Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-08-20
HOME AND FARM.

O0l anu POlh OlOulb 0ANhlo no
thoroughly cooked.
DO not neglect to dry sage, thyme,
parsley, celery, ETC., for winter use. Dry
and pulverize and keep in tin cans or
glass bottles.
TO remove mildew on linen or cot
ton goods rub the spots with softsoap
and place in the sun. Repeat the APP
plications of soap and expose on a coed
grass plot every bright day until the
mildew has disappeared.
Rice Muffins.-Boil soft and dry
one-half cup rice, stir in three Spoonfuls
sugar, piece of butter size of an egg,
and little salt, one pint of sweet milk,
one cup yeast, two quarts flour. Let it
rise all night. If sour in the morning,
add little soda dissolved in milk, and
bake in muffin rings.
Mustard Sauce.-One cup of sugar,
one cup of vinegar, one tablespoonful of
butter, four eggs and one tablespoonful
Of mustard; beat the eggs well mix all
together; turn into new tin pail or
basin and boil in water same as custard,
only to cream, not thick. Strain
through thin cloth and it is done.
Cabbage Salad.-A quart of very
finely chopped cabbage, two-thirds of a
cupful of sour cream, two well-beaten
eggs; season to taste with sugar, salt,
pepper and mustard. If you have no
celery to chop with your cabbage, put
in tablespoonful Of celery-seed. Add
little vinegar. This is very fine. 1t
will keep we'll for several days, and is
excellent for picnics.
What is called blind staggers in
mules is caused principally by indigest-
ible food and hard driving in hot wealth
er. Hard whole corn, then pail of
water or more on top, after which the
animal is sent quickly to work, cause a
rush of blood to the head and staggers.
Keeping wet sponge on the top of the
head between the ears will help to ward
off an attack in hot weather. But soft
er and more easily digested food, with
little salt daily, will remove the cause,
which is far better than applying reme-
dies after an attack.
The kinds of grass suited for per.
manent pasture depend upon the kind
of soil. Indeed, tits hardly worth while
to try to seed down permanently any
but moist soils. For these the following
kinds OF grass are best suited: Red-top,
five pounds per acre; creeping bent,
five pounds; meadow spear-grass, four
pounds; fowl meadow-grass, four
pounds; red fescue, five pounds
meadow fescue, six pounds; tall fescue,
five pounds; meadow oat-grass, four
pounds; crested dogs tail, six pounds
timothy, six pounds.
Rice Black cap Pudding a
pudding basin and stick raisins or prunes
all over the bottom, and pour into the
center teacupful of dry rice, this guam.
tity being sufficient for basin that will
hold pint of water. Tie cloth tightly
over the basin and plunge it into boiling
water. Boil for an hour, when it viii
turn out nice shape, with the raisins
or prunes covering the top of the rice,
which form the black cap. 1t can be
eaten with sugar and butter or strip OF
plain pudding sauce, and is an excellent
and tempting dish for children.
There are many ways of preserv
ing bouquets, some being pretty success
full in keeping the flowers long time il
all their beauty. Here is new method
we have recently met with; perhaps
those of an experimental turn of minC
will give it trial. Sprinkle the bou'
quet lightly with fresh water, and put il
in vase containing soapsuds. Eact
morning take the bouquet out of the
suds and lay it sideways in clean water
keep it there minute or two, then takC
it out and sprinkle the flowers lightly
by the hand with water. Replace it il
the suds, and it will remain as fresh a.
when first gathered. Change the sud-
every three or four days. This method
it is said, will keep a bouquet brigh
and beautiful for at least month.
"A good rich ice.cre may bemad
in the following manner: Use one quar-
rich milk, three pints rich cream, fou
cups white sugar, three eggs, five tea
spoonfnls vanilla or other seasoning
Beat the whites and the yelks separated,
and very light, add the sugar to tn
yelks and beat well. Heat the milk al
/ most to boiling point and pour over this
little by little, stirring well all the time
, add the beaten whites, return to the fir
and boil until about as thick as boile'
custard or for about fifteen minutes
When quite cold beat in the cream an,
, the favoring; then freeze. A fair arti
Gle, but of course not nearly SO rich i
> quality, may be made by emitting tn
, cream, using instead two and hal
. quarts of good rich milk, in which cas-
r the whole amount of milk should b
added hot to the eggs and sugar. T
l fill six-quart can double the measur