The Red Cloud chief., 1881-08-18
o n FARM AND GARDEN.

Grained wood should be washed
with cold tea
Cut hot bread or cake with . hos
knife. and 1; will not be c,ammy.
In dropping medicine pl.ce the
handle VI the spoon between the leaves
OF . book
Meat can be prevented from scorrh-
ing. during the ruas'ing process. by
simply placing n BASIN or cup Of water
in the oven The team generated no.
only prevents scorehiRg. Cui makes thc
meat cook nicer.
A good WAY 20 cook liver 30 FRY
IL in butter. with m onion cu, in small
pieces scattered over IL Cook slosly;
when done add 4 lump Of butter an! a
little gour; stir well, and turn over The
liver. Serve with Saratoga potatoes
For general purposes on the farm,
castor-oil. with = little kerosene added.
i the best ~lubrica,or AMI ir%e'eryer.
For aw- mowers. buggIes. etc, u fur
nishes more body. with less gum. than
mos. oil. The amount OF Kerosene. IL
any. 20 be added. must be governed by
the purpose for wh.eh 1t IS designed
drying Umbrellas. Most people
dry their umbrellas handle howard.
Ills concentrates the moisture AZ the
tip, where Il Is close, rasts The wires
which secure the stretchers. AMI rois
the silk. After the umbrella J. drainsi.
il is better 20 invert handle dOwn. ani
dry il in that position. or. better still.
not TO spreal IL open, IS nothing -
quickly spoi!s is shape
Cherries intended 20 he dried must
be frs, stoned. spread on Fat dishes
and drv them in the sun or warm oven;
pour whatever jn &C mas run rom them
over them. q little ~ 4 time, STR them
about that they may dr. evenly. When
perfectly dry line boxes Or jars with
white paper and psck close in l%ayers;
strew a little brown sugar and fold tho
top of the paper over them and keep n
a dry, sweet place.
Apple Cheese-Cakes.-Take one
pound OF apples. boiled and pulped
through a sieve, one pound powdered
white sugar. the juice and grated rindS
of three large fresh lemons, and four
eggs well beaten. Mix these ingrudi-
ents carefully, and put them into =
saucepan IN which you have a quarter
of n pound of fresh butter melted. stir
il constantly over a slow fire for half an
hour. and bet IL cool. Line pie dishes
with line puff paste. pour IN the apple
! mixture, and bake. without upper crust.
in a quick oven. Sprinkle with pow
dercd sugar. and serve when perfectly
cold.
VERY Fine Currant Jelly.-An
equal quantity of white and red cur
rants free from stems, leaves and dirt.
Put into a white porcelain kettle
with a very little water. just
enough TO keep the fruit from burn
i'm al first. Boil twenty minutes.
Do not crush the fruit. Pour into n
clean ielly-bag. Hang where the Juice
can run through. but 10 not touch or
squeeze the bag. To each pint OF this
clear liquor add a pound of loaf sugar
| and boil in the cleansed porcelain kettle
| TWENTY-FIVE minutes. Pass through an
| other jelly-bay and pour into glasses.
The bags can be well pressed out after
ward and the juice therefrom made into
an inferior jelly.
-Crysta!lizing GraSses.-Dissolve in a
quart OF soft water all the alum you can
BY heating and stirring it may be i
round, il NAV he twenty ounces. Have
the grasses divided into small punches
tied. When the solution begins toe
cool dep in the grasses, holding them
there live minutes, three minutes, two
minutes or n minute, according "a
size of CRYSTALS YOU wish. The cooler
/ the solution the quicker the crystals
form. When too cold reheat. 1 have
used n glass jar To dissolve the alum in
heating il in n kettle of water with ~
old plate at the bottom 10 prevent tia
| Jar breaking. One can see through glass
the CT, stalls forming and so know wher
t. take the grass out. Do not let III,
! grass touch the sides OF the jar.
An ant bed on the lawn may be de
stroyed with hot water; str up the bed
and pour on boiling water; BY pour j.
on strong brine ther may be drIvei
away, bat rs they might take up quar-
tiers rs Objectionable. it i always hes
to destroy them. When the bed is fl
enough from the house. and in 4 posi-
ton 10 admit of it, they may be Ge
stroyed by building q ii!e around them
and when hot enough. with a hoe di.
the bed up and thus burn them; wEe!
the bed is well dag out fill the hO''
with Goals: in this way we have de
stroyed large beds; but near a dwellin:
hot water is the best, though it may re
9uire several gallons TO make a sur,
thing of il. The small red ants nest i
easily destroyed in this way. but larg'
7 asNnS ham NJ N nnnaIIsr.p hlal sla-t "A N ~
below the surface, must be so dug vi
n t let the hot water 10 the bottom
before it ools.-NGssqckUse:ts Plough