The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-05-20

Painting implements, wagons, ETC..
"A decoction Of strong soap-suds
with tobacco stems (the more tobacco
The bcfter) will exterminatc the red
spider and all other insects from all
plants and shrubs without the slightest
danger Of injury.
AS soon rs the leaves Of the cur
rant and goose berry are fairly expand.
ed the worn may be looked for.
The eggs are laid upon the under side
Of the lower leaves. and II these are re-
moved and destroyed much trouble is
ayerted.
In sowing the new asparagus seed.
Or any other seed hard 10 terminate. II
il good plan 10 SOW few radish seeds
among IT, They come up soon. are
good 10 mark the rows before the tardy
seeds are ready TO come up. and the
roots are of the ground before they
become troublesome.
"A Simple Sponge Cake. Take five
eggs. three.quarlers Of a pound Of sifted
sugar. break the eggs upon The latter.
beat all together for half an hour. Take
the weight OF Two aud half eggs in
their shells Of flour. and after the time
Of beating is expired stir in the Hour
The grated rind Of lemon and as much
Of the ia &c as desired. aud pour i'm
mediately into q tin lined with buttercd
paper; place az once into rather cool
oven.
The New York Times gives the fol-
lowing recipe for an easy washing
liquid. Four ounces OF soap. one table.
spoonful Of turpentinc, and two OF am
monia. mixed IN ten gallons Of water.
il MT IA any way injurious to the per-
son using IL. The effect IS to more
easily dissolve the dirt in the clothes
and !, reader the washing much easier.
There j. nothing IN il 70 iujurc the
clothes.
Here j. n rule for making Boston
brown bread. as il Is called outside OF
New England; although like Boston
baked beans. il is common throughout
New England. and is known as brown
bread; Take four cuplus Ut Indian
meal and four cupfuls Of rye meal (not
Hour; sift through a coarse wire sieve;
add two teaspoonfuls Of soda. a little
salt one cupful Of molasses. one cupful
o sour milk. and water sufficient 10
make "A soft dough. Bake four hours
in moderately heated oven. or what
would be better, twenty hours in a
brick oven.
II the fact can bcdemonstratcd to
q cook that meat can be made tender \
by sottening the iibers with the action
Of little vinegar there will be no
reason why she should send tough
steak 10 the table. II she can be- con-
WINGED that 1t Is better 10 turn il over
on plate containing q little vinegar.
salad oil and pepper four or i've times
IN couple o. hours. instead II trying
% make II tender by battering il with
= rolling pin or cleayer. and 80 forcing
out all rs juices, she must be obstinate
indeed II she prefers the latter method,
and the sooner her services are dis.
pensed with the better for tie temper
and stomach oil her employer.
Ribbons which are very much
soiled can be made clean and will look
almost like new ones IL washed in am
monia and water. Use half teaspoon
|ul Of ammonia 10 one pint OF water.
some ribbons after washing or sponc-
ny. do not need t. be ironcd. and. n
act. are injured BY II. These should
n fastened 70 table Or long ironing
,oard. and, when perfectly smooth. let
hem alone until they are dry. Ii they
're at All wrnkled when dry. lay
10th which Is slightly damp over them
nj press with u hot iron. Black silk.
I sponged with cold co,lec and ammo
"a. will be wonderfully freshened.
g flannel cloth TO remove dust from