The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1891-12-29
HOUSEHOLD BREvITIEs.

To make sound bolster cut circu-
lar pieces of ticking for the ends about
twelve inches in diameter and sew
them in fiat.--N Y. World.
-Jumbles --One cupful Of butter,
two cupfuls of sugar, two eggs, one
half cupful of milk or cream, one-half
teaspoonful of soda Mix stiff; roll
out, sprinkle with sugar, and cut in
shapes Good Housekeeping.
Fig Cake.-One cup sugar, scant
half cup butter beaten together, ha If
cup sweet milk, two cups flour and two
teaspoonfuls baking powder. Add
whites of four eggs beaten to stiff
froth. Put layer of cake in a tin, slice
in the figs, then another layer of cake,
more figs, finishing with cake, and
bake. Frost the top and place the figs
cut in bits upon the frosting. Orange
Judd Farmer.
Oyster Pie.-One cup flour, heap
ing, one saltspoon salt, one teaspoon
baking powder, one tablespoon butter,
melted, one-half cup milk. Mix salt
and baking-powder with the flour. Put
the melted butter with the milk, and
stir them into the flour, mixing as soft
as can be handled. Roll out to ft the
top of the dish. Fill deep pudding
dish with oysters, dredge each layer
with flour, salt, pepper and butter.
Cover with the crust. leave an air-hole
in the center and bake quickly. -Bos-
ton Budget
Only the best and largest oysters
should be chosen for frying. Dip them,
one by one, In -four, then in beaten egg,
season with salt and the merest dash of
cayenne, dip again in powdered butter
cracker and fry them in boiling hot fat,
deep enough to float doughnut Turn
them in frying and cook them in all
for four minutes. Drain them thor
oughly, lay them for a moment on
coarse brown paper to absorb any fat
that may cling to them, and serve them
at once In folded napkin on hot dish
accompanied by quarters Of lemon and
wafer-like slices of brown bread, daint-
lily buttered.-N. Y. Tribune.
Cheese Fingers-A quarter of a
pound of puff paste, a pinch of salt,
two ounces of Parmesan cheese, tea-
spoonful of cayenne; take a quarter of
u POuAQ VI pun ptobCs 1A0 I'LL ~ OAhe
thin; then take two ounces of grated
Parmesan cheese, half teaspoonful of
cayenne and pinch of salt; mix these
and strew the cheese over half the
paste, turn the other over it and cut
with sharp knife an inch wide and
any length you like; bake in quick
oven, and serve them quite hot, shak-
ing little grated cheese over them; no
cheese will answer except Parmesan;
the fingers must be piled in n dish,
crossing each other at right angles
Boston Herald.
Baked Bean Soup -This lnexpen-
sive soup is very nice if made right Get
nice white beans and soak one-half pint
in water over night. Drain them in the
morning and add three quarts of boil
ing water; let them simmer in a moder-
ate oven for five hours; when the beans
are soft rub them through sieve and
add one tablespoonful Of tapioca that
you have previously had soaking in
water. If the soup is not of the proper
consistency add boiling water to make
it right Salt and pepper should be
added to suit the taste. Cook half an
hour after adding seasoning and just
before removing from the stove stir in
one cupful of nice sweet cream, then
serve at once Prairie Farmer
r151y Tears IN Siberia.
A Napoleonic veteran has lately re-
turned to st. Petersburg from Siberia.
This old gentleman, who is Pole by
birth and native of wilma, is named
AmitsetzlSy, and has attained the age
p6feoh IS ad5utaht, took part N MS
world-famed expedition to Russia, and
was decorated by the emperor with the
Legion of Honor at the battle of Wa
gram. He was taken prisoner at Ber-
esina, and, receiving pardon from the
Gar, remained for time in the Rus
sian service. But, for having taken
part in the Polish rising of 1882, he was
condemned to twenty years imprison-
ment in the mines of Siberia. On the
termination of his sentence he was free
to quit Siberia, but he mas been forty
years in taking advantage of his per-