiling water and boil three
suses and half. BY this method
q white Of the egg is hardened SC
sirlly that the heat does not penetrate
z "a yelk until the last minute, and
rsseoueutly the white is hard and the
n hardly cooked enough. The first
rahod & therefore the most healthful'
--Rhubard Marmalade.-Wipe you
huhsrb with damp cloth, and cut il
go 4 for . pie. When cut, to ever,
- q fruit allow three quarters OF
rupd Of sugar. Lay the sugar owe
- rhubarb in vessel large enough t.
sas,in the juice and melted sugar, ant
hh nand over night. In the morning
nh 8 preserving kettle and let it boi
rnfly. Take one lemon for every tw'
Sars q fruit and while the fruit j
idIng miuee the rind very fine. Tel
rnuiss before the marmalade is don
" h the rind and juice of the lemon
/ ~ proportion named. This is
vsyohrecipe and . great favorite wit
a
--Ihe Rxrol Nep Yorker says tn
sheapest and most effective way to &c
IL ylumps in field is to blast ther
~ viii cartridges Of giant powder
his explosive is . preparation of nitro
fyeerine. many times as powerful a
nunon powder, and its great forct
.hisg verJ sudden in its action, teal
ns 1fumps to fragments so that but Ii
III my, aiter-cutting is required I
f1Pse Of them. The giant powder
HYh cartridges about ten inch'
~ b one and one-haf in diamete
udthese, being of the consistence {
eAsose, can be cut into pieces of II
- required with q knife. A piet
No inches long is sufficient to thro
- : good-sized stump. A hole
nehed under the stump with a Gro,
~ theexplosive, with the proper flu
- in!ninating cap attached, is put
- hole, water Is poured in as tampir
e ~ f1ss Is fired. The explosit
u'cvs 1estump out in several piece
mz1ng the hole TO be filed up afte
k Experts have taken out Oh
n@zed stumPs in q day in this ma