Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1888-02-02
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DO not put irons on tho stove TO
heat long before thoy arc wanted, as
exposure to high heat will roughen and
njure them.
Sweet ~ Ntocs left from dinner
make an agooptablo relish for supper
IL cut in slices about quarter Of an
inch thick and heated in slightly saltcd
cream.
III your child has the car ache
turn a drop Of milk rs hot MS il can b.
borne into the oar aud cover IL quickly
with a bit Of cotton batting Thk
simple remedy has relieved many OBJ
stinate cases Of ear ache.
Cream Pudding. g.-One pint Of
flour. one pint Of milk, ono teaspoon
OF salt; TO this add six eggs Lell-
beaten and three teaspoons white sugar
and ono tablespoonful Of extract OF
lomon. Bake in buttercd dish.
Corn Starch Cake. Two cups Of
pulverizcd sugar, thrco-fourths of q
cup of butter, stir to cream; one cup
of milk, the whites of seven eggs
beaten TO u stiff froth, two cups Of
flour. ono Of corn-stcyh and two tea-
spoons of baking ponder Flavor with
lemon or orange.
Mashed Parsnips. -- Take eight
parsnips. scrapo. slice lengthwlse and
put on to boil in hot salted water. They
will take little more than an hour to
cook. When tender drain and press
through colander Mash smooth.
Put in a clean saucepan with u little
butter, pepper and salt. Sir until very
hot and then dish.
The following prescription Is ex-
cellent in cases of lamencss from over
work or in etses Of slight strain on
the back: Two ounces OF alcohol, two
ounces Of hartshorn. two tablespoon
fuls Of rock salt (table salt will do).
Put all the ingredients into quart
bottle, ill with rain water Apply
rubbing vigorously with the palm of
the hand.
When the ground is hard and
frozen work may be done in cutting
out the surplus canes Of blackborries
and raspbcrries. The old cane is only
useless incumbrance TO n vine, and
should be removed while there is
plenty Of time for such work. A lib
cral application of wood ashes may be
applied after removing the canes. while
bone dust will also be found very ben
efcial.
b--Nomcu who do their own work
regard their rough hands with great
distress. To make aud keep them soft
wear old gloves at night just rubbing
in an ointment made by beating the
whitc Of an egg to froth and stirring
into cup Of melted lard, to which is
added one toaspoonful Of glyscifnc.
Keep the mixture in a covered jar. ex-
Guiding the light Perfume may be
added.
In majority Of cases tho cheap
egg foods are composed of bone meal
aud ground oyster shells. They are no
doubt excellent To q certain extent, but
are not worth the price asked for them
when put up in tho share of boxed
goods for market. II ground oyster
shells are desired they can be procured
as such at low price. and if bone meal
is desired it is cheaper to buy it direct
from the manufacturer or from poul-
try supply house. Many so-called egg
foods are given high-sounding names.
though composed only of cheap sub
stances.
Picturesque roses are not to be
seen rs often rs they should be. We
do not mean specimens grown in pots,
but great spreading bushes. grown rs
shrubs, admirable not from the flowers
alone, but from their mass and fresh
ness Some of them are moro free
from insects than the tender sorts, but
even these in the South almost attain
the Dimensions Of trees. sometimes
when supported simply by rustic props
they will live for y generation, viii, h
they will not do IL tortured into arti-
fetal shapes. Cut out the dead wood
aud give a good soil. aud no shrub on
tito place win give more satisfaction
american Garden.