The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-07-23
HOME AND FARM.

HOME AND FARM.
-Trv pure benzine to remove stains
rom hair. cloth furniture. *
-Camphor placed in drawers OF !. =
runks~wil' prevent mice tom DONG 4
hem any injury, -. !, y
n - s;ck1room; and never hll up an !; :
empty glass without rinsingit. 6
wien striped stockings are washed U
and are ready to hang up to dry, turn v
Them wrong side out; this Will PreVent i
tho color from running on the right SIDE '
and spelling the stockings. !
"A correspondent of the Gardener I
Chronicle says that pulverized fresh lime
will effectually drive earthworms from
lawns The lime also kills moss'
which is 50 troublesome on ola lawns: :
Mix the lime with twice its bulk OF tine
soil or of leached wood-ashes.
-Spirals.-Two eggs beaten qulte
l;oht. sufficient -four stirred in to make
the mixture very stiff; add q pinch Of
salt and stir again; then roll out quite
thin, cut strips about two inches VIDE
and four long, and roll round the fingers
as # curling hair. Fry in batter till OF
deEosSe Il fddei made, and sprinkle
powdered sugar just before serving.
-Raisin Cake.-One cup white sugar,
four tablespoonful melted butter, stF;
red together, eight tablespoonful OF
sweet milk. one cup flour, one teaspoon
fnl baking powder; flavor with lemon;
stir in last the beaten whites OF four
$ga 4 bakq II e4sIs; pFI htiog, ,' aaa
but Il on the stJkeW bon! chop one cup
Of raisins and beat the white of one egg;
take the sugar off and stir the egg anu
raisins in. I..' !
I'm buying Paris green to destroy
the potato beetle and other insects buy
chat which is heaviest and honestly sells
/ At the highest price, The, great demand
has led to much adulteration with high
or and more soluble .pQis0ns, which are
less safe to use. London purple, Aih1
many regard as equally effective, is
much cheaper and more bulky, and
hence is not so likely to be adulterated
as Paris green. so ''',''
One of the best ways to cook black
bass, that favorite fish with so many
people, is to broil it. You need a wire
gridiron with a long handle, so that you
> Can hold it over the Goals and not let the
, EDGES get scorched or BACKED. Serve
: 4s1f lemon sliced on the platter. When
4 baking whitefish do not let it lie on the
r bottom of the dripping-pan; put tn
plate under the fish in such way thaa
9 the oil will drip off into the pan: The
Q fish will be less greasy and the dressing
9 will notahsarl ". MUCH. of the fdt:'' -
$ pVoh t,Itsf pA(iE.tPare some
3 ripes ia Sda yeadh(sJ 1e(ving whole
. Arrange closely together in the bottom
= of a 6uttered baking dish. Make
+ batter of quart Of milk, six eggs beate'
~ very light, ten teaspoonfuls OF slfte(
10 10 -four, a tablespoonful of melted butter,
- little salt and two teaspoonfuls OF bakln!
q powder sifted with the flour. Bake in
v. quick oven and eat hot with cream an
.! sugar or hard or liquid sauce. Straw
- berries, cherries, raspberries, or black
. berries may be substituted tor tn
h. peaches. 80.
~ -Windgalls are seldom productive {
= lalneness, and may be regarded as mer
10y eye-sores. sMany methods of treatmer
u y have been resorted to, and with the sam
~ result; they are rarely ever remove
- permanently by any method OF trea
49, ment. Rest, with the application
= congresses and bandages, may redut
- them for a time. BY blistering and SUI
W. W. seouently turning the animal QUITO gras
r. they viii iaysQ ,pgobebiity, disapP;ea'
~; when tie animal il put Is work. Unle
'n q horse is of much value, it is scarce
~. desirable to try any treatment at oil
~, ~ these tumors. TO puncture them
IN IN dangerous and Intellectual, and cutti1
~ them out is absurd and impracticable.
it'll Western Rural. aG4 J.,
,ry, After keeping house . year I've
ara tured to ask an old housekeeper WI
on she used for mop, and found to I
the dismay that it was q question open
All much discussion. After various expe
of ments find that the best material Is
ne. knit wrappers, cut in convenient strl
It is best not to make the mop "
large, as it is then so heavy when '
x> ltmt it is burdensome, and although
= Would get along faster you would
lta. more tired and very likely strain y
'ets hands in wringing 1t. Have as III
sS;d dI space left to mop ~ possible; car
e e:.s lust as much Of your Kitchen floor y
~ ~ consistent with perfect neatness, or
o. ter still, one. 6ilcloth- is so much N
; .ns, easily cleaned; grease does not sink
me me to it to render you desperate. The b
!s$ Nv law of compensation may hold g
~. y here, but do not see in what way, &
Ivy; mensurate with the expenditure OF y
I VI and strength, q woman can be repalt
49, 49, have it made good to her tor nav
1 h,,. scrubbed away so many of the hours
; ~. her youth and middle age. lher
''I something hopeless about It; after
..a ~ rything else is done there is always
' g"so kitchen floor to clean; it is dangerou
,.es 81 dwell upon; it needs, as Mr.: Elmer
HI IA SAYS, ''all the force Of an idea" to
~; T. the load from off your mind.-N
=. ~ Post.
in in Hoe Cholera. 50 at's
veg al
like We have heard of late~.thaf
ence scourpe has broken out In several pr
d in inent herds of swine in the viclnit
lin this city with considerable viI4 ll
anes and that many animals have fellSn
cit Tins to its attacks. The prices
have been realized for fat1igso Of
ng to render this stock Of too much valu
That I1..o ..nssEnn& fanA "a ~