The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-07-18
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

"A tablespoonful of powdered alum
sprinkled into hogshead of water and
stirred. will, in the course of a few
hours, precipitate to the bottom all the
impure particles and leave the wate-
clear and pure as spring water. -Four
gallons would need but teaspoonful.
Boston Globe.
To make good water, air and rat
proof floor, first grade the floor and
cover with concrete of coarse gravel
and hydraulic lime. Melt asphalt and
saturate the concrete with it, leaving a
thin coat of hot asphalt on the surface:
then scatter hot sand over this and beat
it FIRMLY. Y Herald.
In building wire fence use more
wire. Five strands are much safer than
three. and the extra cost is money well
spent. Ninety cases of injury in a hun
dred can be averted by this simple ex-
pedient. Put light scantling in place of
the top strand to make the fence visible.
Troy Times
Composition cake: One and three
fourths pounds of flour, one and half
pounds of sugar, three-fourths of a
pound OF butter, one pint of milk, five
eggs, one nutmeg, two pounds of raisins.
two pounds of currants, one teaspoon
full of soda. This will make several
loaves.-The Household.
The worst kind of cribber can be
dissuaded from indulgence in his vice
by the following means: Nail a piece of
sheepskin about eight inches in width.
the entire length of the crib; select a
skin with long wool, and sprinkle it
freely with cayenne pepper. The cure
Will be speedy and permanent. Rural
Home
The american Agriculturfss has a
description of a barrel barrow for car
rying liquids. A barrel, open at the
top, IS lifted into the frame of an ordin-
airy barrow with cleats, about one-third
being below the top of the frame. II
can be advantageously employed in
carrying Stops to hogs or cattle as well
as water for plants.
What is called .'curiosity table
is the latest novelty for the drawino-
room. 1t is an ordinary round ebony
table decorated with anything and
everything available, such as photo
graphs, Christmas and Easter cards.
handsome buttons. small specimens of
crazy patchwork, etc. 1t is astonish-
ing how ingeniously table can be COW
cred when time, taste and also sense of
humor are brought to bear upon ~.
Y. Post.
Rice Muffins: One pint of rich
milk, one quart of sifted flour. one pint
Of soft boiled rice, three well-beaten
eggs, tablespoonful of sugar, one tea
spoonful of salt, one of soda and two of |
cream of tartar. Mix sugar, salt. soda |
md cream of tartar with the flour and |
ub through sieve; add the eggs to
he milk and stir gradually into the
iour; when a smooth. light batter or
'aste add the rice and bake thoroughly:
,ake thirty-five minutes in buttered
1ngs in pans.-Boston Budget.
in order to hasten the growth of
'leplant, Mr.. Allen recommends in the
Jew York Tribune saving flour barrels
two, and placing half around each
plant as early in spring as possible,
mixing far enough into the ground to
reyent blowing over. Put several
inches of horse manure over and
round the head of the plant, and
! enough can be spared spread
ing one foot wide and six inches thick
round the barrel. After the plant
egins to show leaves, scrape away the
manure from the top, but leave it all
round it. On warm days, remove the
alf barrel, so that the sun can shine
all on the plant. After frosty nights
re past remove it entirely.