The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-24
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

Never set men tnat mas scdly
legs. She will give the disease to her
chicks. Cincinnati Times.
1t is said that person troubled
with an oily face can keep it clean by
washing it vigorously with q towel
instead of with his hands. --Good
Housekeeping.
"A stick, flattened at the end, will
be found help in planting flower
seeds. Make shallow hole with the
fiat end of stick and scatter the seeds
into it, covering lightly.
Into pound of soft soap dissolve
one ounce of carbolic acid crystals and
it becomes an excellent remedy for lice
on animals when they are washed in
warm water with the aid of the SOAP
Troy Times.
-Caraway Biscuit: One pound Of
crushed white sugar, four eggs. one
teaspoonful of salt, the rind of one
lemon, caraway seed, one pound of
flour. Stir all these ingredients well
together for one hour, adding the flour
last and then form into cakes. Boston
Budget.
For delicate puffs stir into half a
pint of sifted flour. to which a salt
spoonful of salt has been added, one
gill of milk Beat the white of an egg
to stiff froth. Mix the well-beaten
yelk with gill of milk and stir into
the batter; add the white of egg and
bake in muffin pans in quick oven.
Boston Globe.
1t is said that pullet or one
year-old fowl is not so liable to disease
as two or three-year-o fowl. Seek
to improve your stock every year.
Market your old fowls and keep young
ones on your farms and in your poul-
try yards, and you will have no chicken
cholera. - Western Ratr0L
"A rose jar may be made of rose
leaves gathered in their prime and free
from moisture. Mix with them the es-
sential oils of lavender, rosemary,
cloves, cinnamon, neroli and lemon.
Keep the jar closed until the perfumes
mingle in an indescribable compound
of sweetness like unto the spicy breezes
of ''Araby the Blest - Prairie Farmer.
Pasture is the most nutritious when
composed of many species of grass.
and when young and succulent AS
grass gets older it contains less pro-
portion of albuminoids, and is then an
inferior ration for milk. Cow peas and
corn ground together is excellent food
as part of ration for rich milk
Montreal Witness.
-Crumpets: One and one-half pints
of -four, one-half teaspoonful salt, one
teaspoonful of sugar, two of baking
powder, one egg, nearly pint of milk
and cream mixed together; sift to-
gether flower, sugar, salt and powder;
add beaten egg and milk; beat all to-
gether; bake in we'll buttered hot gem
irons; serve hot.-The Caterer.
Coffee Cream: Beat one quart of
rich, sweet cream to a stiff froth, like
white of eggs for icing; then mix with
one-quarter pound of graduated sugar
and, shortly before serving, beat into
one cup of cold coffee extract, which
has been made by slowly filtering two
cups of boiling water through two
ounces of finely ground coffee. Serve
in glass dish with lady fingers or
fresh sponge cake.-Ibe Household.
Dwarf pears should be planted on
! spot that has moist subsoil, either
natural or make so by subsoiling or
mixing some material with the soil
that will give out moisture in dry
weather. Trees already planted on a
dry. gravelly subsoil should have a
circle dug out two feet deep and two OF
three feet from the tree. This should
be filled up with well enriched soil. Ii
the dwarf pear does not grow freely it
is a sign that something is wrong. II
should be severely pruned, so as to aid
in producing a vigorous growth.
Y. Telegram.