St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-04-01
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
Pure precipitated sulphur, dust

Pure precipitated sulphur, busted
on the face every night, will remove and
prevent pimples. If the sulphur be per-
fumed, it will make an elegant cosmet-
n.-Home Treasure.
One COW we'll fed and comfortably
cared for will produce quite as much
milk and butter as two that are allowed
to run at large, lie on the wet ground
and be subject to the exposure of the
weather. -lnlianap0lis Sentinel.
There is nothing better to clean
window-glass with than channels skin.
Wash the skin carefully first; after
washing the glass rinse the skin. wiring
it dry, and wipe the glass with it. No
other polishing will be required.-N. Y.
Post.
Half an ounce each of cream of tar
tar and oxalic acid mixed and pounded
together will suffice to remove stains
from white clothing for long time.
Moisten the stain, rub on little of the
mixture, then wash and rinse thorough
ly. The bottle containing this prepare
ton should be marked "pois0n.'
When large wounds are made in re-
moving limbs or branches of fruit trees
they should be covered with common oil
paint Linseed-oil and the mineral iron
paint is the best for this purpose. 1t
does not cause the bark to grow over the
wound and so heal it, but it preserves
the wood from rotting, and so prevents
the decay and injury of the tree. No
living thing, not even tree, can long
exist with part of it in dead and de-
V
Apple Chocolate: In pint of new
milk boil half a pound of scraped chloe
olate; beat the yolk of three eggs and
the white of one, and when the choco-
late has boiled draw it away from the
fire, and very gradually stir in the eggs.
Pulp six large apples and lay them in a
pie-dish, sweeten and season with Gin
namon powdered; pour the chocolate
over it very gently, so as not to mix
with the apples; set it aside to cool, and
when firm sift some sugar over it, and
glaze with alamander.-Denuer Irib-
ltl1e
"A serviceable cover to throw over
lounge or couch in the sitting-room is
made by taking a broad bright stripe
Of cretonne, on each side of this put
stripe of black or dark brown cloth Qine
it to give body to it); on each edge put
a row of fancy stitches in silk or crewel;
the ends may be finished with fringe or
not, as you choose. Another cover is
made of the drab Aida canvas, with the
ends worked in loose overcast stitches.
The canvas may be fringed out if you
take the precaution to overcast the
edge when you stop ravelling, to prevent
its fraying out to greater depth than
you care to have it.-N. Y. Post.
There are several methods of max
ing paste, one is as follows: Dissolve a
teaspoonful of alum in a quart of warm
water. When it is cold stir in as much
flour, either of wheat or rye, as will
make a smooth thick cream, free from
Jumps; stir in large pinch of powdered
resin, and put in a dozen cloves to give
it a pleasing scent. Have in clean
tin pail half a pint of boiling water and
pour the flour mixture into it, stirring
continually until it boils and becomes a
thick mush. Pour it out into bowl to
cool, cover it, and keep it in a cool
place. For use take out portion AID
soften it with warm water. The paste
will keep year. To make paste adj
here to tin rub the tin with clean rag
dipped in weak solution of caustic
soda or potash, and wipe dry with an
other rag. Any paste will then adhere