The record-union., 1899-06-25


When properly prepared stewed Gu
cumbers are as delicate and delicious
as cream caulifower. They should be
peeled and cut into quarters before they
are arranged carefully in the bottom
OF a baking pan. Pour over enough
boiling water to cover them, add
teaspoonful of salt, and stew gently
for twenty minutes. When tender they
Rre removed from the fire, drained and
served en- a platter of toast, with
rich drawn butter sauce poured around
them.
The following recipe for homemade
peanut candy may be found useful IN
making preparations for summer
church sales and lawn entertainments.
A quart of peanuts are shelled, skinned
and rolled fine, this quantity ninng
; evenly a coffee cup. A heaping coHee
cupful of granulated sugar is put into
q porcelain lined saucepan, ana set
over a very hot fire to be stirred untli
it melts, which it should do very quick
ly. Before this the peanuts are put Ill
the oven to heat through. and pans
are buttered and set on the back OF
the range to be kept hot AS soon as
the last of the sugar is melted, pour
the hot peanuts into it, take directly
from the fire. and pour into the hot
buttered pans To be at it's best, the
candy should be thin and crisp when
cold. Broken into pieces and packed
in small boxes lined with paraffine
paper, it usually finds a ready sale.
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To Loosen q Tight Stopper-Apply
hot water to the neck of the bottle,
which will expand, while the stopper
retains the former temperature and be-
comes loose. In the case Of bottle
containing smelling salts dip the neck
and stopper in vinegar or solution OF
= citric acid then place the bottle in
basin of hot water and the stopper
will easily come out.
In a recent discussion which followed
a paper presented by well-known
educator upon the subject, "Responsi-
. bilities of Parents" the statement was
made, and generally indorsed by the
persons present, that occupation was
the safeguard of the parent for the
control of the difficult child. Following
an inquiry by some one for ways to
keep the children constantly occupied,
one mother rose and told her expert
ence. Il am as careful she said, "of
my little store of possible occupations
as if they were precious gems
actually borrow books from friends for
the purpose. of affording errands for
my boys, who return them. I keep
notes written to friends-notes that are
often on most trivial matters, and oc-
casionally to intimates. merely state
ments of the fact that the note Is sent
to get the bearer out of some impend-
ing mischief I have learned how to
detect the signs of a growing dis
turbance among my four boys, and |
have often, at these times gone into
the room in the most hurried and inn
portant way, singled out the ringleader
and sent him off in impressive haste
to deliver one Of my accumulated mes
sages. I keep an interesting book in
reserve to hand out at a critical mo-
ment, or delay the delivery of peri
odical for a few hours, perhaps, until
I see the moment when it will do the
most good. I never let the youngsters
suspect my reason for these different
errands and employments. and in con-
sequence the end 1 seek is usually ac-
complished." A good many of the
mothers present took mental note of
this suggestion which applies to girls
as to boys, and in the case of the
former the occupation could undoubt-
edly be more readily found.
Ink stains, when quite fresh may be
removed by washing the article first in
pure water, and, secondly, in soapy;
lastly rubbing the stain in lemon juice.
If an old stain oxalic acid is the only
thing to apply. Milk and coffee or tea
stains on silk dresses may be removed
with a mixture of five parts glycerine
and five parts of water, with a fifth
part of ammonia. First try Small
piece of the silk to see whether the ana
monia changes the color of the silk;
If so, leave out the ammonia. Apply
the mixture with soft brush, ana
leave it on all night; then rub with a
clean cloth If the material stained is
woolen use one ounce Of glycerine, nine
ounces of water and half an ounce OF
ammonia. Apply several times with a
brush, then rub with cloth. For gravy
stains on silk wash first with soap and
water; then rub with turpentine. Stains
from alka1ies or soap will usually yield
to lemon Juice or white vinegar. 1t is
a good thing to keep a bottle of am
monia. turpentine and henzine in the
house: also one of purified oxgall With
one or other Of these spots and stains
may be removed. Turpentine and BEN
zine should be applied with flannel,
ammonia with piece of the same ma
terial as the article operated upon and
oxgall with sponge.
A New York woman says that the
dessert most esteemed in her list for
the ehildren's eating is fruit pop-overs.
This is an ingenious adaptation of the
breakfast pop-overs to the service OF
pastry puffs. The pop-overs are made
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