The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
ElaeslpE FRAGMENTS.


1T saves time and leather to have
broom, brush and dustpan for every
floor in the home.
To arrest hiccough close both ears
with the fingers with pressure, while a
few swallows of liquid are taken.
Banana Custard: One quart milk,
two eggs, one heaping tablespoon corn
starch four tablespoons sugar, three
bananas cut in thin slices. When GUS
tard is cool pour over the fruit. House
keeper
Instead OF putting food into the
oven to keep hot for late comers try
covering it closely with tin and setting
it over basin of hot water. This plan
will keep the food hot and at the same
time prevent it from drying.
Never wash cups, plates, or knives
used in the sick room with those of the
family. Scarlet fever and other infec-
tious diseases have been spread in this
way. Do not eat in the sick persons
room or partake of anything that has
been left there.
When decanters and carafes become
so discolored inside that shot or fine
Goals will not cleanse them fill the bot
tie with finely-chopped potato skins,
cork tightly, and let the bottle stand
for three days, when the skins will fer
ment. Turn out and rinse; the bottle
will be as bright and clean as when
new.
What to do with cold beefsteak:
Chop the best and most tender portions,
add hot water enough to moisten slight
ly, heat quickly and serve at once as
soon as hot. Add butter, salt and pep
per. The tough parts of steak or of
roast beef are much more palatable If
boiled first in water to cover until ten
der. Then use them in any of the ways
given for cold meat, as croquettes, hash,
mince on toast, stew, ragout, meat and
potatoe pie, braised meat, etc.-Boston
Budget.
To remove grease spots from books
scrape some French chalk or take pow
dered whiting and lay as much on the
grease spot, both sides, as will cover it
Then press Il moderately hot fatiron or
the spot, covering the powder with 4
small piece of blotting or common brown
paper. The heat will dissolve the
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chalk. If it does not all come out the
first time repeat the process until it il
all removed. old Homestead.
Roast Apples: Take nice firm ap
pies, core and peel them, and place il
an eathern dish. Fill the centers will
sugar, and fill the dish one-third full o
cold water, sprinkling two tablespoon
fuls of sugar in it. Bake in a quicl
oven until they can be easily stucl
through with fork. The result will
be beautiful amber balls with jellieC
syrup to pour over them. A thin slic
of lemon could be baked on each apple
or drop of vanilla, or Glove stuck il
the middle of each apple makes pleas
ing variety. Housekeeping.
Lemon Cakes: Take one pound o
powdered sugar, three-fourths of
pound of flour, fourteen eggs, two table
spoonfuls of rose water, the grated rin'
and juice of four lemons. When tn
yolks are we'll beaten up and separate,
add the powdered sugar lemon and ros
water. Beat them well in pan o
bowl with round bottom till it be
comes quite light-say for half an hour
Put in the frothed whites and bea
lightly. When mixed, place the bate
in well CREASED pans (small oval tins
and place an icing over the tops if de
sired. Detroit Free Press.