Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-18
HouseAoLo eREvlr,gs.

Baked apples and cream has be-
come really fashionable dish"
Put bits of cxmphor gum in trunks
or drawers to prevent the mice from do
ing any injury
halve them. remove core put some but
ter in frying-pan and put in the halves
the eut side down; then add little
water and let boil dry; then fry.
TO clean hair brushes put q table,
spoonful of ammonia into tepid water,
dip them up and down until clean then
dry with the bristles doyt- In place of
the ammonia they may be cleaned By
using . teaspoonful of soda
Apple Bread pint sweet
apple sauce; add one-half pint Of milk.
one and q half pints of flour, two tea
spoonfuls OF baking-powder. . little
salt; mix quickly and bake forty min
utes--Good Housekeeping.
An acceptable gift for an invalid -
boui1lol sec includ ng a dainty porcsa
lain platter holding q bouillon cup. with
its double handles and cover, pepper
box. TINY salt dish and a dry toast
rack. all of the same china
TO wax your doors wafe untie the
$afnish il thoroughly dry. then apply
With . gag wax finish, which you can
now buy prepAred. and polish with
brush. The heavy floor brushes are
very expensive. but any close scrub
bing brush will do If rubbed with
flannel afterward-
-Oatmea, Porridge FOR che Sick
Take one small cupful of oatmeal; stir
it in cold water and let 10 stand half
hour or more as convenient; then pour
it into one quart of boiling salted water,
and cook from three-Quarters to an
hour. adding more boiling water If it
becomes too thick-Good Housekeep-
ing.
If oil has been spilled on . carpet
cover the spot with wheat flour or
whiting. After twenty-four hours sweep
it off with q stiff broom, and If. it has
not absorbed all the oil cover the spot
again with fresh whiting Two appli-
cations are usually enough, but if the
carpet has been saturated with oil the
whiting wiA have 60 bG used several
fines
Sweet Pota to Croquettes-Boil six
large sweet potatoes until they are just
tender, then remove the skins and
nash the potatoes through q colandes
or . vegetable press; add a tablespoon
full OF butter. Q teaspoonful of salh q
dash OF pepper and q tablespoonful ~
sugar. Mix thoroughly. form into GRO
quetteA dip Arst Ia egg and then in
bread crumbs and fry in smoking hot
fat-BostoA Budget
Cranberry Tarts--Make the tarts
first OF fluffy pie crust cutting them in
TO shape with q cake-cutter, laying a
strip of the crust around the edge; bake
them: then fiI1 with q jelly made by
boiling one pint ef cranberries in one
pint of water until tender; then strain
through jelly baga theH boil Che juice
twenty minutes longer; add three parts
sugar to four parts of the juice; boil it
up once more then set away to ges cold.
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-Potted PigeonS-Caretulsy &ash in
a little vinegar and water the required
number OF pigeons. then wipe them. and
rub them well inside and out with q
mixture OF white pepper. sage and nus
meg; place plate in the bottom OF Q
| porcelain lined kettle. and place the
| pigeons on it, add cold water enough tep
nearly cover them, a Gttlt SALT and
few sprays o. parsley; cover the kettle
close and cook slowly entil we'll done;
prepare - many small pieces of toast as
there are birds semove alb the CRUST
| moisten them with little of the liquor
and place . pigeon on cash piece; serve
With fich cream sauce With chopped
| celery and parsley added and grape
| ielly.>Bosten Herald.