The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-01-19
Farm and Household.


house will rid il OF rats aud nice.
Mirrors should not be hang where
the SUI shines directly upon them .
10 cure a bruise or spraiu battle
it in cold water, and then ap,,ly !
deooction OF wormwood aud vine
gar.
To renoyate old black silk, sponge
it With spirits Of amonla or Alec.
hoi, dilute with water aud press on
wrong side.
10 take oil spots out oi mating
etc, wet the spot with alcohol rub
II with hard soap, aud then wash
well with cold water.
To remove stains from Guns or
other articles OF tableware or mar.
Ilelzed ollclVths, rub them with
saleratns, either with the finger or
a piece of linen.
A correspondent of the Farmers
Review mentions case OF destruc.
tion of a dwelling by means of hot
ashes, emptied into a barrel that
stood close by the woodshed.
A guest-chamber should ALWAYS
De furnished with hand glass,
button hooks, Plus, hair.pins, brush
and comb, clothes brush, aud also
needles, thread aud scissors.
To prevent the hair FROM falling
out use a mixture composed OF two
ounces OF spirits OF amonia. two
ounces each OF glycerine and rose
water, one half OF cantharides and
enough alcohol to clarity.
To preserve eauliflower, hollow
out the stalks by scoopiug away
the pitb, then hang with their heads
downward and keep the cavity
male full of water. Caulitlower
has been preserved by this method
us fresh as ever for two months.
Pudding for two: Soak three
crackers broken iu bits in a pInt of
mix, add Que beaten egg and a
tablespoonful of sugar, bake iu n
moderate oven. Over the top spread
halves OF canned peaches with their
syrup, sprinkle little sugar over
and brown lightly in the oven.
Plum Pudding Two cupfuls each
OF stoned raIsins, currants, beef
suet chopped fine, aud brown su.
gar, three cupfuls bread crumbs.
eight eggs, one cupful each chop.
ped cltron aud blanched almonds.
one lemon-peel and II large pinch of
salt. Mix in a large bowl, pu, in a
puddlng-pan with a close cover and
steam five hours. Serve with any
Kind ot nice pudding sauce.
"A Welshman near Milwaukee.
who has on his premises twenty.
two martin-boxes. each fastened To
the top OF a stake says their wei.
come and happy occupants not only
prey ou insects that would spoil
his trees aud fruit, but "destroy
millions OF tiies"-so mauy, iu fact,
that bis house, wholly without
screens at windows and doors. ia
lessinfested than those of has neigh.
Dors who use the INSTRUCTORS but
I'iIl to encourage the birds.
Fat hens are proverbially moor |
ayers, and when age aud obesity |
ire combined the bir,ls often think |
hey lay when they don't, and !
'ackle, and even carry the hallu.
'lnatlon 80 far as to become broody. |
This is one OF the many curious lit
lie incidents occurring in poultry
'eeping which are interesting as
'henomena, but which mot be
Explained except on general prin.
iples. Fdtaess and reproduction
re incompatibles, as a rule, especi.
lly with hens after their first year.
! every tat" hen over two wears
Id had better be utilized in the
oup pot or on the roasting spit.
'arbouaceous food, like corn, should
G administered to adult fowls quite
paIingly, uuless the object be to
'tten them. Oats, buckwheat.
egetables and plenty OF broken
ones or oyster shells is the food
'r laying hens.