Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1909 — FOR THE HOUSEWIFE How to Make Vinegar. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

How to Make Vinegar.

Fourteen pounds of dark brown sugar, ten gallons of soft water, two yeast cakes dissolved in one cupful of warm water and two slices of toasted bread. Boil sugar In one-third of the water and skim. Remove from the fire, add cold water, strain Into a keg and stir with a stick every day for a week. Then tack a gauze over top of keg. Put in a warm place for six months, when It is ready for use. A good time to start It is in May, and it will be ready for use by November. This is a tested recipe.

Orange Marmalade. Wash and dry nine oranges and three lemons. Cut Into quarters all the oranges and one lemon, then- slice crosswise very thinly, rind and all, with Bharp knife. Strain Juice from the other lemons. Weigh and to each pound of fruit add one quart of water and let stand overnight. In the morning boil fifteen minutes. Let stand until next morning. Weigh and add one pound granulated sugar to each pound of juice and fruit Boil rapidly about twenty minutes from time it begins to boil. Pour into glasses. Maple Sugar Frosting. Boil one cup of maple sugar and one-third of a cup of water until it hairs, then pour very slowly over the beaten white of one egg, stirring the egg constantly, then beat with spoon until hard enough to spread. If it seems to stiff add a little cold water and one-half cupful of buttermilk, or walnut meats added is an improvement to those fond of nuts.

Brown Spots on Face. Brown spots on the face are often very hard to get rid of. This formula has been very effective in many cases: One ounce elderflower water, twenty grains of sulphide of zinc. Mix and rub into the spots at night. In the morning wash off with hot water and apply this lotion: Eight ounces of rosewater, thirty grains citric acid.—Philadelphia Press. ! To Shell Pecans. It Is difficult to remove pecan meats from the shells without breaking them, as most housewives know, and the ready to use kind are expensive and not always obtainable In small towns. Soaking the pecans overnight will solve the problem. The shells soften and the meats come out of the shell whole without the least trouble. Simple Test For Eggs. Placed in the water an egg, if fresh, will remain resting at the bottom of the vessel. If not quite fresh. It will rest with the big end raised higher than the small end, and the higher the big end is raised the older is the egg. As an egg gets older the water con-

tained in the white evaporates, and this causes the empty space at the thick end of the egg to become enlarged. The larger that empty space becomes the more the egg rises in the water till in course of time it floats. Be brave and let who will be scared by the assessor. A good disposition is one that the owner may wear inside out or upside down and still be presentable. Smart Alec. “Did you ever see a dog catcher?” “Who?”

"Bay, do you call that an Intelligent flog?" “I certainly do.” “Well, I don’t.” “Why not?” “I wet him a little while ago, and be mistook me for a soup bone.”

TELLS CONDITION OF EGG.