Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-14
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To renovate scratched furniture dis
| solve beeswax in turpentine, making it
OF the consistency of molasses: appiyo
with wooden cloth, then rub briskly
with dry piece of flannel The inn
provement is wonderful
1Citron Cake--One cup of butter,
two cups Of sugar, three eggs, beaten
light one cup 6 milk. teaspoonfu1 of
cream OF tartar, four and one-hah cups
of flour, one small nutmeg, four ounces
of citron sliced thin--Boston Globe-
People in the country who are an
noyed by flies should remember that
clusters Of the fragrant clover. which
grows abundantly by nearly every road
side, if hung in the room and left TO dry
and shed its faint fragrant perfume
through the air. will drive them away
For reaches. make flour paste into
which has been stirred. while hot phos-
phorus, in the proportion of q dimes
worth of the phosphorus to halt-pint
of paste; when nearly cold add quar-
ter as much grease. Put on pieces of
board where the reaches are. They will
die while eating the paste
Fruit and Bread Dessert-Heat any
kind of fruit either fresh or canned,
boiling hot, and sweeten to taste But
ter thin slices of bread, with which line
the bottom of a deep dish, and cover il
with the hot fruit Add other slices Of
bread and layers of fruit until the dish
is full, having fruit on the top Eat
while it is warm.-Demorest's Monthly.
Veal Balls-Chop enough raw veal
very fine to make one and a half cup
fuls: chop small slice of salt pork very
fine, and mix it with the veal; add one
scant teaspoonful of summer savory, one
and half of salt, two-thirds OF pepper
and one-half of sage Mix thoroughly,
binding with an egg, and make into fat
balls Let them fry Slowly in lard or
drippings foa half an hour--House-
keeper.
Orange Circles-Two cupfuls sugar.
one cupfu1 butter, one cupful milk,
whites of four eggs and yelks OF Ave.
two spoonsful of baking powder
spoonful of lemon lavoring. and flour
TO make = smooth batter, bake quickly
in round baking powder box covers
Take the white of one egg, and beat
stiff with sugar, add the juice of one
orange. Place two cakes together with
the icing between. and ice the top. Tho
| grated skin may be used, If desired, Sn
| the icing. Hons Journal
Cherry Rolypoly.-Sift half pound
of flour into q bowl, add one-quarter
of pound of suet chopped fine,
about a quarter of o teaspoonfui of
salt and just %ater enough to mald n
dough that can Re rolled out on a
board Stem ant seed znes pint of
cherries Roll tho crust nearly an inca
\ thick. spread the cherries evenly ove8
it and dredge aheII lightly with -four
Roll it up, put it in iouEied cloth and
pin it securely Put 1T in pot of boil
ing water and boil it, without stopping,
| two hours
All ordinary ching ID earthenwarss
is porous, and the fine pores will fill W,
with grease or fatty substances, which
in time, becoming rascid. will give an
offensive o1sr and taste 50 any food put
into such vessels Soap should not be
used for washing arEsnary. csinA OF
earthen vessels (the solution of soda Is.
BETTER, and all eessels should be after
wards well rinsed sta clean, Eot waters
free of any fatty Substance Soda
| forms with any grease on the vessels a
soapy compound, but, adelnS stronger
than soap. 1t sill remove the greas$'
| more thOrouuhlE