The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-10-05
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

-Credm cake: FOur eggs, one cup
each of sugar and -four, three table
spoonfuls of sweet cream, and three
teaspoonfuls of baking powder.-The
Household.
Feather cake: Two cups of sugar,
half-cup of butter, two-thirds of a cup
of milk, three cups of -four, three eggs
beaten separately, half teaspoonful
soda, one of cream tartar, flavor with
rose and vanilla--EIchdnge.
Ham sandwiches: Chop the meat,
lean and fat, fine, season with pepper,
and, if agreeable, a very little mus
tard. The yelks of two or three hard
boiled eggs, minced and worked in
with the meat, make pleasant change.
Toledo Blade.
"A Tennessee farmer made an ap-
plication of one handful of ground sui
phur and the same of salt TO about
peck of ashes, mixed together thor
oughly. then applied il to the collars of
apple trees that were badly affected
with the borer. He says the remedy
killed the worms and saved the trees.
For a pleasant change a mixture of
pineapple and bananas is TO be COM
mended. Let ripe pineapple be cut
into small dice, and slice number OF
ripe bananas. Let glass dish b0
filled with LAYERS of the two fruits and
sprinkle each layer with sugar. The
mingling of the fruits is an improve
ment to both.-BaptiSt Weekly.
The american Bee Journal SAYS
tansy strewn around he hives isrecom-
mended by some bee-keepers TO keep
ants and reaches away. A sponge
wet with sweetened water, might be
put in a wire cage to destroy them,
BOrax, salt or gum camphor or pow
dered cloves scattered where the ants
or reaches congregate will drive them
away.
In selecting materials for curtains,
toilet sets and tides, or Grapes in a
room that is to be constantly used, buy
babrics that will wash and retain their
color and beauty; better pay more
money in the beginning than have them
ready for the ragman as soon as soiled.
Consider, also, whether or not they
will harmonic with the other colors
or appointments of the room. A good
| quality of linen scrim, or dotted mus
| lin, edged with antique or torchon lace.
or without it, will make the prettiest
and most durable bedroom curtains
N. y. Times.
"A light pudding is made of one
pint of -four, two teaspoonfuls OF
baking powder and little salt, with
milk enough to make q thin batter.
Butter some cups and set them into the
steamer, and put large spoonful of
the batter into each cup, and then a
spoonful of jam; cover the jam with
another spoonful of batter and let the
pudding steam from twenty minutes TO
| half an hour. Make q sauce of two
eggs, a tablespoonful of butter and one
cup of boiling milk. This pudding is
delicious with fresh fruit, berries or
peaches.-BOStOn Globe.
For a mashed potato salad boil
and mash one quart of potatoes. Make
a dressing of two ounces of fresh but
ter, one teacup of cream, two table
spoonfuls each of mustard and sugar.
Season with salt and pepper. Rub the
yelks of two hard-boiled eggs TO II
| powder and add vinegar TO mOisten.
Chop the whites of the eggs very fine
and mix in. Put layer of the mashed
potatoes i'm a salad bowl, with a spoon
full of dressing dropped over it in
spots, then another LAYER, then the
dressing, until the bowl is filled. Put
the dressing on top. Garnish with
parsley and sliced lemon.-Ch Chicago
Tribune.