The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-29
ElREslpE FRAGMENTS

quarter cup of butter, three-quarters
cup of sugar, milk and flour. Break the
egg into n coffee cup and fill up with
sweet milk. Add the other ingredients
with -four enough to make soft dough.
Let raise until light then mould into
biscuits. Let raise u second time, then
bake. Free Press.
To make good tracing paper mix
together, by agentle heat, one ounce of
Canada balsam and n quarter of an
ounce of spirits of t,rpentine. With
soft brush spread it thinly over one side
of good tissue paper. 1t dries quickly,
is very transparent, is not greasy,
therefore does not discolor or spoil the
object upon which it may be placed
Soup: Crate the meat of cocoa
nut very fine, and put it in stewpan,
with quart of milk and such flavoring
as may be preferred. After it has sim
mered for twenty-five or thirty minutes
tit must be allowed to boil), strain
it and thicken with batter made from
the beaten yolks of two eggs, part of a
cupful of milk, and sufficient ground
rice to give the proper consistency. 1t
should then be again allowed to sim
mer, salt and pepper being added to
taste, after which it is ready to serve
Good Housekeeping.
To Make Good Coffee: Put one tea
cup of coffee in the pot and set it on
the back corner of the stove for q few
minutes until the coffee gets hot. Stir
an egg, shell and all, in cup, turn it
into the pot, and with fork stir the
contents well together. Then gradually,
stirring as you do SO, pour about quart
| of boiling water gradually into the
| coffee. Set on the front of the stove
and boil for about ten minutes, lifting
the cover and stirring it down quietly.
Pour some into n cup and pour back to
settle, and set back to keep hot but not
boil.-Detroit Free Press.
Clipped Pears: Take pears moi
| quite ripe, pare and core, and cut then
into long, thin strips. To eight pound:
of the fruit put eight pounds of sugar
the rind of four lemons cut into strips
the juice of the lemons, one-fourtl
pound of race or green ginger and hal
a pint of water. Boil until the fruit il
transparent il held to the light. The
ginger must first be scraped thoroughly
and cut fine, and the lemon peel should
be boiled in water until tender, to re
move the bitter taste. Or you may ust
only thin shavings of the outer rind.-
Boston Budget.
Rice Flummery: Rice that is grount
coarse in hand mill is much better TO
making a fummery than boughten flour
put three pints of milk to boil; mix will
water one teacup of ground rice, ant
stir it in the milk when it boils; Will
the milk is cold put in it two dozeI
peach kernels, blanched and rolled witt
a bottle; wet your molds with cold cream
or water; keep stirring the rice till it i
thick, then pour it into the molds
Just before serving turn them out OF
Dishes and have cream, sugar and nut
meg mixed to eat with it.-Boston Her
aid.
Linen that has been packed ava.
for a number of years usually turn
yellow, or repeated poor washing will
often cause like condition. Home
made linen towels and sheets whicI
have turned yellow from age may b
restored to their original color by goo
washings and use Try the followin
for the first time: Cut a pound Of fin
white soap in gallon of milk and pr
in the washboiler to heat. When tn
soap has entirely dissolved put IN til
linen and boil for half an hour The
wash it in lather of soap and waite
and rinse through two clean water.
with little bluing in the last Line
washed in suds and laid upon the gras
for several days will bleach N. !
World.