The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-11-11


Farmers are too apt % be stingy
Of both milk and cream in their own
families; and ID has come 10 no famiI-
iar saying that the poorest place IN the
world 70 get either milk. cream Or COOL
cheese. Is at the table Of q regular dairy
farmer. ttica Herald.
II il q common error that tho roots
Of trees extend only As far from the
trunk as the length Of the branches;
the truth Is that they nre usually longer
on each side than the entire height Of
the tree. A tree thirty feet high forms
circle Of roots more than sixty feet In
diameter. - Country Gcnfieman.
How TO Make Meat Tender. Cut
the steaks the day before into slices
about two inches thick. rub them over
with small quantity Of soda; wash on
next morning. cut into suitable thick
ness and cook rs you choose. The
same process will answer for fowls.
legs Of mutton. etc. Try. all who love
delicious, tender dishes of meat.
Soft Soap. Cut two-tbirls Of q
four-pound bar common soap in small
pieces, put in large kettle with half
wood pail cold water and one pound
Washing s"", ~. SIAN" "'t S'.t'.'Ns
several hours until dissolved SURFING
occasionally; pour INTO large stone pot
and ADD half-pal cold water SURFING
thoroughly.
Chocolate Jelly-Cake. Take six
ounces Of butter and eight Of sugar and
rub them 10 cream: stir into il eight
well-beaten egss and pound OF sifted
flour; add the grated rind and juice Of
. fresh lemon, ana turn ine MIXTURE on
scollopeu tin plates mat nave Deen Wen
puttcred. Inc CAKES shouiu not pe
more than quarter OF an men .nick On
the plates bake them immeuia'eiy IA
quick oven I'LL VI hgnt prowh; PIE
them on plate with iaA cr OF cnoco
late cream on the top u each.
An attractive aud economical tea
cake. and one which might appropri-
atelv he called children's delight"
\ il made by taking enough white bread
( dough TO make small loaf; knead into
\ y 4 tablespoonful OF butter or ard, two
tabIespoonfuls Of English currants; let
1 II rise until il is very light. then bake
in moderately hot oven. II you have
any Of the tin cans in which tomatoes
are put up, use one Of them for baking
tin. and bake this cake in II. You viii
have pretty. round loaf, and the size
and appearance OF the slices is also
pleasing. Graham bread seems actual
Iy 10 taste better If baked in one Of
these tins.
Saving Seed Corn. A writer in
the Prairie Farmer picks his seed corn
ana HANGS Il up in the smoke-house
and smokes IL lust as he does his meat.
He builds a GOOD smoke every day IN
iii both corn aud cob are perfectly dry.
He Is not afraid OF getting il too dry. he
SAYS Il must BE- kept IN dry place
until planting time, and where there Is
plenty Of air He is careful not to lei
Il heat in the shock befors getting Il
hung up. When the weather Is warm,
corn will heat in heap 80 as 70 injure
the germ. He has saveI his seed cor
in this way for the past twenty years
and it never fails 70 grow.
--Cocoanut cake made from this
recipe Ii as nice cake as one need wish
70 make: Take the white Of five eggs
one small cup Of sweet milk, one cur
and two thirds OF another Of granulatcd
sugar. two-thirds OF cup Of butter
one teaspoonful and half Of baking
powder. about three cups Of sifted Hour
flavor with almond extract. bake il
layers. Beat the whites Of two or three
eggs TO frost, add puiverized sugar
enough 10 make rather thin frostine
and put between the LAYERS; on thi'
scatter cocoanut; put on enough q
make nice layer; for the top and sides
OF the cake the frosting shoald be lit
tie thicker. / think the best way x
get the cocoanut on the sides j. TO put
il on with your hand; you can press 4