The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-10-28
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

A strong solution Of alum, to which
has been added little glycerine and
vinegar, is a cure for mosquito bites
Detroit Free Press.
Sugar Cookies: One egg, two cups
sugar, one cup butter, one cup sour
cream, one teaspoonful saleratus, one
nutmeg; enough flour to mix as soft as
you can handle and roll thin.-Old
Homestead.
Sham towels, to be thrown over
those in use upon the rack, are embel-
lished at one end with quaint landscapes
or figures, though the latest fancy dis
plays garlands of flowers, delineated
with long stitch in silks Of natural col
ors-N. Y. World.
To relieve headache put one tea
spoonful Of liquid ammonia in cup Of
hot water. Take one teaspoonful Of
the milky looking liquid every hour or
half hour, according to the severity Of
the pain. 1t never fails to give relief.
Detroit Free Press.
A nice way to prepare apples for
the table is to remove the cores from
sound apples and simmer till tender in
preserving kettle, between layers Of
grape vine leaves, covering the kettle
closely. When done but not broken.
brush the apples over with white Of
egg and dredge with powdered sugar
N. Y. World.
Chocolate Cake: One cup butter,
two cups white sugar, three cups flour,
four eggs, one cup of sweet milk and
two teaspoonsful baking powder; bake
one-half in a square tin. Add to the
remaining half one-half cupful grated
chocolate, one tablespoonful of mo-
lasses, yelks of two eggs, and a little
more -four; bake in the same sized tin
and put together with chocolate icing;
also ice the top. -Detroit Free Press.
--Pot-Roasted Duck: After the birds
are picked (the best feathers put in a
muslin bag and hung in the sun to dry,
drawn and thoroughly washed place
in pot of boiling water, with a table
spoonful of salt. Boil until very tender
which will require from one to two
hours. Have only enough water to
keep the ducks cooking, SO that it may
all boil away at the last, and the duck.
"brown down. in the pot. --Good House
keeping.
Lobster Currie: Fry two onions il
half an ounce of butter, until they are
nicely Drowned. Mix one tablespoon
full and a half of currie powder will
half pint of good gravy, and put Thu
with the fried onions into q stewpan
then take the meat from a large lobste
and cut it into rather small pieces; ado
it to the gravy and onions with table
spoonful Of vinegar or lemon juice
Simmer slowly for about half an hour
and serve.-Boston Herald. 4
Il Little Pigs in Blankets: Fighter
large oysters, an equal number of slice
of homeless breakfast bacon and plat
of toast should be allowed for thre
persons. Get the bacon where the,
use machine for cutting it, and hav,
it cut as thin as shaving. If you ca
not get it cut in this way, it is better t
buy the bacon in the piece and cut
with sharp knife yourself The slice
should be so thin that one could almos
see through them. Wrap each oyste
in slice of the bacon, and fasten
with a wooden toothpick. Light tn
lamp, having the wicks rather higl
and place the graniteware dish over i
In few moments put in as many 'littl
pigs" as will lie fiat on the bottom c
the pan. Turn constantly with for
until they are brown on both side
serve at once on slices of toast. -Ladie
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