Huntsville gazette., 1892-07-30
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Luncn STdckcTs~ OPio
crackers, butter them slightly on eacn
side, dust salt over them, and brown IN
hot oven. They are delicious with
coffee and cheese.-Good Housekeeping.
Snow ball Cake.-One and one-haf
cupfuls Of sugar, three tablespoonfuls
of butter, two-thirds cupful OF milk
two cupfuls of flour, whites of three
eggs, two teaspoonfuls of baking pow.
der, and one-half teaspoonful OF almond
flavoring. Bake in square pan and
ice. Put candied cherries on the icing
at regular intervals, SO one will come
in the center of each piece.-N. Y. Ob-
server.
Whipped Cream with Eggs-Beat
the whites of four eggs until still.
Into them beat carefully four table
spoonfuls of powdered sugar and what
ever f1avoring is desired. Mix into this
one pint of good cream, and whip the
mixture until it is very stiff. 1t can be
served in little dishes or in glasses, or
it is very delicious served on the same
plate with raspberries or blackberrles-
-Demorests Magazine.
Corn Soup.-Chop one can OF corn,
add one pint of cold water, and simmer
twenty minutes; fry two tablespoonfuls
of butter and one small sliced onion to-
gether, then add slowly one quart OF
hot milk; add this to the corn, also one
teaspoonful of salt and half as much
pepper. Rub through sieve and when
it comes to boil again, add the beaten
yolks of two eggs stirred in little cold
milk. Serve with squares OF bread
fried brown in butter.-Home-
Orange Custard-Pare, slice thin,
and remove the seeds from two large
oranges. Put two cups of milk into a
bowl; place the bowl in kettle OF
boiling water, beat together two eggs
and two tablespoonfuls of sugar; when
the milk is hot stir in the eggs and
sugar; when it thickens remove from
the stove. Sprinkle the oranges with
sugar and pour the custard over them.
Serve cold. Bananas, berries or other
fruit may be substituted for the
oranges-Ohio Farmer.
-Turpentine has almost as many
uses in the household as borax. 1t is
good for rheumatism, and, mixed with
camphorated oil and rubbed on tho
chest, one of the best of remedies for
bronchial colds. 1t is an excellent pre-
ventive against moths, although naph-
tina is preferable, the odor leaving
much sooner; it will drive away ants
and roaches if sprinkled about the
shelves and closet; spoonful of it to a
pail of warm water cleans paint excel
lently, and little in the boiler on
washing day whitens the clothes N.
y. Times.
Anybody can wash trousers, either
white or colored," said a tailor the
other day, to one of his customers.
'"The process is perfectly simple il cer-
tain plain directions are carefully fol-
lowed First, wash them thoroughly
in warm soapsuds, only rubbing the
soap on very bad spots; when well
washed, rinse in cold water twice, tax.
ing care that no soap is left in the
goods Then hang out to dry in the
shade; never in the sun. Let the water
drip off, but not wiring them They
should be hung by the waist, and the
moisture that collects at the end 81
each leg pressed off from time to time
with a towel. When nearly dry, but
still damp, they should be turned on
the wrong side and ironed dry; and
finally turn on the right side and
creased. If these directions are fol
lowed there will be no material shrink.
age, and the wooden will be as soft and
bright-looking as ever,-N. Y. Tribune