The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-08-11
EARN AND FIRESIDE.

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Alcohol, slightly diluted. will Kill
mealy bugs, scale and other pests that
infest house plants. sfs,aazsfsa esf.rs
The best duster with Which to clean
carved furniture is new paint brush;
you can remove absolutely all the dust
| with it.
Calves should have arun in good
piece of grass. The value of a COW de-
ponds SO much on the first years growth
that the calf should have best Of feed,
that the mature animal may be the
most profitable.
When fattening an animal for beef,
let the process be as quick as possible.
Any stint in feeding will make the
meat tough and dry, sStall-fed animals
will fatten more readily than others,
and young animals require richer food
than Older ones. 'tE t
Caledonian Cream. Two ounces of
raspberry jam or jelly, two ounces of
red currant jelly, two ounces of sifted
loaf sugar, the whites of two eggs put
int. bowl and beaten with a spoon for
Athrce-qdarters of an hour This makes
very pretty cream, and is good and
economical.
Pie Crust Shortened With Beans.
Boil white beans until soft. rub through
a sieve and mix as much into -four as
can be done and preserve sufficient
tenacity in the dough. Add little
salt. This. crust is used at 'swater
cures" and makes a far better pie crust
than one would suppose who had never
eaten it.
--Potatoes ala Creme. --Put Unto a
saucepan about two ounces of butter, a
dessert-spoonful of flour, some parsley,
chopped. small, salt and peppers stir
these up together, add a wfneglass of
cream, and set it on the fire, stirring
continually until it boils. Cut some
boiled potatoes into slices and put them
into the saucepan with the mixtures:
boil all together and serve them very
hot. ss,.s + -
10 Make Roux.-Take one pound
OF very nice butter, and bring it to a
boil on the stove, but do not let it brown
at all Stand it on one side of the stove;
take off the scum and let the sediment
settle. Then pour off the clarified but
ter into a clean basin. Stir in enough
flour to make it as thick as it can be
stirred Place it on the stove and Let it
become very hot; then remove to the
back part of the fire where it cannot
burn, but will cook gently. Let it re-
main four hours, stirring every little
while. so it will not stick to the basin.
The sauce. will assume bright golden
color, and if kept in cool place. will
last for weeks. 1t is a French dish. and
Is unequalled for thlckening oyster
soup, and all kinds OF sauces, gravies,
etc. @ "a
8 ZLet me give. your readers a sure
method OF dealing with rose-slugs. 1t
has been such. a. comfort to me that /
wish every lover of roses might make
use of it. Take n-ordinary sprinkling-
pail, with a free nozzle, put in a few
spoonfuls of kerosene and two or three |
spoonfuls of helebore, then fill with
water and give the bushes thorough
sprinkling. lake care to have the MKT
ure reach the underside OF the leaves
as far as possible. Appl = as soon as the |
slugs appear, and you will be entirely
rid OF them. Helebore alone had tried |
in vain; but the kerosene sticks the
helebore to the leaves and the worms as |
we'll. have tried the same method |
with -curranb worms, and with entire |
success, saving q great waste of hele-
bore. L am not particular about the /
amount of either the kerosene or the
heiebore. The bushes wills not be |
harmed or rendered unsightly, nor will
the foul odors of whale-oil soap coun,
terbalance the .sweetnessof the roses.
Cor. N. Z. Iadependent. = 1t