The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-05-14
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
"A tree ID not 4 post. The post 70.
quires small hole and deep; the three
broad hole well tilla1 with rich, friable
earth.-Troy Times.
-Drain-pipes and all places that arc
sour or impure may be cleansed with
lime-watcr or carboIic acid or chloride
| Of Western Rural.
| 1t benefits the teeth to mas.icate
thoroughly. It makes them more dura-
BILE and less likely to decay. Slop-fed
cows in distilleries lose the use of their
teeth in six months so they can not
! again eat their usual foOd.-7he House
hold.
DO not be in too great a hurry to
Gus down those trees along the road.
Even 1t they do shade little land,
what of it? Is land so scarce and valu-
able in this broad country, that even .
tree along the roadside can not be al
lowed to cast grateful shadow
Toledo Blade.
Adaptation to circumstances, the
learning by experience how to prepare
to meet difficulties, is what saves us all
from destruction. The intelligent the
prudent and the forethoughtful escape
disaster, while the ignorant, the waste.
full and the thoughtless suffer.-Cleuc.
land Leader.
"A child should be kept in the house
six weeks after having had scarlet fever.
This is the French as well as American
rule. The disease is liable to be COM
municated on exposure sooner, and the
kidneys are liable to become affected
should've child be: chilled. Boston Globe.
Lemon pie, with one crust: Stif
two tablespoonfuls flour in little water.
two eggs beaten, one cupful sugar, get
the juice of one goOd-sized lemon in .
teacupful water. Stir all together and
bake in ono crust. For frOsting: Beat
the white of one egg, and add one
tablespoonful sugar.-To,edo Blade.
Tin fitting up pantry small brass
hooks are not only more ornamental
but also more convenient than nails for
hanging cake cutters, tunnels, tincups,
spoons and all the numberless little ar
ticles that generally crowd the shelves.
The increase in the cost will be so slight
as to be hardly nOticeable.-ChicGyo
Tribune.
-Stewed Tomatoes: Cook twenty
minutes before seasoning with . table.
spoonful of butter, an even teaspoon
full of sugar. less than half as
much salt, dash of pepper. and the
merest suspicion of minced onion. Stew
five minutes longer. add teasp0onful
of fine crumbs, boil up and serve
Albany Journal.
flashed Potatoes, Drowned: Pare
and cut potatoes into dice; lay these in
cold water half an hour; stew tender
but not soft in hot sailed water; turn
this off and cover the potatoes with
cup of hot milk in which you have melt
ed tablespoonful of butter cut up in .
tablespoonful of prepared flour. Turn
all into a creased pudding or pie dish
and brown lightly in a quick Oven.-N.
7. Times.
"A standing antidote for poison by
dew, poison oak, ivy. etc, is to take q
handful of 9uick-lime. dissolve in water,
let it stand half an hOnr, then paint the
poisoned parts with it. Three or tour
applications will never fail to cure the
most aggravated cases. Poison from
bees, hornets, spider bites, ETC., is IN
stantly arrested by the application of
equal parts of common salt and bicar-
Donate of soda, well rubbed in on the
place bitten or stung.-Boston Budget.
"A practical idea and one easily car
ried out is that of making Canton fan
mel bath blankets for babies. Many
mothers have neither the time nor skill
to devote to the fabrication of the knit
ted blankets, and to them the easily
fashioned substitutes of Canton flannel
will be of great service. The material is
very cheap, only twelve to fifteen cents
yard, and it comes very wide. The
blankets should be cut a yard square.
and either finished with crOtcheted
border bound with a narrow ribbon or
with the raw edge turned over and
caught down by feather stitching of
bright worsted.-EIchange.