The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1882-02-17
nunk. FARM AND GARDEN.

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each ~ ~ 81 lavender. oil u lemon. "a
81 rosemary and oil ~ cinnamon. and
two ,Irach:ns ~ ~ u brrgainos; mix
anil ada pint of alcohol.
-Owing 20 the high price d feed for
stock, there are heavy shipments of
:. salt hay being madc from The New
Jersey marshes. Formerly II was con-
,;derrd scarcely worth taxing. but the
growing demand fpr haN ha. given il i
value which i never before possessed.
TO make wall paper stay "a white
washed walls use one pound u glue
nnd one-fourth bar ~ soap. dissolved III
tx quarts d sc:slding water. LET Il
stand until liooJ warm and apply with
whitcwash brush; iet il dry thorough
III. and paper.
III II generally contested, says n
Florida exchange. TINT the brown Or
rusty orange H. much the sweetest. and
can bc kept longer than the bright frnii.
but 81 moi unusual pcrversity ~ taste.
The brown fruit \ deprecated 10 North-
ern markets anti sold ~ half the price Of
fair fruit
IF one wishes ID calculate the cost.
a. NJ should. ~ the expense of covering
field wish manure. il can be done ;,s
follows II earh twO-horSc load i d.
yidei into ten heaps. and tile heaps are
placed fur PAGES apart. thirty-one and
q quarter loads will w required u cover
an acre.
The best sandwiches are made 81
thin slices ~ bread buiter.i and folded.
with coii-boiled ham between them
Chop the ham fine and season II with
salt. pepper anil mustard. II iile lean
meat alone IL used little melted butter
may b. added. Cheese sandwiches are
very nice: the cheese may hr grated 81
cut in thin slices. Mustard Is added Or
not. ~ YOU please.
Careful experiments have proved
that corn which IL hilIcd will blow down
more readily than that which has level
culture. This can b. accounted for BY
The fact that corn roots run very near
the surface. and when hills are made
they am confined 10 the small space
covered ~ the hill: while in level cul-
ture the roots run from one row 10 the
other. thus enabling the corn 10 stand
strong. a. nature intended. and IN no
way liable % be blown down except By
winds u unusual violence.
"A dish of bright. red apples Is al
WAYS m addition 10 every table. and
make the best center piece. Apples
and sago. or tapIoca. make much bit.
ter dessert than the much praised pie.
which are % universal among The
Americans. Apples chopped fine and
cooked with half the amount of bread
crumbs rubbed through colander. 81
grated with sugar. bits ~ butter and
cinnamon. or aIi~pice. and baked N
layers for pudding, make fine des
sert-
An Idaho sf0ck-her,ier has discov
erred an underground river. He founs
fnnnel-shapcd orifice. fifteen Or tween
" feet deep b. ten or twelve. ~ IT, rim
in diameter AT the bottom of this fun
mel the soil giving ont there WAS !
rift III the r0ck. two or three feet II
width by four or five in length. which
seemed 10 open into the very bowels X
the earth. Through this aperture cam,
up from the depths below 'errible roar
ing. ~ d a lcaping cataract, might,
rush Of waters t,imbIing over rocks
The ground trembled. and the subter
ranean noise continued uninterruptcdly
It i said that firc-proof houses car
be built ~ cotton and straw In pre-
pairing these M erials. raw cotton u
inferior quality aEsl The scattered rcfuS'
Of plantations a8d swccpings ~ facto
ries are mixed and converted into ,
paste. which becomes a. hard ~ stone
and then j. called architectural cotton
II may b. made In large slabs. whereof,
the building u house would be rapit
in comparison with the practice ~ lay
ing brick after brick. and n about one
third the cost. For the other par
wheat straw j. treated IN way alread,
known and converted into pastrboari
The sheets thus prepared are soaked II
. solution which harlens the iibers. an,
they are then compressed under enor
nous power into beams and boards .
any required size. The effect 81 th'
soaking i said 20 render them difficult
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