The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-10-10
BY rs. WILLIAM KING
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life ebbed away. We had named him Grady,
after Georgia great and good man we ,; en-
llttle thinking his stay on earth would be so
short. But we have one consolation-we can
go to our darling some day il we will hold
out faithful to the end.
wish to know the whereabouts Of my cous-
ms, j. Frank Fink. When last heard from
he WAS in LANCASTER, Dallas county Tex;
The information will be thankfully received.
Household: l wish to express my appreciation
and | am sure l voice the sentiments Of the
entire kmgdonl-of Mrs. Kings descriptive
to favor US with them. She has the rare
talent of describing scenes in way that
takes the reader with her as an eyewitness.
If we have them already it is like going
over the ground again, and gives additional
pleasure.
cake Will roll their culrants In corn meal be-
fore stemming them, they will not stick to
the fingers; the meal washes off easily. Run
your cocoanut through sausage grinder, II
You prefer the fresh to the desiccated, and
it will facilitate things wonderfully.
| wish to say again that / cannot reply to
letters which do not enclose postage. Almost
every mail brings letters of that description.
ters very much, but like those most that tell
of your experiences in housekeeping and of
things that help you in your WORK;
tracts much cheaper than to buy them, ana
always be sure Of having pure article, Take
ten nice oranges or dozen lemons and CRATE
off the yellow part down to the white being
careful not to get any of the inner skin with
il. This contains the oil that gives value TO
the extract. Put it in glass bottle or fruit
jar, pour over it quart OF alcohol and let it
stand two or three weeks, then strain and
bottle. Keep 1t tightly corked. If it does
not seem. strong enough after straining add
more peeling and let it stand as before.
Candied orange and lemon peel are used In
them in ukewarm water to soak two or three
days TO extract the bitter flavor. The water
the same temperatures; then put the parngs
into fresh water and boil until they are so
tender that they can be pierced with q straw.
Drain off the water and put the peel into a
thick syrup of graduated sugar and boil
slowly until nearly all the sugar is absorbed.
Spread the peel on pIatters, pour thS rest of
the syrup on it and dry in warm oven If
You do not have enough paringS at once
make a brine OF salt and water ana put them
IL it as they accumulate. When ready to
use them, soak in clear water until fresh, then
boil in the syrup.
a delicious jelly may be made of oranges.
Melt half q box geatine in q pint Of water
Add the juice Of six large oranges strained
through cheese cloth. one cupfui OF powdered
sugar and the strained juice of one lemon.
Mix thoroughly with the dissolved gelatne
and set out the back of the stove a few
minutes, but do not let it boil. Four into
molds.
/ wish 1 could write an interesting descrip-
non OF my home Us many of you have done.
but 1t Is Kansas farm, with only one house
in sight, O few c0rntit.lds now dry and dead
looking, Il few orchard trees and nothing else
AS far as the eye cNn reach but unduiattng
prairie IL Is a pretty country in the spring
when the grass is green, but ] could not i'm
aGlno a more lonely looking place than the
prairi@S in the fall and winter To one who
has been accustomed the most Of their lives
to the milo winters of the southern states. the
fierce winds and sudden bgzards OF Kansas
seem terrible but one gets more used to them
as the years roll by. and, after all, it is home