The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1885-06-09
THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY.
TUESDAY. JUNE .. 1885.
FARM AND rIREsIDE.

Good care, together With good feed,
will produce you handsome results.
Cottage Padding: One cup sugar, one
cup milk, one egg, one tesspoonful coda
dissolved 10 the milk, two teaspoons
cream tartar In the -four. Flour to make
stitf 40 pound cake, about one and one
half cups. Bake forty.fve minutes. The
same can be made with two ounces OF
butter and two eggs.
Tue pastures are greatly damaged in
the spring, and their whole summers
growth retarded, by having the stock
turned on them too early. The pastures
should be SLOWED a good start to get
we'll rooted and the ground be thorough
~ settled before any stock 10 allowed to
range on them.
Hair Tonic: TO prevent the hair fall
ing out after sickness, bathe the scalp
each day With tonic prepared as tol-
lows: Pour over three ounces Of sulphur
one pint Of alcohol. Shake well and add
oue-half pint of castor oil. II after set.
ting for some time it should become too
thick for use, add alcohol and oil in the
same proportions; II too thin, add sui
phur.
Lemon Jelly: Dissolve one ounce OF
good gelatine in about half pint Of va
Ter !; let II s'and two or three hou-s; then
place It in saucepan with one pint more
water, the Juice Of three lemons, the rind
Of two (cut very thin) and rather more
than one-quartet pound OF loaf sugar.
Lot IL boil ave minutes, strain through
sieve and place in mold for the next
day.
Chinese Charm Cake: Three eggs. one
cuptui sugar, one and one-half cupfuls
-four, one-fourth cupful butter, scan,
one-hslf cupful sweet mill. .two teaspoon.
fuls baking powder. Beat the sugar and
butter together. then add the milk; beat
we'll; then break In one egg; beat all to-
gether, then add another egg; beat well
then sdd the other egg; best well, then
stir In the nnur and bake. This 10 good
cake and easily made.
A useful article TO hang In bedroom
OF closet is case made OF linen, In which
umbrellas snd canes can be Kept. The
case should he cut In the form OF clos.
ed umbrella-that is, 1t should slope
from the top to the bottom gradually
There should be division so that the
canes will not BE- In the same pocket
with the umbrellas; bind this all around
With brown rihhon or heavy braid, and
with brown crewel embroider on the
front the outlines Of an umbrella and o
cane.
Young colts cen be easily broke II The
right method is pursued. The one We
prefer is the following: When the prop.
e. period arrives 10 do 50, place the sad.
die on its back snd let it stand Tor day
or two at . time The hrIdle, etc
should follow the same course; then
harness into the wagon and let stand for
day or so; also. do the same out Of
doors. Food and drink should be given
at the proper times in the stall; then try
leading Il with the harness on; then with
the carriage attached, and finally try tol
drive II Use II carefully and patience
will succeed. ed.-Home and Farm
Dr.. j. r. Irwin says that one OF The
best and most pleasant things that can
be used to relieve toothache is chewing
cinnamon bark. 1t destroys the sensi-
biIitv OF the nerves. and suspends the
pain Immediately, II The bark is OF good
quality. After repeated trials. and 10
different cases, he is convinced that 1t is
generally ss efficacious as any OF the
other remedies suggested for odonialgia.
and not attended with the unpleasant
Consequences OF creosote, csrbolic acid,
etc., which relieve the pain. bat leave
the mouth as sors and painful as the
tooth was previously; though these re.
suits are usually due to carelessness In
using. Boston Journal OF Chemistry