The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-08-15
FARM AND FIREslpE.

Good care, together with good feed,
will produce you handsome results.
Good Cookies: One cupful butter.
two cupfuls white sugar, one cupful
sweet milk. one teaspoonful baking
powder, two eggs, -four to roll nicely
Toledo Blade.
Cottage Pudding: One cup sugar.
one cup milk, one egg, one teaspoonful
soda dissolved in the milk, two tea
spoons cream tartar in the -four. Flour
to make stiffas pound cake, about one
and one-half cups. Bake forty-five min
utes. The same can be made with two
ounces of butter and two eggs.--3he
Household. sse.ga9 aHse-i s..s1i
The pastures are greatly damaged
in the spring. and their whole summers
growth retarded. by having the stock
turned on them toe early. The pastures
should be allowed a good start, to get
well rooted aud the ground be thor
oughly settled before any stock is al
lowed TO range on them.-Prairie
Farmer.
Hair Tonic: To prevent the hair
from falling out after sickness, battle
the scalp each day with a tonic prepared
as follows: Pour over three ounces of
sulphur one pint of alcohol. Shake
well and add one-half pint of castor oil.
II, after settsng some time. it should be-
come too thick for use. add alcohol and
oil in the same proportions; if too thin.
add sulphur. -ETchdnge.
Lemon Jelly: Dissolve one ounce OF
good gelatine IN about half pint OF
water; let it stand two or three hours;
then place it. in saucepan with one
pint more water, the juice of three lem
ons, the rind of two (cut very thin.
and rather more than one quarter pound
of loaf sugar. Let it boil five minutes.
strain through sieve, and place in a
mold for the next day. Y. Hah.
Chinese Charm Cake: Three eggs
one cupful sugar. one and one-half cup
fuls flour, one-fourth cupful buter.
scant one-half cupful sweet milk. two
teaspoonfuls baking powder. Beat the
sugar and butter together. then add tho
milk; beat well, then break in one egg;
beat all together, then add another egg
beat well, then add the other egg; beat
wei, then stir in the flour and bake.
This is good cake and easily made.
N. Y. Post.
"A useful article to hang in bed
room or closet is case made of linen.
in which umbrellas and canes can be
kept. The case should be cut in the
form of closed umbrella-that is, il
should slope from the top to the bottom
gradually. There should be division,
so that the canes VIII not be in the
same pocket with the umbrellas; bind
this all around with brown ribbon or q
heavy braid. and with brown crewel
embroider on the front the outlines o.
an umbrella and a cane.
Young colts can be easily broke i
the right method is pursued. The one
we prefer is the following: When the
proper period arrives to do so, place the
| saddle on its back and let it stand for 3
| day or two at time. The bride, etc.
| should follow the same course; ther
| harness into the wagon and let stant
for day or so; also, do the same ou'
of doors. Food and drink should b,
| given at the proper times in the stall
then try leading it with the harness on
then with the carriage attached. ant
finally try to drive it. Use it CAREFUL,
on natience will succeed. Home am
Farm.
T. .-Dr. j. X. Irwin says that one OF thu
best end most pleasant things that cal
be used to relieve toothache is chewin.
cinnamon bark. 1t destroys the scnsi
bility of the nerves, aud suspends tn
pain Immediately, if the bark is of goot
quality. After repeated trails. and il
different cases. he is convinced that it i
generally as efficacious as any of thu
other remedies suggested for odontd
gia, and not attended with the unpleas
ant consequences of creosote, carbol
acid. ETC., VIII CHI relieve the pain, bu
leave the mouth as sore and painful a
the tooth was previously; though thes
results are usually due to carelessnes
in using.-Boston Journal of Chemistry
] SEED GRAIN.