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4 RoAsrEs coffee is one OF the most
3 powerful disinfectants known to Sci
enee.
BCcKwfsEAF CAKES. Ono qDsft 81
4 bunkwls lt uue teaspoonl,il OF salt two
( tstblespoonfllle 81 Indian fneal one Of
\ mOlpssess 4ut IN tepid water to make q
batter With teast sufficient TO make
them lghti compressed is the best
To II HsRpEN 1ne SKrS. -Make
sironS Infusion fy eteeping pai; bark IN
Z water. To eaab Quart Of The infusion
mex foEr tirfchl shf powdered ainm
I 4 NJ 81 G igfnSshr 30 the back with
I sponge before saddling and after the
\ saddle i removed ilally.-N r. World
Frosted APPLE PIE. Line a pie tin
1 with pun paste Slice I'm apples. sugar
/ them and add little butter, no water,
rand a little lemon essence or tIiee.
( Bake. and when done, spread a thick
9hosting Of beaten egg and sugar over
IL, return TO tbs oven TIL the frosting is
warmed through.
TnE bestway 10 prepare new iron /.
kettle for use is TO till it with clean pos
tato parings; boil them for an hour or
more, then wash the kettle with hot
water, wipe it dry, and rub it with
little lard, repeat the rubbing for half a
dozen TIMES after using. In this, way
I You will prevent rust, and all the an
noy'2ees liable TO occur in the use of Q
new Kettle.
, TAR Lace Stock Journal says; A mod
crate quantity OF cayenne pepper, mus
tard or ginger can, with great benefit,
be added to the food OF fowls to in
crease their vigor and 80 stimulate egg
production. This diet, although APP
I'arentiy artificial, is really natural; for
wild birds of the gallinacean family
have access to very many highly-spiced
berries and buds articles that give the
'iyame 'fayof' to their flesh. y
SNOWFALL PUDDING. - Boil one
quart OF rich milk and then thicken it
with q tablespoonful Of -four or arrow
root; beat up the yelks of four eggs
With three tablespopnfuls of white
sugar then pour the milk slowly into
the eggs and sugar, stirring all the
/ time. Pour this oustard into pudding
dish and brown it slightly; heat up tho
whites TO : stiff froth, adding four
! WIN iemon, drop 1t on the custard
I (when browned) ia the form of balls
rs large rs an egg. Set il back in the
stove % brown little.
BoTLING Mix. The source of the
scarlet fever epidemic near London
was traced by DIR, Stevenson, a medical
officer of health, to the milk sent there
I from two farms in .Oxfordshire. Scarlet
fever had previously prevailed in OK,
1 fordshire, and tho milk sent out from
! there was found to contain the infee-
1 tious keFmso The doctor advises all
1 who have the care Of invalids or Infants
! 20 boil their milk before using it. We
ARE not ii. favor of sounding useless
! alarms, but in the case Of infants or
! delicate persons we think it as we'll to
| boil the milk before giving it, especial-
4 " when 1t may lUine from several
/ COWS. Rf{raI NelD Yorker. A fFT
! one of the chief causes of failure in
I growing house plants is the overheatetl
/ rooms in which they are plaeeela We
| often sec plants IN broken pitchers and
old friiit-eans, growing in some dirty
! window Of q poor mans cottage, far
more huxuriant and healthy than those
in the heated houses OF the rich, be-
! Cause during most of the winter. plants
7 in their aatnnal state make little,if any
growth, 4te.most they need being pro-
4 lection from fFost,l The. cool rooms of
fthe poor, ill-Yentilated thoagh they
\ may De, furnish moro fresh air than can
survive the fmnace-heat aud the nncon-
4 sumed gases Of 3 house with ell the
modern improYements-2f
IF vanished work becomes defaced,
and begins To show white spots, take
\ equal parts of linseed,o oil and tprpenr
tine. put them in vial, shake till thor
oughly Incorporated, then pourin small
quantities on soft cloth. and apply 10
7 the spots. Repeat till the color isreA
stored, and then with another clean soft
4 cloth wipe the mixture OF carefully. In
deeply carved furniture, If the dust has
settled so us to bo difficult to renlove,
use lirst a stiil-haired dpaint-brush 20 get
out as much Of the dust as possible be-
fore using the wet SPONGE; then roll the
4 sponge tip In the hand, and rubit into
the carving two or three times, rinse.
and rub dry withsthe chamois, and fin
ish or lIy Wrapping the diy slun over
che ivory needle, anddrying eyerydaanp
place in the carving. This need not
take moro time Than Us, occupied IN
Y telling IT, If the furniture is often
4 busted, Il viii not require any more,
and it win look fresh and bright for
years with such care Al y fst
A YESTERDAY Afternoon an old woman.
weighing about 800 pounds. Slipped IN
crossing the street.cGr truck rand came
down In the mud and water. IL SQUAD
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