Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-10-15
HOME AND FARM.

Cakes, buildings, etc., are improved
by making the currants, sugar and flour
hot before using them. u.
early maturity is the most valuable.
characteristics of improved stock. To
keep yonng stock growing is the only
way to attain success in stock raising.
.-On the homestead every boy and
girl should have their own tree to care
for, and have the fruit, They should be
taught to plant the seeds of fruits and
to care for the seedlings, and how to
bud or graft. - GREEN'S Fruit GrO,0er.
To Make Ginger Loaf.-To four
pounds of dough add one pound of raw
sugar, half a pound Of butter, one ounce
and half of caraway seeds, one ollnse
and half of ground ginger. Bake in
the usual way. 1t very much resembles
Scotch hot cross buns. 1t makes very
nice cake, either for tea or luncheon.
Dream Cakes.--Into half n pint of
good cream stir pinch of salt and as
much -four as will make stiff batter;
then add q teaspoonful of carbonate of
soda; bake at once in a shallow tin, in
very quick oven, and serve hot, with
sifted sugar over. If liked sweet two
ounces Of sugar may be stirred in with
the other ingredients. a
sA Mustard Pickle.-Two quarts Gu
cumbers, two OF green tomatoes, two of
onions, two of cabbage or cauliflower;
soak in a weak brine over night, cook
each separately until tender. For the
paste; One gallon vinegar, one large
cup flour, one pound mustard, one and
one-half pounds sugar. stir the paste
till it boils, then pour it over the vege-
tables. This pickle will keep a year.
Horses often suffer from irritation
of the skin under the hair of the name
and tail. 1t may be due to want of
proper cleaning of the skin, or to some
irritation of the blood caused by dry
feed. The parts should be washed with
warm water and soap, and then rubbed
with alcohol, to which a few drops OF
tihcture of cantharides are added. Give
the horse some scalded bran with salt in
1t for few days.-N Y. Times.
Philadelphia Pie.-Three apples,
two lemons, three eggs, cup of milk,
sugar. Crate the. apples and the rinds
Of the lemons; add the juice; beat the
yelks of the eggs and stir in; then
sweeten to taste.f Beat to a froth the
whites of the eggs, add some of the
lemon juice, and sugdr to make frost.
ing. Bake ina. rich puff paste, and
when cool spread the frosting on top
This rule is sufficient to fill three modet
ate-sized pies. ''.A 't.
An old farmer who claims to have
tried the receipt and found it to be al
that 1t claims gives us the following
hints for the manufacture of healing
salve for the relief of the pain and an
noyance of chappcd hands. Gum cam
phor,2 OF; beeswaX, 2 Oh; mutton tai
low, .1-2 OF. Melt the two latter togeth
er, and then put in the camphor, having
first shaved the latter fine; stir until cool
This will cure chapped hands in on,
night, and is SO simple and inexpensive
that 1t can be procured by every one.
The Poultry Monthly says if n IA
is caught alive, dipped into tar and thel
liberated, every other rat will prompt.
leave the place or at least that portion
of it honored by him with visit TIT
writer attempts to explain the phenom
enon by stating that the "other rat
prefer to leave rather than live with
disgraced member of their family.
We do not accept the explanation, bu
are of the opinion that tarred ra
would be a source of great annoyanc
TO his companions. who would not lik
to have their own coats similarly mat
ted up. Tar poured into the holes G
rats will often make them emigrate t
more clearly quarters. Mobile Rcgiste,
Lace curtains may be cleansed a
follows: Fold them carefully into
small compass and tack them light
but securely between pieces of flannel
put into the boiler with soapy water an
boil rinse two or three times in clea
water, the last time in blue watel
Starch in thin solution of starch. Pas
through the wringer, then mark, an
pin each curtain carefully on sheet fa'
tened on a mattress or the carpet in q
unused room, and let it remain till dry
The object of lacking the curtains b
tween flannel is to prevent their bein
J, torn by their own weight when heav
with water. The more pins are used
fastening the curtain to the sheet to dr.
the better. Enough should be used
, prevent the slightest appearance {
( scallops in the edges of the curtain
Lace curtains may be passed throhg
the wringer without injury, otherwis
they must be squeezed, not wrung, froi
ono xuafor IN onnthor -'.'