Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-03-29
HOME, EARN AND GARDEN.

-0f 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
hall car.
Turkeys fatten best when fed three
times day. allowing them all the corn
they can eat. If penned in coops they
become discontinued 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 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 a fiye-cent nickel dis
solved in 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 sleeplcssness: Compose
the mind as much as possible and con-
fine the thoughts to one subject, or 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. indianapolis Sentinel.
The real destructive agent in Paris
green and London purple is arsenic.
Although these articles may 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.
Yeast. Into three quarts of wa
ter put one-half tablespoon of pressed
hops Cor heaping tablespoonful Of
unpressed), and let boil gently for hal
an hour; when milk-warm, add half ;
pint of brown sugar and two table
spoons of salt. Wet one pound of flou1
with little of this hop water, thel
stir gradually into this batter the re
mainder of the hop water Let
stand four days in a warm place nea
the fire to brew stirring frequently
On the third day, boil and mash three
pounds of good, mealy potatoes, an,
stir into yeast. After the fourth day
strain and bottle. This yeast can b
kept a long time.
Many and various are the uses t.
which coal-tar may be applied in tn
destruction of insect pests. Niue
damage has been done by indiscrimi
nate use of the article, but if properl
handled, and with judgment, it will b
found of very great value Many val
; liable powders may be made from
, by combining it with other substances
! The simplest and easiest powder
/. made by running a quantity of it int
! pail of fine sand, either sea, pit O
. drift sand, it does not matter which
In very short time the sand will al
sorb all it will take without much stir
ring. 1t will then fail to pieces, an
may be kept in vessel for years will
) out losing its insecticide value.-Gai
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