Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1880 — HOUSEKEEPERS’ HELPS. [ARTICLE]

HOUSEKEEPERS’ HELPS.

Pineapple Water Ice. —Peel and pound a pineapple and pass through a fine sieve, add the juice of one or two lemons with a gill of water and sugar or sirup to taste ; strain into the freezing pot. An infallible remedy for a rusting teakettle, says an exchange, is to brown coffee in it. A thorough washing of soap and water will remove all the odor and smoke of the coffee, and leave the kettle smooth and free from rust. Rice Chicken Pie. —Cover the bottom of a pudding dish with slices of broiled ham ; cut up a broiled chicken and nearly fill the dish ; pour in gravy or melted butter to fill the dish : add chopped onions, if you like, dr a little curry powder, which is better ; then add boiled rice to fill all interstices and to cover the top thick. Bake it for one-half to threequarters of an hour.

New Carrots with Cream.— Trim a quantity of the smallest new carrots that can he obtained, and boil them in salted water. When done, drain off the water. Melt one ounce of butter in a saucepan, add to it a desert-spoonful of flour, pepper, salt, grated nutmeg, a pinch of powdered sugar, and a small quantity of cream. Put in the carrots, simmer gently a few minutes, and serve. The following process is recommended for cleaning white Shetland shawls. Put the soiled article into a large bowl; throw over it half a teacupful of flour, “dry,” rub thoroughly, as if washing, then thoroughly shake out the flour. If .the article is not clean repeat the process in clean flour. Articles cleaned by this process will retain a new look as long as there is a thread left. Rhubarb Tartlets. —Make a short paste with one white and three yelks of eggs, one ounce of sugar, one ounce of butter, a pinch of salt, and flour quantity sufficient; work it lightly, roll it out to the thickness of a quarter of an inch. Line some patty-pans with it, fill them with uncooked rice to keep their shape, and bake them in a 'moderate oven till done. Remove the rice, and fill the tartlets with rhubarb, stewed with plenty of sugar and a dish of lemon-juice, and at the top put a heaped spoonful of whipped cream. Cherry Pudding. —One quart of scalded milk, not quite a pmt of Indian meal, a scant half pint of sifted flour, four well-beaten eggs, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, a teaspoonful of salt and a pint of whole, ripe cherries. Let the milk stand after heating until tepid ; stir in the meal and flour, removing a table-spoonful to mix the baking-powder with ; add the eggs and salt, then the cherries and baking-powder. Turn into a pudding-mold or bag and steam two hours. Eat with sugar and cream or butter sauce. On a recent official inspection of the St. Petersburg printing offices it was discovered that an amazing quantity of type was wanting. One of the printing offices could not account for the disappearance of 800 pounds of type, and the other for 134 pounds. It* is believed that the type had been carried off by Nihilist printers. Music.—They had been to the opera and heard the finest music by the leading talent. They went home to hear the baby’s wild solo until it was quieted with a dose of Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup, which At once removed the Flatulence