The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-05-07
ElREslnE sHAoMENTs.

IL your coal fire is low throw on a
Ia Tablespoonful of salt, and II will help it
very much.
"A tcaspoonful of kerosene does as
well as II bit of white wax in boiled
starch, and mutton suet is as good as
either TO make plain gloss.
--Escalloped Eggs. Fill the egg dish
with the whites beaten; make hollow
in the center, and put in the unbeaten
yolls; scatter over the top little salt
and pepper, and lay small piece of
butter on the yollS. Bake about two
minutes.
The following process is said to re-
store to a waterproof the original soft
ness: Dissolve a teaspoonful of best
gray lime in half n pailful of water,
wipe the cloak well with n soft cloth
wrung loosely out of this mixture, hang
TO dry and repeat the operation in two
hours.
Wood may be fastened to stone by
the use Of cement made of four parts
of pitch, four parts of pounded brick
dust or chalk, and one part of bccswaX.
Warm it before using and apply thin
coating to the surfaces to be joined
Detroit FREE Press.
-Cauli flower With Cheese Shorten
the stems of cold boiled caulihower;
place IL on fat dish and set it in the
! oven: when LITTLE warmed pour over it
about an ounCe OF hot clarified butter
mixed with some grated Parmcsan or
| other cheese put it again into the oven,
and let il brown; serve Immediately
Boston Budget.
-Cocoanut Custard Beat well, with
out separating, the whites and yollSs
four eggs. add to them scant quart OF
milk, half Il cup sugar, Il teaspoonful
of butter, Il little grated nutmeg and
half cup Of fresh grated cocoanut.
Bake in a steady oven until the custard
is set. Serve very cold.-liousehold
Monthly.
RAISED CalSe.--One cupful of raised
dough, one cupful of molasses, one cup
full of sugar, one-half cupful of butter
one cupful of sour milk, little grated
nutmeg, a cupful of raisins, Il teaspoons
full of soda, two teaspoonfuls of Gin
namon, one-haf teaspoonful of mace
one teaspoonful of Glove, three and one
half cupfuls of flour. Bake slowly
Good housekeeping.
English parlor-maids wear a dis
tinct livery, not often, though occa
sionally, seen in New York houses
This consists usually of a plain long
black or dark woolen skirt, loose
open jacket of the same material, ant
either white vest with gilt or orna
mented buttons, or a vest made of liv
cry stripes. With this are worn cal
and apron-N. Y. Times.
Paste for Toast and Broiled Birds
Mix equal parts of curry powder
or powdered truffies, bread crumbs ant
Drowned flour, the yolll of one hard
boiled egg, grated rind of one-half 1
lemon, one tablespoonful chill sauce,
little butter and a teaspoonful of lemol
juice. Season with salt, cayenne pep
per and nutmeg to taste. Stir over
slow fire until quite brown and thick
Ladies' Home Journal
As all houseReepers know, egg
tarnish silver and the black stain of
hard-boilcd egg, which is due to the sui
phur developed in boiling them, is some
times quite troublesome to remove wit
soap and water alone. 1t can be easil,
removed with common table salt; bu
salt is apt to scratch the silver. a safe
remedy is bicarbonate of soda. Appl
it dry with Il chamois to the staine
metal. Half tCaspoonful will clean
dozen spoons. The silver should after
:. ward be thoroughly washed and po
ished with u dry cloth or chamois N
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