Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-05-31


Quarter Of n cup in which to dissolve the
lcornstarch. When tho milk bolts stir !
lin the dissolved cornstarch and set in a
pan Of hot water to cook IL minutes. !
Add tho sugar stir until dissolved, then
add the beaten eggs take from the fire,
flavor cool and freeze.
CHOCOLATE CREAM PUDDING
Melt two ounces chocolate in double
boiler Add a pint hot milk and half a
cup sugar, mix and favor with tea
spoonful vanilla. Dissolve two tablespoon
fus cornstarch in little cold milk, add
| to tho hot milk and cook until smooth
and thick. Stir in the well-beaten yolks
of two or three eggs, and turn into the
serving dish, Whip the whites Of the eggs
| light, add as many spoon:uls Of sugar as
YOU have whites and beat stiff. Heap
over the pudding, dust lightly with pow
dered sugar. set the dish on board in
the oven long enough TO make the merin-
quo rise. s,iffcn and turn golden brown
Chill
In rounding up the youngsters for their
summers outing. all devices that will
keep them proftablv employed and in
love with the natural sciences will prove
Iof distinct advantage to mother and
child alike. II is the idle child for whom
mischief waits.
In little bulletin issued by the Child
ren's Museum in Brooklyn. the following
iconcise directions are given for collecting
land preserving insects. Most beginners
lof insect collections commence with but
Iterf'ies, moths, beetles, dragon flies. or
Ilocusts. The few inexpensive articles
necessary for collecting mounting and
preserving speciments. any boy or girl can
make.
The most effective instrument IN the
capture Of insects. especially butterflies
and moths is the net. To make a fairly
satisfactory net at home. bend a place Of
strong wire into circle about Il inches
In diameter turn the ends down abruptly
at right angles so to fit into two
grooves, cut into stick and fasten them
securely with copper wire. bag made
of light gauze, preferably rounded at the
end and sewn to the wire frame, COM
pletes the net.
Insects Intended for the collection should
he panlessIy killed. and the best means
10 this end is the killing bottle. This may
he purchased from dealers in insect sup
plies who sell them from 10 to % cents,
according to size or II may be made at
home as follows: Place a few humps of
lcyanide Of potash about the size Of a
lflbert at the bottom of A wide -nouthed
lar and pour over them n thin layer OF
plaster Of paris in semi-fud state Al
low It TO stand unCorked until the plaster
has thoroughly hardened. then cork tight
llv Label the Gar poison and In few
hours il will be ready for use. BE cau-
tious in using the bottle not to inhale the
fumes Of cyanide, as they are poisonous.
while the net and killing bottle ar" the
krost essential articles for collecting in
the field a small box. like cigar box.
should be taken along TO receive Killed
snocinons. aud thereby avoid too much
icrowdirg in the poison jar.
TO MOUNT SPECIMENS
FIRST" say the directions. "hande your
insects carefully to avoid mutilation and
. next pin your insects. DO not Sc COM
mon pins which soon Corroee, covering
the insects with verdigris. Regular in
sert pins made especially for this pur-
pose can be obtained of any cealer in
chronological supplies, at 10 cents per
, hundred. All insects except beetles should
be pinned through the middle Of the
thorax that part Of the body just back OF
; the head, leaving one-fourth of the pin to
project about the specimen. Beetles
! should he pinned through the right wing
cover butterflies and moths look much
better when they have been mounted on
= spreading board and their wings ex-
tended at right angles to the length of the
body.
Insects should not be removed from
,, the spreading board until their bodies
, have thoroughly hardened. II is best ~
mount insects soon after Killing, hut
sometimes they dry before this can be
done If such specimens are put on
paper in a closed Jar containing moist
ened sand for two or three days, they
may he easily spread
r TO MAKE A STORAGE ROX.
After specimens are mounted boxes are
y needed for storing them, An empty ciga'
box makes good temporary storage boz