The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-14
L DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

oratlon OF cups and saucers caused by
tea and careless washing.-Detroit Free
Press.
Wash dusty furniture with warm,
not hot, white soapsuds. in which drop
an ounce of linsccd oil in pail of
water; wipe dry before polishing.
FOR simple tea, jam sandwiches,
thin, dainty, and devoid of crust, piled
lightly on Il plate, with spread napkin,
are Il 'relished swect.-N. y. Times.
When your face and ears burn so
terribly battle them in very hot water,
as hot as you can bear it. This will he
more apt to cool them than any cold
application.
India ink is made from fine lamp
black compacted and ccmentcd with
glue. The finest black is derived from
pork fat. The glue is made from buff
falo hidc.-Scicntific American.
Mock Lemon Pie: Onc-half cup
vinegar, onc-half cup water, one-half
cup brown sugar, one tablespoon but
ter. Bake in lined pie plates, and when
baked add the whites of two eggs, we'll
beaten, with two tablespoons of sugar,
and return to oven and brown.-Detroit
Free Press.
Ginger Snaps: One large cup mo-
lasses; put in pan, set on stove, add two
heaping tablcspoonfuls butter and two
OF ground ginger; when it boils and the
butter is melted take off stove, put in n
tcaspoonful of cooking soda, and while
1T is hot sift i'll flour enough to roll out
thin; cut and then balle.-Old Home
stead.
Cinnamon Bun: One pound -four, n
little salt, quarter pound butter, half
pound sugar, half pound currants thor
oughly washed and heated dry in the
oven. half Il cake of compressed Yeast,
and sufficient lukcwarm water to make
a dough; mix well, cover, and put in n
warm place to rise; bake in shallow
pans in moderate 'ovcn, and just be-
fore removing from the oven drcdgc
powdered cinnamon and fine sugar over
the top putting it back in the oven un-
til the sugar mclts.-Old Homestead.
-Sautcing: TO "sautc" ANYTHING
means to dress it quickly in small
pan, with very little butter, oil. lard
or dripping, doing one side at IL time;
two spoonfnls of oil will be enough to
saute Il small chicken in; the art of
sautcing well consists III doing it quick
ly, to keep the gravy and succuence in
the meat; it is an economical mode of
dressing small things of every kind of
food; it is very different from frying,
which is really boiling in hot fat. and
requires Il greater quantity of butter,
oil, etc.-Boston Herald
--Swcct-potato pie and Irish potato
pie are both wcll-llnown desserts. TO
make the swcet-potato pie boil mealy
sweet potatoes till about half done, then
CRATE them. Beat Il half tcacup of but
ter and teacup of sugar to cream.
Add the beaten yollls of four eggs, the
juice and grated rind of IL lemon, and b
degrees the grated potato. Then add IL
wine.glass of milk. Line the pie plates
with this mixture and cover with the
meranguc. Whitepotato pies are made
in the same way, with half the quantity
of buttcr.-N. Y. Tribune.
A simple method of curing sunburn
is to battle the face before retiring
with Il solution of tincture of benzoin
and cold water, in the proportion of IL
teaspoonful of the tincturc to cup of
water. Let it dry on the face for Il
! few minutes, then rub it with sweet
cream. Wipe it off soon after with n
soft linen towel. In the morning battle
| the face in water as hot as you can
bear with sponge, and then battle it
in cold water, drying it thoroughly.
Before applying the benZoin at night
be careful that all dust is removed, and
that the skin is perfectly clean and
pure. Take special care to get no ben
zoin in the eyes, as it is very painful.
Treat the face in this way for several
days and all traces of sunburn will dis
appear.-N. y. Tribune.