Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-10-08
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

TO remove rust from knives cover
the blades with sweet oil for day or
two and then rub with a lump of lime.
-Raisin Cake: One and one-half cups
of sugar one cup of milk, oue-haIf cup
of butter, one cup of raisins two and
half cups of flour, one egg. two tea
spoonfuls of baking powder.-Chicago
Herald.
Floral bedrooms please many peo-
Piles fancy. A yellow poppy paper has
a cretonne dado in yellow and cream
The ceiling paper is cream-colored. The
curtains and bed-spread are of yellow
and cream-colored cretonne. The paint
has a creamy tone, and the carpet is
pale blue.
To prevent unframed oil paintings
from sticking together, whether in
storing or packing them, proceed as
follows: Cut ordinary corks in halves
and insert needles into them. Stick
these into the corners of the canvas,
and by this means the pictures will be
kept effectually apart
Carrot Pudding: Twenty carrots,
boiled and strained; two cups of butter,
one pint of sugar, the yolks of twelve
and whites of six eggs, one nutmeg,
one pint of milk. Bake in shallow
pudding dish, lined with rich paste
rolled very thin. Partly cool before
serving Free Press.
Grab farcies' is as delicious an
entree as can be had for dinner or a
.'high tea" Pick all the meat from a
good-sized boiled crab (you will need
one for each person.. Chop it in very
small pieces Mix it with rather more
than a quarter it's weight of bread
crumbs; season with pepper, salt and
plenty of butter, and return to the shell.
Squeeze in little lemon juice, put a
thick layer of bread crumbs on the top
with small bits of butter laid over
them: place the shells in the oven to
brown the crumbs, and when done
serve very hot.-N. Y. Tribune.
Here is an idea for those who are
artistic and original. 1t is something
new and very pretty and consists OF
providing your own designs for en-
broidery, taking them directly from
nature. This is how you can do it.
Flowers are preserved by dipping them
in melted paraffine By moistening
white paper with benzine it becomes
translucent, then you can sketch i'm
pressions of the flowers. When the
paper dries it again is Opaque and the
impression sketched remains.-N. Y.
Advertiser.
! "A Choice Venison Steak: Have the
steak cut about an inch thick. 1t may
be cut from the loin or leg. For one
pound of steak put in the graniteware
dish one tablespoonful of butter. Place
orar tho liUbted lamp and when the
butter is so hot that it begins to color
SLIGHTLY Law the steak in it and dredge
| lightly with salt and pepper Cook for
six minutes, turning the steak four
| times. Keep the dish covered Will, Ihe
| steak is cooking. Serve on very hot
plates. Cold-boiled sweet or white po-
| tatoes can be fried in another dish and
served with the steak.-Ladie5' l. me
| Journal.
| Chicken Salad: Clean and SINCE two
| large, fat. full-grown chickens, and
steam until tender. Cut the meat all
| off the bones. Chop the white parts
into small pieces Cut fine equal guam
titles of fine white celery. Mix well to-
| cether, and add four hard boiled eggs,
chopped fine, to every quart of the
| chicken and celery. Stir in half a tea
cupful of salad oil. with tablespoon
full of mustard, and teaspoonful each
of pepper and salt. Beat three raw
eggs together and pour in the dressing,
mixing in with One-half cupful of vine
gar, and q Tablespoonful of lemon juice.
Garnish with celery tops. Set on ice
a few minutes before serving.-Good
Housekeeping.