Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-12-01
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

In winter. after washing the hands.
rub little starch on them. which will
absorb all the moisture remaining, and
prevent chapping.
Pumpkin seeds acts as diuretic
on cattle Cows in milk should never
have access to them. Before pumpkins
are fed the seeds should always be re-
moved, for they decrease the flow of
milk very rapidly.
Some very nice housekeerers al
WAYS have bag of sheeting muslin TO
put the clothes into in the boiler. Thi;
prevents any scorch in. the clothes if
the boiler has worn thin or any rust, if
it is not as bright as it should be.
Hickory nut Macaroons. Take the
meats and pound fine. add any spice
you please. make frosting rs for cake.
and stir thick with the meats and
spice. Flour the hands and make the
mixture into balls the size of hick Dry
nuts. Place on battered tins (allow
room 10 spread and bake in a quick
oven.
When very thick frosting is Il cover
the top of Il large cake, dissolve \
heaping teaspooniul of gelatine in hot
water (use Just rs little water as pos
sible), while hot rub it o er the top of
the cake. then put on the frosting. II
this prccaution is not taken the sugar
when hard is almost ccrtain to crumole
off, and the cake might as well not be
frosted at all.
Oatmeal Padding. -Mixtwo ounces
OF fine oatmeal in quarter of pint of
milk; add to it a pint o. boiling milk;
swce;en to taste, and stir over the fire for
ten minutes; then put in two ounces OF
sifted bread crumbs; stir until the mix
ture is still; then add one ounce of shred
suet and one or two well-beaten eggs;
add little ilavoring or grated nutmeg;
put the pudding into Il butiered dish
and bake slowly for an hour.
Potatoes la Creme. into n
saucepan about two ounces of butter. a
dessert-spoonful of -four. some parsley
chopped small. salt and pc, Der; stir
these up together. add winvgIassful
of cream ant set it on the fire. stirring
continually until it boils. Cat some
boiled potatoes into slices. and put
them into the saucepan with the mix
ture; boil all together and serve them
very hot.
Almond Cake hall pourd
OF butter, one pound of sugar. one
pound of flour, one cup of sweet milk,
six eggs, two teaSpoonfuls of baking
powder (whea so many eggs are
used do not heap the baaing powder in
the spoons). one cup of blanched and
chopped ALMONDS. one cup of seedless
raisins (also chopped), one cup of cilron
cut in small pieces; stir the almonds,
raisins and citron in with the -four.
This is very rich cake. but il has the
merit OF keeping well.
There is no permanent cure for
bone spawn. 1t is caused bya diseased
growth Of bone around the join; which
cannot be removed and always remains
as a source of irritation and lamcness
when active exercise is taken. The
only alienation is by cooling the joint
by cold water applications and then
blistering. which will give relief for a
time. but the lameness will return.
After 4 time when the joint becomes
grown over and immovable. the lame
ness will be changed into a stiff joint
N J. Times.
How to Keep Lard.-When the
scraps are just beginning to get brittle
and brown. put in a tablespoonful OF
hne salt TO quart of the hot lard and
there will be no trouble; the lard will
keep perfectly sweet for any length of
time. and the salt does no possible
harm to any kind of cookery, A per-
son can easily judge of the quantity of
lard if they know how much the kettle
holds. Ii makes the lard winter and
harder, aside from preserving it sweet.
1t must cook little while after adding
the salt. That designed for summer
use should be either KEEP: in tight
earthen jar or tin bucket with a
cover. To restore lard that is a trife
tainted. put the lard into m iron kej-
tie and cut up salt pork in thin slices