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then let all boil about one minute: settle
with one-half cup cold water. Cover n
let stand three to five minutes. Makes
four cups More milk may be added when
serving. to suit taste. Very good and
cheap.
FOR COUNTRY HOUSEWIFE.
To Cure Pork-For so pounds pork
Shoulder and hams) use three ounces salt
peter. three ounces brown sugar, three
pints salt. one ounce soda. Mix all to-
gcther and rub meat we'll with mixture.
Let 1t lie five days and repeat until meat
mas been rubbed three times, then let it
lie five days. when hang up and smoke il.
Use plain salt on sides.
Putting Down S~ausage-TO one gallon
water add one cup brown sugar and one
half cup salt; put in sausage, cut into
pieces about Il DOT in length and boil
about ~ minutes. Pack sausage into
Jars. This mixture will be enough to cook
four gallons. Pour the juice over tho
sausage, weight down with "A plate and
tie up: keep in n dry place. This will
keep until summer.
FOR A COLD.
Cut an onion in round slices. add one
tablespoon sugar. let stand till it draws
Il juice. This, given to children for a
cough. is Very good and also healing.
10 WASH VELVETEEN.
Velveteen is washable if properly
done
Use a soapy water. same as for fan
nels: rinse thoroughly; do not wiring
by twisting. but press out water with
the hands.
Shake and hang to dry near the
stove. with right side toward heat,
which raises the nap.
DARNING ON THE MACHINE.
Mems trousers which are worn or
torn can be mended neatly and quickly
by basting patch underneath and darn
ing top down to patch by stitching
back n forth on machine with silk
thread the color of article mended.
l darn my table cloths, napkins and
towels on machine, when they first
show signs of breaking, by stitching
back and forth. without a patch; when
Numbered the machine stitching can
not be noticed.
CANDIES.
January thaw: Two cups brown
sugar, one-half cup milk, butter size
of walnut, one cup nuts.
Put sugar n milk in saucepan, let
It dissolve slowly, add butter and let
boil until 1t forms q ball when dropped
into cold water.
Remove from stove. add chopped
nuts, beat well, turn into buttered pan
and when cool cut into This
is fine.
DOUGHNUTS IN RHYME.
One cup sugar one of milk,
Two eggs beaten fine as silk.
Salt and nutmeg demon will dol,
OF baking powder, teaspoons two;
Lightly STIR the Jour in.
Roll on pietboard, not too. hin;
Cut in diamonds. twists or rings.
DROP with care the doughty things
Into fat that swiftly swells
Evenly the spongy cells:
with care the time for turning. :
Fry them brown just short OF burning;
Roll in sugar. serve when cool,
h is u never-failing rule.
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USEFUL ARTICLES FROM OLD
STOCKINGS.
Play Mittens for the Children-Place
child's hand or In old mitten, with
slightly extended, on top of old
.stockins, little finger side of hand on
fold of stocking; then start at tip of
little finger and draw with chalf the
shape Of hand; sew on sewing ma
chine, following lines. then cut out and
turn. You have a neat, war; mitteh.
Underdrawers for Baby. from Old
Stocking Legs-Cut top down about
half way and sew together. Hem top
and run rubber through. AS these are
black they do not soil easily and can be
with very little trouble.
Rugs-COmmence at top and cut
round and round an old stocking leg, q
strip an inch wide, until foot 10 reached.
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ball. All col0rs Of stockings and socks
can be used. II these are woven into
rugs honeycomb style they will last for
years
THE TABLE.
Ham Bone Soup-Pour water on and put
over to cook: when Il boils up good put
In carrots. onions ana rice. When cooked
put dumplings In. Leave q little meat on
bone, but don't have n fat. It makes
fine soup.
Potato Biscuits-Two cups mashed pota-
toes. two-thirds cup melted lard and butt
three eggs, two cups water. salt. two
tablespoons sugar. n yeast cake, Hour
to allow handling, mix all to-
gether. let rise hve hours. then cut In
pieces, let rise again. This will
AXE nix dozen biscuits: very light and
gcalloped Tomatoes Take one-half
pound broken :macaroni. put on in one
quart boiling water, d one teaspoon
salt: boil slowly : minutes. then drain
water OH. Fake one quart canned toma-
toe. put In dish alternately with macAro-
n until both are used. add ! little butter
and dash ct salt ard pepper ON each layer.
cover vessel (granita Or saluminum). bake
one-halfa hour Ootveihot.
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