The Wilmingtonian., 1885-11-14
ESPECIALLY FOR THE LADIES.
The Turn-up Nose,

The Turn-up Nose.
Her lips are red, her eyes arc bright,
Her cheeks are like the rose,
Her graceful neck is ivory white,
She has a turn-up nose.-
A turn-up nose this pretty miss,
But she's charming creature,
And esteem her proboscis-
Her most engaging feature.
Indeed do. You ask me whyP
The reason is simply this:
This never in the way when
Attempt to snatch a kiss
Boston Courier. |
Cleaning mixtures A good cleaning mix |
ture can be made with two ounces of liquid
ammonia two ounces bar soap finely shaved,
two teaspoonfuls of powdered saltpeter
Put these in a large open-mouthed bottle
and add one and one-half pnts of warm
water. Shake well occasionally. 1t will be
ready for use in two or three days. 1t is
just the thing to use in washing delicate
colored articles, also to add to the water for
shampooing the head, and little added TO
water and sprayed upon plants kills any in
sects which may infest them, while at the
same time it is fertilizing.
Citron Cake.-Six eggs, beaten light and
the yolks strained, two cups of sugar, three
quarters cup Of butter two and one-half cups
of prepared flour, or enough TO make a
pound-cake batter With some brands you
may need three cups, one-half pound citron
cut in thin shreds, juice of an orange and
one teaspoonful grated peel. Cream, butter
and sugar, add the yolks, the whites, and
the flour by turns, the orange, and lastly,
the citron, dredged with -four Beat all up
hard, and bake in loaves.
| Mrs. Lincoln's Lemon Jelly.--Take half
box Of gelatine, one scant cup of cold water.
one pint of warm water one cup of sugar,
half a (large) cup of lemon juice, lone square
inch stick of cinnamon. Soak the gelatine
in cold water till soft. Shave the lemon
rind thin, using none of the white. Steep
it with the cinnamon in the pint of boiling
water ten minutes, then add the soaked gel
atine, sugar and lemon juice, and when dis
solved, strain.
Corn Mufins.-Two heaping cupfuls Of
Indian Meal and one of flour, sift into the
flour one tablespoonful of soda and two OF
cream of tartar. Add one tablespoonful Of
lard, melted, three oupfuls of milk, one tea
spoonful of salt and the whites of three eggs
beaten separately. Beat all thoroughly ant
bake in patty pans or rings, in quick oven
and serve hot.
Hasty Cup Pudding.--Beat four spoon
fuls of -four with a pint of milk and fou
eggs to batter, nutmeg and sugar to taste
butter teacups, fill them three parts full anC
send to the oven. viii bake in quarter o
an hour.
Reduction In Prices.
Pianos, and Organs at cost pricos. Bar.
gains in second hand Pianos and Organs
Mason & Hamlin Organs the best in til
world, selling at So. to $5 per month. In
spect our instruments and the bargains W,
offer. Pancoast Allen, Opera House, Wi
miugton, Del.
Indian Meal Gruel.-Boil one pint Q
water in saucepan, put one-half teaspoo
salt in it, mix two even tablespoons mei
with enough cold water to smooth and thi
it, stir this into the cold water. Boil gentl,
sef. Any boy ii LII, sasa,rreco
SO of cream or milk if liked. Boil up after
milk is added.
Stuffed eggs.-This is a good breakfast
dish. Cut some hard boiled eggs in halves,
take out the yOlk and mash it smoothly
with an equal quantity of grated ham, lit
tie parsley, pepper and salt to taste, and a
small lump of fresh butter. Fill the cum
like whites Of the eggs with this mixture,
pour over them little melted butter and
meat in the oven. Serve with each half egg
placed on neat square of bread nicely fried
| in butter.
Tea Cakes.-Rub one heaped teaspoonful of
baking powder into pound of flour. Add
two ounces of butter also rubbed in, a quar-
ter OF pound of sugar and two ounces of
currants. Mix it with two eggs well beaten
and stirred into half pint of buttermilk OF
new milk. Roll out aud make of the guam
tity six tea cakes Bake in moderate oven.
and when half done wash over with the yolk
of an egg beaten up with teasponnful of
milk. These tea cakes are very nice cut in
slices and buttered cold for tea.
Superior Bread Pudding. Soak the soft
part of Bakers loaf in a pint of warm
milk add teaspoonful of soft butter,
teaspoonful of thick cream, the rind and
part of the juice of a lemon and two beaten
eggs. Flour large cupfa of dried currants,
CRATE nutmeg over them aud add to the rest,
Bake in well buttered custard cups and
serve with pudding sauce, either hard or
liquid.
Mock Cream Pe.-Beat three eggs we'll,
add to them three heaping teaspconfuls of
flour, beat them we'll together, then stir
them into pint and half of boiling milk,
add little salt and sugar to taste. Flavor
with Burnett's Extract of Lemon, Stir
while it is boiling. When it is perfectly
smooth, it is done. Line pie-plates with puff
paste, and bake them in quick oven. When
done, fill them with the mock cream, strew
powdered sugar over the top, and place
them again in the oven to brown. When a
fine color, they are done. These will be
found superior to custard pits. This
quantity makes two.
Cream Cake. Three eggs, one cupful of
sugar, ope-half of cupful of boiling water,
two cupluls of flour, two teaspoonfuls of
baking powder, and one teaspoonful of Bur-
netts Extract OF Lemon. Beat the sugar
and eggs well together, then add the boiling