Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-04-06
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White leaves and variagated white
md green leaves indicate degeneracy in
plant. A branch with leaves entirely
white is no longer capable of propaga-
ton; it is in the last stage of its exist
ence.
A sink drain becoming choked with
grease may be cleaned by plugging up
the outlet and filling the drain with
strong boiling hot I've of wood ashes.
After this has remained in a short time
the outlet should be opened and the
drain flushed out with hot water-N
y. Times.
1t is usual when planting celery to
cut off the leaves of the longest stalks.
leaving only the heart. 1t will tend to
dwarf celery to set the plants close; that
is. six inches apart in the rows. Celery
requires !: cool, moist place; in rich.
warm soil il NAV run to seed, making a
very rank growth.
Old lace curtains that have little
holes in the netting can be made to ap-
pear whole when they are laundried.
Take piece of lace. or very thin mus
lin. and when the curtain is starched
starch this piece also and put it over the
spot which needs mending. twill show
very little, if at all. and the starch will
keep it in place.-N. y. Post.
Ants may easily be destroyed by
dissolving sugar of lead in water and
moistening brown sugar with the solu-
ton. The sugar is then spread upon
pieces Of paper or shavings, and these
are scattered about where the ants run.
c. W. states that the green fly upon
house plants can be disposed of by
sprinkling weak tobacco water on the
plants. Y. Times.
Before the children's stockings be-
gin to be thin at the knees and to need
darning put piece of cloth under and
sew with fine stitches so that they will
not show; soft flannel or pieces of old
stockings which are strong enough to be
worth using are better than any heavier
cloth. BY taking the trouble to do this
stockings may be made to last twice as
long as without it.
To preserve natural flowers so that
they will look natural. either single or
in bouquets, dissolve by agitation and
digestion in a closely-stoppered bottle
three-quarters of an ounce of clear pale
gum copal, coarsely powdered and
mixed with an equal eight of broken
glass, in one pint OF pure sulphuric ether
-ethylic ether Dip the flowers in this
liquid, remove quickly. expose to the
air ten minutes, then dip again: and ex-
pose as before. Repeat dipping and
drying four or five times. Most flowers
thus treated will remain unaltered for
some time if not handled.
delicious fruit candy is made from
this recipe: Get one cocoanut. one and /
one-half pounds of granulated sugar.
wet the sugar with the milk of the CO.
coanut. put it in a saucepan, let it heat /
slowly. then boil rapidly for five min
utes, add the cocoanut grated very fine, |
boil for ten minutes, stirring constantly. /
Try it on 4 cold plate; if it forms firm
paste when cold. take it from the fire. /
Pour part of it out on a large tin. lined /
with buttered paper. To the remaining
cream add one-quarter of pound OF
raisins, stoned and chopped. half
pound of blanched almonds, one pint of
pecans. half a cup of chopped walnuts.
Beat all well together. then pour it over
the other in the tin. and when cold cut
it in bars or squares. Y Post.