Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-12-15
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"A pillow sham. which may Do de-
scrtoed - unique II nothing else. n
made OF scraps of lace insertions and
edgtngs put together after the manner
OF crazy patchwork, and finished with .
Lace rufie.
Cream Pudding.-Mix half q sup OF
sugar and one grated lemon. beat six
eggs to froth, mix q pinto OF nour and .
pint OF milk. stir in = pint Of cream
bake In q buttered dish; serve with
lemon sauce.
Tho main requirements for an An.
valid, who is seeking health, or animal
or mental enjoyment, In y warmth OF air
without much exercise. and = good
cuisine. Tho influence or change under
these circumstances Is very marked.
1T is very unsafe for any one but a
skiilful physician to dispense. or even
keep on hand, dangerous remedies. II
n member OF a household is i'll enough
TO require these, he is Ill enough to call
In a physician, and no one else should
administer strong or deadly drugs.
-Spiced Cranberries.-Wash and care
fully pick over four pounds Of cranber.
ries, add to them one pint OF vinegar.
four pounds of sugar, one-half a cupful
OF molasses, ono t~easpooniul OF CHINA
mon and ono Of cloves, half q teaspoon.
full Of allspice; boil one hour.-Boston
Herald. ~
For the tomato omelet prepare \
plain omelet, and just before turning
ono half over the other place In the cen.
ter three ta~blcspoonfuls Of nicely soa-
soned slowed tomatoes; then, when the
omelet Is turned out in the center of tho
platter, pour around q nicely-made TO-
mato sauce.
Oyster Chowdcr.-Take three very
thin slices of salt pork, two small onions
and three potatoes, and boil until nearly
done. Soak three dozen crackers, put
four dozen oysters in tho saucepan with
the pork, add q quart OF milk, the crack
ers, a little salt and pepper, boil one
minnte.-Ladies' Homo Journal.
Stuffed Sweet Potatoes.-Wash, boil
tender In boiling water, cut q slice from
one side OF each one, scoop out nearly
all the interior, mash 1t with D
salt and butter, or omit tho butter, using
instead some cooked bacon, fat ham or
sausage meat; return this forcemeat to
the potatoes, replace the slices first cut
OH, put the potatoes in the oven to heat
AN y LuCLu uOL. .
Slippery elm is a valuable emollient,
more so even than gum arabic. ANY ono
living In a region where this tree grows,
should try to keep a bundle Of tho bark
always on hand. Dissolved in water It
forms a soothing mucilage, excellent for
teething babies, or for any one suffering
with inflamed throat or stomach. 1t is
also very soothing when applied exter-
nally to inflamed oyos.-Rousehold.
Lemon Custard.-Take tho Juice md
grated rind OF ono or two lemons, four
eggs, one and one-half cups OF sugar,
two-thirds OF o cup Of water, two tea
spoons OF corn starch; beat tho yelks OF
tho eggs we'll, then add the sugar, corn
starch, and lastly the water; stir and
pur Into pie plates. Whom baked spread
over them the whites %well-bcaten with
four tablespoons Of pulYorized sugar:
then let 1t brown.
DISPERSION OF PLANTS.
How Weeds Arc Carried from Ono Part
OF tho Globe to the Other.
1t Is matter OF common tradition that
many OF the worst pests OF our hoids
were introduced by the early ~colonists
under some mistaken notion OF their
valuo. In all newly-settled parts OF the
world the same mistake Ia being re-
peatod oycr and over again. An English
man writing to Nature from one OF tho
South Sea Islands says:
Thousands OF acres Of pasturage havo
been destroyed in this island by the dis.
tribution by birds OF tho Ldntdna, which
was unfortunately introduced here by
the first Roman Catholic missionaries ~
form a hedge for their property ut st.
Louis or Conception.
The "Gondarmo plant" was brought
here in q pillow by a gendarmo from
Tahiti. 1t was n seed attached to o wing
OF silk cotton. Tho gendnrmo shook out
his pillow, tho wind carried tho seed
to n suitable spot, and now 1t yics with
tho LHntana in destroying our pastures.
Tho seeds Of wa~ter-plants arc con-
veyed to vast distances, adhering to tho
hairs and feathers Of tho legs OF water
birds-ducks, herons and wadors OF oil
sorts. In London tho basins OF tho
fountains in Trafalgar Square wore pco-
pled by LVmHaa brought thither from
tho ~Sorpontine, attached to tho feathers
Of the sparrows who bathed. first in ono
and thon In tho othor.
We have Just got n plant hero bearing
q lovely flower. but whence 1t comes no
ono knows. 1t has hard wooden seed
capsules, each furnished with two hooks
as hard rs steel and as sharp as needles.
These. hooking into the hide OF any
animals, would no carried for days, until
iorcibly ~dislodged.
Tho Bathurst burr" WINS introduced
into tho Capo In n cargo OF wool wrecked
at Cape Agulhas. and spread out TO dry,
FIRST thoro and then Mt Summons Town,
at both Of which places tho burr sprang
up. beliovo and bopo ! destroyed tho
first and last plant Of II that sprang UP
In Now Zealand some twenty.fv o ears
ago Tho seed had been brought in tho
living fleece OF a ino merino ram. Tho
owner OF tho pasture was cherishing tho
wonderful now plant" and was not a,
l!ttlo mortified when I took out my knife
and carefully cut IL down. Ile was moro
Mortified when | told him what II was.
A Groat Merchants Weakness.
"a pathetic story" says II London
exchange, lis told Of tho Into Mr.. Ry-
lands. tho Wellington OF Commerce.
as hc was called, whose dcnth has Just
been announced. Almost up TO tho
last tho old imam, nearing his linetioth
year. insisted upon personally cons
Quoting tho concerns of the prsnL bR-