The Wilmingtonian., 1883-09-22
ESPECIALLY FOR THE LADIES.

white sugar, the yelks Of two eggs, halt
cup of sweet milk, half cup of water, two
tablespoonfuls of -four and one tablespoon
full of melted butter. Put the lemon, sugar,
and flour together, then the milk and but
ter. Line plate with nice pie crust and
put your lemon, sugar, ETC., in it; after oak-
ing, put over the top the whites of the eggs
beaten to froth with little sugar.
Brown few minutes.
TOMATO CATsUP. Take ripe tomatoes,
and scald them just sufficient to allow you
to take off the skin, then let them stand Tor
a day, covered with salt; strain them thor
oughly to remove the seeds; then to every
two quarts add three ounces of cloves, two
of black pepper, two nutmegs, and very
little Cayenne pepper, with little salt;
boil the liquor for half an hour, and then
let it cool and settle; add pint of the best
cider vinegar, after which bottle it, corking
and sealing it tightly. Keep it always in
cool place.
CHICKEN BRoTH.-Cut up a chicken; put
it into an iron pot with two quarts of
=
rice, little salt, and boil it two hours; then
strain it through sieve. This will make
one quart.
OYSTER PATTIEs IN BATTER Make a
batter with the yelk of one egg Cor more,
according to the quantity of oysters you in
tend to prepared, little nutmeg, some
beaten mace, a little flour, and little salt;
dip in the oysters, and fry them in lard to a
nice light brown. If preferred, little
parsley may be shred very fine, and mixed
with the batter The batter may also be
made thicker, and formed into the shape OF
patty; or put into small tin mould, the
oyster being dropped in aud covered over,
and the whole baked as pudding would
be.
To PREVENT LAMP-GLAssEs BREAKING
by the sudden contact with heat, the bes
way is to cut or scratch the base of tn,
glass with GLACIERS diamond. Anothe
method is to put the glasses into a saucepan
of water and boil them. This season
them.
A STAIR CARPET should never be sweI
down with long broom, but always with
short-handled brush, and dust-pan hel
closely under each step of the stairs.
SIT is a solemn thing to be married,
said Aunt Bethany.
eyes; but it's a deal more solemn not
be- said the little girl her niece.
A HINT.-If your sister, while tender
10, n Will "a
tender sweetheart, asks you to bring
glass of water from an adjoining room, yC
can start on the errand but you need II
return. You will not be missed, that
certain; we've seen it tried. Don't forg
this, little boy.
To MOUNT DRAwINGs.-The drawn
must be carefully touched here and ther
over the back, with moderately stiff CUR
and then placed on the leaf in the boo
closed down tightly, and a heavy weg
placed on the book for some hours afte
wards. Previously to putting down Il
drawing, the exact place for it must
marked on the leaf, leaving an equal ma
gin all round. The same plan must
adopted in mounting drawings on paper
cardboard. If mounted in the evening, a
placed under heavy weight, they may
uncovered in the morning, but seven
eight hours ought to elapse to allow t
gum to dry, otherwise the drawing, and
leaf on which it is placed, will becol
wrinkled.
SUPPOSE man and a girl were to be m
ried-the man 80 years old, and the girl
years; this makes the man seven times
old as the girl; they live together until E
is ten years old; this makes him 40 ye
old, and four times as old as the girl; a
they still live until she is 10, the man be
45; this makes the man three times as Q
and they still live until she is 80 years c
this makes the man 60, only twice as {
and SO on. Now, how long would Il
have to live to make the girl as old as
man ?
IT certainly is not misfortune for l
young lady to lose her good name if a l
young gentleman gives her a better
COMFORT for young ladies who are
satisfied with the color of their hair: VII
the gods love dye young
A LADY who, though in the autumn Of
had not lost all dreams of it's spring, sale
Douglass Jerrold: II cannot imagine "
makes my hair turn so gray. | someti
fancy it must be the essence of rosem
with which my maid is in the habit
brushing it. What do you think ~
should be afraid, madam replied the
tinguished dramatist, ''that it is the ess'
of thyme"