The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-30
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

The; skin of a boiled egg is the most
eficacious remedy that can be applied to
a boil. Peel it carefully, wet and apply
it to the part affected. 1t will draw of
the matter and relieve the soreness in a
few hours.
To TAKE out tea stains, put the linen
in a kettle of cold water; rub the stains
well with common CASTLE soap; put the
kettle on the side of the stove and let the
water get gradually warm; wash 1T
thoroughly in warm soap suds, then rub
the stain again with soap; hen rinse.
CHICKEN CHEEsE.-Boil two chickens
till tender; take out all the bones, and
chop the meat fine; season to taste with
salt, pepper and butter; pour in enough
of the liquor they are boiled in 70 make
moist. Mould it in any shape you choose,
and when cold turn out and cut into
slices. It is an excellent travelling
lunch. o.
HOMEMADE YEAST. One pint of
mashed potatoes, with the water they
we're boiled in, one cupful of salt, one
cupful of flour, one cupful of strong hop
tea; add four quarts of boiling water;
when cool add one pint of bakers OF
other yeast; let it stand and work twenty
four hours; then skim, strain and put in
a Jug.
PAN DoDDIINGs.- This is a New Eng
land dish, and is nice at the places where
appetites are expansive. Take three
cups of fine rye meal, three cups Indian
meal, one egg, and three tablespoonful
of molasses; add a little salt and allspice
and enough rich sweet milk to make $
batter stiff enough to drop from a spoon.
Fry to a good brown in hot lard.
The bridges across the Missouri River
at Council Bluffs and Omaha comprise
eleven spans, each span is $50 feet in
length, or in all 2, $50 feet. There are
three spans to the St. Louis bridge, the
center being $40 feet, and the other two
each SOP feet in length. The bridge cost
about 50, 900, 600.
ORANGE SALAD.-Peel eight oranges
with O sharp knife, so as to remove every
vestige;of skin from them: core ahem as
you would apples, and lay them either
whole o cut il slices in q deep dish;
strew over plenty of powdered
then add four red bananas cut il small
round slices, the juice of q lemon, and a
little more sugar Keep the dish covered
close till the time of serving.
EXCELLENT COFFEE -CAKR.-This is
one of the best of plain cakes, and is very
easily made. Take one cup of strong
coffee infusion, one cup molasses one
cup sugar, one-half cup butter, one egg
and one t~easpoonful saleratus. Add spice
and raisins to suit the taste, and enough
fou1 to make a reasonably thick batter.
Bake rather slowly in tin pans lined with
buttered paper.
For lCHAPPED HANDs.-The incest
preparation fo chapped hands is com
posed of ounce seed and whisky. There
Is no rule as to proportion. Put the
seeds in a bottle, and pour in enough
whisky to cover them. As this thickens
add more whisky until it is of the right
consistency. This healing preparation
is far superior to glycerine, as it dries of
quickly and leaves q most agreeable
odor.
CoRNED beef left over for.the next day
should be put back .in the liquor it was
boiled in. Instead of the hard, brown
woody substance that is sometimes,
served as cold cofned beef, kept in this
way, it will always be juicy, s it re.
absorbs much of the richness from the
liquor itself. Skim the liquor, of course,
before setting it away, and it will keeT
as well in the pot it was boiled in al
anything else.