Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1916 — Page 4

WAYS TO USE LEMONS

FIVE SUGGESTIONS THAT ARE OF [ REAL MERIT. I . ■■■■-. "?■ • * ... ■-. ’ ’*•• -• ? » Made Into Pie, Its Tart Flavor Will I Be Appreciated by Many—Lemon ; Butter a Delicacy Highly Considered. Lemon Pie. —Two slices of stale bread, tworthirds of an inch thick; one cupful of water, one cupful of sugar, one taiblespoonful of butter, the Juice and grated rind of one lemon, two eggs. Dissolve the bread in hot water; add the sugar, butter, lemon and yolks of the eggs, well beaten. Bake in a moderate oven. When done make a meringue of the whites of the eggs and pile on top. Brown in a very slow oven. ». Lemon Souffle—One cupful of sugar, one tablespoonful of butter, two tablespoonfuls of flour, the juice and grated rind of one leinon, one cupful of milk, two eggs. Cream the butter, sugar and flour together. Add the juice and rind of the lemon, then the beaten yolks and the milk. Add the well-beaten whites last. Bake in a pudding dish placed in a large pan half full of boiling water. This is a most convenient pudding to make in a hurry, as it does not need a aauce. The top i$ a delicious souffle and the bottom a creamy sauce. | Lemon Butter.—Half cupful of water, half cupful of flour, half cupful of sugar, one egg, salt. Boil the water and add the flour mixed to a saste. Then add the sugar, the egg well beaten and a pinch of salt. Cook ’until stiff and creamy. Take off from the stove and add four tablespoonfuls Of lemon juice and a teaspoonful of grated rind. Spread between slices of bread for the children s sandwiches. Lemon Cheese Cakes. —One heaping tablespoonful of butter, two-thirds cupful of sugar, two eggs, one lemon. Oeam the butter and sugar, add the yolks of the eggs, well beaten, and the juice and grated rind of the lemon and cook till thick in a lemon boiler. Bake in muffin pans, lined with pastry, and cover the tops with meringue made from the whites. Lemon Cream Pie.—Half cupful of water, one tablespoonful of cornstarch, three tablespoonfuls of sugar, two eggs, one lemon. Line two plates with pastry and bake. When cold, put together with the following: Boil the water and add the cornstarch, mixed with a little cold water, and the lemon juice. Beat the yolks of the eggs with the sugar, add a pinch of salt and cook all together till thick. Make a meringue of the whites and spueari over the top. Do not put together till just before it is to ba served.'

Delicious Sweet Scones.

Whole wheat flour, one pound; lard or butter, two ounces: sultanas, one ounce; carbonate of soda, three-quar-ters of a teaspoonful; tartaric acid, half a teaspoonful, free from lumps; buttermilk or sweet milk, one teacupful; goldefl sirup, one teaspoon ful (about two ounces). Put flour into a basin’ and thoroughly mix in the butter, sultanas, soda find acid. Pour the sirup into the milk and add this to the dry ingredients, workihg it into a smooth dough. Knead as quickly as possible, roll out to half an inch in thickness, cut in rounds.

Apple Sponge.

Soften one-third of a box of gelatin in one-third of a cupful of cold water, then dissolve it in one-third of a cupful of boiling water. Add one cupful of sugar, stir over boiling wait r until dissolved, then add the juice of one lemon and one cupful of unsweetened apple sauce; : Let stand until it. begins to thicken, fold in the stitfly-beaten whites of three eggs, beat until white and frothy, turn into a ring mold and place on ice until firm. Fnmold and serve with sweetened whipped cream in the center.

Delicious Meat Flavoring.

Garlic vinegar makes meat rich and tender and gives it a delicious flavor that is bard to define. It is made by placing in a quart bottle a small garlic, which is replenished as the vinegar is used. Pour into the pores of the meat as much vinegar as it will absorb, then brush over with olive oil ’

Fish Hash.

Place pound;.of salt fish in dish on second Cover of stove with cold water to cover. After it soaks a while change the water again and let it just steam, but not boil. About 6or 7 boiled potatoes. Chop all together and fry in pork fat till brown. Moisten a little with milk.

Lemon Pie.

Cupful of sugar, two tablespoonfuls flour, small piece of butter (melted), grated rind and juice of one lemon, yolks of,two eggs, one cupful milk, whites of two eggs beaten stiff; bake in one crust for 45 minutes in a very slow oven.

For Sandwiches.

To make a, good sandwich filling take one cupful of whipped cream, a pinch of salt, a little lemon juice; and one-half cupful of nut meats. Mix and spree, ’ betv.’c n thin slices of bread.— Mother’s Magizine.

Ginger Cookies.

Two cupfuls of molasses, one cupful sugar, one cupful shortening, one cupful, water, two teaspoonfuls soda, salt, teaspoonful ginger, flour to make dough. Will make six dozen cookies.

“CLASS” IN BREWSTER

By JANE OSBORN.

4“ktome class!” ejaculated Timothy Green, and his keen, young eyes followed the figure of one of the fair maids of Brewster, self-consciously sidling her way along the main street clad in the Brewster adaptation of fashion’s latest mandate. Polly’s eyes were just as keen as Timothy’s and from her placa of observation at his side on the broad, low veranda of Brewster’s leading hostelry she flashed a glance down the street that didn’t overlook any important detail in the costume of the girl Timothy was ogling. “When you get good and ready, Tim,’’ she said, with an attempt at a laugh, “seems to me I’d like to get some dinner.” “Say, excuse me, Polly, dear,” said Timothy, rising and looking down affectionately at Polly’s trim, pretty features. She visibly bristled, as she rose to go in.

“I’m not jealous, Timothy—l wouldn’t for a minute want you to think that.” And she primly straightened her narrow-brimmed, flowertrimmed hat at the mirror as she passed through the hall. Polly Peckham and Timothy Green had been engaged to be married for six months, and now, within a week of their wedding day, they had made the trip from Stony Corners to do some long anticipated shopping. Timothy’s savings had all gone to clear the mortgage on the small farm he inherited from his father, but Polly's carefully accumulated egg-and-chicken money was all to be spent for farm improvements. They were to spend the night at Timothy’s uncle's house, make a second round of the stores and return to Stony Corners the next day. After their noon dinner at the hotel, Polly and Timothy! hastened to the hardware store. „ “Sure you got that money all right?” said Timothy. “Hadn't I better take it?* \ - . Polly ignored this query. As one of the Brewster girls tripped her way along she nudged Tim and mocked, “Class, real class, Tim.” They walked on in silence for fife minutes. “Say, Tim,” Polly broke the silence. “I’ve been thinking that you would like me better if I looked like one of these Brewster girls.’ “Aw. shucks,” was Tim’s rejoinder. ”1 like you just thq way you are or I wouldn’t been so crazy to marry you. Say, Polly, did you get that?” And Timothy whistled lightly to register his approval of the short-skirted, pink-clad blonde who was passing on the opposite side of the street. At eight the next morning, Timothy and his uncle left the breakfast table and strolled to the veranda. ' ”

“I might as well wait here with you.’ said the uncle. “You won't want to start out till the women folks get the things done up' inside." But Polly had a hasty whispered conversation with Timothy's aunt. It met with the elder Woman's approval and by the time Timothy and his uncle were comfortably settled in their veranda chairs she was hurrying down the back alley. j “Yes. uncle." Timothy was saying, “she s a real oid fashioned girl, she is. There isn’t many girls who would have done what she did-—saved all her egg money to spend on the separator and incubator and things. She's a kind of plain dresser, b >t a fellow can r get eve rything in one package. ■And 1 sure am awful fond oi her” By this time Polly had reached Brewstei s leading department store. In a quarter of an hour, with a lighter purse, she went to the shoe store. Next She visited the ; cbfsetiere, and finally the hairdresser. At noon, Timothy was still sitting on the front porch. Once or twice during the morning his aunt had come to tell him that Polly would be ready soop. but he was becoming, uneasy. Then his unde returned from his work and they sat waiting for dinner to be announced. “No. she sure is as economical a wife as anyone would want to find.” he was repeating, and then as a figure the embodiment of all that made the Brewster belles worth looking at came tripping around the house by the driveway, Timothy whistled. “Say, uncle, did you get that class? Some swell dame. If it weren’t for Polly I’d sure wa»t to make her acquaintance.” Then as he looked at the figure as it approached the veranda he whistled again. “Polly, Polly,” he gasped, and Polly slid gracefully into the chair next to -Mm. Then she rose and stood showing off her finery, her arms outstretched so that no detail of her transformation could be missed. “Is it class?” she asked, assuming a tone of mock anxiety, and then Timothy, usually lethargic and undemonstrative, seized her dainty figure in his arms and drew the ruffles and gewgaws close to him. “I was beginning .to be afraid you wouldn’t be back in time to do the shopping,” he said. Polly hung her head and the color rose to her cheeks. “I guess there won’t be enough to buy the incubator and the separator,” she said, as she handed him the, open half-empty purse. “Aw, shucks,” said Timothy. “Let’s spend the rest on another outfit for you. You sure are some class.” (Copyright, 1315, by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)

SOME GOOD THINGS TO BAKE

Buttermilk in Spice Cake Improves the Flavor—May Also Be Used in Making Gingerbread. For doughnuts have ready a scant cupful of sugar, one egg, a pinch of salt, a cupful of milk, two cupfuls of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder and a piece of butter the mye of a butternut or three tablespoonfnly of melted butter. Stir together in the usual way and turn the macs out on to a mixing board. Then roll out, adding flour to prevent the mass from sticking to the board A very nice spice cake is made with buttermilk. The buttermilk seems to impart tenderness as well as richness to the cake. Cream one cupful of sugar and a scant half cupful of butter. Add a cupful of buttermilk and stir the mixture into two cupful* of flour sifted with a teaspoonful of soda, half a teaspoonful of cloves and half a grated nutmeg. When taking the cake from the oven after baking set the tins containing it into cold, water and let it stand until the cake is cold. Buttermilk can also be used to advantage in gingerbread. Use a cupful of molasses, a third of a cupful of melted butter, a cupful of buttermilk, an egg, a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in hot water, a teaspoonful of ginger, two and a half cupfuls of flour and a little salt Mix well and bake. If there is sour milk on hand it will make a delicious loaf cake. Oeam a scant half cupful of butter with one and a half cupfuls of powdered sugar Add two beaten eggs and half a cupful gs sour milk. Stir in a half cupful of grated chocolate that has been dissolved in half a cupful of boiling water and allowed to cooL Flavor with a teaspoonful of vanilla and stir the whole into one arid three-quarter cupfulsof flour sifted with a teaspoonful of soda. Bake in a loaf tin in a moderate oven.

WAY OF IRONING TABLECLOTH

Writer of Experience Describes Method Which She Believes to Be the Best to Follow. A tablecloth should be pulled into shape before being ironed. After i* is pulled into shape, fold it together lengthwise through the middle, so that the wrong side will be outside. Then turn back the edges of each side so that the cloth is in four long folds, each fold of the same width The outer fold will now be right side out. Iron these two outer folds, then turn them inside and iron the two inner folds that are now outside and are the right side of the tablecloth. When the four folds are thus finished the long length can be doubled back and forward the desired width, but the crosswise folds should not be ironed . in. Papers can be placed where the tablecloth hangs over on the floor from the ironing board A little practice will soon make you perfect, The old-fashioned way was to first iron a tablecloth on the wrong side, but the tablecloths coming under my observation that look best are ironed in the manner above described. —Eunice Haskins in Independent Farmer.

Young Lamb and Mint Sauce.

l ake a leg of lamb and place it in a roasting pan. Add two or three carrots, cut in small pieces. a tr.x ~f celery and two onions. Baste in the oven for an hour, and add a pin* , cf w’ater. Baste from time to time b” pouring the gravy over the meat. Strain off the gravy and serve in a gravy bowl. See that the platter is well heated on which the meat Is served. Take fresh mint, separate leaves, and chop fine. Take a pint of water, one-half cupful of sugar and a fourth of a cupful of vinegar and heat until the water boils. Thea place in the chopped mint and let it stand until the water is well flavored with the taste of the mint.

To Wash Varnished Paper.

To wash varnished wail paper use two tablespoonfuls bf liquid ammonia to about half a pailful of warm water, i applied with a soft flannel dr sponge. Then wipe the wall down with a , chamois leather wrung out of clean water to which has been added two tablespoonfuls of turpentine. The turpentine gives a beautiful polish to the paper.

Irish Apple Pie.

Pare and core about eight apples, cutting each apple into four parts; put into baking dish. Reasoning them with one cupful brown sugar and a lit- . tie nutmeg; add half cupful water, cover with a thin pie crust, bake in a moderate oven one hour. This is delicious.

Laundry Cabinet.

I Have a laundry cabinet if it is no more than starch boxes, one on top of another. Keep in.it starch, soap, bluing, javelle water for stains, soap powder, washing soda. Keep also a bundle of small clean rags. Close with a /roller shade, cut to St

For Biscuits.

| When making biscuits try rolling them thinner and using two cuts for one biscuit, laying one on top of the other. Made in this way. they will break evenly and are much daintier.

Puffy Cake.

Butter size of an egg. two cupfuls sugar, three eggs, cupful nttflk, one soda, three cupfuls flour. • Bake like gingerbread.

THIRD TIME’S CHARM

By CATHARINE CRANMER.

“They say it’s hard to set babies or widowers through their second summers,’’ mumbled Jack Ellis to himself, "|pt it’ll be a miracle if Dorothy Leigh gets through her second season without | becoming engaged. She’s pretty, popular, wealthy, adorable —in other words, just Dorothy.” Jack frowned at the awful possibilities of the case. He was in love with Dorothy, but would not be in a secure enough financial position to propose to her before January, when he would be taken into the firm as a director. He determined to go to her that very day and offer her his heart, asking her to let him add his modest fortunes, which would be greater within the year. In a frenzy of love and hope and a rather foolish certainty of success, Jack made a careful afternoon toilet and went swinging along the few blocks to Dorothy’s home. But alas for mushroom hopes! As he passed through the iron gateway leading into the residence street where Dojothy lived, Henry Ardmora’s shining black automobile rolled noiselessly toward him, with Dorothy and Ardmore in its roomy rear seat. Ardmore leaned forward and faced Dorothy just in time partially to oSscure the glory of her charming smtye of greeting to Jack.

It was only four o’clock and Jack went home, took out his car, and went for an aimless run into the country. He avoided the Country club lest he should seem to be trailing Dorothy and Ardmore, who would probably stop there for tea. The short afternoon faded and weh followed by darkness and fast-moving clouds. Rounding a corner at a pretty good pace. Jack had to bring his car to an abrupt stop to avoid danger of colliding with two disabled cars which were standing facing each other, with dead engines and anxious passengers. Jack recognized the one headed for the city as Ardmore’s. He promptly offered any possible aid, and his heart beats broke all speed records when the task assigned him was to take Dorothy cityward lest the approaching storm break before the damaged car could be repaired sufficiently to make the trip. With wicked thankfulness that his little gray roadster could accommodate but one passenger. Jack handed Dorothy in and drove off feeling luckier than Aladdin when his lamp was at its best. Reflecting that though Fate had snatched one opportunity from him she had flung another at his feet. Jack decided to wash up to him to make the most of his opportunity. “Dorothy,” he began, just as they entered the park, but he never got any further with his speech, for a big limousine coming toward them halted and Dorothy’s father called her name as he stepped from the door. “Ardmore's chauffeur telephoned that there had been an accident so I started out to see if I could find you along the way. It’s lucky we met here in the light.’’ concluded John Jack accepted their cordial invitation to tea. consoling himself with a vague recollection of the alleged charm of all third attempts against failure, and he determined that he would make a third attempt to propose before he left Dorothy. Dorothy was charmingly flushed and exuberant. In the little family group Jack began to feel quite at home though he was longing for an opportunity to be alone with Dorothy, when a frightened servant girl burst into the living room screaming that the house was on fire

Dashing up the back stairway where the frightened maid pointed, Jack smelled burning cotton, and in the maid’s room oh the third floor he found the Swiss window curtains had dropped 'Jn burning fragments upon the matting floor covering. Grabbing a small rug’from the hallway floor, he extinguished the flames starting from the matting just as Dorothy, her parents and the excited maid entered the room. While Mr. and Mrs. Leigh talked to the girl. Dorothy searched Jack’s handS for burns, two of which she found, and she marched him down stairs to administer first aid. “Oh, Jack’ It’s too bad,” she mur mured in a tearful voice, as she gave the bandage a final pat. “Does it hurt so very much?” “Hurt? Why, it’s heavenly, Dorothy!” Jack exclaimed. Dorothy wondered what he meant, but when he heard her father’s voice on the stairway. he lost no time in making his meaning quite clear. “The third time charms. Jack,” whispered Dorothy, “and I’m glad you didn't succeed in telling me the other times you tried, for I didn’t know until five minutes ago that I loved you.” (Copyright. 1915. by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) .

Dredging Gold in Arctic.

A novel effect of gold-dredging in the frozen regions of the Arctic is pointed out as a possible problem for future geologists. The stream becomes blocked up by the tailing heap, and more or less stagnant pools are formed along the sides of the gully. Where the gully broadens two or three embankments may be produced, with muddy pools between them. The mud is deposited in the sluggish waters, buries the rocks of the ridges, and, gives morainelike formations that may be, difficult to explain when the dredging has been forgotten. ’

It Didn’t Shrink BACK FROM THE LAUNDRY FITTING as PERFECTLY AS EVER t- inriTrn) Guaranteed IT NEVER NON-SHRINKABLE SHRINKS . ~\ H ' ________J Any other cotton dress would ) have been nearly ruined —but n °t so the Marguerite NonI l\ Shrinkable Tub Dress— it’s maA I \ terial was pre-shrunk in the fac/1 k \ tory ’ cann °t shrink now, \ /? ! R We £ uarantee it—so do its mak- | / \ ers. It fits first and always. I / ; \ This is the end of your Tub 'lf A Dress troubles. 'i A Look for the Trade Mark.

FENDIG’S FAIR, Rensselaer, Indiana

CfesifieaAd [Under this head notices will be published for 1-cent-a-word for the first insertion, 1-2-cent-per-word for each additional insertion. To save book-keeping cash should be sent with notice. No notice accepted for less than twenty-five cents, but short notices coming within the above rate, will be published two or more times—as the case may be—for 25 cents. Where replies are sent in The Democrat’s care, postage will be charged for forwarding such replies to the advertiser.] FOR SALE For Sale—Some good timothy hay, 5 miles south and 2 miles west of Rensselaer. Phone 927-E. For Sale —No. 14 Ida Monitor round stove, burns either hard or soft coal, all in good shape, will be sold very cheap.—THE DEMOCRAT. For Sale—Good 5-room house, electric lights, drilled well, cement walks, large chicken house and chicken yard. House all in good condition and newly finished inside. Is situated on large lot and fronts •lacadam street in Rensselaer. For further particulars call phone 315, Rensselaer exchange. For Sale—Red, white or bur oak lumber, sawed to any dimension desired; 4 miles west of Rensselaer, on county farm road.-—A. M, YEOMAN, Rensselaer, R-3, phone 87-G, Mt. Ayr; Vance Collins, Rensselaer phone 935-D, or see John Zellers, sawyer. For Sale—Are you going io buy a new incubator or brooder this spring? If you are it will pay you to see my line of Prairie State incubators and brooders before buying. They are easy to run and guaranteed to be safe and give satisfaction. It is one of the best incubators on the market for the money.—JESSE SNYDER, Agent, phone 266, Rensselaer, Ind. f-29tf y’B. For Sale—A five-passenger touring car in the pink of condition, with electric side and rear lights and electric horn, one extra tire, speedometer, clock, jack, pump and other tools; top and side curtains. An absolutely good, reliable car and a good looker. Will sell for less than half the original cost. Car may be seen at Rensselaer Garage, near postoffice. For Sale —135-acre farm in Otsego county, New York, good house of 14 rooms, basement barn 30x60, one shed 14x36, one shed 16x70, horse barn 24x60, ho phouse 24x48, hog house 20x30, large milk house, stone smoke house, good sap house, running water in house and barn lot, and spring water in pastures. House stands among nice lot of elm and hard maple shade frees. This property is located 200 rods from town of postoffiee, stores, churches, etc., and is a great bargain at the price iif is offered, $3,000 cash. Owner will sell milct Jcows, farm tools, etc., to purchaser if desired. —Address E. D. BABCOCK, Maple Valley, New York. Buff Orpington Breeders, Atten-tion-Free, a setting of eggs, value $3, to any one who can pick out of my breeding pen the two pullets that won first and second at the poultry show; also'a setting of eggl

value sl, to any one who can pick either of them. I make this offer to induce breeders to look over my pen, which I believe to be the best ever penned in this county. A limited number only to be sold from this pen. I also have a second pen of extra fine birds of large frame and good even color. The cockerels at the head of these pens are of the best blood in America—direct descendants of Madison Square Garden winners. Price $3 and $1 per setting; 25c less if taken at farm.—R. L. BUDD, Fair Oaks, Ind., R-2. FOR RENT For Rent—9-room house, 2% blocks from court house on Cullen street.—Dß. F. A. TURFLER. WANTED Wanted— Girl for general housework.—Phone 43 or Lock Box 417,' Rensselaer, Ind. Wanted—More milk customers. Deliver milk and cream to any part of city. Phone 535. —A. WILLIAMSON, in north part of town, m-6 Wanted—A refined, reliable farmhand, single. For further particulars call at or address The Deiho-erat-office. • ' ts MISCELLANEOUS J. C. V. No. 402875, will be at my farm in Gillam tp„ at all times, |2 per cow for service, if paid at gate; if not $3 when calf is born. Calf must stand for service fees. All persons knowing themselves indebted to me for same, please call and settle at Once.-—WM. R. JOHNSON. FINANCIAL Mutual Insurance—Fire and lightning. Also state cyclone. Inquire of M. I. Adams, phone 533-L. Farm Loans—We can procure you a five-year loan on your farm at 5 per cent. Can loan as high as 50 per cent of the value of any good farm. No delay in getting the money after title is approved.—CHAS. J. DEAN & SON. Farm Loans—l can procure you a five-year loan on your farm at a low rate of interest. See me before placing your loan. Office, west Bide public square.—P. R. BLUE. Farm Loans—Money to loan on farm property in any sums up to SIO,OOO.—E. P. HONAN. Farm Loans—l can now furnish 5 Per cent money on good farm loans, and with the least possible delay.—JOHN A. DUNLAP. I flnt Ihnl Wlthout Delay > Mil IHr Wlthout Commission I Uul lllb k Without Charges for H Making or Recording Instruments. . W. H. PARKINSON Ideal Account Files, $1.5& each.— The Democrat’s fancy stationery deoartment. Another new supply of Ideal Account files received in The Democrat’s stationery department. These are much cheaper and more convenient for keeping moderate-sized accounts than a cumbersome ledger. Calling cards, either printed or engi-aved, at The (Democrat office.