The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-06-27
HOME AND FARM

Some one says that glycerine viii
remove coffee and other stains from
whitesor colored goods.
II you wish to pour boiling hot
liquid into glass jar or tumbler itcau
be safely done BY first putting spoon
in the dish.
Cake Pudding: Butter. size of an
egg. one cup of sugar, one of sweet
milk. one egg. one teaspoonful oil
cream-tartar, half teaspoonful of soda,
one pint of flour. fruit Toledo Blade.
"A pretty tidy is made by sewing
alternate rows Of colored ribbon and
oriental lace on strip of coarse white
net A full frill of lace finishes it, and
the strip is then drawn closely together
in the center and tied with a narrow
ribbon.-N. Y. Mail.
According to eminent medical au.
thority. there is no good substitute fol
diet Of milk and eggs in typhus and
typhoid fevers. Many lives are lost,
he thinks, by starvation. owing to an
over-estimate of the nutritive value OF
beef tea and meat juices.-N T. Err
dnsiner.
The Corn Miller calls attention 10
the fact that where two varieties OF
corn-dent and flint were grown on
the same farm, care was taken at husk (.
ing to determine the relative prop ,r-
ton of CON when in the ear and when
shelled The result showed that the
dent variety gave eighty bushels OF
shelled corn per acre. and the flint xix
ty bushels. but when they were dried
and weighed for market it was found
that the yield of flint exceeded that OF
dent.
For the ingredients of boiled
dressing for salad, take the beaten
yolks of three eggs. one teaspoonful
mustard. two teaspoonfuls salt, one
quarter of teaspoonful of cayenne
pepper, two tablespoonfuls sugar, two
tahlespoonfuls of melted butter or oil.
one cup cream or milk. one-half cup of
hot vinegar and the wn ties of three
eggs beaten still. Cook until it thick
ems. like soft custa-d. Str we'll This
is excellent for lettuce, celery. aspara-
gus and string beans. --Ihitadeiphid
Press.
The anxiety of some farmers to
get their cattle to grass early is strong
ly condemned by the National Lire
Stock joarnat. The little green food
thus obtained. it says, does not help
much in feeding them, but it gives
them a distaste for dry fodder and
thus unfavorably affects their appetite
for the food that must support them.
Cattle should be kept upon winter food
until gra has grown sufficiently to
afford good bite. and then they should
not be left upon the grass more than
an hour OF two at time for q few
days.
-Toothpicks should never DO kept
upon a table where meals are served.
There should be convenient place
near at hand where one can be con-
ven emily taken in pass ng out of the
room after meals. They should be
used as quietly and p-ivately as posi-
BILE and when used -ielig ously thrown
away. Good shap ng of the human
face divine. good manners, good taste
and good health forbid the touching.
tasting or hand 'ng of toothpicks as an
ticle of diet or as a sweet morsel OF
wood pulp to roll over Or under the
tongue. Exchange.
Since the cultivation of the Jerusa
lem artichoke by farmers for the use
of their stock is becoming quite com.
mon, it may be of interest to know
that the vegetable may be prepared
for the table. Peel the artichokes and
cut them into little dice; put them into
a stewpan with piece of butter, some
salt, and a little parsley. Let them
steam about "A quarter of an hour; then
dredge them with floor; add sufficient
soup, boil up and serve W tn sippets of
toast. Or boil the artichokes in sailed
water, drain and mash them. Add
them to a soup in which very little
pieces of meat are floating. Or boil
and mash them; add them to a clear
white soup. and thicken with table
spoonful of flour stirred into cup of
cream or good milk.-Detrot Post