The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
FARM mi FIREs,pE,

If the hands are stained there is
nothing that will remove the stain so
well as lemon. Cut q lemon in halves
and apply the cut surface as if it were
soap.-ErchGnge.
IT, upon weaving . calf or other
young animal. it is so far separated
from the dam that one a not be
heard by the other, from one to three
days will suffice to render them quiet
Prairie Farmer.
Layer Cake: Four eggs. one cup of
white sugar, butter the size OF walnut,
one and q half cups of flour, n large
teaspoon Of baking powder, six table
spoonfuls of water; flavor to taste; bake
in moderate oven.-Ihe Household.
"A farmer is mentioned in the late
discussion of New England farmers,
reported in the Massachusetts Plough
man, who for two years planted seed
from the seed-end and stem-end of the
potato separately. Both years the seed
end gave him q crop from twelve to
fourteen days earlier than from the
stem-end.
MILAN cakes are nice for tea. Hall
q pound of sifted -four, a quarter of q
pound of butter, six ounces of sugar.
two tablespoonfuls of thick, sour cream
and one egg. Mix a paste of these in
gradients, roll it out and cut it in dia.
mond-shaped pieces; glaze with egg and
bake in a hot oven; when cold place a
bit of jam or jelly in the center of each
and serve.-M. p. Commercial Adver-
tiser.
--Gapes are produced by a parasite
in the Windpipe of the fowl. It may be
removed by thrusting a feather into the
windpipe, twistingi il around and quickly
Withdrawing. IL is said that confinins
a fowl in a box and filling the air in il
with lime-dust will sometimes cause thu
fowl to cough OF sneeze up the intruder
No preventive is known, but an occa
sional dose of turpentine is recon
mended.-Troy Times.
-Deft-ingered maidens may make
pretty fan to suit each toilet. Take
round or oval fan of ~pasteboard an(
cover it with tulle in folds and have
full putting of the tulle about the edge
On the side on which the folds ar
fastened arrange a mass of loops Q
narrow satin or velvet ribbon and plac
three or four velvet butterflies as i
lowering among the loops. The handl,
is wound about with the ribbon ant
loops and ends depend from the point o
union with the fan.-Harper's Bazaar
For coffee stains try putting thic
glycerine on the wrong side and wash
ing it out with lukewarm water. Fo
raspberry stains weak ammonia ant
water is the best. Stains of fruit o.
good table linen can be removed withou
injury by using the following with care
Pour boiling water on chloride of lime
in proportion of one gallon to a quartz
of a pound, bottle it, cork it well, an
in using be careful not to stir it. La
the stain in this for a moment, then az
. ply white vinegar and boil the tabl
1inen.-Philadelphia Press.
Surprise eggs: One dozen egg.
hard boiled; one ~teaspoonful of vinegal
three small pickles, chopped; one tes
spoonful of made mustard, ham, lol
ster or chicken. chopped; season wit
salt, pepper and melted butter; a lit
chopped celery; cool the eggs in col
water and remove the shells; cut length
wise, not quite through; take six of th
yelks, chopped meat. celery, vinegs
and seasoning, and mix we'll togethe
fill the boiled whites with mixture. car
fully closing again. Garnish with ce
cry leaves or parsely.-Boston Globe.