Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1892 — Hints to Housekeepers. [ARTICLE]

Hints to Housekeepers.

Always use a wooden spoon or fork to stir salads. The best way to fry apples Is to halve them, remove core, put some butter in frying-pan and put In the halves, the cut side down; then add a little water and let boil dry; then fry. While baking do not open your oven doors only on a crack, as fanning in cold air makes the cake falL To fringe celery, cut it in pieces two inches long, stick several needles into a cork, and comb the celery with it, or split it down into several parts with a sharp knife. Throw into cold water to curl. This is a very appetizing relish, also, with vinegar, pepper, and salt. Always Bake a tester in a small pan first, to see if your dough is right; if your cake is too solid put in a few teaspoonfuls of milk; if too soft it will fall in the middle and be spongy or crumbly; add one tablespoonful, or a little over, of flour. To serve oysters on the half-shell, clean the shells thoroughly, open them carefully, and place those to which the oysters adhere upon an oyster plate, arranging them in a circle about the outside of the plate, with a piece of lemon in the center. The order of washing dishes is of some importance. Glass should be taken first, then silver, flhen china. If there is a specially Ichoice dish, search it out, wash and wipe it by itself, and immediately set it away, that the chances of breakage may be reduced to a minimum. After the dishes are done, carefully smld, rinse and dry dishcloth and towels. If they can be dried in the open air, so much the better. An admirable method of preparing chicken for traveling luncheons, etc., is as follows: Use only a young and tender fowl. Clean, split it down the back, and wipe perfectly dry. Season with salt and pepper, and sprinkle on a small quantity of (lour. Place the chicken in a pan, add water and bake for an hour, .basting frequently. Do not use any butter, even if the chicken is a very lean one, for the oil in the meat is intensely disagreeable where the lattar has to be eaten froih the fingers. Cut in small pieces for the lunch. It is a fact that in a far greater number of cases the bullying and insulting conduct of opposing counsel amounts to a real outrage. It would seem that only “shyster” lawyers would be guilty of such injustice. Whether this bullying and nagging conduct ip or is not confined to those who do not stand highest at the bar, it is oertain that witnesses have at least some rights which even lawyers arn bound to respect. It is, of course, the lawyer’s purpose, in his irritating and sometimes insulting questions, to exasperate th« witness and cause him to lose temper ou the stand. The witness is entitled giftener than Tie gets it to the protection of the court —Hartford Timet

Elsewhere 1b thli Issue we publish the particulars of a remarkable cure that fairly outrivals the celebrated case of John Marshall, of Hamilton, which created aacb a sensation thrcfaghout the country. The particulars pf this cate are vouched for by the Albany EvAnlng Journal, recognised ss the lead n* newspaper at the New York State caudal, and one of the leading papers of the United States. There is, therefore, no room to doubt that the particulars of the case are accurately und carefully set forth, In every reap ret true, and must therefore prove of the d-epe-t Interest to our readers; we therefore commend the article to their careful perusal. Ttvo thousand women in Europe became artists in 1891.