Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-10-18
"A Macomb County, Michigan, farm
or has harvested 604 bushels Of good oats
from twelve acres OF ground.
HOUSEHOLD BREVITlES.

uull-WOEh bo0 OAohhOe'
or comforts past using on bed, make
good pads to put under stair carpet
Fried Apples-Wash, quarter and
core good artapples. Put into a frying
pan with little water added, boil until
nearly tender. then add sugar and but
tor and cook until tender and brown
Good Housekeeping.
"A new remedy for biliousness Is
known as the Bombay oyster" 1t Is
usually consumed before breakfast, and
is simply an egg dropped unbroken into
tumbler, and deluged with vinegar,
and sprinkled with pepper and salt.
Slowed Turnips Peel the turnips
and cut them in pieces about half an
inch square; salt them, then steam them
until tender, put them into saucepan
rnd cover them with sweet milk. Add
butter and pepper and let them simmer
for half an hour. -Housekeeper.
When tablecloths are worn beyond
mending cut square pieces from tho best
parts Of them and hem them neatly.
They make nice napkins for the little
children to use at the table, and also do
nicely for them to carry their lunches
to school in, for II they are stained or
lost 1t will not matter much, as your
sets will not be broken. -American Ag-
riculturist.
Potato Pancakes. and mash
two or three large mealy potatoes,
add a tablespoonful Of butter, a ia
blespoontul of salt and little white
pepper, add cupful Of milk or cream
and two we'll beaten eggs, and add sufti-
cient -four to make good dough to
handle; have the frying pan hot and
butter it freely, take large tablespoon
full of the mixture, flatten 1t with the
hand into thin cakes, cook brown on
both sides, butter them and fold one
half over the other; serve hot with cold
sliced meat.-Boston Herald.
Brown Soup-Simmer together one
quart of sliced potatoes and one-third as
much of the thin brown shavings mot
thicker than sixpence) from the top
crust Of whole wheat loaf Of bread, in
two quarts of water. The crusts must
not be burned or blackened, and must
not include any Of the soft portion of
the loaf. When the potatoes are ten
der, mash all through colander. Fla
vor with two cups Of strained stewed
tomatoes, little salt, and return to the
fire; when hot. add half cup Of cream,
and serve ut once II care has been
taken to prepare the crusts as directed,
this soup will have q brown color and
fine pungent favor, exceedingly pleas
ant to the taste.
The true way to cook macaroni isto
drop it in boiling water and boil sharply
till done. When this Is accomplished dash
some cold water in the pan to check the
boiling. Then strain of the water, and
1t is ready for use. Treated in this way
macaroni eats short and crisp Different
sorts OF paste differ as to the time they
take coolsing;the ordinary pipe macaroni
will take about twenty minutes, but the
safest way is to tasteit When the mac
aroni has been boiled in this way and
strained, lay it in pie dish, cover 1t
with good milk or cream, season 1t either
with salt and cayenne and thin slices OF
rich cheese, If you wish it to be savory.
or with sugar, cinnamon or nutmeg and
pieces OF butter, If 1t is to be sweet and
bake in q rather quick oven.