The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-12-18
HOME AND FARM.

One drop of castor oil placed on
warts every day for from ten days to
two weeks, will remove them and leave
no mark. Exchange.
Gravy ladies' of china or granite
ware have gone out of use very largely.
A good-sizcd spoon takes the place of
lndle. and Is ghter and prettier. -
Chicago journal.
The theory that fowls and trv keys
iniuro the grain by roaming through 1t
is not true, .whilc the slugs they kill and
their droppings made soluble by tho
rain increase the crop. - Troy Times.
White Cake: Two cups white sugar
and scant cup of butter mixed to-
gether. Add the well-beatcn whites of
five eggs, one cup sweet milk, throc
cups sftcd flour, in which stir two tea
spoonfuls baking powder. Flavor with
any thing desired. = Boston 0iobe.
Milk Gravy: Put in your spider
gravy or butter; when hot add nearly
one pint milk; when milk comes to a
boil, add pepper. salt. one heaping tea
50 it will not be lumpy. Tile Caterer.
Dreamed Eggs: Boil eight eggs un-
Gil hard. plunge into cold water, re-
move the shells without breaking the
whites, put into vegetable dish and
cover with drawn butter made of p mt
of new milk, two spoonfuls of butter. a
little salt and thickencd with half u
spoonful of cornstarcl. This is an cx-
cellent breakfast dish. Housewife.
"A contemporary says it is easy to
get rid of black ants. Open q hin with
hoe. scatter on Il handful of salt,
sprinkle on quart of water. and the
ants will leave Immediately. A few
days ago the house was ovcrrun with
insects. The correspondent found
eleven anthils within two rods of his
building. After the above application
not an ant was to be seen about tho
premises.
The most popular remedy in En-
gland for the gapes in poultry. and the
most successful, is that which is known
as the powder cure. Some prepared
powder is placed in a bellows. and
when the chicks or young pheasants are
in the coop it is blown therein, so that
the air becomes charged with it, and
the birds breathe it. They begin to
sneeze and cough, and in this way are
able to get rid of the worms. 1t is
much less dangerous than fumigation.
-Flaky Soda Biscuit: Mix together
a quart Of very dry flour, tcaspoonful
and n satspoonful of salt; pass through
Il sieve, then chop in two ounces of but.
ter or lard, and mix ou ckly with IN Tx
to make very soft dough. Flour the
board well, roll out sprinkle with flour,
double 1t over and roll out again; cut
into biscuits half an inch thick. Bake III
q very hot oven about fifteen minutes.
Boston Bud9ct.
Onions with Hard Boiled Eggs:
Half-cook four or five onions by boiling
them in salt and water. Take them
up, drain, and cut them in slices IL quar-
ter of an inch thick. Fry them in lit
tic butter until brown, and simmer for
quarter of an hour in pint of thick
ened and seasoned broth; then put in
six hard-boiled eggs cut in thin slices,
mix with onions, simmer together for Il
minute. and serve. Egch0mJe.
The No,iOna, Stochmdn thinks colts
are weancd too late. 1t says: Gas Il
rule colts are weaned too late in the
season. They should have time to
learn to eat heartily of other foods
before cold weather. A colt foaled in
May should be weaned in September,
which will allow both it and its dam tc
go into winter quarters in better shape
than if the weaving is postponed until
October or November. If the mare i.
kept breeding, and has not anything
else to do but to breed aud nurse hci
colts, she will get along if the colt is
not wcaned until December; but the
colt will not do so well IL put upon fod-
der and hay all of sudden at that time
of year. The young thing should be
taught to eat before il is wcaned."