The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-07-30
ElREslnE FRAGMENTS.

If the soles of pegged boots or shoes
are occasionally oiled the shoes will be
easier, the soles will last longer and the
pegs will not get loose in the leather.
Fried Sweet Potatoes. Bake for
half an hour, then pare and cut in slices,
and season with pepper and salt. Heat
in a pan some pork, ham, or chicken fat
Cover the pan with sliced potato; brown
on one side, then turn and brown on the
other. Serve hot.-Good Housekeeping.
strawberry Acid. Dissolve four
ounces of tartaric acid in two quarts of
water and pour it over two gallons OF
ripe Strawberries; let stand twenty
four hours and drain the liquor off; to
every pint of juice add one and one-haf
pounds of loaf sugar; boil, let stand
three days and bottle. A few spoons
ful in n glass of ice water makes de-
lightful drink.-Boston Budget.
"A recent writer gives good sug-
gestion concerning the washing of
glass or china with gold decorations.
Such should never be put into strong
soap suds or water with washing com
pounds. They should be washed with
IL sponge in clear water and dried on
soft linen cloths or with tissue paper.
In this way the gold will never wear
of.-N. Y. Times.
Cup Custards. s.-Beat thoroughly
three eggs; add three tablespoonfuls of
sugar and three teacupfuls of milk.
Use any havoring you may prefer.
Pour into cups, place the cups in pan
of hot water and bake in well-heated
Ill H., rhran
eggs, three tablespoonfuls of sugar and
three teacups of milk is a very good
proportion for all custards, and is easily
remembered, being tablespoonful of
sugar and cup of milk for each egg
Ohio Farmer.
Sandwich for Picnics. Boil four
eggs hard and mash the yolks until
smooth. Then rub in carefully table,
spoonful of olive oil, or if butter be pre-
ferred it can be used melted. Add a
pinch of salt, little cayenne pepper,
and mustard spoonful of mixed mus
| tard. Rub them all together until per.
fectly smooth. Then spread the mix
ture on thin slices of buttered bread
and turn them together. If fond of the
b, white of egg, cut the whites into very
thin rings and put one layer in eact
sandwich. .-Demorest's Magazine.
Beef Olivea--Have about one pound
thin steak cut in four or five pieces
brush them over with egg, and sprinkle
with tablespoonful of minced savoury
herbs, a little pepper and salt, and rol
up the pieces tightly, fastening then
with small skewer. Put them witt
one pint of stock into stewpan tina
will exactly hold them, that they may
keep their shape better. Stew then
gently for an hour and half, talk
them out, remove the slSewers, thicker
the gravy with butter and flour, anC
add little catsup to flavor it, pour owe
the meat and serve e.-HouselSeeper.
Active children are very apt to tum
BILE about in summer, when they hav
free privilege to roam out of doors, an,
they sometimes sustain severe bruises
While they are too trivial to require
physician, it will save pain and blacl
and blue spots to keep a soothing lotto
in the house, which will reduce tn
local inflammation. The most effectiv
and simplest remedy is one part arnic
TO five parts water. When a seriou
bruise has been sustained, of course
clear arnica may be applied, but this
not necessary for ordinary cases.
should be remembered, however, tha
arnica is poisonous, and for that reaso
should be labeled and kept safely locke
out of reach of people who make mi
takes and of meddlesome children
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