Sharp County record., 1890-11-06
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

-Eprs can he more quickly beaten by
adding a pinch of salt, which cools them
so that they froth rapidly
Men who can not pay the ordinary
cxnonses of their households have no
rigbt to belong to high-cost clubs
The garnishes for turkey and chick'
ems are parsley, fried oysters, thin slices
of ham, fried sausage and force meat
balls. !.
An engraving with its mass OF black
lines and its inches of white mat ough'
not not to be hung near an oil painting
-Demorests Monthly.
Graham Mush. Have pinto water
boiling hot, salt, and stir graham nour
quickly in until it is thick. Serve I'M
mediately with cream and sugar
Housekeeper.
Pear Jam-To six pounds OF pears
put four pounds of sugar. Put the
pears in saucepan or kettle, with
little water to cover them. Set over the
fire until the fruit is soft; then ada the
sugar and cook as other jam'-lndian-
apolis Sentinel.
Chocolate Cake:-Two eggs, one cup
of sugar, one-third cup OF out-
ter one-half cup of chocolate
one teaspoonful OF VANILLA
one tablespoonful of milk, one and one
half cups of flour, one teaSpoonlui OF
cream of tartar, one-half teaspoonful OF
soda. Boston Budget
-Buttermilk Cake.-One cup OF but
termilk one cup of sugar, one egg
piece of butter the size Of an egg, two
cups of flour, one teaspoonful of soda,
one teaspoonful of cream tartar, one
half teaspoonful each of allSplce ana
cinnamon. A handful of stoned and
foured raisins is an addition.-N w.
Christian Advocate.
Very pretty covers for books bound
in paper or other inferior binding are
made of pasteboard covered with fine
French satine or cretonne, and docorat-
ed with floral or other designs. White
felt, chamois skin and white or fancy
kid, with designs more or less elaborate,
outlined with fine cut-glass beads, are
very handsome and effective under tho
gaslight or library lamp. Y. Ledger
Rye Bread-To each pint of very
light wheat-hour sponge, add q level
teaspoonful of salt, a heaping table,
spoonful of brown sugar, and rye flour
to permit llneading. Knead well. When
light, mold into loaves; let rise again
till more than double its first size, brush
the top with melted butter, bake one
hour in a moderate oven. delicious
bread with crust as tender as cake
Ladies' Home Journal.
If you have brick paths about the
yard or garden you are no doubt troubled
by their becoming green and Shiny dur
ing the rainy weather. Hard scrubbing
often fails to remove such stains. Go to
the druggists and get some venetian
red" Qt costs but five or six cents a
pound, and two pounds will go a long
way. Tirst wash the dirt from the bricks
With lean water, then sprinkle the
powder lightly over the bricks and dis.
tribute it evenly with wet broom.
This 4makes the bricks bright red. 1t
also fills up the crevices between the
bricks and prevents weeds and moss
from growing there. by doing this
twice month you keep your paths in
good condition,
Pigeons en- Matelote. Put the requir-
ed number of pigeons into stewpan;
allow tablespoonful OF butter and two
thin slices of bacon for two pigeons; sift
in a tablespoonful of -four; add cupful
Of water, stirring all the time; chop a
few mushrooms and two small onions
and add those also; turn the pigeons
carefully while they are cooking and
keep them closely covered; when half
done add little salt ground close and
grated nutmeg and teaspoonful Of
chopped parsley; when the pigeons are
thoroughly cooked place each one on an
oval piece Of fried bread; add more wa
ter and thickening to the gravy if re-
quired, and pour it around the pigeons;
garnish with grape jelly and parsley and
serye.-Boston Herald.