The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-03-13

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A Missouri farmers wife has found
chat the best way 10 save pumpkins
for winter use is to stew and can thom
like fruit When thus prepared they
can not DO told from fresh pumpkin
No crops. no stock; no stock, no
manure; no manure no crops. but
don't when you have raised forage
crop. sell it. but feed it to livestock,
and then have manure and have crops
Where trees are sent long dis
tances and from any cause appear
,shriveled or dry, do not despair. for
TiSsy ci VI ssH ~ saved. 1ss
them as soon as nnpaeked. but bury
the tree, root and branch in moist
earth for few days until the wood
pumps up naturally.
1T takes toll: and hard toll, 70 be
sure, but is 1t a sign OF smartness
when farmer has raised fine field
OF fodder corn to let two-thirds OF its
feeding value 60 to waste2 Is II good
farming, or practical farming. to lose
half of the results Of your toilp Most
men call it foolishness, and most men
are right when they SO call it.-Rural
New Yorker.
The following is said to make a
pleasant summer drink: Take the
rind and core OF small pineapple,
put into a stone jar and pour over it a
pint OF cold water; cover the jar and
set it in cool place for twenty-four
hours. Then strain and sweeten TO
taste, bottle. cork and place away In a
cool place for three days, when it viii
be ready for use.-Exarniner.
Mere size is poor criterion for
testing the value OF pumpkins. Some
Of the largest specimens are soft,
with thin meat. and full OF seeds. The
best have shells as hard as Hubbard
squash, and solid flesh extending al
most to the center. Tie best are as
much superior for feeding to stock as
they are for cooking, and therefore
only the best varieties shGsld be
planted. ~ y
There are women who do 4 great
deal of extra work that amounts to
nothing. yet tires and worries them to
great degree. A woman may be. a
good housckeeper without being a
fussy one, The fussy housekeepers
are like the story-tellers who waste so
much time in detail before the pith OF
the story is reached that 1t falls fiat
on the listeners ears. DO not fuss;
do not spend time in talking over what
must be done; it is the doing that tells.
The particulars add nothing.-The
Housekeeper.
Beef Pie, with Potato Crust. =
Cut the beef into small pieces, and II
there is no cold gravy put the beef
into a skillet with acup Of water, and
season with catsup and some favorite
savory herb. When gravy is formed
put the meat and gravy, of which
there should be ealy eneugh-te
moisten the beef. into q deep dish. and
cover it with a layer about two inches
thick. OF freshly mashed potato. which
has been beaten very light with milk
and butter Bake in a quick oven for
half an hour, until the potato Is
Drowned on top. Woman's Magazine.
Open fir cones, such as children
love to pick up and bring home, can be
made into quite pretty floral recepta-
-eles by being set up=inssl damp pot,
earth sprinkled around and over them
and then bird seed. Keep them moist,
and after a time the seed springs into
life and crop of delicate greenery
sprouts from the cone segments. It is
=onAthe same principle as the Canadian
mode OF putting dry grain ears into
water and watching for the green
shoots to spring therefrom. Children
and young girls derive great amuse-
ment from the process Housewife.