Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-02-20
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
Use ammonia in the water you was



Use ammonia in the water you wash
glass in.
Clean decanters with strips of
coarse, brown paper and cold water,
filling the decanter quite full with the
strips. Tea-leaves, potato-parings and
shot are also used, but nothing gives the
polish of the brown paper.--Ladies'
Home journal.
breakfast Gems.-One egg, one pint
of milk little salt and -four to make
a stiff batter; you will need hot fire,
and the gem pans must be very hot
when you put the batter in; put small
piece of butter in each one before turn
ing in the batter.-Household
The scrubbing of floors should be
done with bath brick dust or sand and
ordinary household soap. The object
of the brick dust or sand is to whiten
the boards. After washing leave ali
the doors and windows open for it to
dry very quickly, which also helps to
whiten the boards.
To prepare cocoanut cones whip
the whites of five eggs to a stiff froth,
adding gradually one pound of powder
ed sugar; then beat in one teaspoonful
powdered arrowroot and one-half pound
OF grated cocoanut. Butter sheet of
writing paper and lay in the baking
pan; mold the cocoanut into small cones
and bake in moderate oven.-N. Y.
World.
-Okra Soup.-Talse small shin of
beef, and, after washing it very thor
oughly, put it on to boil in one gallon
Of water; skim the water as it boils,
and add salt; let it boil about five
hours, then add one onion chopped, one
tablespoonful of chopped parsley, one
fourth of peck of okra and one quart
can of tomatoes; allow all to boil to-
gether an hour and a half longer; re-
move the meat and serve. Boston Her
aid.
The best time for changing the
linen of the patient is in the morning.
When able to bear daily freshening
of the toilet, it should be done as near.
ly as possible at the same hour Be.
for convalescence or strength will per
init of daily toilet, frequent sponging
of the face and hands with tepid water
to which has been added little good
Cologne water, will be found very re.
freshing especially to fever patient
When complete sponging is ordered
If done just before the hour of sleeping
1t will be found much more refreshing
and will conduce to sleep.
Sponge Steak.-Remove carefully
every particle of bone, fat and gristle
also the tough end' from four porter
house or two sirloin steaks; place in &
! stew-pan with just enough water t.
cover them; let them simmer mot boil
until they fall to pieces when take1
from the pan; if the water cooks away
before the meat is done, add little
more, but keep closely covered and Sc,
that all the water is absorbed. Whe1
: cooked, remove from the fire, minc'
very fine, add pepper, salt and catsup t.
taste; press out all the juice, and worl
in an unbeaten egg; with your hands
form into cakes about four inches long
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hot butter, and lay on bed of fresh
green parsley GOOD Housekeeping.
The newest sofa pillows are yer,
3 simply made of china silk plain or fig
ured, and cord and tassels to match
!; Cut large square piece of the silk
j large enough to make both sides of tn
pillow, and fold the corners together il
one common point, but do not joil
them. Instead of letting the edges O
, the silk meet, separate them by a thicl
! putting of silk of a contrasting color, b
l if figured silk is used, take silk whic
will harmonic with one of the figure
: patterns, and after sewing the puff ur
derneath the sections of the larg
square, lace it back and forth with sill
, cord. Of course, the corners are brough
over the stuffed pillow, as it could nc
be done afterward.-N. Y. Ledger.