Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-03
HOUSEHOLD eREvITIES-

yellow spots on the linen or cotton
produced by the iron may be removed
by setting them in the broiling sun
A dado is not advisable in a low.
small room, nor is wide frieze- The
ceiling paper should be in a very small
figure, as should the wall paper.
To destroy rats and mice. take pow
der of sciIla maritime, half an ounce,
and mix it with strong smelling cheese
Roll up into little balls and place in the
haunts. Very effcaciouS Detroit Free
Press
-BunS-Take two eggs, one cup OF
sugar. half a cup of butter, half a cup
of milk, one teaspoon of cream tartar,
half a teaspoon of soda and teaspoon
of extract of lemon. Bake in cup tins
Farm 3nd Home
The soap-saver is a useful little
utensil 1t is box of Wire net with
long handle attached The soap is
placed in it. and If shaken in q pan of
dishwater. will produce a strong suds
without the slightest waste
Spun candy may be made after
fashion with fork. When the sugar
has reached the proper degree, if
four-tined fork be dipped in and drawn
slowly out it will spin a thread. which
may be wrapped around framework
of whatever you may choose
Shrimp FritterS-One plate pre-
pared shrimps chopped into a batter
made of three eggs. half-cup of milk.
ed butter, bread-crumbs to make stiff
batter. Fry in boiling lard and serve
very hot-Ladies' Home Journal
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beef very fine with sharp knife Pour
a pint of cold water over it. and let 1t
stand for several hours in a double
boiler on the back of the stove, where
it will heat to the boiling point but not
| boil When the juice is all extracted
| from the meat, so that the meat is
white, drain off the liquid and salt to
taste.-N. Y. World
-Scallops of Halibut With Cucum-
bers--Cut pound of fresh halibut in
small pieces put it over the fire in a
hot frying-pan containing two table
| spoonfuls of butter, season 1t with salt
and pepper and fry it quickly until it
begins to brown. Meanwhile peel and
slice a dish of fresh cucumbers. dress
them with salt pepper and vinegar,
with salad oil if it is desired Serve
the halibut scallops and cucumb ers
with a dish of boiled new potatoes
Springfield Republican
-Gooseberry Pie.-Pick off the stems
| and blossoms of your gooseberries,
wash them and pour enough boiling
water over them to cover them Let
| them stand few minutes and then
drain them. Line your pie-plates with
paste, fill them with the fruit. and add
three-quarters of pound of sugar to a
| pint of fruit Dredge little flour over
the top and cover with a lid of paste,
leave an opening in the center to per
NIT the steam to escape, and bake
them.-Boston Budget
| French Pudding.-Pare and core
eight apples Steam until tender Boil
one cupful of sugar, half a cuptul of
| water. the juice of one orange and OF
lemon together for six or eight minutes
Put the steamed apples in the bottom
of a deep pudding-dish. pour over the
boiling sirup and set it on ice to cool
Boil little more than a pint of milk,
! beat in the yolks of three eggs with
half a cupful OF sugar; take from the
| fire and add ten finely powdered maca-
rooms. with teaspoonful of extract of
| vanilla Fill the holes in the apples
with peach preserves, pour the custard
| over and set in a moderate oven twenty
minutes Beat the whites of three eggs
| with powdered sugar, to make stiff,
heap over the top of the pudding, and
brown Set on ice to cool and serve
! very cold--Housekeepe