The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15
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If the farmers will burn owe the
stub5le in the wheat fields after it is
we'll dried they will destroy many of the
insect pests that remain in the stubble
until the next season.-Rural NeW
Yorker.
To have lilacs bloom %plentifully
every year the towering stems should
be removed as soon as the blossoms
have dropped, and all suckers should
then be cut off, leaving only a few clean
stems.-M. Y. Herald.
Honey should be kept in the dark.
or it will granulate. The bees, know
ing this, work in dark hives. If light
could enter the honey would become
solid and the bees would starve.-Io-
ledo Blade.
To remove grease spots, says a
exchange, apply dry buckwheat flour at
night, and you will be delighted to find
in the morning the spots have totally
disappeared without injury to texture or
the color of the choicest fabric
Mullen for catarrh To use it,
simply smoke it in a pipe, like tobacco.
only inhale the smoke by drawing a
long breath and forcing the smoke
through the nose. Tea made of null
lein is good for colds and coughs.-Bos-
ton Globe.
1t is a common occurrence for chill
dren to get beans. grains of corr and
other foreign substances up their noses.
This simple remedy is worth remem-
boring: Get the child to open its mouth;
| apply your mouth over it and blow
hard; the offending substance will be
expelled from the nose.-Gicago Jour
nal.
"A deal of breakage among glass
and crockery can be prevented by the
simple precaution of placing lamp
chimneys. tumblers and such articles
in a pct filled with cold water to which
Boil the water well and allow it to cool
out aud washed they will resist any
sudden changes of temperature.-AL.
bany Journal
"A cream pudding: Make a nice
paste, as for any other pudding that il
baked in plates. Line as many pie
plates with it as will serve your family
For each pudding, take a small table
spoonful of butter. Break it into very
small pieces and dot closely over thu
bottom of the pastry. Sprinkle vel
over with white sugar. then with siftet
flour. Repeat until the plate is nearly
full, and then cover it over with new
milk into which you have poured a tea
spoonful of extract of vanilla, or any
other seasoning you prefer. boston
Budget.
Tea cakes: Rub one heaped tea
spoonful of baking powder into a pount
of flour. Add two ounces of butter alst
rubbed in, a quarter of pound of suga,
and two ounces of currants. Mix i
with two eggs we'll beaten and stirred
into half a pint of buttermilk or new
milk. Roll out and make of the guam
tity six tea cakes. Bake in a moderat,
oven, and when half done wash owe
with the yelk of an egg beaten up will
a te%aspoonful of milk. These tea cake
are very nice cut in slices and butteret
cold for tea Philadelphia Cal.
Glossy starch: Take two ounce
of white gum arabic powder, put int
a pitcher and pour on it a pint of boil
ing water, according to the degree O
strength you desire, and then. havin;
covered it, let it stand all night. Ii
the morning pour it carefully from tn
dregs into a clean bottle-keep it TO
use. A tablespoonful of gum waite
stirred into a pint of starch that ha
been made in the usual manner vii
give lawns, either black or printed,
look of newness, when nothing else ca
restore them after washing. 1t is ais
good, much diluted. for white muslil
and bobbinet.-IHe Household.