Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-01-22
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

Eitlie catch-alls for small trinkets
are devised, as broken egg-shells in
bronze, with gay-plumed chicks ranged
on each side.
W men one has bought an ordinary
soup bone of beef, the meat NAV be cut
from the bone, after boiling for two
hours and made into a side-dish or en-
tree The bones will finish the SOUP
very well.
Lemon Cream Cake: Five eggs, two
cups Oh sugar, four cups -four, two tea
spoonfuls baking powder. For the
cream Ihree eggs, one cup of sugar,
three tablespoonful of water, rind and
juice OF one lemon (grated) Detroit
Free Press.
Newer put away food in tin-plates
uiIy one-half the cases of poison from
the use OF canned goods is because the
article was left or put back into the can
AFTER using China, earthenware or
grass Is the only safe receptacle for
left overs
1t Is not generally known that tin
cleaned with newspaper will shine bet
ter than when cleaned with flannel. A
clothes-wringer can be easily cleansed
from the lint which collects on the roll
ers by saturating a cloth in kerosene
and rubbing it over
Orange bon bons are prepared as
follows: Sprinkle enough orange Juice
into cupful of confectioner's sugar
powdered sugar will dol. to make it of
the proper consistency to mold into
balls or any shape desired, then roll
III granulated sugar. and place on but
tered paper--N. Y. World
The prejudice prevails that plants
IN the sleeping rooms are injurious be-
cause they are constantly throwing off
carbonlc acid Recent Investigations
have shown that the i'll effects are alto
gether too slight to deserve considera-
ton If Il room is properly ventilated.
plants can do no harm and. even if it is
not. the quantity of carbonic acid ex-
hailed by them will not materially affect
the purity of the air.
a shoe. or even stocking. that is too
short may so seriously deform childs
loot as to cause trouble through life.
Indeed, foot-gear of all sorts should
have. above every thing, length. breadth
and thickness The shoe ought to be at
least halfan-inchl longer than the foot,
with double sole broad enough to save
the upper from touching the ground.
Given the essentials, the closer it sits to
the foot. the better.-Ladies' Home
Journal.
Baked Meal Pudding: One pint of
siftcd meal. half pint molasses. quarter
pound butter, one pint milk. four eggs,
grated rind of an orange. one teaspoon
full cinnamon and nutmeg mixed. Boil
the milk and lopII,- n,-n,. bn Sif+nJ ,,,naI
Warm together the butter and molasses,
and stir them in well. Add the eggs
when the meal is cold. Pour INTO a
dish. and bake well. \ pound of cur
rants or rasins may be added. Serve
hot. with cream and sugar.
The best thing for washing the hair
is hard soap. procured from the kitchen.
Make 4 strong suds, rub it quickly on
the hair, and just as quickly wash it off
again. This removes supcrfluous oil,
and leaves the hair in good condition
for general rubbing and shampooing
with warm water and perfumed toilet
soap. Soap-suds. thickened with give
crime and the white of an egg, are
responsible for the lovely, satiny gloss
to be seen in the back coils of so many
of our pretty society lassies.
Mutton Pudding: One and one-half
ponds of mutton-that which has been
previously cooked will dO-pepper, salt
and Il crust. Line a well-buttered dish
with an ordinary paste. and lay the
mutton in. cut into very small pieces,
season with salt and pepper and cover
over with crust: cut it evenly around
the edge of the dish and pinch the edges
frE,y together: tie the whole in cloth
and place in boiling water; boil about
an hour. then remove the cloth and
turn the pudding on to a hot plate,
cut and serve with white sauce and
carcrS. Should urcoollcd meat be used
more time viii be required for the cook
ing, about an hour longer.-Boston
Herald.