The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-13
rlnGsIDE FRAGMENTS.

Lemon Sauce; One teacup Of sugar,
one-half teacup butter, one tablespoon.
full of flour. all well mixed together
Add grated rind of one lemon and pint
of boiling water, Boil five minutes.
When ready to serve put in the juice OF
one lemon, Home.
Equal parts of glycerine and bay
rum applied at night is good for rough
hands. For those who dislike the effect
of glycerine, camphor ice or cold cream
will be found beneficial. The white of
an egg and a little powdered alum is
also good.-N. Y. World.
Hermit Cakes: One-half cup butter,
one and one-half cups sugar one cup
currants, three eggs, one teaspoon of
all kinds of spices, one-half teaspoon
soda dissolved in tablespoon of water,
flour enough to roll. Roll thin and cut
with cooky cutter. Keep in well-cov-
cred jar.-Boston Budget.
Cream Mullins: Half pint of flour,
half pint of sweet cream, third teaspoon
full of salt, three eggs. Beat whites of
eggs to stiff froth; beat the yollks thor
oughly; add salt; add the cream very
gradually; stir in the flour and then the
whites very gently. Bake in buttered
gem pans, in quick oven for fifteen
minutes. Detroit Free Press
Preserved Cherries Weigh the
stoned cherries, allowing ten pounds Of
sugar to twelve pounds of fruit. Put
fruit and sugar together in a large jar;
let it stand over night. The next day
drain off the juice and cook till it begins
to thiclen, then add the cherries and
cook till as thick as desired. viii keep
in stone jars. Cover with buttered
paper when cold and tie extra layers
over. r.-Housekeeper.
Silver Pie: Peel and CRATE one large
white potato, add the juice and grated
rind of one lemon, the beaten white OF
one egg, one cupful of fine white sugar,
one cupful of cold water, bake in nice
paste. Beat the white of three eggs
stiff, add half cupful of sugar, and
flavor with lemon, spread on the pie
and brown delicately. Just before
taking it to the table lay on small
pieces of jelly or jam, to be eaten fresh
Boston Herald.
.-Stewed Cucumbers: Peel the cucum
bers, cut them into halves, then into
quarters, and then into eighths, boil il
salted water for fifteen minutes Have
ready two slices of toast, cut them ir
two, and spread lightly with butter
Lift the cucumbers carefully with &
skinner, and place them on the but
tered toast. Make sauce with one
tablespoonful of flour, one of butter
and half pint of milk, season with
salt and pepper, and pour over the GU
umbers-Demorest's Monthly.
Eastern Plum Pudding: Two ant
one-half cupfuls of flour, one cup O.
milk, one-half cupful sugar, two table
spoonfuls butter, two heaping teaspoon
fuls baking powder, whites of three
! eggs, about quart of apples cut up ant
sliced. Rub butter and sugar together
beat whites of eggs to stiff froth, mil
the flour and baking powder, add mill
to butter and sugar, stir in the fou,
with baking powder, add beaten whites
pour into buttered cooking dish sticl
full of apples, add one teaspoon of va
, nilla; bake in moderate oven three
quarters of an hour. Sprinkle fou
over the top after putting IN the apples
When the kitchen range is ''cleanec
out" there will be found in the flu
under the oven considerable Quantity
of gray dust. 1t is not ashes exactly
nor yet SCOT, but q smoke deposit, a
near akin to lampblacl as coal fire i
able to produce, soft, light, impalpable
finer than the finest -four. Not man,
among those who throw this into tn
ash bin are probably aware that this i
the best thing in the world for polish
ing tinware, far surprising all the pre-
pared powders and pastes sold for tina
purpose. Apply it to the tin with
damp cloth, and a few strokes will pro
duce such luster as is on new ware o
as the engraver puts upon his zinc plate
by the use of charcoal. al.-Boston Budget