Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-22
HOME AND FARM.

ANY thlng mixed with water re.
quires a hotter oven than any thing
mixed with milk
Future operations should be based
largely on past successes and failures;
this is simply business.
Ammonia water is superior to
soapsuds for cleaning lamp chimneys-
A tablespoonful of ammonia to pint
of warm water is sufficient
An excellent way of cooking eggs
is to break them in boiling milk with
out beating; cook slowly, stirring now
and then. When done soft, pour into
dish and add little pepper. salt
and butter.
--Scalloped Goldfish: Mix together
two toacups of mashed potatoes. Il
teacups of cold boiled Goldfish, p tea
cups of milk, one-half egg. and one
quarter of a teacup of butter; bake a
light brown.
There is no exact age at which
either men or women may need the
use of spe ctacles, but a man usually
will need some aid to his natural vision
after the age of forty-five, and q
woman after the age of forty.
Delicious chicken sandwiches may
be made by pounding cooked chicken
to a paste, adding calf's tongue
boiled an hour and pounded TO a paste
also, with little mayonnaise dressing
and celery salt Spread on slices of
bread.
1t is said that tile enough has
been laid in Illinois to reach three
times around the globe, costing be-
tween $40 900, 900 and SIS, 900 900; and
the experiments of the Illinois Uni
versity professors 60 to show that the
best crops are found in the best-drained
soil.
Successful farmers, whether dairy
men, fruit growers or stock raisers,
are those who consult the require
ments of the markets rather than their
own inclinations in the matter. Con-
sumers who pay their money will al
ways demand voice in the style
and variety of the goods they pur-
chase.
Minced Beef Three pounds of
raw beef chopped fine, five soda
crackers rolled fine, two eggs well
beaten. one and one-half teaspoonfuIs
IF pepper. three slices of pork chopped,
one-half cup of milk and salt to taste.
Mix all thoroughly. make into a loaf.
Bake two hours. This should be sliced
cold for tea or luncheon.
The cleanest and mos perfectly
,>o1irhoI Hnor. h,1 ton ,,coI
them. They are simply rubbed every
morning with a large flannel cloth,
which is soaked in kerosene oil once in
two or three weeks. Take the cloth,
and with scrubbing-b rush or stubby
broom go rapidly up and down the
planks-not across them. After few
rubbings the floor will assume pol
ished appearance that is not easily de-
faced.
Button Bag: Get a channels skin
and cut piece eight inches one way
and twelve inches the other. Pink
across one of the long sides. Draw a
conventional pattern of stars. crosses
of ores cents for two or three inches in
depth across the other, and point them
oNtI Will COlOES VI
Cut a row of fine holes an inch and a
half below the pinking. Now sew it
up on the wrong side, turn and run in
ribbons to draw it up by. If any one
likes the word Buttons may be
painted upon one side.
-Alsike clover produces seed the
first crop while red clover produces
seed from the second crop only. This
is due to the fact that the former is
fortified by the honeybee while the
fertilization of the latter is dependent
upon the bumblebee to a large extent,
and these are not sufficiently numer-
Gus at the time of the first crop of red
clover These facts are so we'll
known that about a year since bumbie-
bees were shipped in large quantities
to a foreign country where they had
not been known to exist. Western Bee
Keeper.