Pike County Democrat, Volume 25, Number 1, Petersburg, Pike County, 18 May 1894 — Page 7

HOUSEHOLD BREVITIES. —Frog’s Legs.—Let them lid half aa hour in lemon juice weakened with water, llring them to table drained. Roll in flour and fry in plenty of sweet butter. Cooked in this way the delicate flavor is not lost in spices. —Christian Inquirer. —Hash for Tea.—The meat left over from the soup dinner made into hash, add an onion, a bit of butter, a tea* spoon of flour rubbed smooth in hall a teacup of water, pepper and salt Simmer slowly. To boil hashes oi M^uinces makes them' hard.—House^TMceeper. Jpg —Indian Pudding, Plain-—One quart of milk, one and one-quarter pints ol corn meal, one-half pint of molasses, one teaspoonful each of ginger and salt Scald the milk and pour it on the meal; cook for ten minutes, stirring occasionally; add the molasses, ginger and salt Bake in a slow oven until done. Serve with cream.—Good *"*** Housekeeping. i —Allow one tablespoonful of sugar and one teaspoonful of hot water to each banana. Pare the banana and cut in halves. Place them on a shallow dish. Melt one tablespoonful of butter in hot water and pour it over the fruit Mix a little Salt and soice or lemon juice with the ‘sugar, sprinkle it over the top and bake twenty minutes, or until brown.—St Loi\is Republic. —Savory Soup.—In two quarts ol good soup stock add one good sized onion, two carrots, one large turnip, two-or three stalks of celery, a few sprigs of parsley, one leek (leaves and all), a dash of red pepper, a level teaspoonful of salt and a little white pep-' per, one-tliird of a teaspoonful of curry powder and two lumps of sugar. Cook au hour and a half, then strain and thicken very slightly.—Boston Budget —Mother’s Bread. Pudding.—Cut a small loaf of baker’s bread into thick slices; remove the crust, butter the slices, lay in a buttered pudding dish, with stoned raisins, chopped citron, cinnamon, allspice and brown sugar between the layers. Pour over a pint of milk and let it set over night In the morning beat four eggs light, add a pint of milk and pour over the pudding. Bake one hour in a moderate oven. Serve with liquid sauce.—Good Housekeeping. —Tenderloin Steak with Oysters.— Moisten the bottom of the chafing dish with butter. When very hot lay in the tenderloin, which should be an inch thick and nearly free from fat Sear one side and turn. Turn often. In five minutes remove to a hot plate and season with salt. Put one pint of oysters in the pan without any of the liquor. Stir until the edges curl. Add one teaspoonful of butter, ‘creamed with an equal amount of flour, salt, pepper and one tablespoonful of lemon juice. Let it thicken. Pour over the hot steak and serve at once.

PUmr YIINti Inc tSLOOD. Constant Care of the Hotly Versus Spring: Medicines. The custom, which is so prevalent at this time of year, of administering' to one's self remedies which are particularly directed toward purifying1 the blood, has, besides its popularity, an excuse in rational hygiene. It is to be expected, in other words, that the human system,'like every intricate piece of mechanism, will in time become clogged with the results and accumulations of its own work. The friction of its- several parts, and the wear and tear Of constant usage, are productive of debris of various sorts, just as in the ca.se with machinery of any kind; and men are excusable fcr believing that at least once a year they may with propriety seek to eliminate the refuse matter’whieh has accumulated. And so the sarsaparillas of various makes, especially where they are prescribed by the family physician, may be said to be worthy of their popularity and the confidence which is reposed in them. It is doubtful, ho-wever, if the necessity for the use of “spring medicines” is especially urgent with those who have continually, throughout the year, maintained a proper regard for the requirements of the body. /fmong those who have the care of engines, or other machinery, it is considered a breach of duty to permit the accumulation of the most minute particles of rust or dirt of any sort On the contrary, the greatest pride is taken in the shiny appearance of the bearings and all the different exposed surfaces of the machine. How mug;h more, then, ought we to be constantly solicitous that ths human organism shall not be hindered by the accumulation of useless debris! It is possible to do this surely and safely by attending day by day to the secretions of the \ body. The waste matter of the body, as we all know, is got rid of by four great channels—the lungs, the intestinal, the kidneys and the skin. By carefully watching the work of this branch of the human mechanism, insisting that each part shall faithfully perform its own peculiar work, we shall insure better results from the general system, besides lessening to a marked degree the necessity for any periodical or spasmodic attempts at purifying the blood.—Youth’s Companion. In Chousing Wall Papers. By far too many of us make our se .ections in the shop, and are guided either by what we think ‘■‘pretty” or what the dealer tells us is good. As a matter of fact, the room in which paper is to be hung is the only possible place to judge of its effect, and this method is responsible for many mistakes. The light which enters thp itindows makes all the difference in the world, and the height and size ef the walls need to be taken into strict account. A southern or eastern exposure, which gets direct rays, allows of cool tints, while a north room calls for warm tones, and reflected lights require a treatment peculiar to themselves. All these facts make a trial of the paper in the room itself an essential point and it is safe to prediet that if selections were made on that basis greater satisfaction would result —2*. Y. World.

THE FARMING WORLD. MILKING IN THE STABLE. A Practice Which Hu M»uy Point* lu It» Feror. We axe asked if we would milk in the stable in summer- The objection is often made to , milking in the stable that it is close, hot and dirty, and that the open yard is preferable, even with its annoyances of running cows and flying milking stools. To all 'this we think these valid answers: First, cows need some kind of an extra feed, of either a soiling crop or a little grain, daily, for there are not thirty daj’s in the year when a feed of some kind will not pay, and the stable is the place in which to feed it Then the stable wants lots of windows, and a cheap screen over them does not stop the circulation of air and one is not smothered by any means. The Practical Farmer has hit on several things that help—not new and are of value. The cows are let in the yard for five minutes each time before going to the stable, and that saves about all the summer filth objected to. Thh cows are fed their dish of oats just as sooh as milking begins. As fast as a. cow is milked she is loosened and sent out of the barn; then one does not have a hot cow with swinging tail at her back. In the yard is a large tank of water, and the cows, in addition to what they drink in the pasture, take two more drinks from this long boxt and are ready to go to the night or day pasture as the case may be; and in tins' way by having each cow have her ojvn place in the stable, and seeing that she goes there every time, she quickly learns to go there, and a dairyman soon finds that the place to milk a cow is in the stable, and if .there is more discomfort there than iff the* open yard it is his own fault, and can be remedied by a little work, and the result will be a substantial gain all around and dairy work will become one of the pleasantest things of the day, instead of a task that repels instead of invites.— Farmers' Voice. GQOd WELL PLATFORM. An Ingenious Idea Which Deserves Practical Application. A stone platform over wells or cisterns is better than one of wood, but flags of sufficient size cannot always be obtained easily, and a pieced one can be made in this way: Take an old wagon jtire and lay it down in a smooth place, (jflet flat stones four or six inches thick; chip them to a triangular form with a stone hammer; round off the end to fit the tire, and- put them in until the tire is full. Smaller stones may be put in the next tire nosv and then if you like. Jsow put the tire in place, spread cement on the wall, and bed each stone into its place. Take an old

STONE PLATFORM FOR WELL. dragtooth or the like, drive it into the seams and pound in chips of stone or bits of iron until every stone is fast in its place. Now force cement into all crevices and it is done. The closer the stones fit the better, but you need not be very particular. Stones can be wedged into the holes both between the ti’-e and the stones ind. into the seams, and the cement'completes it alL If a wooden casing is to be fastened to it, put bolts up through the seams with blocks or cleats screwed fast to them. —E. S. Gilbert, in N. Y. Tribune. Prevention of Potato Scab. The corrosive sublimate treatment is gradually coming into general use. The Rhode Island station gives the following directions: Dissolve 2M ounces of corrosive sublimate crystals in a few gallons of hot water, and add enough cold water to make fifteen gallons of solution. The whole should then be well stirred. In preparing the solutions and treating the seed, use wooden vessels only. Two barrels with wooden faucets are convenient, the solution being drawn from one to the other whenever it is desired to reltaove the potatoes. The ’ potatoes may also be put in a sack, and dipped into the solution. The same solution may be used repeatedly. The whole tubers, after first being washed, should be placed in the solution for one and a half hours, then .spread out to dry, and cut and planted as usual. Habits or the Apple Curculio. The apple curculio resembles the species that infest the plum, being only about a quarter of an inch long, inclusive of its proboscis It is further distinguished from the plum curculio bv having four conspicuous bright red bumps on the posterior part of its wing covers. Formerly they bred only in the haw and wild crab apples, but of late have become very damaging to our cultivated fruits. It begins to do its damage from May until September. The larva grows to about one-half an inch in length and remains in the fruit until it transforms and comes out a perfect insect_ Seed for the Corn Crop. Seed oorn is the most important matter to consider in connection with the corn crop. If there is anything that causes a farmer to become despondent it is to be compeffed to replant his field, as he will lorn valuable time early in the season in tjie growth of hiB corn. Much of this annoyance may be avoided by being sure of good seed. Another point in planting is to use plenty of seed. It is much easier and more satisfactory to pull out the surplus plants than to be compelled to replant where the seed failed to germinate

FUN UP TO DATE. A Sion of Spring—“Look out for the paint.”—Philadelphia Record. The man with scales on his eyes fancies that he can weigh the world. — Galveston News. First Burglar—“Any lnck lately?” Second—“No. Worked all night on a safe and when I got it blowed open it was a folding-bed.”—Puck. Waiter—“Will you take tea or coffee?” Actor—“I always take coffee— because it settles.” Manager—“I prefer tea—because it draws.”—Ilallo. Bragging isn’t a very commendable quality, of course, but the fellow who | cap step out and raise the wind at any time has something to blow about.-— Buffalo Courier. ; * “Is mat your mamma, Willie?” asked the lady in the parlor. “She used to be my mamma,” said Willie, “but I've had two brothers since then; so she ain’t all mine.”—Harper’s Bazar. Fond Parent—“Tottie! Tottie! You must not have your doll’s house to-day; it is Sunday.” Tottie Uptodate—“It’s all right, mamma, dear; I’ve closed the front door; only the side door is open.”—N. Y. World. PEOPLE ABROAD. Emperor William has all his plain clothes made in London. Henry Irving, it is reported, may stand for a vacancy in the London county council. Rev.T. H. Wellesley Wesley, newly appointed tutor to Queen Victoria’s grandson, the young duke of Albany, ! is said to bo a lineal descendant of John Wesley. Prof. Ibrahim IIakki Bey. the Turkish commissioner to the world’s fair, •lias returned to Constantinople so Americanized that his friends are afraid lie may get into trouble. While a student at Oxford Mr. Gladstone was one of the competitors for the Ireland scholarship, but failed. “Desultory beyond belief,” is what the principal examiner wrote on Gladstone’s paper. The sultan of Turkey nearly always dines alone. Tables, plates, knives and forks are eschewed. lie uses only a spoon and liis fingers, thus fishing out the food from little saucepans olacad onAke XLogjc^ SlOO Reward, M100. The reader of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors nave so much faith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars lor any case that it fails to cure. Bend for list of testimonials. Address, F. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo, O. Egr’Sold by Druggists, 73c. ©Hall's Family Pills, 25 cents. More good advice would be taken if it were given in a good way. Words are the overcoats of ideas.—Ram’s Horn. THE MARKETS. New York, May 14. CATTLE—Native Steers.I 4 20 © COTTON—Middling. 7'4© FLOUR—Winter Wheat.. 2 75 WHEAT—Mo. 2 Red... 6)a»@ CORN-No. 2.. 43W© OATS—Western Mixed. 39**© PORK-NewMess. 13 75 © ST. LOUIS. COTTON—Middling. 7 © BEEVES—Shipping Steers... 4 15 © Mendum. 3 90 © HOGS-Fair to Select. 4 90 © SHEEP-Fair to Choice. 3 50 © FLOUR-Patents. 2 SO © Fancy to Extra do.. 2 20 © "WHEAT—No. -• Red Winter.. “ ~ CORN—No. 2 Mixed... OATS—No. 2. RYE—No. 2. TOBACCO—Lugs. Leaf Burley.. 7 0J © HAY—Clear Timothy.. 9 00 © BUTTER—Choice Dairy. 10 © EGGS—Fresh... © PORK—Standard Mess (new). .... © BACON-Clear Rib. © LARD—Prime Steam. . 7)4© CHICAGO. CATTLE-Shipping. .. 2 75 HOGS-Fair to Choice. 5 0J SHEEP—Fair to Choice. 3 00 FLOUR—Winter Patents. 2 80 Spring Patents. 3 40 WHEAT-No. 2 Spring., No. 2 Red. 53 © 38)4© 37 © 48 4 50 © © © © © © © CORN—No. 2... 37V© OATS—No. 2. © PORK—Mess (new).. 12 35 © KANSAS CITY. CATTLE—Shipping Steers. 3 20 © HOGS—All Grades. 4 80 © WHEAT-No. 2 Red. 53 © OATS—No. 2. © CORN-No. 2. 36K© NEW ORLEANS. » FLOUR-High Grade. 2 80 © CORN—No. 2.... © OATS—Western. © HAY-Choice. 16 0J © PORK—Nea Mess. © BACON—Sides. © COTTON-Middling. 6*© LOUISVILLE. WHEAT-No. 2 Red. 54 © CORN—No. 2 Mixed..r-. 42)4© OATS-No.2 Mixed. 40,,© PORK—New Mess. 18 BACON-Clear Rib. 7X© COTTON—Middling... .. a.. © 189». 4 60 7% 3 35 61 44** 41 14 00 7H 4 50 4 35 5 20 4 30 2 95 2-60 =‘2h» 38** 371* 50 11 01 16 0» 11 50 12 8 12 87)4 7*4 734 4 50 5 30 4 75 3 03 3 50 56*4 56** 3734 34 12 371* 4 40 5 05 - 5334 36 36** 3 10 48 43 1« 50 13 25 7*3 7 55 43!* 41 ‘,4 12 87*4 8 TV

Don’t Blame the Cook If a baking powder is not uniform in strength, so that the same quantity will always do the same work, no one can know how to use it, and uniformly good, light food cannot be produced with it. All baking powders except Royal, because improperly compounded and made from inferior . materials, lose their strength quickly when the can is opened for use. At subsequent bakings there will be noticed a falling off in strength. The food is heavy, and the flour, eggs and butted wasted It is always the case that the consumer suffers in pocket, if not in health, by accepting any substitute for the Royal Baking Powder. The Royal is the embodiment of all the excellence that it is possible to attain in an absolutely pure powder. It is always strictly reliable. It is not only more • economical because of its greater strength, but will retain its full leavening power, which no other powder will, until used, and make more wholesome food. j .

“There are times,” said the man with the oratorical manner, “when we are overwhelmed with humiliation at the powerlessness of the human mind.” “That's very true,” was the reply; “I am often made to feel so.” “Indeed 1” “Yes. f have a four-year-old daughter who asks questions.” “You sav there is absolutely no foundation for the story that she writes poetry. What makes you so positive!” “I've seen some of it.”—Buffalo Courier. Would You Like to “Shake” Malaria, In the sense of getting rid of it, instead of having it shake you i Of = course vou would. Then use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and give it the grand and linal “shake.” This standard medicine eradicates it root and branch, and fortifies tl»* system against it. Most effectual, too, is the Bitters iu cases of dyspepsia,biliousness.constipation. nervousness, rheumatic and kidney complaints.' A M.\k is not hated until successful.— Ram's Horn. Western American Scenery. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R’y has now ready for distribution a sixteen page portfolio of scenes along its line, half tones, of the size of the World's Fair portfolios lately issued. They are only U n cents each and can be obtained without, .delay by remitting the amount to Geo. H. He afford, General Pass. Agent, Chicago, 111. The first lesson in deceit is often taken by going iu debt.—Ram's Horn. Ladies can permanently be lutify their complexion with Glenn's Sulphur Soap. . Hill’s Hair and Whisker Dye, 30 cents. The sailor knows how to tighten a line. He’s taut it.

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