The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-02-24
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

OF the more solid foods cheese is
one of the most nutritious.
1t requires ten cars to take 81, 500
worth of grain to market, while the
same value of butter can be carried in
half car.
Turkeys fatten bestwhen fed three
times day, allowing them all the corn
they can eat. If penned in coops they
become discontented and will not thrive
or fatten.
Never let the whites of eggs stand
during the beating process. even for a
moment, as they will begin to turn to
a liquid state and can not be restored,
and thus will make a heavy cake.
Cream Crullers: One cup of sugar,
one tablespoonful of butter. one cup Of
thick cream, teaspoon of soda and tea
spoon of ground cinnamon. Mix with
flour to very soft dough, roll, cut and
fry brown.
AS much bicarbonate of soda as
one can put on fve-cent nickel dis
solved in a small glass of water and
taken before breakfast once or twice
week sweetens the breath and relieves
dyspepsia.
do not forget that roses wintered
in the open ground are often killed by
the drying out of moisture, as well as
by cold and wet. Give them ventila-
ton by loosely covering with material;
allow change of air, while protecting
from sunshine, wind and sudden
changes of temperature. -Am. Garden.
"A physician prescribes one simple
remedy for sleeplessness: Compose
the mind as much as possible and con-
fine the thoughts to one subject, OF a
number, or individual, and close the
eyelids, rolling the eyes continually in
one direction. In short time con-
seriousness will be lost and you will be
in the blissful land of dreams.
Work in the garden is always well
bestowed. If the value of the vegeta-
bles be not equal to the labor applied,
the advantage of having fresh vegeta-
bles and of superior quality will
more than compensate for the cost
Very often the labor given pays for it.
self in promoting health and impart-
ing enjoyment. Iaadianapohs Sentinel.
The real destructive agent in Paris
green and London purple is arsenic.
Although these articles nay be safely
handled, yet they should be used care
fully. Animals or fowls that eat
food over which they may have been
busted, or eat portions that may have
dropped, will either die or be made
very sick. The articles should always
be Tabled to avoid mistakes
To clean marble. brush off the
dust with a piece Of chamois, then ap-
ply with brush good coat of gum
arabic of about the consistency of
thick mucilage; expose it to the sun or
wind to dry. In short time it will
peel off; if all ihe gum should not peel
off, washit with clean water and cloth
If the first application does not have
the desired effect, it should be tried
again. Boston Budget.
Many and various are the uses to
which coal-tar may be applied in the
destruction of insect pests. Much
damage has been done by indiscrimi-
nate use of the article, but if properly
handled, and with judgment, it will be
found of very great value Many val
liable powders may be made from it
by combining it with other substances.
The simplest and easiest powder is
made by running quantity of it into
pail of fine sand, either sea, pit or
drift sand, it does not matter which.
In a very short time the sand will alb
sorb all it will take without much STIR
ring. 1t will then fall to pieces, and
may be kept in vessel for years with
out losing its insecticide value Gar
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