St. Landry democrat., 1881-11-26
HUME, FARM AND GARDEN.

To beat the white of eggs quickly
put in pinch of salt. The cooler the
eggs the quicker they will froth. Salt
cools and also freshens them.
When people see a horses head
drawn up by the bearing rein, and see
him stepping short and champing his
bit. tossing his head and rafting the
harness, they assume that he is acting
in the pride of his strength and fullness
of spirit; whereas the animal is really
suffering agones of pain, and is trying
to gain by these movements momentary
relief.
Potato roses may be prepared as
follows: Pare carefully with a thin
blade of penknife some peeled pota-
toes round and round until all of each
potato is pared to the center. Do not
cut the slices sufficiently thin to break.
Place in a wire basket and dip into
boiling lard. Potatoes thus prepared
are supposed to resemble roses, hence
the name applied to this garnish.
Smoked Meat on Toast-Take a
cold smoked tongue or ham that has
been we'll boiled, and CRATE it with a
coarse CRATER or mince it fine, mix it with
cream and beaten velk of egg, and let
it simmer over the fire. Prepare some
nice slices of toast, butter them rather
slightly. lay them in a flat dish that has
been heated over the fire, and cover
each slice with the meat mixture that
should be spread on hot Place on the
table in a covered dish, for either break
fast or supper.
Chopped hands -Scrape beeswax
lightly into small, Widemouthed
bottle until it is nearly full; put in
small piece of mutton tallow and fill
with olive oil: set the bottle far back
on the stove. and as soon as the wax is
melted remove it. This will be found
very nice for chapped or roughened
hands. 1t is healing if used on small
sores, and is good for sunburn. The
ointment is much pleasanter to use if
few drops of some essential oil are add
ed to give it a pleasant odor.
Children Pudding Put one table
spoonful of Carolina rice and one table,
spoonful of tapioca into three-pint
pudding-dish; add one tablespoonful of
coarse brown sugar and small pinch
of salt. Let this soak close to the fire,
and let it be constantly stirred. Then
put very little bits of butter on the top,
and put it in moderate over.,p For
the first half-hour stir it often from the
bottom, then leave it. In two hours
you will have'a pudding far exceeding
in richness one made with eggs, and
with a delicious favor. Sage, or tap
ioca, or rice alone, are equally good.
Writing of obesity in neat stock, a
well-intormed correspondent of the
London Lire Stock Journal remarks
that 1.-The time without doubt will come
when these moving masses of grease
will be passed over in. the show ring.
and the honors awarded to those in
more natural condition, and with their
points unconcealed by useless cushions
of fat. Probably vet wider view will
be taken, namely, that animals over
burdened. unable to stand for long to-
gether, and almost asphyxiated, as in
the case of pigs, may be regarded as
being cruelty tortured He goes on
to say that gluttony is usually q morbid
condition in dumb beasts or man, anc
overlooking the direct cause of many
diseases that not only affect the patient,
but his or its posterity.
Ornamental shrubs, planted about
dwellings, are often neglected year aft
er year, and become distorted in shape
and stunted in growth. They may be
greatly improved by manure and prun-
ing. The manure should be applied in
autumn as top-dressing, extending at
least as far from the stem on each side
as the height of the shrub. The solu
BILE parts of the manure will soak into
the ground and accelerate growth next
season. The mulching effect Of the
tibrous parts will be useful. Next
spring, before growth begins, cut back
the longer shoots at a fork, taking the
longer or larger portion Of the branch
and leaving the smaller, which will
avoid any stump. Bring the shrub thus
into handsome shape. II the growth is
too thick anywhere, thin it out. If
there are any crooked or dead shoots
Or branches, cut them off, Country