The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-12-10

a RURAL residence. tastefully planned
and richly adorned with floral beauties.
i generally found 10 be the abode Of
refinement and intelligence.
A pEEr snow Is called the poor mans
manure. for the reason that II i a good
winter mulch. And a large amount OF
ammonia is brought from the atmo,-
phere 70 the earth BY the falling
FLOWING should be done only when
the soil will crumblc loosely: when the
plow smears the upturned surface. rhe
soil will be injured. Yet to."make
haste with caution i advisable.
Recent experiments in England
show that thin sowing OF wheat in drills
i more productive than thick sowing.
by special culture ON small plots 4
single grain to the hill has given a yield
OF loo TO 1872 bushels 10 the acre. accord
Ing to the Experiment Record.
CHEESE SoUFFE. The dish must be
sent TO table direct from the oven in
the pan IN which il has been baked. rs
i falls il kept standing. Beat separate
IN the whites and yelks OF two eggs
add 10 the yclks one tablespoonful Of
sifted Hour. two Of grated cheese. a
pinch Of cayenne. one of salt. and one
cup Of milk: when well mixed add the
whites beaten to n froth, and stir brisk
~, pour into a buttered shallow pan.
and bake in q quick Over until a rich
brown-about fifteen minutes.
A CORRESPONDENT Of the New York
Tribune says tor the last nine years he
has used the soft-soap wash on
apple trees. About June Is he takes a
sufficient quantity Of the soap. thin a
little, let stand half a day to thoroughly
mix. and then paste or plaster or paint
it on the trees with a large paint brush.
First scraping the body OF the tree and
seeing that the trunk is clean. put on
plenty Of sap as high on the limbs as
n has time and patience, and extend
ing well to the ground. One will be
astonished At the beneficial effect.
WI would suggest to those who have
no woodlands thai. as a measure of
economy. it is well to plant cuttings or
roots OF fast-growing trees like the
weeping willow. catalpa and silver ma
pie. These planted in corners Of fields
or out-of-the-way places Dol make
large trees and may then be cut down.
without being missed. and used for lire
wood. The weeping willow. for in
stance. in six years from a cutting viii
make a tree eighteen inches in diameter
and thirty feet in height--Rnrai Neac
Yorker.
BAKED BEANs.-Pick over a quart OF
beans at night, and 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
ful Of soda. and boil them half an hour:
drain again. free from water. and put
them in q bean-pot, with two table
spoonfuls of molaSses and half a pound
of salt pork. which has been well
washed; fill the pot with sufficient boil
ire water TO cover the beans; place the
cover on the pot. and put arm Of paste.
made of flour and water, around il. and
ten hours. If you have not a regular
bean-pot, put them in a baking-dish and
cut the pork into small pieces. placing
one in the center of the beans and the
rest at ever distances around it,
To RESTORE SCRATCHED FURNITURE.
-Scrape one pound Of beeswax into
shayings in a pan; add half a gallon
of ~turpentine and one pint lin
seed oil. Let il remain twelve hours.
then stir il well with a stick. into a
while stirring add one-quarter
Of a pound Of shellac varnish and n
ounce Of alkanet root. Put this mix
turc into q gallon jar and stand it be-
the fire or in an oven. for a week.
Ito keep 1t just WARM, shake it up three
Or four times a day. Then strain il
through a hair sieve and bottle it. Pour
about a tablespoonful on a wad Of baize,
20 lightly over the face and other parts
Of mahogany furniture. then rub brisk
" with a similar dry wad. and in three
minutes it will produce a dark
brilliant polish unequaled. Another
preparation may be made as
follows: Make a mixture OF three parts
oil and one part spirits Of tur-
II not only cover the disig-
ured surface, but restores wood to its
original color, and leaves a luster upon
the surface. Put on with a wooden
cloth, and when dry rub with wooden.
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