Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-17
nsEFrL AND SUGGESTIVE.


TO take the brown discolorations
of of cups in which custards are baked,
rub with damp flannel dipped in the
best whiting.
To make steak tender. lay it on q
large fiat dish in a mixture OF three Ia
blespOonfuls of salad oil and one OF
vinegar, and let it remain at least half
an hour on each side. This will make
the toughest steak tender when cooked
Chicago NeDS.
TO make n mutton-pie, take the
chops from the fore-quarter, and sea-
son highly with pepper and salt, and put
into n dish with alternate layers of pared
and sliced apples. and sprinkle over the
top n little chopped onion. Put a crust
over the top and bake for half an hour
i'm a hot overwhelming.
-Cofee-grounds make highly sue
cessful filling for pin-cushion. They
must be dried perfectly before using.
Put them in bag and hang behind the
kitchen stove till you have enough that
are dry to fill the cushion. They do not
gather moisture and consequently do not
rust the needle.-M y. Post.
Common fishing cord is used now
for coarse crochet instead of macrame
lace. 1t is less clumsy to work with
and equally effective. Crocheted with
large needles and left with heavy
fringe, il serves admirably as bordering
for little tables covered with cloth or
plush. Handbags are also made of it.
Detroit Post
To protect the ironing-bOard from
dust, take two paper fOur-sacks, cut
the bottom off from one. and paste this
one to the top of the other to make the
required length when done slip this
over the board. The outer covering OF
the board need not be taken off after
using if this care is taken, and much
time is saved.
Where potatoes are stored in pits,
n wisp of straw two or three inches in
diameter, extending from the bottom of
the heap TO the open air, will afford the
necessary ventilation. A six or eight
inch drain tile, or wooden tube filled
with straw, will answer still better
purpose. To prevent the entrance of
water, bunch of hay or straw may be
placed over the top.-F'dyn and Fire
side.
o. -Bee-keepers are reaching the con-
clusiOn that TO secure the best results
they must cultivate hOney-plants AL
sike clover is said to be equal to white
clover. Buckwheat, Eastwood, the
blackberry and raspberry are all recon-
mended for bee food. Catnip, mother
wort, rape. mUstards, sweet clover and
Rocky Mountain bee-plant are men
toned TO be sown in waste places
Chicago Tribune.
Potatoes and eggs cooked together
make a palatable dish. Peel some
boiled Irish potatoes, and when perfect
~ cold cut up in small pie es about the
size OF bean. and season with salt and
pepper. For quart of potatoes use the
yelks of six eggs and the whites Of three
beaten well together. Melt some butter
IN n frying pan and put in the potatoes,
and when quite hot stir in the eggs.
Season and serve hot. Chicago Meas.
Tree Planting: After the young tree
is set so that the lowest limb is on the
southwest side, and the tree is inclined
about live degrees in the same direc.
ton, make mound about the tree to a
height OF eighteen inches, and pack the
soil firmly about the stem of the tree.
This will prevent the mice from gnaw-
ing the trunks. or if girdled by rabbits,
enough will remain unframed below the
ground To produce n strong shoot, which
will form vigorous tree. The mound
Is very good substitute for n stake I'm.
I'll leyeled down in the spring. Farm
and FirCSidc.