Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-10-15
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

Damp salt will remove the discol-
Grafton of cups and saucers caused by
tea and careless washing. Free
Press.
Wash dusty furniture with warm,
not hot, white soapsuds. in which drop
an ounce of linseed oil in a pail of
water; wipe dry before polishing.
For a simple tea, jam sandwiches,
thin, dainty, and devoid of crust, piled
lightly on a plate, with spread napkin,
are relished sweet.-N. Y. Times.
When your face and ears burn so
terribly battle them in very hot water,
as hot as you can bear it. This will be
more apt to cool them than any cold
application
India ink is made from fine lamp
black compacted and cemented with
glue. The finest black is derived from
pork fat. The glue is made from buff
falo hide.-Scientiic American.
Mock Lemon Pie: One-half cup
vinegar, one-haf cup water, one-half
cup brown sugar, one tablespoon but
ter. Bake in lined pie plates, and when
baked add the whites of two eggs, well
beaten, with two tablespoons of sugar,
ana return 10 oven duo cio"h- beeioAe
Free Press
Ginger Snaps: One large cup mo-
lasses; put in pan, set on stove, add two
heaping tablespoonfuls butter and two
of ground ginger; when it boils and the
butter is melted take off stove, put in a
teaspoonful of cooking soda, and while
it is hot sift in flour enough to roll out
thin: cut and then bake.-Old Home
stead.
-Marblehead Chowder: Fry several
slices of pork, and break up dozen
hard crackers; cut fine four or five
onions. Take out the pork and lay in
half the cracker and half the onions,
then Law in the slices of fish, cod is pre-
ferred, and cover with the rest of the
cracker and onion; season with salt and
pepper, and cover with boiling water.
Cook slowly an hour.-Boston Budget
Cinnamon Bun: One pound -four, a
little salt, quarter pound butter, half
pound sugar, half pound currants thor
oughly washed and heated dry in the
oven. half cake of compressed yeast,
and sufficient lukewarm water to make
dough; mix well, cover, and put in a
warm place to rise; bake in shallow
fore removing from the oven dredge
powdered cinnamon and fine sugar over
the top, putting it back in the oven un-
til the sugar melts.-Old Homestead.
-Sauteing: To 'saute" anything
means to dress it quickly in a small
pan. with a very little butter, oil, lard
or dripping, doing one side at time;
two spoonfuls of oil will be enough to
saute a small chicken in; the art of
sauteing well consists in doing it quick
1y, to keep the gravy and succulence in
the meat; it is an economical mode OF
| dressing small things of every kind OF
food: it is very different from frying,
| which is really boiling in hot fat. d I'd
requires a greater quantity of butter,
| oil, etc-Boston II raid.
| -Sweet-potato pie and Irish pot2tC
pie are both well-known desserts. To
make the sweet-potato pie boil mealy
! sweet potatoes till Il bout half done, then
CRATE them. Beat a half teacup of but
ter and a teacup of sugar to a cream
Add the beaten yollzs of four eggs, the
iuic and grated rind of lemon, and b
degrees the grated potato. Then add q
wine glass of milk. Line the pie plates
merangue. White-potato pies are made
in the same way, with half the quantity
of butter.-N. Y. Tribune.
"A simple method of curing sunburn
is to battle the face before retiring
with a solution of tincture of benzoin
and cold water, in the proportion of a
teaspoonful of the tincture to a cup OF
water. Let it dry on the face for {
few minutes, then rub it with sweet
cream. Wipe it off soon after with {
soft linen towel. In the morning battle
the face in water as hot as you cal
bear with sponge, and then battle i
in cold water, drying it thoroughly
Before applying the benzoin at night
be careful that all dust is removed, ant
that the skin is perfectly clean ant
pure. Take special care to get no ben
zoin in the eyes, as it is very painful
Treat the face in this way for severa
days and all traces of sunburn will dis
appear-N Y. Tribune