Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-16

DO not use csai q lamps e bss S
rooms. with wick tuned u wn ~ 49, + =
produces asthma. heart dSyeaaA ss -
disease, etc.-LOuisUi2le Owkto0&
Above all things else, II yos W6q1o
be successful poultry raiser, ke6v
things clean about the hen houses -
runs; it pays handsomely to give thouo
proporti0nately as much attention -
you do other live stock.
Manure on grass land. meadow q
pasture, has best effect when it II sp-
piled late, even if it be after snow Gov.
ers the land. Do not leave it in heaps
Spread it at once, where it will servo
the double purpose to protect the roots
of grass and to enrich the land
Western Rural
Biscuit: Sift together three times
one quart Of -four, one tablespoonful
corn starch and one teaspoonful good
baking powder. Add one tablespoons
full of lard. a pinch of salt and q cupful
of cold water; mix and bake in quick
oven. This will make eight or nine
good-sized biscuits. Globe.
Milk Mush: Three cups of hot
milk, one cup of boiling water, one
scant cup of white Indian meal. one
even teaspoonful of salt. Scald the
sailed meal with the boiling water.
and stir into the hot milk; boil in .
fa.ina-kettle for twenty minutes, stir
ring all the time; beat hard at the last
and serve in an uncovered dish. Eat
with sugar and cream.-Tke Caterer.
Gardens where clay predominates
may be improved greatly by coal
ashes spread to the depth of three or
four inches, to be worked in next
spring. This treatment repeated until
the clay has something of the character
OF light loan, will ut last make the sit
uation as good as it can be. provided
there is also enough stable manure
used to enrich the soil.-Sdn Francisco
Chronicle
There is 4 good deal of refuse and
rubbish in every garden that can with
profit be disposed of by feeding it to
the cows. Beet tops, turnip tops. cab
bage leaves, etc, can be fed to advan-
tage and without percep.ible injury to
the favor of the milk. il they are eaten
Just after milking and in moderate
quantities. But it will not do to let
cows eat such stuff to excess or in
large quantities. Chicago Standard.
Water Pound Cake: One pound
of butter, one pound of powdered SUI
gar. four eggs. one cuptul of boiling
water, one pound of prepared flour.
flavor with lemon. Beat butter, sugar
and the yelks of the eggs to o cream.
then add the boiling water, and stir
gently till cold. then the POUND of
-four with the whites of the eggs which
have been beaten to q stiff frotL, the
lemon last; bake one hour This
cake can not be told from real pound
cake. and it will keep two weeks
The Household.
Tom Thumb Omelcttes: Eight
eggs. half cup of rich milk, salt and
pepper, tablespoonful of cheese; beat
the eggs light, season, stir in the milk,
the grated cheese. Half fill eight patty
pans, buttcred, and set in dripping
pan with half an inch of boiling water
III il; shut up in quick oven. and as
soon as they are ''set' turn ont on a
hot dish. You may vary the dish by
substituting minced parsley and thyme
for the grated cheese, and when dishcd
pour drawn butter over the omelettes.
They make a pretty show when gar
nishcd with curled parsley. a tiny
sprig being stuck in the middle Of each
mould. Blade.